Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-08
BRIBERY INVESTIGATION
BY THE CRIMINAL GRAND JUny
DID NOT RESULT IN IN
D~ICTMENTS.
MERELY HEREsAY EVIDENCE
Was Presented to the J~ury-Fcur In
dfctments Against Each of the 81
S~aIoonists Selling d 'Short
License'-A List of the '.True" and
"Not True" Bills Found by the
Jury.

After a two days session, which gave
rise to a great many sensational re-
ports, the grand jury for the March
term of the Ohio county Criminal Court
completed its labors about $50 o'clock
Yesterday afternoon. OF the true bills
returned, 21S were for illegal liquor
selling. The other indictments were
comparatively unimportant.
The indictment of saloon keepers is
the result of their sale of liquor under
the so-called short license law. Prev
ious to the recent session of the State
Legislature there was a law upon the
statute books permitting the sale OF
beer only under an annual license tax
Of $100, the regular liquor license be
ing fixed at $3.50. 1t was reported that
the short license privilege was gen
orally abused in Clio county, many
liquor dealers simpSs. paying $500 a
year. 1t was this alleged abuse which
was responsible for the repeal of the
law by the last Legislature.
The repeal of the law left Ohio coun-
ty dealers selling without any license.
The grand jury probed into the mat
ter, hearing the evidence of a number
of witnesses, and returned four true
bills for misdemeanor against each OF
ffty-four dealers.
The jury determined yesterday after
noon to make an investigation, as
directed by the court, OF the charges OF
bribery and attempted bribery of mem
bers of the wheeling City Council. The
members of Council who are alleged in
common rumor to have been offered
brides were not asked to testify be-
fore the jury. Among the witnesses
subpoenaed in INSTRUMENTATION We're
]. B. fancy, C. H. fancy, II. C. Ogden,
r. M. Archer, Vim. Mccormack, Joseph
Handlan, H. ". Ankle, John e. She'll
base, Thos. O'Brien, Jr., z. M. a
kins, T.. ]. Park and others. There
were thirteen in all.
The jury reported to the court that
it had been unable to secure any posi-
tive evidence to ~substantiate the
charges of bribery. Thirteen witnesses
had been examined and their testimony
was all of a hearsay character. There
was nothing positive, and the jury
could not therefore return any indict-
ments.
The returns made by the jury were
as follows:
Not True Bills.
Leonard McFfenry and Mike Dwyer,
felony, rcibbing II. J. Healy.
G.. L. Nichols, felony, embezzlement
from House & Hermann.
Charles E. Camp and j. Stuart Bru-
baker, misdemeanor, practicing DENTS
try without a license.
John Smith and James Race, misde-
meanor, disturbing religious meeting
at Bethel Mission.
James Feeney, felony, theft of $23.
True Bills.
Maud Smith, misdemeanor, one count
for keeping house of i'll fame, and two
counts for selling beer without license.
James Finney, misdemeanor, as
saulting Constable keenan,.
VIM. Winters, felony, stealing cloth
ing from the Stamm House.
Abe Jackson, H. ]. Davis, Walker
Jamison and VIM. Jackson, misde-
meanor; attempting to destroy the city
workhouse.
Henry McCammick, misdemeanor;
theft from the steamer City of Wheel
ing.
Charles Williams, misdemeanor. at
tempted robbery of A. C. Jamison.
The Liquor Cases.
Four true bills were found against
each of the following saloon keepers:
John Arthur, Rudolph Brandt, John
B~artollas, Charles Bauer, John S. Beu-,
ter, Lee Buch, Harry Bearley, Paul
Biery, Harry Carenbauer, John Cor
coran, Robert Clark. Philip Fleahman,
Otto Fish, James e. Gavin, Wm. Happy,
Peter Hoe & Thomas Mckeever, NJ.
Driehorst, VIM. Horstmas, e. J. Heisel,
Emil ~Jungnickle, J. J. Killeen, Mrs.
Mary Klieves, Hermann Kreutzer, John
G. Klein, Edward H. Kurtz & Gottlieb
Harding, Charles Larue, Charles Nc
Gavin, Jos. Marshall, Frank L. McFad-
den. Thomas Mclaughlin. Craddock
Morgan & Thomas Morgan, George B.
Muldoon, Richard J. Wilkie, Charles
Holden, Jacob Steurnagle, Albert
Stanke, Ned o. Smith, J. B. Wilkie,
VIM. o. Walker, VIM. Winder & James