The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-31
TERM
10 BE LONG.
Many Felony Charges Are to
Be Investigated BY the
Grand jury.
FIVE TRIAL WEEKS
Two Hundred Witnesses Are
Summoned to Appear Be
fore Grand Jury.

The January term of Circuit court.
which VIII convene next !. Monday.
promises to be two months long. The
criminal docket will consume from
four to I'VE weeks, There Is much
chancery business and the civil.
docket is unusually large.
The grand jury. which will be
charged as soon as the term opens
will be quite busy and the work be-
fore It viii likely take the entire
week. There are said to be fully
two hundred Witnesses to be examine
ed and large number Of felony
cases to be investigated. Besides
there viii be many misdemeanor
charges to go into such as petit lar
ceny, assault and battery, carrying
revolvers, trespass and the like.
Many Felony Cases.
Among the felony cases to be IN
vestigated and reported upon by the
grand jury will be the following:
W. Lewis Collins, charged with
felonious assault with false knuclSIes
upon Elmer ]. Boner at Salem No
vember -.
August Yodkl. for attempted
criminal assault upon Jessie Savage
October "a at Union Heights.
Frank Lover for stabblng Frank
whitehair to death on Pike street
october 81.
chicken thief for stealing three
horses. belonging to Frank Hendell
son, J. Hornor Davis and Lemuel
Stout. respectively.
Tony Arbruziro for felonious as
sault with club upon Frank OIL
verio at Enterprise October II.
Joe Arbruzino for felonIous as
SAINT on Frank oliverio at Enter
prise OtNoBer II by shooting him
with a revolver.
Elmer Gassage, John Hays. George
Miller. John Mccain and Nicholas
Lanty for breaking into Rock Bells
place and stealing merchandise.
Frank BuccofuTni for shooting Joe
Ansetto with a revolver with intent
to kill October 4.
Philip Whitehair, Emmett White.
Andy Dillon and Thomas Riggs for
stealing a lot of copper wire from
the Maderia-HIn-Clark Coal Com
Dany at Chieftain In September.
y. Heener for the larceny Of $50
from F. A. linn in November.
Peter Gallo for breaking and en-
tering a railroad car in the yar1s
here and stealing merchandise.
Matthew Blair for stealing $40
from Samuel E. Wax in the Diamond
saloon December Is
Grover Henderson, coiored. for the
larceny OF $40 from Morgan n. Van
scop Pecemb Der 10.
Jesse c. Harbert for stealing an
overcoat from Cecil G. Fortney. val
ued at $25, at Lumberport Decem-
Der 10.
Charles H. Tanner for stealing
$50 in money from Fannie sDangler
at Adanston in October.
Hood Thorn for assault with a
brick on George Eaton in Noyem Der.
Many Other Cases.
All the above are either in jail or
out on bond. There arc other fell
ony cases to be Investigated but as
the persons accused are not IN GUS
tody the prosecuting attorney de-
clines to give out information con-
corning them.
The petit jury Will not convene ur-
Itll Monday. January II, when the
criminal docket viii he taken up.
Among the dozen hoid-over criminal
cases for trials Is one felony case,
that against Alya Mahana, charged
with burglarlzlng the postoffce at
Rinehart.
The term Will have some changes
in the personnel OF the court.
Sheriff NJ j. Francis and deputies
VIII be on duty for the first time. a
viii also Circuit Clerk I. Wade Con-
man. But. the same splendid prose
cutting attorney VIII r. Morris, viii
be found at the old stand, doing hts
Idnty ably and elfectiyely.