The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-06
LAW AND ORDER CASES
A Number Of Petty Offenders
before Squire ArkIe
ON COMPLAINT OF WATKINS!
orthe licague-.-A Spy Buys Bananas
on sunday and then prosccutcs
Widow for sclling...Photog.
rhphers up on ucarsay.

On Thursday E. A. Watkins, lender o
Inc Law and Ordsr League, appsart d
oeiore Squire Arklc and swore ont WEI.
rants against the following person. !:
Louis Messini, Harry King, Mike Kelly,
frank seemcye, L. Martin, Al. Mirendi,
Almenda Jacobuca, 7. s. Tappap.
:; U. Connell and Mrs. Emma
Ayers, They were summoned and an.
peared Tor trial last night ut 7 O'clock
Guy K. O. Allen md Judge Cranmer an
peared for the prosecution.
- Louis Messini, Henry King, Mike
nelly, Frank Ssomeye, l.. NJ. Martin.
al. Mirendi aud Almenda Jacobnrn
plead guilty and we're ach placed under
aSlO0 bond to await the action of ths
grand Jury at the November term Of tho
Inc cases Of 7. ]. Tappan and ]. G,
Gohhell then came up for trial. CAPTAIN
DoVener appeared for the defense, They
were charged with making photographs
on last Sunday. Although these gentle
men are in partnership, they were II.
ulVidually .arraigned. During ths ptt-
gress OF this case, some of Edward Arch
loald Watkins's deep, dark and yivilant
uetetive methods came to light. He ex-
planned to Captain Dovener how he ur-
earthed the snguinary crimes Of the
Sabbath breakers. A faint Whit of the
chase was waited to his hound.lile o
scent on the day following tho Sabbath.
stealthlly he slipped into the elevator
10 the Rogers block, boldly mounted 10
tho third floor and encountered Mr..
Connell-nnd then his detective skill
came into play. .
"Can get you to take some pictures
lor me on Sunday" he asked.
"Oh! yes. We took the picture of y
derman Society last Sunday"
The case against Mr.. Tappan was dis
The case against Mr.. Come
vas taken under consideration unit
tuesday evening, at o'clock. Captain
Dovenor argued that there was no case
against Mr.. Connell, as in bis evidence
Eiward Archibald testified that NJ.
Connell said: 1--WE took the picture.'r
This was not direct evidence againt
either Mr.. Tappan or Mr.. Con-
nell. The eve" might mean
either Mr.. Tappan or Mr.. Connell nr
their employees. He also argued that the
otense charged was not n violation of
morals accordingto law, and cited The
case OF West Virginia vs.. b. & O. M
ployes, charged with Sunday yiolau n,
which was appealed to the Supreme
Court from Mineral county. Jua,e
Green decided that the law provided
that Sunday wasa day OF rest, aud the
aw had no moral phase. II from NOR
al point OF view, you prosecuted man
|or Sunday violation, this construction
ot the law made 1t unconstitutional, as
you interfered with mans religious be-
!ief. He might conscicntionsly believe
in the observance of some other day in
the week. Morally and according to the
Bible, Sunday violation was wrong, but
you had to abide by the application of
Of the law on this point.
The case OF Mrs. Meyers then came
up, Capt. Dovener also appeared as her
attorney.
Edward Archibald Watkinn testified
that he waa wandering aimlessly along
on Main street, probably holding gloomy
SoAAoAeASo WIN uIo clu Idueu LDOunlte.
when he espied some children con,iur
out OF Mrs. Emma Meyers' candy storo
with with bananas in their hands.
Edwin Arcllibald's mouth watered for
banahas, 30 with nickel held between
his thumb and foreiinger, be tempted
the poor widow, who has q hard s,ruc-
gle to supply herself and children with
the necessities of life, to violate the
Sunday law. Morally it was all right
Tor him to buy on Sunday, especially
bananas that are an absolute necessity.
but it was oh! go wicked for the pocr
widow to make a little money with
which to feed her children. "Did he eat
the bananas?" asked Capt. Dovener,
Oh No! how could he be 20 vile.
D. W. Martin testified that he w,s
with Mr.. Watkins on his Sunday morn
ing stroll; tha. Watkins told him Re
was going into Mrs. Meye ers' to buy some
bananas, but TINT he went on up street
and did not see her sell them. The care
was then taken under advisement. Mis-.
Meyers was placed under SlOO bond to
appear Tuesday evening NJ I o'clock.
when Justice Arkle will give his do
cision. =