Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-19
A JURY OBTAINED
IN TIE BRESAUH MURDER TRIAL, YESTER-
DAY MORNING.
couus.l State the Case, and a Visit Made 10 the
Sesns Of the Crims-No Testimony VIII
Be Taken Until This Morning.

The work Of obtaining jury in the
murder case Of State V. Louis BreSach
was resumed in the Criminal Court,
Judge Jordan, yesterday morning, and
the entire first half of the day was con-
sumed in the effort, twenty fair men
not being obtained until noon. From
the talesmen examined yesterday the
following competent men were obtained
in addition to the fifteen procured on
Monday: George Chew, Newton A. Nc
Conn. William A. Dennis, T. A. Hoge
and r. II. Silvey. The striking of Of
the supsrfous names was done at once,
aud when Court took recess at 1880
D. N. the trial jury stood as follows:
w. p. Slater, Charles Work,
Robert Welshans, Henry Sonda,
John Conih, A. q. MaXwell,
w. Z. Never, J ohm Madden,
George COstain, George Chew,
George Scatterday, William \ Dennis.
When Court re-asSembled for the az
ternOOn session the demand for seats In
the room was great, and as the Sheriff
strictly enforced the order limiting the
attendance 10 the number OF seats,
many were disappointed In not being
able 10 view the proceedings and hear
what was going en-.
After formal plea Of not gnilty, the
case was stated for the State by Mr..
Howard, who first went into law points
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parting TO the Jury such Information as
would be essential or helpful In the con-
sideration Of the evidence aud the argu-
mentS aud instructions, aud in the rem
ditlon of a proper and just verdict.
This done, the Prosecutor narrated the
circumstances OF the awful crime as he
expected 10 prove IL BY witnesses for
the State. His detailed account
OF Bresach's murderOus and brutal
assault upon his wife, extending over q
large portion OF Saturday, the 18th OF
October last, was a clear and lucid one,
aud was listened TO most sttentiyely by
Jury, court, officials aud spectators, and
by no one with more earneStpeSS and
attention than the defendant himself
The murderer sat quietly In his chair
all through Mr.. HOward's story OF
his horrible crime of beating his
helpless victim 10 death and as
the Prosecutor accounted the beat
ings and WhippingS with whip and
clubs, extending over hours, the futile
efforts of the wife TO shisld herself, her
many wounds, her broken bones, her
innumerable bruises, the subsequent
attempts Of the murderer to eface the
evidences Of his work, and the result OF
the autopsy, Bresach scarcely raised
his eyes from a straight aud fixed stare
straight ahead of him, looking, how
ever, at nothing in particular. His
mind was doubtless busy with the cir
cumstances Of his brutal crime as the
facts, as understood by the State, were
successfully unfolded. Upon cOnclud-
ing his forecast OF the evidence for the
State, Mr.. Howard said be would de-
mand and expect from the jury YER
dict Of murder in the first degree.
Ii was three o'clock when COL Atnett
began his statement of the case for the
defense. Like Mr.. Howard, the Colo
mel devoted large portion OF his ad-
dress to the legal aspects Of the case.
the expOHhding OF the criminal law Of
theory OF defense, with the predatory
remark that he would be obliged, al
though unwillingly, 10 speak the reverse
of we'll of the dead. Referring TO Mr..
Towards assertion Of Bressch's almost
continuous cruelty 70 his wife, COL Ar
nett said be would be able to prove that
Mrs. Bresach was almost continuously
assaulting her husband. Once she
threw a lighted lamp at his head, and
the entire fire department had TO be
called out 20 eXtinguiSh the resulting
blaze. She had been arrested for his
assaults, while the husband had
never been arrested for as
saulting her, and the dead
woman was also a slave to the use Of
LIQUOR. The husband, Col. Arnett said,
was an industrious and Woodworking
man, given somewhat TO the use OF
LIQUOR, il was true, out not TO an extent
which incapacitated him from work or
made him brutal, while his wife was
given 20 the excessive use Of liquor, aud
through ID neglected her children and
her household duties. As TO the occur
renceS OF the day OF the murder, Col.
Arnett said there were no eye-witnesses
OF the occurrences, as a whole. That
the woman was bruised was true, bat
the defendant said be was not RESPONSE
bic for them.
This defendant says 10 me and / say
to you, that she was in an injured con-
diti0n almost all the time, caused BY her
continually putting herself in helpless
condition. His claim is, that, while
there is DO dispute that injuries occur
red, be denies that they were inflicted
by any Of those weapons, and he denies
that he ever used any Of them at all.
fiictsd by herself"
In closing Col Arnett said he only
asked for a patient hearing and just
verdict
Replying to the statement OF counsel
for defense. Mr.. Howard referred TO
Col. Arnett's very Shrewd definition OF
the crime Of murder In the second de-
gree, which, Mr.. Howard said, had been
construed to possibly 6t the case at bar
and he then proceeded to give some
what different version Of the law. He
then said:
81 want to call your attention eSpec-
tally to the defendants statement 20
the jury. I stated positively what the
State expected TO prove. You heard a
somewhat lengthy statement of the de-
fense-much OF IL necessarily directed
TO an explanation Of the law. We say
that these weapons caused the bruises
and broken bones upon the body Of this
woman, and her death. He has
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