Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-10-04
BURNED ALL HIS CLOTHING
Geo. Redmond tcts Maniac at
the Jail.
TAKEN 10 The PEN LAST NIGHT
When the Condemned Murderer Learned That
He Was 10 Go He Piled All His Clo.hing
in heap and Set il on Fire.

He Was 10 Go He Piled All His Clo,hlng
in Heap and Set il on Fire.
Unless the Supreme Court rules 9TH
.erwise. George Redmond, who commit
ted the murder of Eugene Sampson,
will so to penitentiarv for life. Judge
Faulkner FRIDAY overruled the mo-
ton to set aside the verdict of the
Jury and for new trial and sentenced
him to spend the reminder of his days
behind the bars.
The motion was based on the fol-
lowing grounds;
1.-The court erred in overruling the
motion for continuance of the trial
because Of the absence of the witness
Harry Smith, otherwise known as
Pinkney.
2-The court erred III refusing TO
permit Samuel Rector, Gal White
and Douglas Jackson to testify to the
circumstances of the previous difficult
ties between the prisoner and the de-
ceased. instead of limiting the testi-
mony to threats or the drawing on the
prisoner by the deceased of a danger
Gus weapon.
3-The court erred in refusing to
permit the prisoner to show that Ho-
my Jackson and Chas. H. Taylor We're
examined on behalf Of tn State at the
preliminary hearing and were not held
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4--The court erred IN granting in
structions four and five on behalf of
the State.
5-Tbe verdict is contrary to the ey-
idence in that there is no sufficient ev-
idence of a wilful. deliberate and pre-
meditated killing. such as will justify
verdict of murder in the first degree
Judge Faulkner took up each ground
alleged for new trial. commented
upon il and overruled the motion and
thereupon Redmond was asked if he
had ANYTHING to say why sentence
should not be passed upon him. He
had nothing to say. The court sem
fenced him to confinement in peniten-
if to remove him to Moundsyille as
soon as it could conveniently be done.
A suspending order was asked, 50
that application for a writ of error to
the Court of Appeals could be made,
which was granted. nolle was en-
tered in the case against Samuel Epps,
who was held as principal in the
second degree in tine murder. and he
was released.
Jane Lewis and Nina Young, the
two witnesses who have been kept III
Jail since tie preliminary hearing.
We're also released from custody.
Sheriff Stuckey, accompanied by
Deputy Sheriff Kettering and John
Harris, who acted as guard, left for
Moundsville Tuesday con train No. 8
over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
with George Redmond, the murderer.
and Charles Baker, the horse thief
Redmond goes to the penitentiary for
life and Baker goes for four years.
When Redmond learned TUESDAY that
he was to be taken to the pepitentiary
last night and doomed to spend the re-
mainder of HIS days behind the gloomy
prison walls, he grew desperate. Pill
ing every stitch of clothing lac wore in
a heap on the floor. he set fire to
theih The murderer then tried to
emulate the redskin brave as he
danced a regular ghost dance around
the blaze, clothed only in nature 5
garb.
The wild whoops of the murderer
and the odor of the burning clothing
attracted Jailer Caldwell to the scene
Although amazed at the unexpected
sight which met his eyes when he I'M
bolted and threw open the door lead
ing into the Jail corridor, Tailor Cald-
wei did not stop to mediate He
dashed into the corridor and bounced
upon the feigning maniac, threw him
to the floor and held aim there while
he called to his wife &c bring him a
straight jacket. The fire was put ont
with little trouble.
After a hard struggle the straight
jacket was securely fastened ON the
condemned murderer and he was got
ten under control. The prisoner was
then placed IL his cell, hound securely
by the straight jacket. He acted the
lunatic all the rest Of the evening, but
at supper time he begged to be released.
When asked the cause of his strange