Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-01
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THE TRIAL OPENED.
The Case of Citizens of Marshall County
Against the County Court.

The Case of Citizens of Marshall County
Against the County Court.
The charges against the County
Court of Marshall county brought by
George Edwards, W. H. Enix, J. o..
Roberts and William F. Crow, came up
for trial yesterday morning in the Cir
cult Court at Moundsville. Readers Of
the Register are familiar with the
proceedings instituted by these gentle
men about eighteen months ago aud
which on one or two occasions nave ~
ceived attention in the courts. The
charges at the time attracted consld~
cradle attention, but at this Writing
there are few people who take any
interest in the matter, and the case
will not be one that will cause any per
son to lose his sleep. The president OIL
the commissioners, Mr.. S. X. Davis, is
the one singled out to receive hrst at
tention, but the other two members
d. F. Giesler and G. F. Gray, are also
concerned and their cases VIII De nedIh
later, providing the prosecutors make
anything out of the present trial. Ii Is
the intention Of the gentlemen VINO
bring the charges to prove them aud
ask that the commissioners be removed
from office. On this account, they nave
EMPLOYED VI >ssrs. Robert White and }.
H Holt as their counsel, while the
defense is ably defended by Attorneys
Alfred Caldwell, Judge Thayer Melvin
3. F. Meighein, C. R. Oldham, J. E;
h ;,norros baJIa 3. Mcclure. About 200
witnesses nav ~ 1ooef mQped and the
the opening only witnesses ID
tbo case were present yesterday
which goes to show that democrats do
we'll as Republicans care little ior tne
trial. and several prominent people haVe
remarked that it would amount 10 Feis
little. The jury was empaneleu shoI
" before noon and consists OF the tos
lowing: Joseph Hicks, Wllnam ooL
field Alexander Cox, }. n. Linses ;
Francis Brisford, Sanford DOMAIN, mos
n FLETCHER, William Riggs, Grant falr'
w Peters, John E. Hadsall ana v
p Gorby. After this was done coui'-
col for the defense asked the court ~
allow them to have a consultation WIN
tbo witnesses. but the other side Wou!u
not agree, and the trial proceeded. ms
r,uch Of the business occupied lhe
morning session, and court was 'ne ron
adjourned until one o'clock. When tne
afternoon session opee4d Attorney Hol'
made the opening address to tAe curry.
calling their attention to each one O
The charges and reading what they
we're. His talk took up over an hou,
and brought out all the facts: AT q
c COW, Judge Thayer Melvin, fol
The defense, outlined everything IN tht
case and told of the charges whlc1
would all be proven to be nothing gu,
If the way in a legitimate business
transaction. AS to gross mismana8t
mont of the county affairs Mr.. liaF''
would be proven innocent OF anythlus
in that line Another thing In MS al
dress was that in the charges brough
there was nothing to show that th'
taxpavers had lost one cent or hao au
| of the commissioners, their lrleAaS =!
relatives received anything from ans
| of tbe transactions made by the court
| His address took up over an hour aA'
was listened to with a great deal @
interest. Nothing else was done dur
ing the afternoon, but this morhln!3
the witnesses for the prosecution VII
he examined, and this will occupy a
least four days.