The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-23

On Preserving Works.
Considerable progress was noted
yesterday In the trial OF State VS..
George l.. Scott. who is charged with
numbering Arthur Fulmer. on sun
day. December 90. 1914. The alleged
crime was committed on Twenty-third
street near the Lookout club rooms.
Three features were developed dur
ing the days hearing. First. the Sc
lection OF a jury TO try the case; Sec
ond. the visit OF the jury TO the scene
Of the alleged crime. and Third, the
opening statements by the attorneys
Tor both state and defense.
As to the first development, q, was
necessary to i~nterrogate IS talismen
before the necessary twenty were Sc
cured. This was due principally ~
opinions formed on the case by talk
ing with Witnesses. and accounts OF
he alleged crime in he daily papers,
n secondly by a strong prejudice
against capital punishment.
As to the second. the jury and pris-
pner. in charge Of Sheriff Sweeney,
M Deputies Frohme. and Smith,
went TO the scene OF the crime on
Twenty third street. and there view
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the jury noted the situation Of the
Lookout club. the proximity OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks,
various street functions with Twenty
third street. The room in the Look
cut club was also viewed.
As to the Third, Assistant Dave
Mckee outlined the case for the state
In which he told the story OF the ngnt
that terminated in the death OF Ful-
mer. He showed what the state ex-
pected to prove in this particular case.
and said that a portion of h skun
OF the dead man would be exhibited
by the state TO show the size OF the
fracture. and the necessary force
needed to cause the fracture.
Self Defense.
Attorney 5. O. Boyce. associate
counsel for the defense. outlined the
cas' tor The defense saying that they
would base their case on the theory
81 self defense; nat Fulmer's death
was caused by him falling on the
hard street. while he was in an in
toNicated condition; and that should
Scott be held responsible for the
death OF Fulmer. he should not be
found guilty for more than invorun-
tary manslaughter.
As TO the crime itself. Scott and
Fulmer engaged I'm a night at the
above given place. in the course OF
that fight both men fell to the street
with Scott underneath, but he sue
ceeded in gaining the vantage posi-
ton. Scott hit Fulmer several times.
apparently on the head. and then LETT
him: Fulmer gets up from the street.
walked into the club rooms, washed
his face n hands and lay down on
n table; his was about 10 O'Clock
In the morning; in the evening about
$3.50, he was. taken 10 the North
Wheeling Hospital where he died at
9;O5 O'Clock: Dr. Keesor attended and
~ certain death Is due 10 fractured
skull. Scott was arrested by local DO.
lice and lodged In jail. pOstmortem
showed that Or. KeesOr's conclusion
was right: ]coroner's jury held Scott
responsible. At a preliminary hearing
Scott was held 10 the grand iurv
which In turn neld him for trial
Boyce Confident.
Attorney Royce stated Yesterday
mat there were none OF the circum-
stances that point TO a first degree
murder charge. The State sticks
doEEedly 20 the first stand. that n is
and Is expected 10 spring sometime
today that has been kept in the hack.
ground until this time. Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney Mckee. In his