The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1904-02-24
THREE FOR The PEN
Cumento, Dingess and MilleT--
Wsll go the Road.

itallaz Found t;uii,5 and Sentenced 70
Ten Wears DiHgrrs GEES Tuo b5
csnfsssins MILLER Jury Eeiuras
Verdict After Nineteen Hours Has
nj Been seaIeneed.
From Thursdays Daily.
Apgelo Cumento, OF Gcnaro Cumeufo
the ItaIIao charged with the rape Of
Elizabeth P0alrd3@n was brought into
court this morning fur trial. His at
torneY, Frank HayAUnd attempted to
wiibdras tbs Plea oi not guilty aud
confess, buI-tRe foart wvuld not al
low this, stating tDat il be confess, d.
there was fothifg TO dc butte hang
the prisoner.
jury was emp lnelied, aud Mr.
Haymund stated MS case To sheui.
He admitted thai PouiedosB was
guilty OF having sexua, intercourse
with the girl. CpmentO had furnished
about $lg3 10 the girls parents IN pay
for their LONE, aud they had given
Elisabeth to bin fer bis wife. He
lived with the pouiedowns, and on
more than on. occasion the attorney
stated, the little girl had fondled the
person OF the defendant in the pres
eBee OF her mother, aud made indie
cent requests OF him. The States at
tofney admitted that there seemed
TO be mitigating circumstances. The
court prepared 4 verdict OF guilty,
with recommendation OF mercy, and
the jury -etuned this without leaving
| tbeiI seats.
lodge Mason sentenced the prisoner
to ten years IL the penitentiary. 10
doing 50, he said the crime. with its
attendant circumstances was the
most bar6arous that had eyer come TO
bis notice.
| The parents Of the girl wers sent to
jail by the court to await the action
of the grand jury at the next term:
They were probably accessories before
the fact. The court suggested that the
yonng children OF the Pouldowns were
proper subjects for good officers of the
Humane Society.
Herbert Dingess, colored charged
with feloniously shooting J e Gill
more confessed by his attorney ROB-
ert L. Guy. The prosecutor waived
the felony and the ceart sentenced
the negro TO two years 10 the peniten-
tiary
The shooting occurred at Beechwood
last fall. Diugess ana Gilmore had
some trouble over a woman. Gilmore
went 10 Fairmont with her, where she
died. When he returned, Dingess OPP
ened fire on bim with double barreled
shet gun from under his shanty.
John H. MADEIRA, indicted for steal.
ing gold watch from Patsy Fac
carello pied insanity, and was SO ad.
| judged The papers for his commit
ment TO the asylum at Weston have
been prepared and are ready for trans.
mission.
lust before nom today, the jury in
the Henry Miller case returned YER
diet Of guilty Of unlawful cutting
recommending the i'extreme mercy OF
the COURT The case was given To
them at five O'Clock yesterday evening.
They were about aineteen hours agree
| ing on verdict.
On the first ballot, nine were for a
verdict of unlawful cutting and three
for assault aud battery. Before agree
ing on a verdict this morning, they re-
| turned to the court room for addition
al instructions. The recommends
tions Of "extreme mercy makes it ev-
| idenh that the jury really desired an
assault and battery penalty, but could
not reconcile themseiyes5to such YER
dictou account of the cutting feature.
The prisoner has not been sentenced
The defense of Miller was conduct
ed by attorney Robert e. Guy 10 a
manner that won much favorable COM
ment fron the attorneys and specta-
tors ia the court room.
This afternoon, the case of the First
Ward Planlng mill Company VS. the
B. & O. railroad is being tried.