The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-05
DEFENDANTS |N
ELECTION CASES
ARE ACQU|T.T THl
VERDICT RETURNED 0
AFTER FOUR HOURS
Greenway Hatfield Ordered:
Acquitted by the Court q.
Other Cases Taken Up. 81;

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. Oct -:
Jury in Federal Court here this 01teE5Sss
noon returned verdict OF not 4u!ENs
in the case Of II residents otJMN
Eagle precinct, Mingo County, h6tets
eS,eor fraud in connection with 6fI11e
col. .sassional election OF 1914: sYsS
The verdict was returned AtteeE
jurors had denberated for four hoG
The verdict acQuitting GreenWaysA
returned under the inStruct0MMS h
George C. A. Woods, Of the Unt
States Circuit Court Of Appeals
fore whom the case was tried.
case, as to the other defendAnt1
the famous War Eagle precinct
ton conspiracy case was left tAS4
hands of the jury. The case re1cA11G
! the jury at 10:45 yesterday mosni4 g
after an exhaustive charge h1dy19s
delivered by the court. There WaeNeS
furry in the court room when
verdict was announced. DtstfictSkEN
torney William G. Barnhart Aokees
that the jr ~ be polled and each NJ
in turn assented to the verdict Aesnea
dered.
Rock House Trial
The attention OF the court tuu6s
/ Immediately to the trial OF What9t1;
KUOWu rs tuc lOSh 31ouOC HVNADtss
election conspiracy case IN NMcA
| Greenway Hatfield and others ~;
named as defendants in the ln@elSs
ment. A jury was empanelled tnSA4s
case late in the day and opening
! guments were presented BY Se119n
| D. E. French for the governmeut1A1e
| John S. Marcum for the defen1o.AI
effort is to be made to- conclude tt
! trial of this case before the aodSQ
the week. ~. 81
In ore of the earlier paraSfGSS
charging the jury in the r&Ne04e9
case Judge Woods said Il inSu1eei;
you to find a verdict Of not guilty ~
TO Greenway Hatfield for the reann
! that do not think the evidencess3l.:
! ficient to convict him OF conSpltAcEs
as charged in the indictment. 161s
court instructed the jurors that aA@Ns
/ from finding motive for tho Alleged
offense politics had nothing to do, With
their considerations. ,S5fS5s
! Disreqarded Evidence ss5:iss
In arriving at it's verdict the jury
cast aside as unworthy Of .credlhlltHs
the evidence Of Noah Lester <1n4s
Linko Blankenship, defendants insths
War Eagle indictment, who hA4as1s7
tered pleas of guilty and tesdA64
witnesses for the goVernment
They told a story OF meeting
the night before the election on Roy.
ember 8. 1914 which they said was:
held at tie. home Of Tom Maynard
one of the defendants at whichit was
arranged to sei2e the election pre-:
cinct at War Eagle on the follqDEtuBs
morning, organize it against thefegp:;
! larly appointed Democratic ofdcia1gs
and substitute them, Lester and:
10 nly nornNRnfDE
! They stated that this agreement WA1
carried out and that they and o6l
ers of the defendants burned bAllo44
cast against the Republican Hckees
and substituted others marked By W.
election officers and cast other yoE
in the names Of registered cidIAs.A
who did not appear at the polls. The
name Of Greenway Hatfield was not:
directly connected with the case, even
by their testimony: The defense 49,
based largely on the Impeachment ,0ess
these witnesses and Of MrS. Noah;
Lester, whose testimony was to some
degree corroborative Of theirs. gs&