Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-12

The grand jury of the Criminal Court
resumed business yesterday morning
and devoted the entire day to signing
up the indictments previously found
and in probing into various allegations
of election Irregularities in this county
So many afidavits were presented
by election officers that it was found
necessary to summon something like
one hundred and fifty additional wit
nesses. and as many of these parties
live in the country the real work Of
finding out what they know cannot be
undertaken in earnest before this
morning
The Irregularities cover q very con-
siderable range. and it is possible that
some interesting things may crop out.
This is particularly true if the jury
consider seriously the very large num-
Der of votes east in Ohio county, the
numbering Of ballots by election Off
GERS. i'm violation of law, and other
matters Of a similar nature. The num-
bering OF the ballots is a particularly
eXasperating violation of law. for that
is the one sure manner in which 1t
may be known TO a hair how every
citizen cast his vote. thus destroying
utterly the main feature OF the Aus
tralian ballot system-its secrecy. To
indict every man guilty of this would
be a good method Of preventing such
a thing in the future. Evidence as 10
the phenomenal increase Of three hum
dred votes i'm four years in Madison
and Ritchie districts. and the smaller
increases ia some other districts might
also prove interesting Fifteen hum
dred increase in the voting population
Of Ohio county i'm four years shows
that we are booming along at most
remarkable and gratifying rate-f the
increase is genuine. A careful COM
parison of the poll books with the city
directories. the assessors return or
capitatiOns. the list of voters made up
by the assessors previous TO the cleo
ton, ETC. might demonstrate whether
or not TIE suspicion attached TO the big
vote is we'll grounded or not.
L was announced soon after noon
Yesterday that the grand jury would
make a partial report during the al
ternoon. and at ten minutes after FIVE
the sixteen men filed into the Court
room. Foreman Handlan bearing
bulky arm-load of papers. After the
usual f0rmaiities, the Clerk read the
following list OF true and not-true bills:
TRUE BILLS.
Henry Unich. felony: Frank John
son. felony; Edward Zane. felony;
John Bmch. felony; John Sawyers,
alias MCCULLOUGH. two bills; William
Donavan and James Sweeney, felony;
Walter Williams, colored, felony;
Charles Wheeler. felony; Joe Kelley.
felony: one other felony, the party not
under arrest.
NHsdemearors - Susan Hennegan,
Jessie Caufeld. Alice Smith. Lizzie
DAYTON. Virginia Vermont. Kittic Lee.
No. l. Alice Brown Annie SWartz,
Pearl smith. Nellie Moore. Mollie Clay
ton. Nicholas Grubler. John Cline and
Jacob Reineke. D. GoOdfriond, No. .,
Mary Kleiyes. No. l. Henry Itobrecht,
No. /: Maud Smith No. l.; Frank Saul
ders. John Duffy. Louis Snelle, Ella
Frazier. May Williams, Nos. ] and .;
Robert Spencer. Nos. 1 and . Maggie
Miller. Nellie White. Alice Bradford,
Nos. /. SO. 45 and SO; Jessie Owens.
Gertie Williams. Mabel Giyens. Annie
Thereau. Dean Campbell. seventeen
bills: Robert Pleasant and Mary
Huckel, Clara Bradley. Nos. 1 and >;
N. Agnic. Nos. ! and {.
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