This week in West Virginia history

This week in West Virginia history

CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV. The West Virginia Encyclopedia at wvencyclopedia.org.

The West Virginia governor who was acquitted—then admitted the jury had been bribed

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Fifty-eight years ago this week, one of the most extraordinary political corruption cases in West Virginia history began in a federal courtroom in Charleston, where a former governor and five other men stood accused in a conspiracy involving state contracts, secret payments and money moving through corporations hundreds of miles away. The trial of former Gov. William Wallace Barron began Aug. 12, 1968, and would end more than…