The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-23
DOM|N|CK NTAURAT D FOUND
GUILTY Of MURDER BY JURY
TrRSr UNION COAL MINER IN MA
TON TO BE CONVICTED FoH
orFENsE SINCE RECENT
COAL STRIKE.
ACCUSED TREMBLEp AND SFE
ED HIMSELF ON TABLE WhhN
vEpnICr Is READ By JURY

poninIcS ventauraeo, president
Of tia oco, Ohio, nilne union, was
found guilty OF ART degree murder
with Recommendation Tor mercy
yesterday afternoon by jury In
tne common pleas court az st.
Cldrsvtlle.
yentaurato was charged with tho
murder OF John I. Majors, a nom
union coal miner, on the morning
Of June 2Fth near New Lanerty'
Ohio. The jury deGberted eue TWO
hours and twenty-five minutes 90
fore returning verdict
Tn. accused j. the urSt umon coat
miner - hC convicted ~ me Oh'te'
States C"r the r,'lrder " n"n-nni"h
miner since tie rrccut coal strike 'aS'
April.
Ventaurato trralO,ei a. he heard mo
verdict read and was forced 70 ste tdE
himself ~ holding onto the co 'nsai
table, He Was lead from the out
room back to Jail by Sheriff Richard
Lynch and deputy SheriHS
The Jury was given their charge by
Judge Warren ". Cowen just after
court convened at one o'clock and at
two o'clock they We're conducted 10 the
trry room. 1t is said that the hrst
ballot taken IN the case was II 70 Tor
conviction and that after further delhi
Grafton aIl twelve men voted for con-
victtou after which another discussion
was had and mercy recommended.
The twelve jurors were:
Z. Frank Finch. Ba:neSville.
James W Doudna. Barnesvtlle. RID,
J. W. Davis. Bethesda. RID No. ,.
Paul reddicord. Barnesv!lle.
Thomas Carpenter. Beallsvilie. RID.
No. =.
Edward Harper. pillonva,e, RID.
lva Riddle, Martins Ferry.
G r. ShatlcroSS. Jacobseurg.
Philip Kolh. ATena. RID No. :.
Fred Conrard. Bethesda. RID No L.
Charles Burns. BetheSday. RID.
$. l.. Kirkland. Key.
Summary Of Case.
After the killing Of John Major AZ
New Larterty on the morninS Of June
2Tth and the ~oundirg ~ Scott Story
and Clyde Major. nephew 90 the dead
man. special Grand Jury was called
for July 10Th by Prosecuting Att"rnet
Vim. T Dixon Jr and on July 18Th they
reported. ;nd!c,ing eight men fox mar
der in the first degree and five for
man<lauShter, Those indicted for flrsf
degree murder were DomiuIck Ncntar-
ratio. Dan Asosta. DomjniCk Ac!din! and
Mike MuSclllo. all Jointly indicted and
Lours Noc!n! Slivio Alexander and Joe
Pastello. NikewiSe Jointly indicted ana
Rober, Farmer The five men jointly
indicted for mans,auGhte- were Ger
man OdrsSSy. George To3l. Mike Kin
domo, Mike Fell and po-:aic Ian
sing
The cases Dominica Nentaurato. was
placed in the hands Of the jury at two
O'Clock yesterday Afternoon. the whole Oh
yesterday morning IN Common Pleas
Court being given over TO the argument
TO the Jury by Attorneys Earl Lewis
and John Garnder FOR the defense and
the closing argument for the State by
Prosecuting Attorney Vim. T. Dixon. Jr.
Attorney Lewis IN his closing argu-
ments Yesterday morning dwelt mostly
upon the testimony given by Stanley
cubIRk. eighteen year old witness for
the state. attacking both the testimony
and The witness.
Attorney John Gardner. Of Steuhen-
Vile next spoke for about one hour
to the jury. Before commencing his
argumen. OF the case. Gardner thaaked
the Judge and the jury ror jhe!r acteH-
zion and consideration throughout the
case AID expressed MS sympathy Tor
the widow. children and mother o: J"Hn
!. Major. AFTER wa.,h he went over tie
various parts OF the evidence IN ;he
case.
Argument ClO60o.
Prosecutor DIXON closed tho speeches
20 the Jury with one Of the mos, bril-
liant arguments ever heard IN the local
common pleas court. He wen over the
TESTIMONY step by srer. bringing GU: the
part that NentaU-a;o - alleged % have
taken ~ nc N...INg Of john |. Major
on the morning - JTne 27th n very
clear manner and after speaking FOR an
hour and i minutes ending bv asking
the jury 10 show the defendant II" m"rsy
at their hands.
John l. Major. a lifelong resident ~
BelmoU' county. resided few miles
west Of H"ntryshurE. a. what - now
known as IN" ~ mile stone He i sur
vived by his wife. four children. among
them Nicholas. -. Marguerite Il. and
Juanita. eight Years ~ age. n" is ais"
survived by his mother, Mrs. lane
Major. who during the whole 90 The
trial Ncn'aurato sa' jus; inside tho
cour- room door where an" could view
the whole of the proceedings
Eeutaurato. = man 3 wears % age
and vino stated that ne vas born IN
Italy. was q coal miner. being president
Of the Geo local a. we'll as. one nc the
eigh; members 81 the scale committee
for the district. He mad resided a. that
place Gnr the pas. 30 months. working
In the OCO coal mine. He has a mother