Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-06-11
.DDRIBUSINESS.
CARTER SUTTON ARRAIGEED BEFORE JUSTICE
~GILLESPY, YESTERDAY.
The Evidence Wa Spicy and Interesting, and t'
Defendant Was Held % the Grand Jury.
Anthony OOnners' Letters

Yesterday afternoon the case OF the
State v. Carter Sutton, charged with
bribing Johh Bethel, the prosecuting
witness in the case Of State v. Anthony
Corners and John Sutton, felony, was
called before Justice GillIspy, and the
Office of the Justice was crowded all
during the hearing with an Interested
q Of sweltering humanity.
The evidence was conclusive OF the
guilt OF the accused. Carter Sutton,
gave twenty-five dollars to Bethel
to secure his absence from the city on
the trial Of the case, and 1t was also de-
veloped that Mary Corners, sister OF
John, was to pay Bethel the further
sum Of twenty d~ollarsS on behalf OF ner
brother. 1t was thought that by doing
this, both Corners and Sutton would be
saved a trip to the pen-but the little
scheme didn't work.
Along about the 18th Of March Sher-
if F%ranZheim and Jailer Welsgeroer
had their suspicious excited, regarding
Sutton and Corners, who were In Tor
robbing John Bethel Of money and val
uables, in East Wheeling, and thinking
that the men would likely smuggle let
ters ont OF Jail, addressed either to Con-
ners' sister at Pittsburg, or 10 Sutton's
father, the Sheriff had the mails watch
ed. Sure enough, Corners smuggled
two letters out with two boys, who were
In Jail for throwing stones at street
cars, and the boys dropped the letters
addressed to Mary Corners, into a
street box. These letters were for
warded to the Sheriff by the postmas-
ter of Pittsburg, and were read in evil
dence yesterday. The letters are as
follows:-
THE LETTERS.
NO. 1, addressed TO Miss Mary Corners;
l5S Third Avenue, Pittsonrg, malIeu
March 19th:-
"WHEELING, March IL,
mDEAR S1s.-I will send this " =
YOU to come down Sunday. Sis, 1 can get
this fellow to leave if he gets $50. Sis, II
YOU can get $50, send it, for Gods sake
Bring it dewR. Sutton, the fellow, Is IN
with me, and can get the rest and John
Rethel-that is his name-wllg go away
from Brilliant, and we will be free the lVtn
of April. Sis, you come down; come TO the
new iail. II they went let you in, you
will have TO see Franzheim, the Sherlh.
This is what l want you to do: go 10 Ben
wood; go TO Pat Currin's saloon ana ASK
where Mr.. Sutton lives. Tell nina
who you are. he Is h tne
fellows father. ina is, 4 tn
with me. He will go with you to this fell
low John Bethel. But, before you give
Bethel the money you get som one to go
with YOU to Sutton. You could get Jimmy
Corners or John Joyce, of Bellaire. Bethel
boards in Bellaire and works on the Bell
aire local freight train. He comes IN Bell
aire every other day. Jimmy Conners
knows him. l guess. Don't you give SUIT
ton the money under no excuse. you give
the money 70 Bethel yourself. Old sutton
is smart as the devil. Don't let him give
YOU any talk at all. If Sutton wants you
to give him the money, you tell MIN no; you
are here TO pay Betnel your,
self. You 90 with Sutton and hand Betnel
the $50 yourself, and some one else 10 WIZ
ness to see you give it to him. Then he
can not anpear against me. Then be would
be sent TO the pen himself. Sis, get SO
some way and come down. 1t Is only three
weeks till the grand jury meets. You do
this. and l will be free. l will swear to
YOU | will quit drinking, and 60 right 10
work right away, and pay you every cent
| make. l can 20 to work over the river
as soon as l get out. If you don't do this l
am lost, that's all. Sis, l nave not
got a cent. I ave fellows go
ing out the money 1 had to do something,
but thew never did it. / beg ysu to do this
for me. l will do right, l swear Will.
The only days that they let any one come
in is on Thursday, but you could get in any
dav bT seeing the Sheriff. You can tell
Bethel l am your only support-the only
one in the family that works. Talk that
way to him. He is an easy going fellow.
He viii go away from Bellaire-his people
don't live there. When you come 10 the
iail don't say anything about this so the
iailer can hear you. II you can't
come Sunday, send two or three lines
inst saw when you come. The iailor reads
all letters. l would not live a year in the
pen. Come yourself, Sis; no one else will
do. 1 will make up for my past.
"a. C~oNNERs."
Enclosure.
S.Jimmy Corners would be the best to go
with YOU and Old Sutton. Old Sutton
knows him. 1 will pray you will get the
money-get all you can, and come anyhow.
l will make up for everything.
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