Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-21
REED GUILTY.
The Washington County Murderer Found Guilty
Of Murder iu the First Degce-Ihe Death
Sentence Will be Passed Upon Him To
Morrow MOrning-HOw de TO(k It.
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WASHINGTON, Pa, February 2O.-
The great murder trial has been CON-
pleted. and Martin Reed has been found
guilty of the murder OF Alex. Chapel
Ii has been undoubtedly one OF the most
complex cases ever tried in the Wash
ington county Courts.
Reed will receive the death sentence
at the opening Of Court on Monday
morning. .,
At 9:l5 a. m, to-day, the jury filed
into the court room, with the exhausted
appearance which is always shown oy
the twelve men who are compelled
10 occupy the jury box for a full week,
and the form OF taking their verdict im-
mediately followed the "Oyez" OF the
crier. AS Clerk Allen inquired OF their
foreman, Samuel Rankin, Of North Stra-
bane township: "How do you find?
Is the defendant, Martin Reed, guilty
In manner and form as he stands indlct-
ed. or not guilty?" tho crowd which al
ready filled the room, suddenly ceased
the murmurlng conversation which had
so much irritated abe tipstaves and
anxiously listened for the scarcely aud
ible tones OF the foreman as he an
nounced Guilty Of murder In the hrst
degree"
While the customary questions OF the
clerk were being propounded to the
Jury Reed sat by the side OF his counsel,
his great chest heaying as II ready to
burst, and his face reddeDing a deeper
hue as the ceremony proceeded. AT the
sound OF the words. "Guilty OF murder
in the first degree" his eyes filed with
tears, his face assumed purple color,
and the perspiration stood out on his
brow In great beads. He could look
nobody in the face, his optics trembled
and he fumbled restlessly with his bat.
After quiet had been restored, Mr..
McCracken arose and asked that the
court allow him little time In which TO
consider the advisability OF making a
motion for a new trial. Judge Nell
ysine. however, intimated that there
were no grounds upon which a new trial
could properly be asked for, and ad-
iourned court until o'clock Monday
morning, when Reed will undoubtedly
receive the death sentence. The Gov
ernor will then appoint day upon
which the execution will occur.
As Sheriff Cherry led the prisoner
back to jailR could scarcely walk, and
when he arrived in the jail, sank down
in chair and groaDed: Its unjust!
It's unjust. / am not guilty" Until
Monday, Reed will be kept ia the inner
jail: he will then be placed In the room,
In the eastern wing OF the jail, in which
West spent his last DAYS on earth.
The jury's deliberation lasted nine
teen hours. Up 20 last midnight only
four ballots had been taken; following
this, three additional ones were taken
and a unanimous verdict reached. The
result was arrived at few minutes be-
fore o'clock Saturday morning.
The ballots were as follows: First
guilty, 5; not guilty, 4; blank, 6. Sec
ond-guilty, Q; not guilty, i; blank, 2.
Third-guilty, 10; not guilty. /; blank, /.
Fourth-guilty in first degree, II; not
guilty, l. Fifth-guIIty In first degree,
Z: guilty in second degree, 3; not guilty.
l: guilty. but no degree mentioned, !.
Sixth-guilty in first degree, II; not
guilty, /. Seyenth-guilty In first de-
gree, u.