The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-08
LOWE CASE GOES
TO JURY TODAY
DEFENDANT WAS ON STAND DUR
ING YESTERDAY AFTER
NOON IN FEDERAL
COURT.
Denied Statements Made by Two
Young Ciris@Court to Issue
instructions this Morning.

IN the United States District court
ate yesterday afternoon. The case
VIII De submitted to the Jury at this
mornings session Of court.
Both sides rested al 4:3O O'Clock.
ana were taken in charge by deputy
marshals and quartered over night I'm
the Stamm hotel. The attorneys i'm
mediately filed their objections TO
certain points In the evidence and
submitted instructions they desired
10 have issued TO the jury. Some OF
these were rejected by Judge Dayton
ana he stated IL would be necessary
10 prepare written instructions. He
told attorneys for both sides to be at
pose.
The government rested its side i'm
mediately when court reconvened for
inc afternoon session yesterday. The
defense then began TO present Its
q Lowe. the defendant. was the
nrst witness called.
Attorney J. Il. Sommerville con
Quoted the direct examination OF
Lowe. The defendant denied having
had Illegal relations with the girls
either in Shadyside or in Wheeling.
He endeavored TO lay all the blame
TOT the unfortunate AFFAIR upon the
TWO girls. Mary Lopeman n Rhea
roley. He said that hen he went to
Bellaire with the girls he tried 10 in
ouce them TO go home. but they coax
ed hin and Marling TO 20 10 Shady
side with them.
Wouldn't Leave Car.
Upon the return trip to Wheeling.
he SAID. he again tried to get the
girls TO get OF the car at their home
IN Bellaire. but they insisted upon
coming 10 Wheeling. He admitted
paying their fare. He sgain denied
having intercourse with either OF the
girls. but said he had gone TO a hous..
4 m Wheeling in rnuununu wrFsA NNF.N,.r
Newman and the girls. lie said he
took the girls TO the house because
ne could md no other place for them
until tho cars started running in the
morning. He said he stayed at IN.
house only about 10 minutes. The
cross examination was conducted BY
Assistant District Attorneys ]. J. =.
O'Brien.
ID. Bedlllion. night clerk az the
brunswick hotel. was called. and tes-
tined that Lowe. on the night Of Sep
TENDER /. between midnight and
O'Clock the following morning. had ap-
piled 10 him for a room In the hotel.
He said his suspicious were aroused
and he refused the request.
Ellsworth Moore. a resident OF
Wsrwood. with whom Lowe boarded
when the alleged onense occurred.
was the next witness. lie stated
Lowe returned TO his house between
: and : O'Clock
Character witnesses.
\ lumber OF character Witnesses
were called by the defense. Hon. Wm.
II Hearne was the nrst. lie stated
that he has known the defendant
since Ia latter wore short trousers:
has known him well when he was at
tending public school at West Liberty
later when he attended the normal
school. n afterward. when he taught
school. lie said Lowe has always
borne a o o reputation.
once Deputy Assessor George :.
Biggs testified that he has known the
defendant since childhood. Lowe has
always had a good reputation. he said
Joseph McCausland. a cousin OF
Loves father. was the next witness.
He spoke highly OF the reputation OF
the defendant Henry J. Beuter. 10
cal meat dealer. a former employer
OF Lowe testified as TO his good repu-
tstion.
Ask Lowe TO 90.
Strong testimony believed 10 favor
the defense was given by Police Of
ncer Albert Custer. OF the local Do
lice force. lie told OF noticing the
girls. Mary Lopeman and Rhea Foley
on the night Of September !. In front
OF the local Once % the Wheeling
Traction company 1ley were stopp
ing men. talking and laughing with
them. he said. After about a half
NRNAs Nv FdANs ~ drhfh lNfm NnfFf
they We're going. and they said TO
their homes In Bellaire lie said that
he advised them 10 catch the next car.
1 or he would lock them up in the city
building. They were talking 10 Lowe
I. at the time. he said They turned 20
home. he said
The girls were called into the room
by Assistant District Attorney o.
Brien. during The cross-oNamination
81 Custer. The witness said that on
the night Of September 1. both girls
much longer dresses than hose
IN which they have been attired dur
inE the trial
Lester Wilson. employe Of the
Scott Lumber company. was called
BY the defense 10 testify a. 10 the
locks on the doors a. the Newman
home He raid they are so arranged
that Y would be- impossible to lock
them 30 That a person from the in
side could not get out.
Lowe was recalled 20 the stand
and declared that non OF the doors
were locked.
Howard = voltIe and suas n Stein
hauser. local newspapermen. were
called by the state a. witnesses for
I rebuttal They were questioned a.
10 the reputation Of the Bailey house.
o. which place Do L. alleged that Lowe
first applied for rooms
When the case was resumed AZ the
morning session Of court. Rhea 20.
ley was tho nrsf Witness called by the
prosecution. She stated that she was
fourteen years old last January. Her
testimony was practically the same As
that u Mary Lopeman. her compan
ion on the night Of September I She
testified that after they let the New
man home. about ? o'clock. New-
man accompanied thcm 20 the car
end paid their fare 10 Beilaire
sherman NJ Lewis. conductor on
the car which carried the couples 20
S~hadyside. was The last witness call
cd by tho government. He said h at
Lowe paid the fares