The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-17
SLATE EXPECTS TOPR0VE THAT
VENTAURATO FIRED FIRST shot
|NFATAL LAFFERTY SHOOTING

the scene If the killing at New Latter'y
cour, was adjourned until O'CLOCK
Court convened again q; l o'clock an"
Immediately the witnesses tor the s'"'c
were called and sworn. After being
sworn the witnesses were conducted 20
the Jurv room by one Of the balittS
and Prosecuting Attorney Dixon pro-
ccedjng to state the case as the State
expected 20 prove /; 10 the jury
Upon facing he jury he said ! hold
I In INV hand an tndiCtmen, returned ny
81 grand Jury Of Belmont county. on
the nth day OF June. 1872. John
! Major. a citizen OF this count. was muir
} dered In the public highway near the
! !t;le town Of New Laftcriy IN the
carly hours of he morning.
{ Contiuuciuc he stated that Major haH
! been employed as ShovcI man at the
= Union Coat Mining and stripping com
panv That he was on his way l" ""rk
= between $40 and o'clock IN the mora
Ing and that he was me, by a body "t
men near concrete bridge mad IN the
. nc;chborhood Of a school house a, Now.
B rafferty,. Ohio. that he was directed 10
I turn his auto around and after the ma
rhine had been turned arocnd n lie
! had been directed to 20 away. n'NF
! shots were fired into the read NJ Ms
! car, at least three piercing HIM IN tho
! back and that he then. and there IN
sta0tty died.
/ He ais" stated IN" nc 'NpF'''" -.
! show thar when INC '"''t
I arrived w''ain =" ''e' "' IN. n''' 'rs, a"
New l'9'er'N my NrI' NV -.
10" men, ',''' ,a - -,
/ "r'" '-''' h,a ,i~.d ,bs
AZ "'' &c, 49, or,,,;,d ),is
'"S' S"'t ,t,,; -, ,,o Aero,
: 'e'oNt' -" '.1 ,,, .,.i,,i,e SGT,
! gar one ", '"e ;Sai,,or,.
Story III 'ue ''""' 49,,
Nen'aNr''" scope" ~ n. .,r,E
crowd ana '""' ',".S ,,.,,,Ia NO.
. ne '",' "eI ,,,,a,,hu.
""'e '"e wy y. wv, ,,;,n.s >, ,boy.
:" 80. -, h,rl,,. e,,o,.d
''"N at V'' 500 -, ,,,,y
the oSCH "' "'e o. ,, ~
u'tu' aH'"''S '"t'" CIV
uIEN N'"'""' az 49,, -.
: mat on !"' "'' u'"E
. June anu o''"'e ''''
/ arrived AZ VeS'""'""' ~ va. :,
/ "htCh - '"Na'ea N''' "'''".',r , -
Of Miner grove the STATE eNreI'" :.
, snow tnat N""'FI az ''I'' '"''' -
{ restaurant az '.Sn !" "' III. "'"e 60
ASKED II theE Aau c"''e PAS 49, Co.
I further 'hat the S'",e eNt,e''eu - 80
that Farmer SAID IAeE &c "o"",
! mere u De another hti''" !" NU'"'i't
county. That the STATE eNpet,eu 90
/ $40" 'na' a'he' "a. S,a i.v
! sent oU"'" o. NopS ~ S,CI ','',,
/ ana YOU 90 Gown Lucy ,,"
/ out 81 'he CUISINES ia '',r
: peSted 20 Shh" 'Nt' d''e' ,"' 't"L"'
party had gone down the ROAD lhA' ra'-
mer followed. and when machine was
J met coming back that mad ho' gone III
, the dawn 20 where the trouole occurred
! Farmers son SAID 20 mis- 'a'he'' mere
mas oeen ro"o!e uo"n 'He'e' an" ny
Farmer repIieH' Drive on anu '"uHne".
. maj '"e N'"Ir eN.'S',,u $500, 49,
: iater' "hsh FARMER "to 'e'' "'u '"e
I N'J"V car anu NM, 30" - ,''''.
I ln' ""unuS on Jon" -. ~, So.
u a" 1spt"uN ." WV ~. 90.
S"o| ,..a .ho ro.inoai
! $500. W T,a,,t,t,,. yo,.,,ra+o {,
{ 49, -, ,., art,,a ~. IA, .pos,a
80. ,ha 80, 80 ~. orada q, rho
49,, ,a 80, 80 E,,to1.I ri,.n or5
49, - ~. a,,-o,chca no. r..ra
-, ,,,. rahnr N,to-
4ac,dad =, co - wort tina, Farmer sent
thu TWO men back 70 New I.affcrty
TIA, whom ventaurato go, out OF the
machine a, the bridge he stated
"ThAv're coming they're right behind
us"
Attorney Earl T. Lewis made tho
statement for the defense u the jury
He stated that they expected 70 show
that before the Major party arrived al
Nav I,afferty that a boy. riding a grey
horse first came down tho road and
that there he was talked I" by pomt-