The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-05
GRAND JURY
SPRINGS SOME
SURPRISES.
"Not True Bills" Arc Found IN the
Base Ball Gases, and No Action
is Taken on
ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO BRIDE
Members Of Council-city Clerk
o'Brien and Councilman Chow
Were witnesses.

The criminal court grand Jury sprung
some surprises yesterday evening at
o'clock, when it completed its labors OF
a day. Contrary to general expecta-
tons the jury found mot true bills" in
the cases of the base ball players
charged with pursuing their vocation on
the Sabbath. 1t is said a majority OF
the sixteen grand Jurors were favorable
to finding indictments against the base
ballIsts, but not the necessary twelve
OF the sixteen.
The investigation into the alleged at
tempt to bride three members of the
city council, Messrs. Ross T. Chew,
Frank ]. Healy and Edward Ratclihe,
was without result. Two city officials,
City Clerk Thomas o'Brien, Jr, and
Councilman Ross T. Chew, wers before
the grand Jury. Clerk o'BrIen SAID that
he knew nothing OF the alleged attempt
to Influence the votes Of councilmen;
he had heard rumors. but that was all.
Councilman Chew testified that he
made the allegations credited to him in
council, because he was interested in
having certain applicants for liquor
licenses turned down; he believed in
lighting the devil with Are" councII-
man Frank ]. Healy was summoned to
appear, but was prevented by illness,
Ex-Police Lieutenant Mack suppler,
too, was summoned. but being employed
in Marshall county the sheriff was una
BILE to reach him yesterday.
There was a big batch OF present
ments against the base ball players
for the playing of the following games
on Sunday: April IS. Wheeling und New
Castle teams, twenty-five; May 6,
Wheeling and Columbus teams, twenty
two; May 10, Wheeling and Youngs-
town teams, twenty-five; May 20, Day
ton and Wheeling teams. twenty-five
May q. Wheeling and Mansfield teams,
twenty-two-lu all, 10 presentments, all
Of which were returned mot true bills
by the grand jury.
The prasentment in each case read
as follows; - said
day being Sabbath day. was
then and there found unlawfully labor
ing at his trade or calling, to wit, that
of a professional base bali player, and
did then and there, on the said Sabbath
day, unIawfully labor at his said trade
and calling by then and there unlaw-
fully playing professional base ball. to
the great injury and common nuisance
Of all the citizens OF the state. the said
labor Their ana there not being in house
hold or other work OF necessity or
charity"
The following other cases we're re-
ported by the grand jury:
Felonies.
State vs.. W. A. wkerton. true bill.
State VS.. Mike Kelly, alias Burt Ket-
ly, true bill.
State VS.. William chappelle, true
bill
State VS.. w. W. Link. true bill.
State VS.. livery Lynch. true bill (two
indlctments).
State VS.. Alex Gurley, true Nn
State VS.. Van w. Bahannah, not a
true bill.
State VS.. Jack Forsyth and Elsie
Gray. not u true bill.
Misdemeanors.
State vs. John Mcnamara, true bill.
State vs. Homer Smith. true bill.
State VS.. Hattie Johnson, true bill.
State rs. Fred Goldstrohm, true bill.
State vs.. Albert Moreno, true bill.
State vs. Fred Goldstrohm and Ann
L. Goldstrohm, true bill.
State VS.. c. L. Camp and ]. S. Bru-
baker, true bill (two lndictments).
State VS. Elmer Long, not true bill.
When Clerk Henning began reading
the mot true bills" in the base ball
cases Mr.. Myron Hubbard, one OF the
members Of the grand jury, arose and
stated that this was not the unanimous
action OF the Jury. Judge Hugus re-
marked in reply. that he supposed the
necessary twelve were not for true
bills" to which several of the jurors
responded In the affirmative.
The grand jury wac composed OF the
following citizens: John Frsw. fore
man; James Cummins. Charles Held.
Dr. W. j. Bates, Joseph Hall. W, C.
Eandlan, Myron Hubbard, william
Hanes, Martin Pebler, Peter Erb. John
speidei, j. j. Jacobs Fred Frederick,
Joseph Hyllnger, James A. Britt and
Conrad Bremen
The court. upon its report having been
made, discharged the jury.
The criminal court docket win be
called tomorrow morning
THE second Of our series Of PIanola
and Aeolian recitals viii be given on
Monday afternoon, June II, from to 4
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