The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-05
BIG DAYS WORK.

squire Arkle Gets Rid of Largo Docket
wish Celcrity-ThO Divine Shoe Stealing
and Other Cases.
Squire Arklc was busy last night with
three big cases. The American Suit
Club Company's agents, Kemp and
shippey, were first tried. William
Brown, George S. otte and others testi-
fed that they had joined one OF the
clubs, and explained the scheme. Pros
ecuting Attorney Howard represented
the State, and Mr.. Carpenter, a Pitts
burgh attorney, and S. 0. Boyce the de-
PENDANTS. Mr.. Carpenter said that his
clients wanted the matter settled, and
ii they were engaged in an unlawful
business, did not wish to continue 1t.
He asked that the bond be made light
and promised that they would appear
at court. They were held in 500 each.
The case OF Bert McConaughey and
George Coss for felonious assault and
battery on Kis Walton was next called.
Miss Walton was too i'll to appear, but
two OF her girls who claimed to have
seen the fracas testified. Col. Arnett
desired to have the witnesses separated,
but owing to want OF room did not In.
sist. One OF the girls said Coss and
McConaughey had come into the house,
and after q few words, had been or
dered out by Miss Walton. Neon
aughey picked up chair, threw it at
her and struck her on the back, break
ing out one OF the rounds.
| Annie Burrls testified to the same
facts.
McConaughey asserted that Kis Wal
ton had lifted up the chair to strike
him, and he kicked it out Of her hand,
breaking the round, and then picked it
up and pitched it at her. He claimed
that the chair fell against her, ind she
followed them to the door, cursing
them. DR.. John R. Pipes swore he was
attending the woman, and that, SO lar
as he could tell at present, she might be
permanently injured, Both men were
held for court in $500 bail each.
James Richards was charged with
stealing seven pairs ofshoes from James
Divine, and Charles Sweeney, Charles
Wier, Mike Perieto, Robert McElroy
and Robert N. Sylvis were charged with
having purchased the shoes from Rich
ards, knowing them to be stolen. w.
n. Criswell appeared for Richards and
Wier; w. N. Dovener for Sylvis; and
Prosecutor Howard for the State. Rich
ards said he had been told to admit
stealing the shoes, to pay for them and
to have the matter over with at once.
Acting ON this advice, he told Cap
tain Delbrugge that he had crawled
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pairs OF shoes. On the stand he re-
tracted this statement, and said he and
colored boy had been in swimming
one night, and while dressing they saw
three or four people crawl under the
Pewiky depot. The boys went there
the next day, found seven pairs OF shoes
and concealed them under the ceiling.
Richards'a testimony was contradictory,
and he seemed particularly anxious to
show that Robert Sylvis was aware that
he was buying stolen shoes.
Sylvis told very straight story, and
asserted that he had no idea the shoes
were stolen. Sylvis, Perieto, Sweeney,
McElroy and Wier were discharged, and
Richards remanded to Jail. In dis
charging the boys, Squire Arkle said
that fo discharged Wier, who
is about eighteen years old, with
reluctance, as Wier had heard
the statements made by Richards,
which incriminated him, and had made
no counter statement. The fact was,
that Weir was not called to the stand,
as he reminded the Justice. None OF
the boys denied the testimony OF Rich
ards, until the opportunity was present.
ed to them, and Weir, who was repre-
scented by lawyer, naturally left the
matter in his hands and waited for his
turn, which never came.