Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-05
EIGHTY-THREE TRUE BILLS
REPORTED BY THE CRIMINAL COURT GRAND
JURY YESTERDAY.
Only Three We're for Fsonies-Ths RsmaindSl
Were Misdemasnors Principally
Gamblers and DSSOluis
Women.

The March term of the Criminal
Court opened yesterday at $3.50 o'clock,
with Judge Hugus on the bench. AT
| ten o'clock the Grand Jury went into
session and completed its work about
FIVE o'clock in the evening. The jury
was as follows:
II. F. Jones. foreman; T. T. Hutchin-
son. Henry Vaas, Geo. Bowers, A. II.
Forgey. c. II. Watkins, Edward Hamm,
J. q. Haberfeld, John Waterhouse,
Thomas NJ Nesbitt, NJ Roth, j. e.
Nichols. Isaac Davis, Frank Grubler
land J. p Heinlein. After the Grand
Jury came in Court adjourned until
nine o'clock Wednesday morning,
when the docket will be called for the
| term.
! Owing TO the small number of cases
since the last term, 1t was expected
that the Grand Jury would finish It's
/ work in a very short time. An unusu-
| ally large number of witnesses were
summoned. however, and it was ap-
parent during the day that keepers oil
| disorderly houses and gamblers would
be indicted by the score Most of the
| bills reported were for these petty NO
lations Of the law.
r. \. G.. Thomas, the colored man
who was arrested for breaking into the
residence of DR.. Alexander, and steal
ing a gold watch, was taken before
Justice Phillips in the morning, and
turned over to the Grand Jury. lie
was indicted for felony. Following is
the list of true bills reported:
John McGrane, felony, assault upon
Louis Krieseim.
Vicent Rafferty,, felony, theft fromW.
q L. Z. railway company.
r. n. G. Thomas, felony, burglary.
Nlisdemeanors-Oh Dodson, as
sault: Ben Frazier, carrying concealed
weapons; William Dennis, assault upon
his wife: Charles Woodward, theft, six
counts: Sarah Anderson, adultery and
fornication: Joseph Miller, adultery
and fornicatiOn.
Nlisdemeanors, selling on Sunday,
George Livingston, Sherry & Lyons,
Louis Carl. Joseph Michel, VIM
Knoke; selling to minors, Mehen q
Slater. and Thomas Burke; selling
without license, Charles Oberman, two
counts.
Misdemeanors, conducting policy
shops, George Livingston, John Gold
enburg, VIM. Gundling, George Reed
George A. Stewart c. Moore, and
VIM. Winters.
! The following-named women were
| indicted for misdemeanOrs, the charge
being keeping houses of ill-fame: Jes-
sic Dorsey. Maud Clark, Clara Moss
Annie Sheppard. Doris Kelson, Mag
gle Miller, Cynthia Miller, Georgia
Frank. Rhea Gray, Nellie White, and
Ida Blake.
For lettering in houses Of ill-fame,
! the following-named persons were n
! dicted: Grace Early, Maud Williams,
| Bessie Dulaney, Esther Lake, Maud
Perry. Kitty Kilgore. Lula Blake,
| Goldie Whetzel, Stella Woods, Cora
Smith, Lena Rivers, Nettie Wilson,
| Annie Williams, Nellie Gaus, Gladys
! Williams. Irene Livingston, Eva Turn
| er, GraceAnderson, Alice Gray, Hat
| tie Simon, Louisa Kellar, Mollie Fer
| guson, Carrie Brown, Annie Williams,
! Alice Wallace
| For conducting and playing in poker
! rooms, indictments for misdemeanors
were returned against the following
named persons: James Archibald,
Joseph Barum. George Bennett, Dad
Williams, Robert Muldoon. John Frew,
Jr.. James Parker, Dode Fisher Geo.
Watson. Fred Zerowick, Harvey Roy,
Harry McNamee, John ManiX, George
Mclaughlin. William Lanihan, Fred
Hornick 1.-TWO counts.
Not true bills-John P. Morgan and
Charles Elig. unlawfully taking a top
| spring wagon.