The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-05
IN IHE CIRCUIT COURT.
Miss Petit Gets $500 Damages Gerst-
piAnhcimer Found Insane,

lAlss Pettit Gets $500 damages hetnts
piaRheimer Found Insane,
Yesterday morning in Part Of the
Circuit Court, before Judge PAUL, the
case Of Henrietta Petit vs. William
Blop, 10 recover 5000 damages, alleged
10 have been sustained by reason Of pn-
warranted and malicious legal proceed
ings had against her at the instance Of
Blon, was given TO the jury, the
arguments having been concluded
the evening before. II was generally
supposed that the jury would be out
but a short time, but It was not until
alter 8 o'clock in the afternoon that they
reported, and then their report was that
they were unable TO agree, Judge
PAUL, alter hearing suggestions made
by the attorneys as to what
should be done, proceeded 70
his opinion Of the probability Of an
agreement being reached. Ten Of them
gave 1t as their llrm belief that II would
be impossible to- agree; the other two
thought they might be able to arrive at
some conclusion II given more time
Judge PAUL, after thinking oyer the
situation for q few minutes, decided 10
send the jury back to Its room, About
half an hour afterwards they reached q
verdict; they found for the plaintiff and
fixed her damages at $500, The jury
also returned affirmative answers TO
questions as 10 whether the sN caring
nut OF a search warrant by Blon, on
which the plaintiff largely based her
claim for damages, was unwarFanted
and malicious. Col. Arnett, counsel for
The defendant, moved for q now trial
and presented bill OF exceptions.
In Part II, before Judge Campbell the
case Of Henry Gerstmanheimer, indicted
for shooting Policeman Frohme, within
tent to kill, which had been on trial for
the two previous days cameto q sudden
termination, Before this case was conl'
menCed the prosecution favored the
Imaking OF some inquiry into the mental
CONDITION OF the accused II he was in-
sane at the time OF the shooting there
was no necessity Of proCeedlngwl the
case; under the law the man, Il insant
could not be tried. Judge Campbell
however, did not allow any such
action to be had previous to the com
menCement Of the trial for want oil eVl
denCe that should warrant such pro
ceedlng, but yesterday about noon he
decided that the proper thing to Dc
would be to make some inquiry as II
the mans insanity.
The Jury In the case was therefore or
dered into the custody OF the Sheriff
pending an examination, and anotheI
ljury impanelled TO pass upon the ques
ton OF sanity. This jury was composed
OF John Wilkie, John Roemer, Ed. oil
. lon, Henry Menkemsller, CHARLES Bliss
Henry aildebrand, Hugh Harrison
Michael Beidenbach, A. a. Franzhaim
W. I. Hoffman, NJ, Crawford and Patrlcl
Weir. ~
After hearing the evidence they wer,
about two hours in arrivihg at a deCis
ion. Their finding was finally, that th,
prisoner is insane at this time, and tina
he was insane on June 10 last when ht
shot the officer. 1t was, therefore, or
dered that the criminal case be dismiss
ed and the crazy man was ordered bApl
to jail to be kept there TIL he cani'b
taken to the Insane Hospital at Weston
The case against jerome Mccormick
the Young man charged with putin
distractions on the Elm Grove track
i WHICH WAS 10 haYe heen tried yesterday
was continued until the next term, h
giving bond with B, u. Doyeuer as sure
80 In IN "a Sum NJ -esQ00
Word was received from Clerk Long
oithe Supreme Court OF Appeals, tina
, the judgment Of this court rendered pG
cember Is, 1888, in tue case Of Jane
Haley vs. the Natural Gus Company 0
West Virginia, had been reversed ant
Haley ordered to recover costs agains
the defendant,