Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-07

dor tfty or more men were congregated
and two or three children ran foot-races
up and down on the tiled floor.
So matters ran along in an unevent-
full and uninteresting manner until four
o'clock, when counsel for the defense
consulted together for time and then
talked for few moments with the de-
fendant This scarcely broke the
monotony of the situation,
and nothing being heard from the
jury, those about the courtroom showed
a strong inclination to resume their old
opinion that the jury was not going TO
agree, and that, after all, the query as
to the threat was not Indicative OF any
thing OF decisive nature.
At $50 commotion in the corridor,
the shutting of many feet, and the
rush of people into the Court room in
dlcated that the jurymen were about to
make their appearance. In
moment the corridor was clear, and
the audience, with an expectant look on
every face, impatiently awaited devel-
opments. Judge Paul came into Court,
and in about two minutes the jury came
in, headed by the Sheriff and took their
seats.
"Shall l enquirer" asked the Clerk of
the Court.
Eyes"
Gentlemen of the jury, have you
agreed upon verdict?"
Foreman Williams-We have not.
He then added:
Il should like, Your Honor, to make
statement. We want night session"
very WELL" said the Court, you
may be adjourned until 1880 o'clock"
The jury were then taken 10 their
hotel for supper, the defendant was re-
manded to Jail and the crowd dispersed.
THE NIGHT DISSEMINATING FOR THE
VERDICT.
Jury, defendant, counsel, Judge and
audience were promptly on hand for
the night session, and at 1882 the papers
were handed to Mr.. Hoge, who is act
ing as Secretary of the jury, and the
twelve men once more followed the
Sheriff to the jury room to wrestle anew
with the grave problem which had been
submitted to them for solution.
The audience was only a fair one, as
to numbers, when the jury went out,
but by eight o'clock the crowd had
grown to large proportions, and there
was not much eligible space for specta-
tion during the succeeding hour or So
During the entire evening the crowd in
the corridor averaged from seventy-ive
TO one hundred, and as nearly every man
had cigar, the air was soon hazy with
tobacco smoke, from the Fifteenth street
end of the corridor clear down through
the City Hall TO the Council chambers.
There was an incesSant hum OF many
voices, audible in the Court room, com
ing from this restless, inpatient aud OK
pectant crowd, and the tramp OF feet
was constant, as the throng moved un-
easily 10 and fro, awaiting the unlock
ing of the Jury room door. Inside the
Court room there was no confusion.
The seats were occupied by citizens
who sat in quietneSs, or occasionally
whispered to each other; a number OF
ladies sat within the rail, on the south
side of the room, watching the unusual
scene with interest; the prisoner, who
had chatted during the early portion OF
the evening with his brothers and faith
err, left his seat, about half-past eight,
and took one Of the chairs in the jury
box, beside Colonel Arnett, where
the two consulted in whispers,
with the Sheriff, the jailer and deputy
sitting justin front of them; over on the
opposite side Of the Judges seat, Clerk
Mitchell chatted with two or three
friends, and a newspaper man or two
kept watch at the press table. So the
evening wore away, and nine o'clock
came, with the jury still giving no sign
of the progress of the controversy which
was going on, nor indication Of the final
result.