The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-10
PRELIMINARY HI E ARIN G
OPENS But LITTLE EVIL
DENCE ADDUCED.
Attorneys For Stanley Confident of
Acquittal-Hearing to Be
Resumed To-day.
Special Dispatch TO the Intellirencer.


Special Dispatch TO the Inteiligeneer.
Witnesses were examined today fol.
lowing the arraignment of Norman
Stanley in municipal court on the
charge of the murder of Robert r.
Mercer. timekeeper, whose body was
dug up under the new city hall last
Wednesday. but no further light was
thrown upon the mystery surrounding
the young mans death.
The police extended their investi-
cation today TO include barber and
a waitress with whom the dead man
was acquainted. This developed as
result of the finding OF a woman's
picture I'm the pocket OF MERGERS
coat. Just what connection the wo-
man and the barber have with the
case the police will not say.
Satisfied With Developments.
Attorney John J. Cline. who repre-.
sents Stanley. declared today his sat.
isfaction with the DEVELOPMENTS in
the case. lie declared that he will
force the police TO disclose their evil
dence at the preliminary hearing and
70 this end he has subpoenaed as wit.
nesses the police officers who have
been working on the case. He has
also subpoenaed a number OF wit
nesses TO show that robbery was not
the motive for the crime. The de.
tense claims that Mercer spent all OF
his money before he left Stanley on
December 21. the night he disap.
peared. Stanley was arraigned i'm
court today, pleaded not guilty and
demanded preliminary hearing
Should the court deem the evidence
sufficient to hold him he will be
bound over TO await the action OF the
grand jury.
Confident OF AequittsI.
When he was arraigned he paid
close attention TO what the witnesse,
said, and was confident that in In,
end he would be acquitted.
Stanley did not finch when III,
clothing worn by Mercer was brought
into the court room and deposited OF
the floor beside him. The defense dif
not inquire into the Identification %
The body. but made considerable OF :
night over allowing the clothes anf
!ewelry OF the dead man 10 be intro
duced as evidence Frank A. and
Henry Stanley. brothers of the ac
cused man. sat with him in court ant
consulted with Cline and his assistant
Attorney Minshall.
The witnesses called were Uerber
strauss. saloonkeeper. AT whose plac,
AZ Ontario and Lakeside avenue Stan
ley. Mercer and the others had beer
drinking: Peter Karlig. porter IL
the saloon. John J. Cooper. timex eep
or at the city ball. chum OF Mer
GERS, and DR.. VIM. Wenzel. who con
Quoted the post mortem examination
May Call Mother.
Through Cooper IL was learned thal
Mercer had received notice Of his dis
charge the Monday previous 10 his dis
appearance, and on the day he disar.
peared had finished his time as an en-
ploye at The building
When the hearing was closed late
IN tho afternoon. 10 be resumed 10
morrow afternoon. Attorney Cline IN
Iimated that he might summon Mrs
Mtrcer. the dead mans mother, as a
wines In Pittsburgh she told Cline
hat she does not believe Stanley gull
~. but she refused 10 furnish afHda
WIS of a conversation between her and
STANLEY Two weeks ago. when she wai
searching Tor her missing son.