The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-03-08
List Of the Indictments Found
.l Yesterday.
Forty-five True Bills Found
Mulcurren and Harrington In.
dicted for Murder.
Nine True Bills Against A.
C. Quarter.

The Grand Jury performed an i'm
mense days work yesterday, passing on
forty-eight cases brought to their notice,
finding forty-five true bills and three
mot true bills.
Against A. c. Quarter nine indict-
ments were found. Seven Of these are
"for feloniously making an entry in an
account kept by joint stock company,
with intent to conceal the true state of
the account" These indictments charge
that on the 10th of December, 1867,
Mr. Quarter changed the figures to the
credit OF the account of the Norway
Iron Manufacturing Company from
S6,7SS.25 40 that on the ledger they
read $l6,7SS.25; ON the oath of the
same month, in the same account, the
figures $3,l27.47 were changed to read
$l3,l27.47; on January l4th, 1868, the
figures S2,735.33 were changed to
Sl2,735.63; on the 9th Of March the
figures 81, 36S.S3 were changed to SILL
36S.S3, and other similar changes.
Tha. the figures of cash in credit OF
account of Mark Lewis were changed
on November lst, 1870, from S5l9.76 to
Sl,5lS.96, and on November llth from
$50 to 1850. The other two are for
embezzling four United States bonds Of
500 each and four Of $1,000 each.
An indictment for murder in the first
degree was found against Thomas Har-
rington for the murder Of John Duffey
on the Both of January last. IIarring-
ton, it will be remembered, struck Duf:
fey with a coal pick, killing him al
most instantly.
John Mulcurren, alias Jack Kerns,
for the killing of Con. Sullivan, about
last Christmas, we think, was indicted
for murder in the first degree. These
parties were in Warmers saloon, oppo-
site the Belmont mill, and, after few
words, Mulcurren plunged a knife he
held in his hand into the stomach Of
Sullivan, who died from the effects of
the wound in a few hours.
Lewis Banks, alias George Smith,
alias James Doyle, alias Henry Harp
Ter. alias George Biden, was indicted for
obtaining money under false pretenses
and for larceny. William Smith, alias
William Dtgraw, was indicted for the
same offcnsc These parties, it will be
remembered, stole a leaf or two from
the order book OF the Norway Iron
Manufacturing Company and, after fill
isg them up with various sums, signed
the name ct the Secretary of the COM
parry TO them, and got them Shaved.
True bills were also found against j.
Nelson Staley, for assault and battery;
Elisha Connolly, same charge; VIM.
Scott, burglary; Daniel Lady, Charles
Johnston and D. X. Croner, carrying
concealed weapons; Mary lngle, adul-
terry; Andrew Holmes, VIM. Nicholson,
VIM. Rogers, Carter Sutton and Frank
West, assault and battery; Alex Gard
ner alias Isaac Smith, petit larceny;
George w. Eckhart, selling liquor on
Sunday, four offenses; same selling on
election day, two otlenses; Andrew
Hosenfeldt, selling liquor on Sunday,
nine offenses; Jacob Neuhardt, selling
on day preceding election, two offences;
Louis Lauc, selling on Sunday.
The Grand Jury will probably finish
its labors today
The petit jury will meet at 9 o'clock
this morning, to which hour the Court
adjourned.