Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-25
THE TRIAL OF THE BRIGHT BOYS.
Iney Waylaid and Murdered Their Uncls.
Guilty in the Second Degree.

A"oy nayIaid ana Murdered Their Uncle.
Guilty In the Second Degree.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.I
HuNrxRsvrLLE, w. Va, October 2i.-The
circuit Court Of Pocahontas county has
been in session here for several days, and
large number of lawyers from the adj
joining counties in this State and in Vir-
GINA have been IN attendance. The
crowds have been unusually large, and
fhough many interesting cases have been
on docket the chief interest mas clustered
around the trial of the Bright boys for tho
murder of Preston q. Tracey.
These boys. who are seventeen and
eighteen years of age. respectively, one
night In November last waylaid Preston
Tracey, their uncle, who was passing over
their fathers land contrary TO bis orders,
aud having made q vain effort to drive
Tracey back, David Bright shot and killed
him.
OPINION DIVIDED.
The bad feeling which brought about
this deliberate murder was Of long stand
ing and was caused by a list of most
grlevous wrongs. The community IN its
criticism of the case is much divided. The
prosecution has been represented by Mr.
l.. NJ. McClintic. the States attorney for
the county, and Mr.. John w. Stephenson.
the CommoEwealth's Attorney tor Bath.
while the prisoners have been ably repre-
sented by Hon. G. y. Jones, the State Sena-
tor from Allegheny, Bath, and Highland.
who Is associated with Mr.. II. 5. Rucker,
of this place.
The defence attempted to justify and
clear the prisoners by showing that the
shooting was accidental. or even II de-
lberate was in self defence, or that in any
event the provocation was great enough 10
warrant the crime.
Judge Guthrie, of Charleston, who Is
holding this term of the court, gave wide
scope to the jury in his Instructions.
oUILrY-A NEW TRIAL MOVED.
The jury, after celebrating an hour.
brought in q verdict fixing the degree OF
murder in the second degree. The Judge
has not pronounced the sentence fixing
the term of confinement, and motion for
a new trial has been made.
To REMOVE THE couRr-HoUsr.
The chief subject OF discussion in this
county is the proposed removal Of the
courthouse from here TO Marlinton. Mar
linton IS the proposed junction OF the
Camden road from Pittsburg and the
Chesapeake and Ohio branch road from
have signed the required petition for q
vote. aud the County Court has appointed
December Sth as the day for vote 10 DO
taken on this question. As Marllnton is
only paper city so far aud the removal
will DO quite expensive to the county, the
removal is very unlikely.
BIG LOG business.
The st. Lawrence Boom and Manufac-
turing Company, which has the largest
saw-mIlls Of the State. located at Romeo
yerte has large force of hands employed
IN getting out logs at this place. These
logs are piled up in immense heaps along
the river, and whom the fall Hood OF the
Greenbrier river comes these thousands OF
logs are foated down to their mills. This
business is carried on in princely manner,
they having placed railway from the river
to their logging camp, on which the logs
are hauled.
CROPS.
The corn crop in the western part OF
Bath county and in this county is very
good-the crop in some places being the
best ever raised. The wheat. which was
sown this fall. is up and looks well.