The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-16
JACK" N0LTE WILL TAKE THE
WITNESS STAND EARLY TODAY
MURDER DEFENSE MAY
END THIS AFTERNOON
HALF DOZEN INSANITY EXPERTS
WILL TESTIFY FOR SLAYER
OF LEE RITZ
Defense is Made on Ground Of Insan-
ity and Family Of Accused Re-
late His Life Story.

John II. Nolrc. alias Jack Nolte. will
take til" witness stand in criminal
court this morning 10 testify III ms
own defense against the charge that
he murdered Robert Lee Ritz. late
Wheeling high school football hero. on
the sidewalk At Main street. near
Ninth. on III" night of December ;.
In view Of the fact that the defense
Yesterday made the defense plea one
of insanity. on the claim that Note
suffered from Il type of insanity which
has been involved in but one murder
case in the history Of criminal trials
in the United States. the curious
throngS that have packed The court
room since tn" trial BEGAN. as we'll as
those whose. work requires their pres
rnrr. await with wonder the appear
ance of the defendant. on The witness:
stand and the line of testimony he Will
be called upon In give in The attempt
10 convince the jury that he did not
w!lfully and maliCiously snuff out me
life of the late football hero. as the
state charges he did.
Attorney Frank \. ORren, VINO
with Attorneys :. o. Burcc ana Leo
Coleman. are conducting EoIi"S de-
Tense. indicated 20 the lntel'iEencer
last evening that all of ioday'S. day
q
! plete the taking of the defense tesll-
mOny.
+ Hypothetical Question.
i We will put Nnllc himself ON the
: stand today" the attorney said. Then
we have doctors 10 whom We
intend tn put Hypothetical question
of about 1000 words. II will take
about twenty minutes to read this
question 10 each of our doctors.
should say that our testimony cannot
be completed before the end Of the
afternoon.
The insanity exports who are attend
ing court for the defense. who Will hc
called Ia the stand in Notes behalf
are nr. Gregory Alderman. Of this city.
who was the consulting physician Tor
Nnlte while he WAS confined IN mo
Wheeling Hospital suffering with INC
bullet wounds which the state '"Sil-
ninny Indicates h. inflicted in his own
body after shooting Lee RITZ pr. i.
V Guthrie, superintendent 81 the St''c
noSnItal at huntington. pr. j. u. MOSS.
an alicniSt from the same institution;
Charles G. Hin. professor OF m"nta!
and nervous diseases in the College hl
physicians and Surgeons ut BAL tmoTe;
possibly pr John w. Gilmore. VINO was
the attending physician NJ Notes heu-
side. and other physicians
pr. Charles y. BARLOW. Surorintrnd"nt
Of the state asylum 1T Spencer Will
reach tfc city TINS morning Ia appear III
the case for the state. and Prosecuting
Attorney y. y. Mckee and Assistant
Prosecutor Clrl g. l!arhmnn throughout
the day Yesterday were aided by county
. uhvSirianS and others who may h.
placed on the stand for the state IN re-
z huttal
! Relatives Testify.
Mrs Louis {. Nnltc. mother OF IN"
Young defendant. and Miss Mari" Nnlte,
Miss Bertha Nulte. Mrs. George y.
Truhn and Mrs. Luclla Bullock sisters
of the accused were on the witness
stand yesterday giving their testimony
through which the defense hopes 10 hay"
laid solid Foundation for the claim
+ that Jack Nnltr vas insane. It was
pathetic and a scene such rs OHIO Coun-
tY court audiences are unarcuStnmrI. to
see the mother and sisters .ot Il prisoner
at the bar. come on the stand under
such trying circumstances I" help their