Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-28
NEALD'S CHARACTER.
A LgrrEa FROM KENTUCKY MIXING IN
fEaNnaa ALLsGArIOR4
The Curuur's Inquest Concluded asd q Verdict
Rsudsrsd-fhs Preliminary Examination
Sss for To-day.

ave. the Jury, find that Edward Neald came
to his death as a result OF injuries lpnlcteo oy
Frank Church on the gath day OF November,
1884,"
That was the result Of the ezamina-
ton made by the Coroner's jury In the
unfortunate affair which ended in the
death of Edward Neald, early Thanks
giving morning.
This afternoon at two o'clock the pre-
liminary examination is set to come of
before Justice George Ankle. This ex-
animation was to have taken place yes
terday at the same hour, but through a
misunderstanding none of the witnesses
were summoned, and 1t was laid over,
by agreement, until to-day. Prosecuting
Attorney Howard and 6. W. Atkinson
represented the State, and Capt. b. b.
Dovener the defendant.
Most of the evidence adduced before
the Coroner's Jury was In harmony with
the published narratives OF the case.
There were one or two important ad-
ditions, however, one Of them being In
the testimony of Officer Jack West, who
said Church told him he stopped on his
way down town and got the club he
II ed with such telling effect at the
wagon works, in the FIRST ward. The
club was well settled to be piece OF
wagon shaft, slightly bent at
one end, and it was evidently car
ried all the way down to Eleventh street,
with the purpose OF its being used on
Neald. Another important fact, sub
Stimulated under oath, but which has
been heretof re referred to in print,
was that Church ran Neald up Eleventh
street, from a point about opposite the
door of the basement barber shop, to
Main street, and some fifty or seventy
five feet down that street. Neald was
all this time attempting to shield his
head with his arms, and to get away,
but Church followed bin and continued
10 strike him. This was testified to in
detail by George Hess, an eyewitness
of the affair, and also by Harry Wood
ward, while Charles Stump testified that
he saw Church coming up Main street
with the club in his his hand.
DR.. Spragg narrated the facts con-
nected with the case after the patient
was taken to the City Hall. There was
an attempt by the defense to bring a
new question into the case by strong In
timations that the dose OF medicine ad-
ministered to the patient, by direction
of the Doctor, had something to do with
the patients becoming unconscious, but
the Doctors evidence left little room
upon which to base doubt OF this sort.
n Aat.ilad fho rncnlf nf tho
post-mortem. He said the examination
disclosed a fracture Of the parietal bone
on the right side Of the head, above the
ear. The fracture was about an inch
aud half long. There was no pressure
upon the brain at this point, but there
was q blood clot at the base Of the brain
upon tie opposite side OF the head. The
clot contained two or three ounces Of
blood. There was a small spot of dis
organized brain matter on the left tenn
poral lobe, and there were small clots Of
blood in the vicinity. In the opinion Of
the Doctor, death was the result of
shock and conclusion, the effects OF
blows, the wounds being such as are
usually produced by blunt instrument
DR.. Wilson said he didn't see anything
In the condition of the body to indi-
cate an overdose OF choral.
The remainder OF the evidence ad-
duced was Of no particular Importance,
and the verdict of the jury, as given
above, was rendered.
1t was the intention to have removed
the body OF Neald to Moundsvllle, yes
terday, for interment, but it was de-
cided to wait until to-day, telegram
being received to the effect that Neald'S
brother would arrive during the night.
Yesterday the following letter was
received by Church, the defendant, at
the jail.
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