The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-26
SIX months
IN JAIL FQR
ACID THR0lIlER'
MAY HALL WHO WAS 81 SpicTEpe
FOR. FELONY WAS coNvicTED
THIS AFTERNo ON OF. ASSAULT
AND BATTERY-sENTENcE Ed TO
JAIL FOR SIX MONTHS.
Jury OUT 0NLY5 SHORT INHILE:
The Jury. Was Quick at Arriving al a
verdiet-Prlsoner VIII Serve Time
lnithe Harrison County Jall-=Taisen
There This Afternoon.

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I'VE the jury. find the defendant
May Hall, guilty of assault and bat.
terry. was the verditc rendered this
afternoon at 1885 o'clock after delib.
GRAFTON for one hour and thirty.fiye
minutes OF the State against tire de-
fendant, charged with felony by throw.
Ing carbolic acid in Michael hlcGar.
vy's face. After Judge Mason re
viewed, the case and gave the defend-
ant good. sound lecture, he sentenc-
ed her to isx months In jail, and she Z
was taken to Clarksbnrg to serve out
her term In the Harrison county pris-S
on. This Is the maximum sentence for
assault and battery. AZ
Evelyn Copeland, aged about 1S Syearss
better known In this community as
May Hall. who was indicted before
the last grand jury, charged with
throwing the contents OK q two.onnce
bottle of carbolic acid into the face OF
Michael MtGarvey at the B. adm o.
freight station at Mannington at mid
might on November j 9th, was arraign-
ed for trial In the Circuit Court tliis
morning with Judge Mason on the
bench.
She was defended by Attorney Win
field Scott, who was apointed by the
Court, and the States interest was
looked after by. Prosecuting Attorney
Morris.
Four witnesses for the State were Z
examined, Dr. w = HI. Iseahy of Man
nington, who attended N Garyy short.
lly after the phenol was thrown into
this face was the first witnesses exam.
lined. He testified that had mot swIiis-
key been applied to M Gafyyls face
-ttimnedi lately alter the acid had been
thrown, as he instructed the person
A to do when he was sumomned over
The telephone. that one eye would
have been entirely destroyed and very
likely the sight Of the other one would
lave been destroyed while ihs face
would have been deeply marked for
life. DR.. Leahy was followed on the
stand by Tisler Toothman and Clint
lSturgiss, the two yuorg men who were
in the freight station at the time the
defendant threw the acid. They stat
ed that McGaryy did not attack the.
girl and that McGarvy was simply ap-
Iproaching Miss Hall when she let flyi'
the phenol. Both admitted that Me-
-l1aINS was pui tiy slihSpAlShbSufih ~ luHl
thine. &
The Hall girl was the only Witness
introduced for the defense. She made
an excellent witness for herself. She
told the story Of the alleged attempted
attack on her by McGaryy, saying that
he made several improper proposals
to her and made three distinct adj.
lvances toward her. According To her
statement she said that she told him
that II he persisted In touching her.
that she would "flx' him and he crap.
pied with her and in the struggle she
threw the acid into his face, burning
herself about the wrists and hands
She testified that she then made her
escape from the freight station and!
'phoned to the chief ofipolice Of Nam
tnington to come AFTER her. The girl
appeared to tell straightforward
STORY and used splendid English.
The case was argued fol-, 30 minutes,
by each OF the attorneys and went to
1.-The jury at exactly noon.
The court room was well tilled with
spectators. among whom were several.
women, including the Swigerl gifl, with
whom Miss Hall had been associating
since coming to this section about two
months ago from her5home at Pen;
!, tress, a small village near Morgan
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