Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-06-16
INTERESTING EVENT.
Moot Trial on Thursday Night
we'll Attended


Trial is one of Absorbing Interest
More than one Thousand People Pres
ent-Verdict of Guilty-Dramatic
Scenes-Excellent Addresses Details
Of the Affair.
The final exercises of the Univer-
sity year We're begun on Thursday
night with public Moot Court trial
given by the members Of the Senior
Law class. Judge johnson Dean of
the law department presided over the
trial Over one thousand people at
tended the event ana they were great
ly interested in what they saw and
heard.
The crowd was in great good humor
and at times guyed the performers un-
mercifully. At other times some of
the audience interrupted the proceed
ings in an unseemly manner and dis
gusted many of the audience.
The trial was on the lines of the
famous Leutgert trial which took
place at Chicago some years ago. The
defendent of the case was Judge Dew
ereux who was accused of having muir
dered his wife and placing the body in
a bath tub containing potash reducing
it to a pulp. Several bones some hair
and two rings taken from the tub were
offered in evidence.
The jury was composed of M. L.
Brown, e. Shisler, Emerson Carney,
g. G. Steele, A. G. Baker, J. G.. Lantz,
f. D. Wood, ]. w. Wiles, J. G. Sam
sci, William Wilmington, d. G. Hotf-
man, and S. n. Fisher.
The attorneys for the state were
Mrs. ]. G. Frazer assisted by A. L.
Sawtelle. The attorneys for the de-
Tense were w. B. Lindsay assisted by
r. A. WEIGH and II. X. Drane. The
sheriff was I. Mansbach and he filled
the difficult position with ability and
grace.
Witnesses introduced in the follow
ing order were Fl. A. Dunn, r. Fl.
Miller, K. Mckenzie, J. L. Hatfield,
/. Mansbach and T. L. Fox for the
state and G. e. Martin, ID. w. Ohern
and Miss Sarah Johnson. Miss John
son appeared as an apparition at the
close OF the examination of the wit
nesses and denounced the accused as
her murderer. The lights were turned
Off and the scene was CHASTITY one.
The witnesses created great deal
of merriment except in the testimony
of Mr.. Dunn, Mr.. Martin, and Mr..
Fox They had the serious parts Of
the testimony. Others were made up
for the parts which they took and
their testimony was very funny and
greatly enjoyed by the audience.
The Jury was addressed by the va
rious attorneys in very well prepared
speeches and the interest was aroused
TO very great degree before the judge
delivered his charge. Each side made
very strong appeals to the jury and
had not rule been adopted for a ma
jority verdict the jury would have
still been out considering the verdict.
The charge was given to them and
they retired returning in short time
with a verdict Of guilty. This had
been secured by vote Of seven to
five.
The prisoner was then asked If he
had any thing to say as to why SEN
tence should not be passed upon him
and he arose in his place delivering
a very excellent address to the Judge,
jury and audience. This address was
listened to with deep attention by the
crowd and was the best thing OF the
evening in the opinion of many.
Judge Johnson then in feeling
speech pronounced sentence on the
prisoner who is the first one to be
sentenced to be hanged from this coun-
ty under the new law which requires
the condemned to be taken TO Mounds
vile and there executed in the peni-
tertiary.