Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-05

The grand jury of the Criminal Court
reported about quarter past seven
o'clock last evening, with little bundle
of four hundred and ten indictments.
The bulk of this unprecedentedly
large number of true bills was against
twenty-nine saloon-keepers, who have
been selling whisky and other spurious
liquors on a beer license. These twenty
nine men were indicted three hundred
and sixty-two times in all, and the an
nouncement created a good deal of stir
2mong saloon people The fact that
there was going to be trouble in this
particular direction was kept very quiet
during the day. and few people, even
about the Court House, knew what was
to come until along about i've or SIN
o'clock. Then it was Whispered AROUND
that there might be anywhere from IVe
10 seven hundred indictments, and a
good deal of eXcitment resulted. When
the list was returned, it was not nearly
as large as had been reported, but still
il was by far the largest number OF IN
dictments ever returned by grand
jury in Ohio county.
The Jury sworn when Court conven-
ed Yesterday morning was made up as
follows: w. B. Simpson, foreman, Will
liam Smith. d. NJ. ThOrnburg, James
G. Frazier. John V. Gavin, II. f. Ben
rens. r. b. Battelle. l.. A. Lallance, Il.
GARNER. Peter Erb, w. \. Wilson, JOS
eph Speidel. John Waterhouse, w. S.
Foose. \. w. Beck and John Troy. The
Jury was charged briefly by Judge HUI
gus. and they at once retired to their
room and went to work. The fact that
the judge referred TO the election law
created a temporary apprehension in
the minds of some Republicans, but the
jury does not appear TO have given the
matter any investigation whatever.
During the morning A. J. Wilson, or
Jack" as he is universally known,
was appointed Deputy Clerk of the
Criminal Court He is probably one of
the youngest Clerks ever appointed in
West Virginia, but he knows his bust
ness all right. Another incident of the
morning was the release of Thomas
Gross from Jail. Gross was convicted
of petit larceny at a former term, but
was unable to pay his fine.
The grand jury did not return into
Court until after seven o'clock, and
then made the following report:
THE TRUE BILLS.
Isaac Bogard. thirteen; Mary Kleives,
thirteen; J. p. OMaley, thirteen;
Frank Albinger, thirteen; Charles
Obermann, thirteen: William Fette,
thirteen: Michael Stein, thirteen; Char
les Seibert. thirteen; Patrick ]. Gavin.
thirteen: B. F. Subbs. thirteen: Jacob
Sternagle thirteen: George Grub.
five; Emil Lunknickle thirteen; Will
liam Hoffreuter, seventeen: Carl Hink-
leman and Jacob Hinkleman, thirteen:
John c. Bishop, thirteen; Dorothy
Bunch, thirteen; Thomas F. Porter.
thirteen; Henry Shodder, thirteen;
John Segward, one: Joseph Marshall.
thirteen; Fred. Knutt. thirteen; William
KnCke. fourteen; Edward Menge and
Thomas Howiey, thirteen (Mr. Howley
says he has not been connected with
this saloon for over a year,: Edward
Miller, thirteen; Joseph Michael, thir-
ten; Joseph Scroggins, thirteen; Louis
Becker, thirteen; F. Weidel, thirteen.
Total saloon indictments, So.
Elizabeth Emblem and w. T. Emblem,
ten.
MISUNDERSTANDING Zane, John Rice
and Edward Payne.
INSTRUMENTATION Mitchell. John
Lowell, Harry Jones, Grace Earl, John
Henry, John Schott, J. C. Handbook.
Curtis II. Hanson, Maud King, Jennie
Williams, Blanche Musgrove. Clara
Brown, Charles McGannon. J. A. Weav-
err, J. II. Mcbride. J. w. Jones. C. Lee.
May White, Joseph Spring. Kitty VIII
son, Jessie Woods, Ella Miller. Nellie
White, May Doe, Georgia Frank. Maud
Smith, Ida Headley, Lucy Belmont.
Kitty Lee, George Watson, George Fish
er. James Parker. David Schwertfeger.
Jessie Monticello and Stella Woods.
This made total of four hundred and
ten true bills. as stated at the outset.
The not true bills were: Maggie Con-
roy, Bessie Ladrew and John Sigward.
twe1ye.
The docket will be called Thursday.