The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-13

At yesterdays session OF the criminal
court, Judge Hugus on the bench. the
case Of the state vs.. John Juenck. ac-
cused Of stealing property OF consider
able value from the old Maxwell home
on Market street, south Of the creek.
occupied the entire day. The argu-
ments were concluded at $50 p. M,
and when court convened for an even
Ing session the jury was charged by
Judge Hugus
The jury was out only few minutes,
and then returned TO the court room.
After the usual formalltles had been
gone through, the foreman Of the jury,
Daniel Cochran, read the following
verdict:
1--WE, the jury find the defendant,
John Juenck, not guilty OF burglary IS
charged In the Indictment"
This verdict was q surprise, as It was
generally believed that Juenck would be
convicted for the second time. When
the words mot guilty" were heard there
was perceptable buzz over the crowd
ed court room.
Judge Hugus seemed to be as much
surprised as others. He addressed. the
prisoner, and after formally dlscharg-
ing him from custody, took occasion to
add few words Of advice, in which he
advised him to lose no time in leaving
this community. This was objected TO
by Mr. Frank w. Nssbitt at counsel for
the defense. who claimed the occasion
did not justify such language from the
bench.
The case attracted many spectators
and last night before the jury had
come in the room was crowded to its
full capacity. Among the witnesses
examined yesterday, were Mr.. Lewis
Bennett, OF Weston, and eX-Police
Lieutenant "WallY' Lukens. Their
testimony closed the states case and
then came the witnesses FOR the de-
Tense. including the prisoner, John
Juenck, his wife. Mrs. Fannie Juenck,
Harry KGoke. Frank Ayers and John
Henderson. With the exception OF the
testimony Of Mrs. Juenck, there was
little or nothing new adduced. On the
cross-eXamlnatlon Of the prisoners
wife by ex-Prosecuting Attorney How
ard, the witness became very much
mixed and frequently contradlcted her
self Il was quite evident she was per-
Turing herself In an effort to save her
husband.
The arguments by counsel began in
the afternoon. The new prosecuting
attorney, Mr.. ". C. Meyer. opened for
the state, and reviewed the case from
beginning to end. There was consider
able interest in this speech, for the
reason that It was Mr.. Meyers first ef-
fort since becoming prosecuting attor-
ney. He did himself proud and his
many friends who were present took
occasion 80 personally congratulate him
after he had concluded his brilliant
argument. Mr.. Meyer was followed BY
Mr.. Frank W. Nesbitt for the defense,
who made very ingenious speech
that seemed TO have an effect on the
jury. Colonel Arnett, senior counsel for
the defense. followed, and of course
made an able argument for his client
he always does. For the state, Mr..
John A. Howard closed the arguments,
and his review Of the case was indeed
mastery. Being prosecutor at the
time of the former trial Of Juenck, he
was thoroughly familiar with the cir
cumstances, knowledge that served
him well In missing the evidence
against the prisoner.
At the conclusion of the arguments,
the court took q recess until 7:30 o'clock
when the case went to the jury, who
gave the verdict outlined above.