The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-07

PENDANT. I'VE were loaded for Kelly,
had tho state placed him on the stand.
said Attorney Thornburg. and would
have come ton times nearer placing the
blame for the Hurkhurdt murder ON
Kelly than the state has ON Andy Bur
gent
rlAya Dsts0iivs.
InfcIinH that Arthur hinrt"n. tho
Iiuiua detective, manufactured evidence.
Attorney Thnruburg attached the owl
sIon'" Of wiinuHrun uo"uI"h through tho
huIo'IIv" aud dn' oil that hinii"n
found ",lI'u"n WHARF ~" "ih"r "fil"oI
"f tha law could Ito 'lnln"h ho man
ui"..t"'"'I wlinnnn"n "nd challenged the
Ioeliin"ul "r Hnu M"'r" VIII" said 10
unW HuIg'uI o." Int" III" liurkhnIhl
h"In" "r 10" ru"rnIng 81 tho "rlInn.
M""r". "r'nr'lIuR 4" Attorney Thorn
burg nnId uu N" stand h",hnh not told
hl0 nIUry 4" nm "uo uullI -" d"t""iiv"
"nu,n along ITO nEknl why Ihlr man
hnh not told 'hIor liylmnd "f Martin"
Ferry who had Interviewed Moore after
ia" "rin". lilo paid trInut" to til" 81
r"i"n"y "r Mr.. IIyIamh nv an officer ~
th" law uuh remarked TINT In hiH long
"xp"Ti"n"" az u police Chl"f ho wan
unHhlN to yet thIH Information from
Moore. Tho detective h" said. got all
thi" from Moore tho FIRST time ho "tw
hlm
M""rc's testimony on tho strength no
could not have recognized SuTEnni 32O
fee; away Az the Witucss had tehtincd
lIn said scientists have proven thht IA
man cannot recognize another Tor 10 GER
tainty. more lhnn 1870 10 ljG feet on
u clear bright day. He said Moorc's
CHARACTER wnn bad and Jho jury sh"uid
place no credrncc IN what hn rnld.
How About Hswspapsrf
liz ais" inninlad that the state made
"a" attempt To Tell how the copy 81 al,
evening newspaper nr HhtnThhy, April
l., the day tho b"disa wore f"uhh. nap
prnuh /" he In tho house. tn. dnf"nhe
"norrd u" explanation either, however
IL fact Attorney IhorniriIg claimed tho
w,Iron had bunu murdered hh"rIly hIfar
rnlhmIHhi "n hpIll ~ AMI not at tho
h"ur "loimod ny HE HI"ia ~" wnnln
/" hn"w Why n1lt luTi ~ ~ h"s "n'nlhe
IT IhnlI h"Iuo 81 10 In tho morning
hnd not been inhan Int" tho h"nno "
III" w"runn had hann blll"d around
"'"l"'h no tho state ""ninnh"d when
'"uIl ro"nrHad f"r Noun. ho had not
r"mrloinh hIH nhdrnan
hflUr dinner hn played on tho NVl
dcur" Of Itdwnrd hilbert nnd Tho Cam
prli" child. who l." Hhya wor". r'Hp''-
lively. mud n y"nra nj tho limo the
murder wRH committed.
DO tho gentlemen Of tho jury he
boys would have kept their mouths shnt
for fifteen long munths about having
Ec"n Andy Surg"nt pnSE through that
glass house yard covered with blood.
and then reveal tho fact To SturtOn?'
WitnsHHes Bohoolsd.
IIc lntlmatcd rather Ilulnly that tho
detective To his way Of thinking. had
not only planted the evidence, hut had
EchoOlcd his Witnesses 80 perfectly Tint
they could handle their end Of the plot
TO convict SurRcnt AZ though by rote.
He attacked the Evidence OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Moore. Clyde Moore, the boys
and other states Witnesses as tho tes-
timOry Of that Sturton manufa cturcd
crOwd' and referred to Sam Moore as
that dIsrcputablc character"
why Ia the state making this dcs-
pcratc effort to convict Andy Surgcnt"
ho asksd. Prosecutor Dixon Is an able
man. In all the years he has practiced
before This cour, no has never before
asked for an assistant. Why this time
why has he secured the aid OF so cx-