The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-09-27
ALL BUNGED UP
is CHARLEY SHORT
As a Result of Vicious Assault
made upon him in shinnston
last Saturday night.
Outcome Of War on Spsakeasiss
Short was Entirely too active
Along This Line to Suit some
ofHis Neighbors and They
did Him up. | arrested.

The activity Of Charles A. Short,
one of Shinnston's prominent citizens,
in the recent prosecutions against the
unlawful sale OF intoxicating drinks
in that town. has gotten him into serl-
GUS trouble, and the timely interyen-
tion Of several Of his townsmen saved
him from more dangerous condition
than he is In with badly mutilated
head, face and hand. Some time ago
he swore out warrant against George
FELTON, for running speakeasy. Then
he helped the prosecuting attorney
and sheriff to raid a club in the Cen
trail hotel and finally he went before
the grand jury, which found indict-
ments against the club. The town is
divided into two factions-one favor
ing the sale Of intoxicants and the
other opposed to speakeasies and
clubs. Some sympathizers with the
clubs grew desperate and resorted to
violence. Mr.. Short became the OBJ
ject Of their wrath and the victim Of
their vengeance.
Saturday night about $3.50 o'clock
Mr.. Short started out of Bryan's drug
store to 60 home. He says he had pro-
ceeded only about 10 feet from thedrug
store door, when Herbert Taught
who was lined up along the street
with Frank Sampson and Ed Reeder,
stepped up with knife in one hand,
and grabbing by the shoulder with the
other, said to him, "Mr. Short, what
have you got in these clubs ?" Short
replied, "Ihave nothing in them, do
not belong to them and am;not both
ering about them" Taught replied,
"You have and we propose to do you
up" Short says he stepped back and
turned around to find something to
defend himself with. Taught struck
at him with the knife. He knocked
off the blow with his left hand and
struck Haught with his right hand.
All three Of them then jumped onto
him and knocked him against the
drug store window, his elbow going
through it. Short managed TO get up
and broke away from them but they
caught him and threw him against
the other window Of the drug store
They gothim completely down this
time, but I. ]. Bryan, G. L. Hursey,
w. S. Hursey, James Everson and
others came to his rescue.
In the ARRAY Short received a cuts
inches long across the right hand,
cash on the wrist an inch long. a bad
~ bunged eye supposedly from blow
with beer bottle, and an ugly four
inch cash across the head
shorts asSatlants Immediately
aroused the mayor from his slumberS
and Taught and Reeder put up $40 a
piece for their appearance Monday
morning in mayors court. Sampson
put up $40. But they all left Sunday,
going to Wheeling on the excursion.
About 0 O'Clock Monday morning
Taught wandered into Shinnston and
was arrested by constables and placed
in the town lookup He was brought
here Tuesday morning on a warrant
issued by Squire S. 81. Gordon and
gave bond Of 81 800 for his appearance
for trial Wednesday night.
Sampson and Reeder have not been
apprehended. When last heard Of
they we're in Pennsylvania.
At the hearing Wednesday night
Squire j. N. David was the sitting
magistrate, Squire Gordon retiring on
account of relationship to the prose-
cutingwitness. The several witnesses
introduced by the state did not sec
Taught have q knife. Their testimony
confiicted somewhat. The defendant
swore that he had no knife.
The magistrate held Taught in 81
800 bond for the grand jury upon an
attempt to commit murder as charged
In the warrant.
Mayor Davis of Shinnston fined
Taught ego, the limit for the assault,