Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-12
SEVERAL Sensations
IN ELLIS GLENN Case.
FURTHER POSITIVE IDENTIFICA-
TIoN OF THE PRISONER As
BERT GLENN.
TRAPPED BY STATE ATTORNEY.
A WITNESS NAY BE ARRESTED FOR
ALLEGED FALsIFICATI0N
OF RECORDS.


materially strengthened the States
side of the case. A question which
was unanswered and was withdrawn
upon the objection of the defense
brought out about the strongest point
in favor of the State that has yet been
made. Mrs. George A. Hoover was in
the witness stand and told of Ebert
Glenn's boarding at her house while
he lived in Williamstown. She testi-
fed that in cleaning up his she
had found among his things a grey
dress. a woman's hat and some femi-
nine underwear. After Glenn had left
permanently she burned them. While
she was telling of them Ellis Glenn
was seen TO lean toward her counsel
and whisper something into Mr.. Cald-
wells ear. He turned TO Mrs. Hoover
and asked her what explanation Glenn
had given her OF the clothing being
found among his things. She replied that
he had told her they were his mothers.
L IOStNulOl NiOoS abhti lie iANoft a
she had ever told any one about the
explanation Glenn had given per. She
replied that she had never told any
one. Then" said Mr.. Moss, III You
never told any one, how did Mr.. Cald-
well know that Glenn had eve made
any explanation, unless Ellis Glenn
and Ebert Glenn are the same person q
The defense objected to the question
and 1t was withdrawn, but not until It
had produced its effect.
Mrs. Hoover also positively identi-
fed Ellis Glenn al the same person
who had lived at her house as Ebert
Glenn. She described Elbert's features
infinitely, giving detailed descriptions
of his eyes, ears, nose, ETC., all OF
which H. Ellis Glenn exactly. She ce-
scribed Glenn's ears. which have no
lobes at the bottom, but fit close to
the head. The description fits Ellis
Glenn perfectly. The witness was pos
tive in her Identification.
Another important witness for the
State was A.. S. Richards, who worked
in the Williamstown meat shop with
Glenn and knew him well. He posi-
lively identified Ellis Glenn as the
same person, and said that he could
not be mistaken. He had known that
Glenn was a m while she was in
Williamstown, he said. And he ex-
planned that once in the meat shop
Glenn sat down in a peculiar manner
leaving the trousers tight and exposed
to view. He saw then that she had a
woman's form and not a mans. He
was very positive in his Identification.
DR.. Kline, who dressed the wound In
Glenn's hand made by the sharp bone
in the meat shop, testified that the
wound was a sharp incision and not a
Jagged cut, and that it would rot nee
e~ssarily leave a scar in the hand.
L. r. Prettyman, of Williamstownl
testified that Ellis Glenn was the same
person as Ebert Glenn and that he
knew he could not be mistaken in 1t
John Richards did the same thing, and
so did w. B. Beeson, all declaring that
they knew they could not be mistaken
n their Identification. Squire Beeson
testified that he took the acknowledge
ments to the $500 deed OF trust and
that Ellis Glenn, the defendant, was
present at the time. He said that the
deed was for $500 and that it has now
been changed to $1,400.
Mr.. Caldwell, for the defense, raised
a nice point this morning. 1t had been
shown in the testimony that the deed
of trust had originally named w. B
Beeson as trustee, but that as he took
the Acknowledgements Glenn went TO
Hoover and told him the name would
have to be changed. They agreed to
let Thomas Prettyman be named as
trustee, and Blossoms name was erased
and Prettyman's inserted after the
taking of the acknowledgements. Sew
eral witnesses agree to this. Mr.. Cald-
we'll raised the point that the amended
Iced had never been acknowledged
and that it was therefore null and
void and it could not be a forgery to
change in any way a valueless paper.
He moved to quash the indictment so
far as it pertains to the deed of trust
and to withdraw it from the jury and
the testimony. After an hour or more
spent in arguing the case. the court
oyerruled the motion.
William Richardson, to whom Glenn
sold the Iced of trust alleged to have
been forged. caused a sensation in the
court room this afternoon by stating
to the court that he had altered the
deed of trust in the official record to
correspond to the altered deed of trust.
The record was introduced for compar-
ison with the deed and found to have
been changed. The deputy clerk was
questioned about it. when Richardson
arose and admitted altering It, The
defense threatens to have him arrested
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