Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-04-24

| have had. Inc puuIic 70 49,.
band murders wife; wife murders nus
band: rufiian murders ruftian, gen'le
man murders a gentleman. Inc fes0'
yer ana the knife have been busy. NO
wonder the public clamors. ltaoes nos
cIamor for vengeance: oh, no, gentle,
menl il is for justicel There is gooo
cause for it, The people demand JUS
tice. represent the people nefe- l
have the honor TO appear for them IL
has been said that there are crowas
around this Court room, and upon the
streets,
DEMANDING THIS MANS LIFE.
Itmay be so, aud yet stand here ana
say that though every man OF them oe-
mspded his life of me and of you'll |
this whole community demanded u, YET
I wonld NOT acouiesce in it, If / did not |
believe il was right. Why, IL has net
been long since man, armed Win
keen knife nearly as long as my arm'
and with two revolvers-a verltaoie si- /
senal-who came within hairs breadth
of taking the life of an officer, was
brought here, and without the his coun-
sci or the Court saying = word, oe-
manded OF the Court that the trial DC
stopped. Why? Because the man was
evids emily insane. That is not the STU
alton here. This man, who has asked
for mercy, has forfeited his lie. he
has forfeited IL by the law OF both uod
and man, and ! stand here now TO de-
mand that he pay the penalty. That
life which he now has does not belong
to him, and here, in the name OF the
people OF West Virginia, and In the
name of the law. demand that ne pay
| the penalty"
Mr.. Howard closed eloquently and ef-
fectively at ll:4O o'clock, while many
ewes were moist In the audience, ana
nearly every juryman was affected 10
tears. The instructions OF the Court
we're read, the Judge briefly outlined
the forms OF verdict possible under the
indictment, and at 1855 the jury retired
to their room. While they were gone
Mrs. Yoho, mother OF the murdered
/ girl, leaned over in her chair and had
brief conversation with the murderer,
talking with dicffiulty while the tears
rolled down her cheeks and her voice
was
CHoKED WITH soBs.
She asked Maier II he did not love
/ his wife, and he said yes He said he
did not try TO kill Katie Yoho, and that
he was sorry he killed his wife. She
said she forgave him his great crime,
and prayed for him. MAR said she
could have the things belonging TO him
in his room. The murderer showed
more feeling at 20 this brief In
| teryiew than at any time
during the progress OF the trial, yet 1t
was hardly noticeable in his features
He sat through IL all as stolid as an In
dian, his features betraying nothing Of
! emotion.
At twenty-five minutes after twelve,
the Jury asked for fifteen minutes
time before being adjourned for dinner,
and this was accorded them by the
| Court. There was great hustle of ex-
citemen, among the spectators as the
! twelve men filed in, most OF the audi
ence rising to their feet that they
might see better. Order was restored
with some difficulty, and the Court di-
rected the Sheriff to announce that no
demonstrations Of approval or disap-
prevail would be permitted, and that ar
rest
WOULD PROMPTLY FOLLOW
any infraction OF this order. This had
the effect Of greatly restraining the
spectators.
Asked as to whether or not they had
agreed upon verdict, Foreman O'Neal
said they had not, and they were then
adjourned until two o'clock, the audi
ence being locked In the Court room un
| Ill the Jury and prisoner had passed out
| M l. . ha
part of the crowd TO see Maier, and
many followed the Sheriff and his pris-
oner through the streets to the jail.
When Court reassembled. at two
o'clock, the attendance was larger, II
possible, than before. There was q very
noticeable increase in the number Of
ladies present. A barricade was erect
ed across the third story corridor, to
kaep the crowd from heupper windows,
where glass was broken the day before.
The jury received the papers from the
Clerk and filed out in few minutes
after they first appeared In their seats,
and then the crowd settled down for p
wait, which all were convinced would
not be long one.
At $50 there was knock at the jury
room door, aud Judge PAUL appeared in
the room, while there was the same stir
and hustle on the part OF the audience.
The jury came In at five minutes OF
three, and when they had taken their
seats the Court repeated the admonitIon
10 the audience that no demonstrations
OF any character would be permitted,
and that arrests would promptly follow.
! This was repeated TO the audience by
the Sheriff, and the result was perfect
order.
Clerk Mitchell then said
THE VERDICT.
Gentlemen Of the jury, have you
agreed upon a verdict?"
1--WE have" said Foreman O'Neal.
prisoner at the bar, stand up.
Prisoner, look upon the jury. Jury
men, look upon the prisoner. What
say you, gentlemen OF the jury; guilty
or not guilty?"
Guilty.
The Clerk took the verdict and read
"We, the jury, find the defendant,
William Maier. guilty as charged In the
indictment. NJ. J. O'Neal, foreman"
1t was the death penalty.
Mr.. Coniff-I move to set the verdict
aside.
The Court-Wait until IL IS recorded
The Clerk wrote the verdict upon the
back OF the indictment, and Foreman
O'Neal signed II. II was again read TO
the jury, and the Clerk asked
so say you all, gent!emen?"
Every man on the jury answered
yes"