The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-03-15
Z ALL HANDS ROUND!
Peculiar State ofAfTairs in Mayors
Court,
In Which Everybody Takes Hand III
Legal Prosecution-Acting Mayor
Mark z. wettach With
His Hands Full.

Acting Mayor Mark X. WettSch hau
a complex case, or rather a complex set
of cases upon which to sit in Judgment
at the MAYORS court today. The status
of affairs appears to be as toLe"s;; ;,
N. NJ. Jewett, resident ot AAiou ~
left that city Friday morning 70 ~ 70
Mineral Point, where ne eXpecVeu "
purchase fine horse. lie took slHng
with him $50 in cool CASH vi ulliS
amount ten dollars were to De expenuil
ed in defraying ]ewetts expenses anu anu
the remainder, $40, was TO purchase
Tewett however, concluded to stop
off at Canton and see the elephant re
had never been in a metropolitan clty
before and consequently soon fell INTO
the hands of the Philistlnes. he went
to the bawdy house of the Bellinghams,
near the Valley railway statlon
and began rushing the GROWER; Ilme
flew quickly. and so did JeWetts mon
ev. and Saturday morning atter a
nights iamboree, Jewett found that he
only $50 left of the original $l6O. He
Immediately became greatly alarmed
and declared that he had been ro0Oed
The Bellingham gang, who had un-
dOubtedly gotten away with the lucre,
suspicioned (N newcomer named
John Groll of the theft, and so inform
ed Jewett, who went to police head
quarters Saturday and swore out a
warrant for the arrest of Grou on Che
charge of grand larceny. ,
GrOll had stopped into the "hotel
kept by the Bellinghams for supper on
Friday, and was ignorant or lts true
character. He was placed under arrest
and given hearing before Mayor Wet
tach this morning. But Jewett failed
to appear against him and his case was
dismissed. After hearing Groll's story
the evidence of his innocence seems
plain He is a stranger in the city.
When his case was dismissed Groll
thought the time had come for him to
have his little whack at prosecution,
and this morning he swore out war
rant for the arrest of William and Ie-
resa Bellingham, on a charge OF selling
liquor on Sunday. He AYERS that the
couple handed out the intoxicants yes
terday in fine style, and that he was an
eyewitness of the whole transaction.
The warrant was issued and the Bel
linghams were brought up in Mayors
court today. They pleaded not gullIy,
and Mayor Wettach held them for their
appearance next Thursday evening in
S10O each, which they gave.
Hardly had they left the court when
Officer Bederman swore out warrant
charging William and Teresa Belling-
ham with keeping house of prosti-
tuition and charging Fannie Bellinghaml
with being an inmate of house of ill
fame. Officer Beder.nan declares this
is one of the worst dens in the city.
The trio were hauled up before Acting
Mayor Wettach, and arraigned. The
Bellingham woman declared with EN-
phasis that the charge was untrue. She
stamped her feet with rage at her sec
ond arrest, and created considerable
amusement for those present. AS the
trio pleaded not guilty, Mayor Wettach
placed them under 500 bond each, for
appearance Saturday next.
Groll declares his intention to push
the case against the Bellinghams, and
then proceed to Akron to settle his ac-
count with Jewett.