The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-21
BOUND OVER no COURT.
julius Jacobs, the Clothing Nor
chant, Giyos Ball.
lLL The GlS JETS I7URNED ON
And tho Chandelier Ready to Fall.
Both Front ana Back Doors Locked.
only one Key to the Store Room
md II was Held by MIR. jacobs.

Tho hearing OF tho case OF Julius
jacobs, charged with an attempt to
commit arson, began yesterday after
noon at . p. H., and was held in Justice
philipy's office, Mr.. John a. Howard
rcprescntcd tho state, and Senator
eommcryillc and Mr.. S. G. Smith APP
reared for tho defendant. The tosti-
monY was taken down in shorthand by
Jason Stamp, tho stcnographcr There
was q good crowd in attendance and
considerable interest was'maniiestcd in
the testimony Mrs. Cooke was the
first witness called on behalf OF tho
state. She testified as follows:
~ live in the same house rs and
above the store OF Jacobs and liar
burger at No. 1864 Main street. ! was
nj home most Of Sunday, and about 4
O'Clock in tho afternoon noticed the
smrll OF gus. went through the house
and searched for tho leak, and not be-
Ing able to discover anything, my sister
went to the back door OF tho store,
which opens into our hall; the odor OF
gas was very strong"
On cross examination By Senator
SolnmcryiIlc, Mr. Cooke ,n.said that on
no other occasion had she over noticed
the clor OF gas, but she understood
that others had. She had noticed tho
smell OF gas on last Saturday night,
about II o'clock, before going to bed.
On Sunday she had heard nobody speak
OF rcmarkiug the odor OF gas, until 4
o'clock. When she noticed the smell
OH Saturday night she was just going to
bed and was passing through the hall
way, several members OF the family be-
ing with her In her investigation on
Sunday she had confined her search to
the rear part of the house, not going
around to the front OF thestorc on Main
street.
HouSEFuL OF PEOPLE.
Mrs. Smith, u sister OF Mrs. Cooke,
was called to the stand Mrs. Smith
said that twcnty.seven persons usually
slept in tho building at night. This
lady had also noticed the odor on Satur
day night, and being afraid to 90 to bed
had remained up until o'clock in the
morning, and had then opened the hall
windows and retired. In the morning
the smell OF gas had vanished. Being
out nearly all day Sunday, Mrs. Smith
did not know OF her own knowledge OF
the smell OF gas until she returned home
nj 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Noticing
the smell again she searched the house,
and on going to the store1 door, which
opened into her hall way, she smclled a
strong odor OF gas, and informed Mr..
Nowvock, the florist. The flavor OF gas
was still strong at o'clock and at 8 that
night.
On crosE-examination Mrs Smith said
that there were seventeen rooms in the
building, and that the entranco to her
part Of the house was on Eleventh
street, with no entrance from Main.
The smell Of Gas was strongest in the
hall running parallel with Main street,
and on which the rear door OF the store
opened. The smell could be noticed
through all the halls in theihadsc, and
was as strong on Sunday afternoon rs it
was on Saturday night. Mrs. Smith
had never noticed the smell OF the gas
before. She was positive none OF the
gas escaped from any burners in her
part OF the house. The gas was still cs-
Gaping on Sunday evening at;,9. O'clock.
Miss Mary Davis, one of Mr.. Jacobs's
clerks, testified that she lett the store
at Q o'clock Saturday night. She came
back TO the store Monday morning.
When she left Saturday night she lett
Lee hamburger and Miss Ida AlcNIas-
tiers, her fellow clerk, in tho store.
When she left Saturday evening she
had noticed no smell OF gas. She had
been employed Mt the store since Sep
TENDER. She could not tell when the
last invoice OF goods had been received
ut the store.
AN IMPORTANT WITNESS. rs
The attention OF Mr.. Nowviock, the
next witness, had first been attracted to
the gas by Mrs. Smith, who came in
and told him about it. Ho went to the
rear door OF the store, pressed his hand
against It, put his nose to the crack,
S"d smelled the gas plainly. About
hali'past seven o'clock he sent for the
officers. After the latter were acquainted
with the situation, they went around
looking Tor key to the door and hunt
M Tor Jacobs. They could neither find
one or the other. Through the glass on
each side OF the brick door Mr.. Nowyi-
ocH could see that a gas jet in the store
was burning, and that the ransom over
inc front door was open.
On cross-cXamination Mr.. Nowyiock
stated that his store was between those
o. Jacobs and OF Worls, on Main street.
unexplained the location Of the halls
"lia the other rooms in the house, with
reference to the store room. He was
POSITIVE that he heard some ono in the
store about hali-past eight o'clocl, on
S;uE0ay evening, and not sure, whether
he he@rd some one in there at hali-paet
seven o'clock. Mr.. Nowviock and an
SSApoye were working in the store OH
sunday, having some flowers to furnish
lor a!uncra! at Bellairc. The chief i'm.
Iof!ahGc OF AIR. Nowviock's testimony
Ky III the TACT, that when he looked in
sne store at half-past seven o'clock he
"a" no light, and when he looked in
I$alh ~ haIt-pNst eight there was light
ONLY ONE KEY TO TIE STORE.
Miss Ida SlcAIasters, another clerk at
Jacobs 4 IIarburger's store, testified
M" u, she lett the store at hali-past nine
II,S s.S, Saturday night, leaving Lee
it ,,.p there. The lights were not
iIN '.,' ons when she left. She came
T"5 Monday morning This witness
Eau 10 Sey to the store and did. not
Know who had. j, Ss,S
a aS hamburger testified as follows: +.