Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-28
THE MURDER TRIAL.
A synoptical Review Of the Scenes mt tn
Court House, Saturday.


synoptIcal Review of the Scenes st the
Court House, Saturday.
The SUNDAY REGISTER contained full
account Of the proceedings in the Circuit
Court, Saturday, incident to the bringing
in Of the verdict in the Glenn murder
trial. From that account the following
sbridgement is made:
The court room was crowded all day
long with interested people, impatiently
awaiting the verdict. The jury came into
Court at noon, but made no sign of what
progress was being made, save to request
that they be allowed to retire at l:3O in
the afternoon, instead of at 9, the usual
hour for the meeting Of Court, which was
construed in some quarters to mean that a
verdict might be looked for early in the af
terncon. The day wore on, however, and
nosign was made by the twelve men, and the
prisoners amused themselves as best they
might chatting with their counsel, or the
members Of the bar, Court officials or news
paper men who were seated about the space
inside the railing. About half-past five
o'clock word ran around the Court House
that the jury was coming, and the crowd
outside the room made a rush for the
apartment, while those scattered over that
portion Of the room allotted to the general
public made haste to get front seats, in or
der that they might lose nothing Of what
jury filed in, and Court being reconvened,
Foreman Lukens, in response to the usual
query by the Clerk, announced that the
verdict reached wss guilty. The written
verdict, prepared in the jury room, was
read, and then passed over to Judge Jacob,
who, after comparing it with the form laid
down in the statutes, announced that il
was not exactly correct, and directed that
a new form be written out, which was done
at once by Prosecuting Attorney Jordan,
and signed by the foreman. The jury was
then polled, at the request Of counsel for
the prisoners, and each man answered that
the verdict read was correct.
The defense, at the proper time, objected
to the substitution Of a new verdict for the
original form brought in, and also moved
to. set aside the verdict and grant new
trial, which motion will be argued at
future day.
The jury seems to have had good deal
Of difficulty in arriving at the conclusion
above stated, there being wide divergence
of opinion when they first retired as to the
degree Of guilt Of the two men. Indeed,
thers were at least two men, who were in
favor Of clearing Christie, while an equal
number were DESTROYS of hanging Kelley
The first ballot taken was six to six on tho
question of the guilt of the men, and
there was no change during Friday even
ing. Saturday morning, after several
ballots had been taken, there was e. pre-
ponderance of votes on the side of guilt,
and later in the day all were over
but four These held out for a long
time, while some of the majority
as strongly insisted that Kelley ought TO
forfeit his life. Daring the afternoon two
of the minority came overto the majority
side, on the question Of declaring both
men guilty Of murder in the first degree,
but two still remained. All sorts of argu-
ments were made to bring these two over,
among them being one that if there was
a disagreement and a new trial, it would
be worse for the defendants, snd finally at
about half past five the minority sided
with the others, ana the verdict was writ
ten out and taken into Court.