Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-10-01
Scott Outlines the Party Issues
MANY ARRESTED
SATURDAY NIGHT

Miscellaneous Batch of Persons Held
For offenses-Police Busy Also
Sunday Night.
Saturday night was an usually busy
one in police circles, while Sunday
night also furnished some excite
ment along the same line
Raised Two Checks.
Late Saturday night J. f. Conley,
youth about II years old employed
as helper by the Martinsburg Gas
| Co., entered he clothing store of Mr..
A. Snyder on North Queen street to
| make some purchases Before he was
through buying. however, he handed
Mr.. Snyder a check for SIG drawn by
the Gas Company and payable to him.
self. Mr. Snyder thought the check
looked as if it had been raised from
Sc to SIG by writing the letters teen"
after the word "sx" His suspicious
were further aroused by the fact that
the young man had picked out two
pairs of shoes when he had bought a
pair only the Saturday night before
from him. So Mr.. Snyder sent his
clerk over to the gas Office to see
about the check and it was at once
discovered that 1t had been raised
$40. Conley had another check in his
hot ho hoJ IN
SIG, but this one he hadn't presented
to Mr. Snyder, as his purchases had
only amounted to $3.50 Officer
Hough came along and arrested Con
ley and locked him up to await hear
ing before Justice Lemen. Conley is
from Cumberland and has only work
ed here few weeks.
Foreigner in Trouble.
Officer Hough arrested an Italian
Saturday night at the Kinsey Creque
soloon' for stealing revolver from j.
H. Zepp. The fellow took the gun
down to the south quarry and
threw it in the hole. In jail awaiting
hearing before Justice Felker.
Scrap at Berkeley.
Dan jenkins, Adam Jordon, Sykes
Snyder and Mrs Adam Jordon were
arrested Sunday for getting into row
at Adam Jordons boarding house near
Berkeley Station Saturday night. Jenk
ms and Mrs. Jordon are in jail await
ing a hearing before Justice Felker.
Snyder arranged for a hearing before
Justice Felker also. Adam Jordon
will answer to the scrap charge be-
fore Justice Lemen.
Plain DRINKS.
Three DRINKS were arrested Satur-
day might. Police Judge Letter assess
ed each fellow $3.50 and let them go.
Stole Clothing.
Officer Hough, Saturday night, ar
rested Adam Early, colored. for steal
ing a lot of clothing from John Green,
also colored, amounting to some $50.
In Jail waiting hearing before JUS
tice Lemen.
Shooting Up The Town.
Everett Sims, back West Virginia
avenue. is in the lookup awaiting a
hearing before Justice Felker on the
charge of disorderly conduct. Sims
was drunk and was shooting across
the street with a shotgun Sunday
evening. About 9 o'clock officer
Hough and Constable Wolf went out
to scene and put Sims under arrest.
He was lying on his bed with gun in
his hand, but officer Hough disarmed
him and put the manacles on him
Sims father wat later arrested FOR dis
orderly conduct.
Horse Ran OFF.
While Constable Wolf, accompanied
! by ex-Officer Mcdonald, was returning
in buggy from the scene of the Sims
racket on the Boom Sunday night he
had bad mishap. When near the i'm
tersection of West King and Church
streets. the buggy ran over stone
pile, which was not seen because the
arc lamp nearby was out, and upset.
| The occupants were dragged a short
distance and then the horse ran to
| the court house where he was stopped.
The men escaped injury, but the horse
was cut about the hind legs. while the
buggy was pretty badly wrecked. The
top was mashed and the axles bent.