Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-11

but when she saw the
knife flashing in the lampight, and saw
him advance upon her In a manner she
believed 10 be threatening, and recall
ing his terrible threat, she had raised
the pistol and fired upon the simple i'm
pulse OF the moment. Col. Arnett
closed at half-past three, and Mr.. How
ard took the floor for the closing argu-
ment for the State. He began by say
ing be had talked so much lately
about crime and bloodshed, and murder,
that he sometimes believed be could
taste blood in his food, and he had
heard so much from his friend COL Ar
nett about the noble motives, high moral
characters. mental trials and outrageous
treatment OF murdererS, that he began
TO wonder when a time would come, II
ever, when the man or woman who took
human life would be pictured as the
red-handed murderers they really were.
II the murderers were men, they had
been bounded 10 the commission OF their
deeds or were mentally unbalanced; II
they were women, they were beautiful
and accomplished and lovable and
dutiable as wives. When was the
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Sidered; when was crime to be punished;
and when was jury to be allowed to ad-
minister the law as 1t ought to be 40
miniStered?
Mr.. Howard then referred to several OF
the matters taken up by Col. Arnett,
and characterized them as tricks on the
one hand, or unfair practices on the
other Col. Arnett resented this warm
~, but the Court refused to side with
him. The Colonel said, notwithstand-
ing the admonitlon, he would interrupt
al Whatever cost, and said he would not
admit TO such charges. The Court said
ne could have anything he objected to
taken down, and later, when Mr.. How
ard referred TO one client OF the Colonel,
who had taken human life, being al
lowed TO walk the streets In freedom
and live in crime for quarter OF cen
tury, Col. Arnett demanded that the
language be taken down, and the Court
50 ordered.
Mr.. Howard ridiculed the self-defense
idea aud ia doing so made an Indirect
allusion 70 the actions Of DR.. Baird In
the Garrison case, as illustrating how
slight a thing could be construed by
counsel on the other side into hostile
demonstration. Col. Arnett again de-
manded that this be taken down, ana
the Court consented TO 1t.
A little later Mr.. Howard again
brought Col. Arnett to his feet in pro-
test, he diSclaiming, as Mr.. Howard
had charged, that the defendant was
entitled TO a reasonable doubt on the
Question of seli-deience, and there was
warm interchange Of personalities.
The Jury retired TO their room at ten
minutes OF five. AT eighteen minutes
of six they knocked on the jury room
door. and the crowd in the corridors
made q rush for the Court room. Judge
PAUL was sent for, and at fourteen min
utes of six the jury took their seats.
They said they had not agreed upon
verdict, aud at their request they were
adjourned until 7;30 p. IN.
BRINGING IN THE VERDICT.
There was a fearful crowd in the
Court room at a quarter Of eight o'clock
last evening. People seemed instinct
ivelv to have imbibed the idea that
there was going 70 be verdict within
short time, and that it would be favor
able 20 the prisoner, and they swarmed
into the Court House until there wasn't
room for any more. The jury had re-
tired to their room at half-past seven,
and nothing occurred until ten minutes
after eight, when the jury knocked
on the door and sent for the
Sheriff. When that official arrived he
was notified that they were ready to
come into Court, and messengers were st
once despatched for Judge PAUL and
Prosecuting Attorney Howard. The
Judge made his appearance In a short
time. but il was eight or ten minutes
before Mr.. Howard appeared in Court,
the Jury having meanwhile come la and
taken their seats. The prisoner sat
quietly with her counsel, and during
the interval Of time elapsing between
the entrance Of the jury and the ar
rival of the Prosecuting Attorney she
kept her eyes either closed or cast down
upon the floor, and seemed TO be under
such a strain that il was with difficulty
she could keep back the tears.
At eight twenty o'clock Mr.. Walton
arose and enquired:-
gentlemen Of the jury, have you
agreed upon a yerdict?"
Foreman Brown said they had.
"Shall your foreman speak for you?"
Several assents came In response, and
then. before the Clerk could make the
formal enquiry, Mr.. Brown said
mot guilty
In the back Of the room twenty or
thirty people broke into applause, but
Judge PAUL promptly checked it, and
demanded that order be maintained,
while the prisoner slipped her hand into
that OF COL Arnett, her counsel, at the
same time dropping her head forward,
while tears ran down Der cheeks. Col.
Arnett spoke a few words to her, and
while he was doing so, the Court dis
charged the jury until nine o'clock this
morning. Colonel Arnett then said:-
II suppose, Your Honor, the defend
ant may be discharged?'
ooh. yes, -" said the Court.
The prisoner did not move for i've
minutes, but sat Quietly, with bent head
and dropping eyes, a though she was
endeavoring 10 get perfect realization
Of her position and regain some degree
OF com posture and control over herself,
while her sister sat at her side, as IN
moved as a wooden girl. betraying moth
ing OF emotion or interest, and not
seeming TO comprehend what 1t was all
about. The audience meanwhile was
ponrinC out into the corridor, where
two or three hundred men choked up
the hall and stairway, and when Sheriff
Steenrod emerged from the Court room
with the prisoner on his arm, and
deputy or two close behind him, there