The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-21
back to Jail. where no walked with his
head bowed, totally unintorested, ap.
parently, by the surroundings.

St S'oi' hioio ~ thui III tllo
morning. About2 o'clock Major was
brought back from jail by Sheriff Steen-
rod. Judge PAUL came in and tho
eighteen jurymen were brought up
from the Stamm House by Deputies
Garden and Zane. A little timo
elapsed before tho citizens summoned
for jury duty arrived, and at 2:20 the
examination oil prospective jurors ro-
commenced. Prosecuting Attorney
Howard was on time, rs usual.
Charles l.. Prayer said he was pre-
JUDGED, and J. A.. Blum said no had
formed an opinion which he did not
think no could change. William
schwertleger was in tho same fix, and
all three were excused. Councilman
Joseph Emsheimer said he had formed
opinion, but TINT this opinion would
not stand in the way Of his rendering n
just verdict, according 10 tho law and
evidence. Mr.. Emsheimcr was immc-
diatcly accepted. George Dingor was
another, who had formed an irrovocablc
opinion, anda he said that that opinion
could not DO changed by evidence, hc
" go ok SOufdC CSCu6SN. n. ~. hilCtlUlUD
informed tho court, that he had said, on
first reading of the murder, that no
thought tho defendant wns crazy. IIe
was taken In hand by Mr.. Howard, and
several hypothetical cases werc put to
him. Mr.. K~incholoe said, that il the
evidence were to show that Maier was
OF sound mind, his previously expressed
opinion would not hinder him from
rendering a verdict in accordance with
the law and evidence. lie was accepted,
and the panel OF twenty was complete.
AJunY OBTAINED.
II now on,, rom,;nol ~ so,oo. , ;rr,,
IVY
Oh t"elVe sooa ana true men. acceptable
to both sides. Elmer Nichols, A. J.
scamon, J. NJ. Dowler. John Walford.
l.. W. Morris, W. +. Lindsay. George
Hoccklor and R, S. Kinchcloe wore
stricken of. tho panel. and there 70.
manned NJ. J. O,Neill, s. b. Jefferson.
D. G. kurner, Jacob Keller, Louis New.
man, W. IL. Typart, Charles Sample.
Stewart Wallace. John +. Smith. a. G.
Wagner, W. T.. Crumlnie and Joseph
l.iIlsiicluieI.
MI. oohin arose and offered q de.
il wal dofcci;ve inosmvcT i, namo
OF the foreman Of tho grand iury did
not appear in the. body OF the indics-
ment, but was endorsed only on the
back. Judge PAUL orerruled the de-
murrer. A plea fof not guilty was
entered and the jury sworn.
Prosecuting Attorney John A. Howard
led oil for the state. lie related the
circumstances Of the murder, familiar
to tho readers OF the lNrELLIGENcER. He
characterized the killing of Mrs. Maier
by herhusband as acold bloodcd murder
and recapitulated the incidents OF the
night OF Monday, April !. and OF tho
early Tuesday morning. He rehearsed
the quarrels Maier had with his wife,
almost from tho beginning OF their mar
ried life. He told Of the killing itself,
how Mrs. Maier, seeing the murderous
glare in her husbands eyes, had drawn
the bed cover over her head, as ii that
could be a protection. He told how
Alaier had deliberately
PULLED TIE COVER RACE
and fred tho fret md fot,l shot follow.
~ NV io''o"
ing II up with three more bullets, every
one piercing q vital part He spoke OF
the finding OF the pistol and concluded
bv saving that the state intendeI To
prove the charges in the indictment
and expected a yerdicto murder in tho
first degree.
Mr., Conifr followed for the -nrisonor
He expected to prove the defendant not
guilty as CHARGED in tho Indictment
and incidentallV mentioned that The do.
fenso would nrovo nv The etote's own
witnesses that Mrs, Muier could not
have Soc the murd crous clare in
her husbands owes as the room wos
dark at the time. As REGARDED the find.
ing Of the nistol he said he did moi
think there was any nroof Of tho nistoI
found having belonged to Maier.
1--WE expect to prove, gentlemen Of
tho iury.h continued Mr. ConiT ito
satisfaction hat Ills mar i not
accountable for his acts, and he was not
tho timo whom This Art wos commit.
tod. We will run over rhrao forr and
five wears back. Wa eSnect to nrovc
IRON his manner his demeanorf his
peculiar nets. and bv eyncrt testimonv
rs to those nets. that he IS moi ]resnonsi,
bio ior his acts. Uo has The disnns;tion
and the name of man insane Ha
su,h n disnosition darL snltrv
moroso. No boGts n man l;ohIa r. Gv ~
ot onv moment md do mn oct tbat M
sane man would do Ono time wbau
working for n IIr. Emmert without anv
reason. and being nm friendly tarms
with him. this man let his trnnk ont Of
the second story window and vent away
with Mr., Emmert owing him monov ~
tho time. Ho returned lone oitor
without a word OF explanation or of ex-