The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-11-28
Defendant Tells a Story Of
Sclf-Defense to Criminal
Court Jury.
s AY S AGGREssoRs
His Victims They Attacked
Him a SHE Game Out of
the Saloon.

loo neyono, accused murderer OF
N chael Clancy and James NJ. De-
yiae. told his side OF the tragedy to
tic csiminal court jury Tuesday
morning. hearing the evidence in his
ease upon whose verdict his fate de.
ponds The prisoners defense was
that he killed Clancy and Dcvine in
sclrdcicnse. lie described the
double killing MS an ARRAY in which
Gy,7 men. some OF whom had threat
eued to take his life, rushed at him
~ no come ont Of the front door OF
The Windsor saloon, then owned by
L v. Love, the night OF August II,
and III the m.xup he used his pairing
hnifc to defend himself against the
blows Of those he believed to be con-
~ ring against his life.
Detailing the story, Devono toll,
haw he had been advised previous to
leaving the saloon for the night by
Mr.. Lowe 10 be on his guard on M
way home, after having head De-
Vine and Lowe quarrelllng in froAt
o, the saloon shortly before.
The prisoner stated that one OF
The five men struck at Dick Porter
FIRST ana then another shouted that
i. was not the man they We're af-
t,r and po ntiug to Deyono and ap-
plying a vulgar name said that the
dsqo was the man they sought. Ac-
cordmg 10 Degono Clancy then
struck him with his fist on the
lcft side Of the neck and face and
others rushed in on him pulling and
hitting him. When this occurred
Devono took knife 'out of his coat
pocket and used 1t with deadly eff
iect. lie claimed not to know whom
hc struck with it or that he had in
ilicted fatal wounds until told by
Oh ef of Police Harry l.. Brooks in
the county jail later.
Devono stated that he was ac-
quaInted with Clancy, Deyine and
II. cork OF the driving party but
did not know Jesse Christopher. He
knew James wamsley by sight but
not by name.
pror 10 going TO work at the
Lowe saloon last March he was a
merchant three and one-half years
Bcvono said, and had been resi-
dent OF Clarksburg ten years, com
ing to this country from Italy two
years before.
Devono said that James N. De-
Vine, one Of the victims of his par
ing knife, had worked at the Lowe
saloon before he went to work there
ne stated that he knew OF figh'
Dcvinc had in ~the saloon and nc
had been told by Carson Wine to Nc
on the watch as bartenders evidently
meant to do him bodily harm.
The accused man told the iur!
That he did not know the men. were
outside the saloon until they pro
ceded to attack him. lie state'
that he saw them driving in GleF
ill. less than an hour previous e
rhr killing and that he believed
rhcy we're still in that section at sa
loon closing time. Mr.. Lowe az
not tell him to carry the knife bu
Uc did 81 for the purpose OF pro
tccting himself from danger.
on cross examination ne state'
that he had never seen nor heard Q
Clancy having any trouble befor'
lint he had heard 1t said frequentl'
IN The saloon that Clancy was oa'
actor Pressed, he failed to give tn
name Of anyone he had heard max
HAT remark.
The prisoner related some OF Tn
details Of a previous trouble in tn
saloon about August 1, >or 3, i
which Joseph slender, James calias
herr ana Michael Clancy were par
,icjpants with him when they re
fused 10 pay for drinks. He state
that Clancy along with the othe
two mon made threats that the
would Kill him. Later according I
his story he met Clancy in tn
street ana the latter advised him I
wut work ut the saloon as the bal
lenders were after him. When tn
prosecution asked him II it were nc
EDWARD /. Clancy. a brother
Michael. in the saloon with Mesri
slender and Gallagher, he ihsiste
that il was Michael He stated tbs
he knew Michael had a brother b'
ho himself did not know him.
neyono gave his weight as is