The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-25
$4,000 BAIL REQUIRED
OF CHARLES HOOD
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Held Tues
day and That Sum Named.
CRIME TOOK PLACE HERE July 18
Clingan, using vulgar Language, be-
came embroiled with Hood of the
Restaurant, with result that he
in some way lost his Life.

| Habeas corpus proceedings were in
stituted before Judges Boyd and Hen
derson on Tuesday, by Mr. Quintain
Hood, of Fairmont, W. Va, so as to get
his son, Charles Hood, released on bail
from the county Jail, where he is con-
fined for the murder of Robert Clingan.
of Rowlesburg, w. Va. After hearing
the estimony for the State, conducted
| by Attorney Thayer, as well as testi-
mony for the defense. conducted by
Counsel Peddicord, the judges decided
to give the tresspasser his liberty for
$4,000 bail. The father stated that he
would furnish the required sum in few
days The judges stated that they felt
| justified in granting the prisoner bail,
because it would be a source of great
expense to the tax payers of the county
ul.n imprisoned until December
The crime with which Charles Hood
is charged is the murder of Robert
Clingan. The crime took place in Oak
land, on Thursday afternoon. Hood
worked in Hinebaugh's restaurant on
| Railroad street. His wife was above
the restaurant and they had been mar
| ried but about three weeks.
Clingan, intoxicated, came up to the
restaurant and got a shoe shine from
Holmes Browning and Charles Whet-
zell. While in front of the restaurant,
he used some very vulgar language.
Hood requested him to stop but he kept
on. Hood then went and asked his wife
if she had heard the vulgar remarks.
When Hood learned that his wife up
stairs had heard the vulgarty, he went
after Clingan, a struggle ensued, in
which one witness testified at the habeas
coapus proceedings. Hood used a pop
bottle with which he struck Clingan
once over the head. Another witness
contradicts this.
After the struggle before the restau-
rant, Clingan seems to have staggered
to a telegraph pole on the platform
nearby, Hood still continuing the pom
melting with his fists. Later, Clingar
seems to have been thrown upon the
railroad track, unconscious either from
the continual hammering or from g
blow upon the head by blunt instru
ment like a bottle, either of which
caused cash upon the left side of the
head above the ear. Did Hood hit Cling
an with pop bottle? Upon the answer
to that question hangs the fate of Hood
The court next December will decid,
which testimony to accept. and in 81
doing will decide whether Hood is guilt,
of merely assault and battery or of muir
der. The court will decide whether tn,
blow on the side of the head wasreceive,
by falling upon the railroad or from
bottle in the hands Of Hood The an
swer to that question will throw tn,
scales of justice either for or agains
Charles Hood.
| On Friday morning after the day o
the deed, post norton examination
was carefully conducted by Drs. Legg
and McComas, and the former testifie,
at the proceedings Tuesday, that Cling
an had come to his death from hemor
rage of the brain, caused by a bloy
from some blunt instrument strikin,
the left side of the head above the ear
The doctor stated that he was unable Z
testify whether. the blow there ha,
been inflicted by solid body in tn
hand of some person or whether IL ha,