Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-18
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OF MurUor-A Case Of t1.sht lntoro8t
Along tho Line Of the West virginEia
Central
BALTIMORE, ND. November IT.
There will be universal rejoicing I'D ~
Beverly, West Virginia, and through
the whole OF Randolph county, indeed,
over the acQuital yesterday Of six Of the
most prominent citizens Of that section
on a charge OF murder, tried In the
Criminal Court OF Baltimore city. The
gentlemen who were thus placed in
jeopardy were j. l.. Wamsley, district
attorney OF Randolph county; Nelson
Wilson, deputy clerk OF the Circuit
Court; 5. A. Rowan, the ex-deputY
clerk and editor OF the Randolph Enter
prise; Leslie Harding, acting deputy
clerk Of the County Court, and r. b.
Coplinger and Z. ID. Wamsley, farmers.
All the parties live at Beverly, which,
as everybody herea5Outs knows, is the
terminus Of the West Virginia Central
railroad.
The men were specifically charged
with having murdered an old man
named Paul Raimhlld He was hurt on
the night Of March 5 last, and died on
March %, at the home Of his son, Louis
Raimhild, on South Fremont street, 10
Baltimore. Ii was charged at the time
OF the occurrence that the young men
who were accused bad arrived in Balti-
more from Washington in a hilarious
mood, having attended the Inaugural
tion OF President Cleveland. They went
TO the boarding house of Mrs. Mary
Bowers, where they were assigned 10 q
room. They were skylarking for a
long time, AID Raimhild, who had an
adjoining room, was alleged 20 have
been hurt by them, receiving injuries
which resulted in his death.
IT was never claimed that there had
been deliberate .Iurder, the sole con-
tention OF the State being that the men
were guilty Of manslaughter. None Of
the defendants were ever arrested, and
they voluntarily went TO Baltimore, ar
irving on Tuesday afternoon, for the
purpose Of being tried. They are dne
locking set Of young fellows, and as
koOn as they surrendered themselves
were bailed By Mr.. John Quinn. The
trial did not last long. All tie evidence
was circumstantial. and no evidence
was produced 70 snow that they had al
any time come in contact with Mr..
Ramhid, though there was evidence,
which was ruled as inadmissa6le, which
would have tended TO show that in
statement made by the old man before
his death he said he had been hurt by
the young men at the boarding house on
the night of March 8.
At the opening of the trial States
Attorney Kerr stated that he would
simply ask for manslaughter. The jury
N~... 2 no In al
6rst witness was Dr. n. O., Kierie, who
performed the post mOrteR eXamina-
zion He said that Rsimhild died Of
blood poisoning. His collar bone and sew
eral ribs were broken. The injuries
might have been the result Of fall, or
could have been received in a wrestling
match. 10 was this that was sought 10
be proven.
Dr. SprUid, resident physician OF the
Maryland University, testified that Mr..
Raimhild was brought TO the hospital
on March IA, suffering from indama-
tlOn Of the lungs. The doctor made an
examination and found that be had Sus-
tanned other injuries, which finally re-
suited in his death.
Mrs. Mary Bowers, who keeps the
boarding house, testifie that the young
men came there on the night after the
Inauguration. They had apparently been
drinking. Mrs. Bowers went 10 her
room and raised her window, listening
70 the d. which shey made. She said
-tehat 'f6e next morning Raimhild came
down 10 breakfast. He looked pale, and
also looked as though he had been
drinking the night before.
Of
sparingly. She didn't see him come in the
nigRt before, and didn't know whether
\ he was hurt before be got In bed or not.
\She said that he remained at her house
Until March 14th, when he went TO the
hospital. He walked as far as the street
cRr. Witnesses who testified to hearing
Hmbild complain that be had been hurt
we're II. a. Ullerbaugh, Thomas Owens
Al6is hammelL
Annie Mears, who was cook ia the
house, said that her room was over the
one ia which the West Virginians slept.
She heard LOUD noises, the tramping Of
feet and other sounds, aud heard avoice
CRY out "Let me alOnel Let me alone!"
She could not say whether Ii was Rain
hild's voice or not. The next morning
Raimhild came down stairs and com
plained OF having been hurt.
Sergeant Gilbert testified to a CONVEX
sation be. had had at the hospital with
RajRhilH on March It. Louis Rain
hid. the VsOn, TO whose house the old
man was anally removed from the hos
pital, and where be died, testified that
he did not know that his father had
been hurt until March To- His father
told him about what had happened.
Messrs' +. Il, Owens and Frank
Woods, the counsel for the prisoners,
decided not to offer any testimony for
the defense, as no case had been made
against their clients. The case was
submitted TO the jury without argu-
menL They were out but short
while, when they returned q verdict Of
acouittal, and the West Virginians
were discharged from custody. They
reached Cumberland this morning, aud
promptly took the picturesque West
Virginia Central for their homes whore
they will be welcomed with general re-
joicing.
INDEPENDENCE.