The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-01-01

:2s that the. cattle were poisoned. He
recalled how Morgan had aeked Mus
grove to keep his bioodhouadS away
in case he titled somebody's hi4e
! with brck shot" lie also recalled
how Mrs. KeSser had urged Glorsaa
TO have his dead cattle anclyzed Only
10 he answered f- Morgan. no there's
o:lv one way" That by killing t&ese
men was just the way he used de-
| cIsreS the prosecuting attorney. He
then recalled. low E. c. Wilson had
been warned b. Morgan net to so
among his own cattle at night. Tne
prosecuting attorney then told OF the
preiudce Morgan had against the FOX
hunters.
He ccnte2dtS1 that Morgan had re-
piled TO Sheriff Glovers question tllat
he did not Flow these men" The
State conten@eq that Morgan hid pre-
viors.y asked the sheriff TO protect
him II any TRIPLE arose st his place.
The sheriff replied. Il viii co the right
thing about It" TIE Prosecuting At
tcrnev contetded that Morgan used
that as his pdrmit to kill two men and
en- the strength OF that If he secured
license frd N the county court he
would kill uE all. The State empaa-
sized the Eacl that al OF the heYser
oys Ea5 proved an ailDl prosecuting
attorney Hagre rtv said h. believed
that Miss Alice Morgan had 6etter
Z. emory the day after t1e mCFoer ana
+Ee da.y she Test lied before the grand
i.-~v Than TO-DAY Mon lay). The shot
fS.nnd in Thorn's body was similar to
that extracted II on i shell found at
Morgan's.
At this iuuctuHe Prosecuting Attor-
NOV Haseertv referred to Miss Nor
gan's testimony before the grand jury.
TIE court disaIlcwed this reference
although the State managed to ling
tie story into the. jury COX by the way
If intfmation. At this stage Of his adj
dress Prosecuting Attorney HagSerty
nointed his finger at Morgan and safo
"WiHie G.. Morgan is the man who
fred those fatal shots" In conclusion
he urged the jury to return verdict
Ct guilty of murder in the first degree.
P1osccuting Attorney HagSerty spoke
Attorney James A. Meredith then adj
dressed the jury. He contenGed that
foa testimony was "manufacturedI by
the state. It was a case OF eager ano
cver-zealors officials. He tore apart
the Prosecuting Attorneys reference
70 Morsan's attitude after his arrest.
He claimed that IL he had been placed
Il a similar position that he would be
afraid that L he said he did not COM
nit the crime that the officers would
strike out the "r6t." Prosecuting At
tcrney Haggerty pbjecteo 10 the reIeD-
cnce and Judge Raymond e1prnge lit
ard would not permit the jury TO con-
slider the remark Attorney MeTedlth
preued that the nearest the State could
- &I,e. nF tho r.
der was one and one-naif miles away
re commended that the two shells pick
cd up on the iill we're rot identified
positively as beng similar to tfose
found on Morganis premises. Morgan,
he said, told the authorities where the
SHELLS we're located So convict Nor
gan he contended that it was neces- !
sarv for the State to furnish the evil
Gence unerringiy to the exclusion OF !
all others.
He said that he would not accuse the |
Keysers or say that they peTpe-r3ted |
the crime, but claimed that the ev1-
oence was more clearly or more siren ;
uously against the Keysers than
AGAINST Willie G. Morgan. He recalled
the testimony OF Charles MusSrove
who testified that light in the keyser
home was extinEuished shortly after
the shooting. From the keyser nome II
was intfmated that shot could have
struck the cherry tree referred tc In
tie case. Attorney Meredith recalled
the testimony of Sheriff Clover In
which he said a 12-guaga shot gun was
found. The sheriff said he thought that
i had beer used recently. Attorney
Meredith irtimated that this gun may
Rave been used to fire OF the yellow
shells, the weapon being able to dis
charge other guage shells.
There is no evidence to connect
up Morgan with the case; there is not
even a first class suspicion" he CON
tended. The Keysers had the same
motive he contended because the fox
hunters burned their wheat. Attor-
ney Meredith spoke for IS minutes.
Major Nicely traced all the notable
trials from Socrates down lie want