The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-20
HEARING TEST |MONY IN TRIAL
OF AMOS LONG FOR MURDER

SpecIa. piSYai.h e. Tn" Intelligence.
New Martin~yili". ". Va. oct. H.
The ;r.al OF Amos l."u.:. wealthy Tea.
estate operator and genera. st"r" k"rl".r
IT line GroTc. "aH resumed th... iu"r"-
ing H. the Wets"i county COURT house
and II" circuit cvurt room WIS S""n
nllcd with an Interested ihIuuS IL spec
tat"rS.
It will II" remembered that Amos
fnaE - charged with the shooting al
..m i.unG. policeman "t Pine Grove.
The men were not related.
III" >hu"t.ug took place during An al
tcrcati,n In April. 1919. When Glenn
Lon. c:,I"avurr,i ~ p!&'r .\u."> Long
under arrest o" the alleged cNIrhe o:
speeding.
Evidence was brought forward -
Sh.'w tha, Il" i,..!r'Ei,,u had Strirk
Aln"S l."ng over tn" head with his clAO
prior u the shnu;!uG.
Was Found Guilty
Despite III. testimony OF prominent
surgeons Who c.air:rd that II Il man had
his finger on the trigger Of 4 revolver
l blow on his head w".lid cause him -
systematically tight"a his tiaGrr and tir"
the gun Amos Long was found guilty
and ScutrnrcI - serve twelve years III
prisUa. THIS occurred II The ursi TRIAL
IA October l2l9.
The case Wis taken To- n" state sup
rene court on error and new trial wIS
granted. which Is IN progress now. CIR
CUT Judge /. j.. Morris Is hearing the
case.
Leading cuunsr, OF the state Judge
r. A. brown 81 iarkerShurg. y. !. Me
Cue OF harrisburg and 7. NJ. McIAtNr"
and Peter YoSt OF New Mdr;lnSvsuc are
defending Long white the state - rep
resented by County Prosecutor W. J.
ruStc.waite, cX-JudEe NJ. II. NN'!S AnI
former Prosecutor u. w. tonIe.d.
Jury Easily Secured
Although SOM. trouble was an'iCt-
pated in securing = jury and on" nun
dred and nifty naILrS We're called III the
venire. bur thirty were examined be
fore i Jury that Was satisfactory TO
both the defense and prosecution was
secured Several were excused because
OF relationship to either side.
Long Is accompanied 10 the court
room each day 10y his beautiful dauSu-
;cr. who IS always seen by her fathers
side. He Is the father also Of thrc"
daughters, tr!piets. VIII" are now nine
years OF age. but who were not present
in the court room yesterday.
Moro Testimony
II "a stated that new witnesses vii!
be introduced by the defense but ihe
testimony today was repetition "t IN"
stories Of some Of the witnesses who APP
pearcd at the former trial.
According to the story. t. Giv" an
idea Of the stage setting II the seen" ~
the trouble. Pine Grove IS a hamlet
about twenty miles from this c:ty. III"
defense claims that the town has meier
been paved and tn" mid IS =" deep on
the streets that il would D" impossible
FOR any one 70 exceed the speed limits.
4 corumon dirt road leads down
steep hill and across Il wooden hri?S"
over Fishing creek and the road turns
at right angles from tho br,de" :n;p the
town OF Pine Grove.
Jury Visited Scene
II was over this road The dcf"nT" At
;nrnsyS claim. that Amos Long Vas
charged with speeding. ~ Tuesday thc
jury visited IN. scene OF III" shooting.
TG. first witness today VAS ,ir"rrH
Hawkins who claimed I" u" across IN"
street when he heard the ait"rra;! Ion i'"-
tween Long and the policeman. 10 saw
.ir policeman raise his sub. heard IN"
third when II f'lL AMI heard IN" So t
Flo went across tn" s."""t AID 81" Amos
Long lying on the street with u cash
in hlg head.
Upon cross cx? mtnat!oH by JudSe
Brown he admitted grabbing Long
hand that held tho pistol ard rrnirc
Il toward Long saving: "NUw. II you
wau, 70 shoot. go Phcad
Had Same Trouble
lie also admitted that +" had h""N
nr,cred from the Long premises "h''"
,!r;dns hlackhc~rles on land that had
IInNy