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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-04
MOORE CASE
WITH JURY
FATE OF MARSHALL COUNTY
MAN ~ HANDS OF
TWELVE MEN
Nr9onenis Of Attorneys ana Instrue.
tens Completed Shortly After
Noon Yesterday

The case % the State against Al
Moore was given 20 the jury yesterday
AFTERNOON al O'Clock and with the
exception Of the time taken on for
their supper, was considered By them
uneil about 40 o'clock last evening.
when they were dismissed from furfh-
Fdeilberation Of the case until this
morning az O'Clock
Ihe court began business yesterday
morning al s % o'clock when tho in
strucuons to the jury wsr. read by
Judge Hervey. Following this the ar
guments were begun and the FIRST al
dress was made by Attorney ]. ID.
Parriott. who spoke for a. minutes
ana reviewed the testimony for the
state. and also paid some attention TO
the weakness and character OF the
witnesses for the defense.
Attorney J. NJ Ritz for the defense
spoke for an hour. dwelling at length
on the law and how the Jury must
give the prisoner the benefit OF all
reasonable doubt. That physical
facts had entered largely into the
case. That this was Gods testi-
mony.' That the O'Neill's had come
into the case for the purpose OF seeing
square deal. lie dwelt at length on
the testimony OF DIR. Bonar. and said
IN closing that the jury must ind a
verdict OF acquittsl. that II they did
the wrong thing. that IL wiuld rise up
long afterwards to cause them worry
Following him. Attorney Martin
Brown. FOR the defense. spoke for over
an hour and criticized the states wit
nesess and asked the jury for averdict
or at the most. mansiaughter. ne
praised the Witnesses for the defense
ana at this point said that Al Moore Is
man, every inch OF him. / admire
man like Al Moore. He spoke at
length 20 the jury regarding the pre-
sumption OF reasonable doubt and said
that Al Moore had been bounded and
given the third degree by the officers
Al this time there was one hour
ana htteen minutes for the use OF the
state. and eN-Judge Frank Nesbltt took
the closing argument He made an
eloquent and forceful address. taking
up the testimony OF the Witnesses for
the defense one by one. and made a
number OF telling points for nis side.
IN speaking or the O'Nelll'S he said
that probably the jury had thought
them tedious I'm going over this mart
OF the case. but they wanted TO make
sure that they had each one at the
scene or the crime located
~ was 1910 O'Clock when he closed
An adjournment was had for dinner
and at l:45 O'Clock the final instr7,c.
lions were given TO the jury. they re-
'lrlng 10 consider the case at , O'Clock.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-04

W. x \frmIIllou tU Fred Nr~ona.
parcel of land uu Wheeling Creek.
consideration. SO
West NirE.ria American NausoIrum
company fU H WaIke- Peterson.
tryp's 100. 800. 800 90. 900 and eq7
in Section Z. and .qs. 800. 600. t0I.
SOC. fHs Iu section D. in The nov
WaI.Ul0Uu. Consideration $4,000
William Wheeler fu Warsarrf Gorn
and james % Coen. Iof 90 In Elm
lloiEh'1 Consideration. 90
Wary 'uln md jaime. II Doar %
william Wheeler and wife. parcel Of
land .n Liberty district Conaidrra.
UUu. ffH
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-Four deeds ~ trust were Irff for
record with tHU CLERK OFF the county
court yesterday
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laken back TO jail. and positively
stated that he was Al Slack.
some time previous to the Purdv
ana Arm murders Chief Games. o,
Moundsville. received word and a dc.
scrlption OF the man from the louis.
VIE authorities. but wrote back for a
photograph. but did not receive II.
Mrs. Al Moore. when on the stand
admitted that her name was Tucker
previous 10 her marriage to Moore
Dui denied that her husband was Al
Slack. W
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CHARTER CLOSED
wheeling Rotary Club Mer,be o
Now Numbers HAN Hundred
Banquet % Br Held

In meet 'hr requirements of the
International Association of Rotary
'Nh'. 'n' charter membership has
L'rn closed ir Tho Rotary club of
" H.'IinE and after tho complete or
t.niz7ilon BE- perfected persons Of
t'bI' Tor membership viii boz invited
Oh" make application Tho charter uaf
numbers 20. which ia fHn largest char.
t'r class fhlt bias ever started no.
fary club
The complete organization will De
perfected and permanent omTa-s
elected of banquet meeting f0 Do
H'Id some evening fhIa coming week
un 'all OF Mr. Nrmryrr who a.. tom
plrar chairman
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6eO. G. Johns 20.

N E SriuNG And of special interest i
AUTHENTIC assenbsge
tor and travelling Coats Separate Skirts ~
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DO you believe iu dream. Jack 7.
NO. wa in love with ono once.
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Ralph E Moore fp fiaHtauz Broth.
or. .gT 'holI furniture CoDaIdrra.
ton 500
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COUNTY COURT.


Quincy v Waller was named guard.
ian for clifford Waller. with bond
hNcd Of 500 EIa Waller vae acr-rvss
a. surety
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RESIDENTS OF KENTUCKY lDEN.
THY HIM AS Al. SLACK.
Suspected Of Triple Murder Of Twenty
Years Aso-His wife Also
Identified

10 has been known by very few
persons that several people from Lou.
.sville. Ky. would be- IN AiourdsvilIe
during the trial Of Al Moore to see II
he Is one N Slack. formerly of that
place. and charged with. or believed
10 BE-. the murderer Of three men al
that place about 20 years ago The
persons expected arrived IN Mounds
vile late Tuesday evening. and are
Mrs. Emma Tucker. Jerry Williams
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writes. II have used ChambcrIair.l
Tablets for disorders Of tho stomach
and liver on and on for tho past Ave
> ears. and IL affords mo pleasure to
state that ] have found tnom 10 be
lusl as represented. They are mild In
iheir action and the results have been
satisfactory. value Thorn hg.gf,. y.
For sale by an dealers
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
CARLSON is RIGHT
AS TO GOVERNMENT
TN This STATE

Governor Carlson is quite right in
saying that our state has been con
tent to create departments and pay no
attention to whether these depart
ments do the work for which they
were created or not. He is also quite
money for these departments shall be
taken away from them and put to
better use When Governor Shaffroth
was elected the cost of maintaining the
than one million dollars a year. When
he went out of office. it was little
over two million per year. The en-
tire increase was brought about by
partments in order that he might ap-
point his political friends to public
positions so that they could work for
his election TO the United States sen
ate. He placed their salaries in the
first-class OF the appropriations and
their incidental accounts in the fifth
class, so that they would have nothing
to do and could spend their time work
ing for him. II is well known fact
that Governor Shaffroth spent one mil
lion dollars of the peoples money to
elect himself to the United States Sen
ate. No other graft in the history of
olorado compares with this debauch-
cry of the public funds and public
money.
Now Governor Carlson finds these
boards. bureau and Departments still in
existence. but OF absolutely no use to
any one. In addition he finds the state
institutions, including educational
and charitable institutions, in such
condition as TO need immediate atten-
ton. Assuredly. II is that the people
of Colorado will universally support
him in denying to the useless depart
ments their appropriations and in Civ.
ing to the educational institutions the
money necessary to provide adequate
places of learning for the children of
the state.
The change shows the difference be-
tween politician for personal gain
and man for state building.-Grand
Junction News.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23

The cases of certain members of the
Fraternity club, arrested some time
ago on the charge of drinking beer in
a public place, convicted on hearing
before the Police Magistrate and as
sessed fine of $50 and costs in each
case, were dismissed by County Judge
Dingman yesterday forenoon after sus-
tanning the objection of Attorney Mil
lard Fairlamb to the city ordinance
under which the arrest. trial and con-
viction were had.
The cases had been appealed to the
county court and had occupied the
time of the court for two full days
before that on which it was dismissed.
1t began as jury trial, but the service
of the jurors was dispensed with dur
ing the argument begun intended to fix
the validity of the city ordinance. This
argument consumed almost the entire
time of the trial. In his objections
Attorney Fairlamb. for the defense. at
tackled the ordinance as unconstitution
al. assanine and unjust; traversity so
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
oURAY MINERS DRILL INToA
MISSED HOLE-TWO KILLEC

Ouray. April 2O.-Nick Popovitch
and Harry Hettrick. were blown to
atoms in the Bright Diamond mine, To-
Gated at the edge of town. las night by
drilling into a missed hole. They were
literally torn to fragments and their
bodies could not be recognized except
by small parts of the clothing left on
their bodies.
A round of shots had been fired dur
ing the afternoon. but two of the holes
did not fire. 1t was supposed. however
that all but one of the holes fired.
They succeeded in finding and firing
it. Then they commenced to drill for
new round of shots and happened TO
get in such close proximity to the mis-
sed shots that the drill struck stick
or e ;-namite- and exploded the whole
charge.
Coroner Sheldon was notified and
made a careful examination. but he
decided that an inquest was unneces-
sary. as il was a clear accident.
Popovitch VS. a single man, but
Hettrick was married and leaves a
wife in Ouray.-Montrose Press.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
RAISED $l.0O CHECK
and GETS MONEY

Charles Hatfield, an 1s-year old boy
who came to this city from his home
in Pueblo a few months ago to live
with an older brother and work at
whatever he might find to do, has
fallen into the clutches of the law by
reason of his desire to get easy
money"
Shortly after arrival here the young
fellow went to work in one OF the
government camps near town on ca
HaI construction. when this WAS com
pleted he found odd jobs at intervals.
One of these odd jobs was trip last
week to the +. J. NJ. Cattle com
panys camp with load OF lumber for
which Mr.. Mathews gave him a check
for sl.00. He needed more money it
seems. at least he wanted more, and
at once conceived the idea OF eras-
ing one cipher and the decimal point
from his check and which made the
figure represent SO. He did not
however. erase the written one in the
center of the check. but when pre-
senting 1t for payment at local store
held his thumb above the written one
so that the payer saw nothing but the
figures The payee was busy at the
time and handed over two five dollar
bills without further thought.
Later and closer Investigations coup
led with cash shortage of nine dol
sl4t
dollar check and then officers were
notified. Young Hatfield could not be
found in the city and then it was
learned that he had boarded the east
bound passenger train last Thursday
morning for some unknown point and
was speeding away from the scene
of his crime. Descriptions of the lad
were sent to all points between this
city and Denver with the result that
he was nabbed by the officers in Sail
da as he aiighted from the train in
that place Thursday evening.
Sheriff NJ. A. Davis went over to the
railroad division point on Saturday
and returned with his prisoner next
day
Hatfield was to have had a hearing
In the county court at 80 Wednesday
afternoon. but the case was deferred
to n future date on account of other
hearings which took up more time
than was expected. His brothers
state that he was offered chance to
gain freedom from the county Jail
on a $4,000 bond. but the bond was
not furnished and the lad will remain
n public boarder until final disposition
OF the case.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
FARMERS boy ON
ASH MESA SUICIDED

Clarence Platt. sixteen year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Platt, who own
and operate farm on Ash mesa about
six miles south of this city. fired a 3S
caliber bullet mot his own breast with
suicidal intent at about o'clock last
Sunday afternoon and the end sought
resulted almost instantly.
The boy must have been mentally
unbalanced for he crawled from his
bed at his home near Delta, at some
hour during Saturday night, saddled
a horse and had ridden to a point
few miles this side of Ridgway where
the fatal shot was fired Sunday af-
ternoon.
II seems that Platt rode up to the
house of Mr.. Dowry Sunday morning
and wanted to stop there a while,
saying that he had ridden all night,
coming from Paonia. and he wished to
furnished the hay and no further at
tention was paid to him until the shot
and screams were heard.
Another mystery surrounding the
tragedy is that he should want to die.
His parents state that there was never
any trouble of any kind and they
knew of no outside troubles. The boy
left note near the scene OF his last
act which gave his name age, home,
etc. but no word of the cause for him
seeking death.
1t is stated that two little children
were coming along the road when
Platt pulled a 3S-caliber revolver from
his pocket and fired the fatal shot. The
report of the shot and screams of the
children attracted the attention of far
mers living in that vicinity and they
rushed to the scene to find the boy
dead. The coroner of Ouray county
was notified of the affair and he came
to the scene to make examinations
which clearly demonstrated the fact
of suicide. The parents were also no
titled and they went there to bring the
body home for burial
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
Rules Governing Delta Civic
Improvement League Contest

Committee OF the Wo
All except
Name and address
should be handed 70
II A.
The S follows:
er1 incl parking, and alley
elta Men
H. Dandeion blossoms
in between
Weighing stations
Pnes Feed and Guy Blair
For
tonaBa 1st at the bank
Prizes prize,
Nations Bank. exhib abou the bank
Firstpr
Prize exterminatng Ann o
Second prize, $3.50
greatest
Commi Woman's
Second, S20o; Third Slo0
children under 16 of age;
collection o vegetables prizes, So; 49, 81
o przes S5 49, 81
I bel Public
the child
prize
wach the Delta for further announcements
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
UNCLE SAM ASKED
FOR GENET PLANT

A petition has been numerously
signed asking the government to es-
tablish and operate a cement plant
near this place. to manufacture hy'
draulic cement for use upon the un.
compahgre reclamation project. to be
supplied to land holders of that pro
ject at the cost of manufacture, pre-
sumed to be from 10 to 20 cents per
hundred pounds.
II is cited in the petition that there
are abundant beds of raw material to
be had along or close to the lines of
the d. & X. G. railroad; that the set
tiers on reclamation farms will need
large amounts OF the cement for build
fng purposes and with which to line
their ditches: that the retail cost Of
buying the cement from dealers is
from SO cents to one dollar per hun.
dred pounds, n price which would work
to them n serious hardship. and that
n plant operated as is petitioned for,
would afford them relief etc. The pc
tition, which is directed to Hon. Ed T.
Taylor. has already received more
than 100 signatures.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
W. C. T. v. Meetings

Mrs. Adrianna Hungerford. state
president of the Colorado Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be in
Delta Saturday and Sunday, April "a
and 25.
cordial invitation is extended to
all women to hear a talk from Mrs.
Hungerford on Saturday, 3 p. m. at the
Presbyterian church.
On Sunday at 1880 p. m. Mrs. Hung
erford will make an address at the
Methodist church to which the pub
lie is most cordially invited. There
will be special music.
A very successful Mothers meeting
was held on Friday afternoon. April
16, at the home OF Mrs. Budd. A short
business session followed at which
the following delegates were elected to
attend the district convention to be
held at Colona. April 22-27-2s: Mrs.
Weeks Mrs. Baird and Mrs. Darnell
Mrs. Hastings and Miss Tripp will al
so be in attendance.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
School Election May 3rd

Independent has been requested to
remind the voters of this district that
a school election is to be held at the
Central school building on the 3rd of
May; that such election is important,
inasmuch as two members of the
school board are to be elected for
period of six years, and that it is the
duty of all to decide upon and elect
good men to serve in these positions:
men who will exercise proper care of
both the school interests and conserve
as much as possible the taxpayers
money.
There is quite often a lighter vote
at such elections than there should
be. and it is TO be hoped that proper
amount of interest may develop at the
coming May school election.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
Court DiSmiSSeS Club Cases;
Ordinance Declared Void

ridiculous as to challenge fairness. In
a short summing up Judge Dingman,
in concise words, sustained the OBJ
jections of the attorney for the de-
fense and dismissed the case.
Ciy Attorney Fl. ]. Baird then asked
for ten days in which to prepare and
present an appeal to the supreme
court.
In this as in many cases. doubtless.
which might be tested in the regular
courts, not this one alone, but many
of the city ordinances would not with
stand objections. They have had no re-
vision in years and need revision. The
charter adopted was thrown over
them and depended upon to possibly
supply in a measure the need of re-
vision, under the presumption that
the ordinances would not be in much
demand for service, any way. They
are alright, so long as not in use. This
is but suggestion, yet it is one which
the city council could well afford to
consider.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
WARRANTY DEEDS

Prepared by the Grend Nest Alb
stract Co. week ending April 81,
1914.
]. II. Rice to John A. McAllister, tr,
Paonia, $4,000.
Todd C. Moritz to John G. Curtiss,
ct al. tract Paonia, $500.
John A. McAllister to John A. Rice
tract Crawford. $4,000.
William F. Hornsby to The Coerver
Investment and Securities Co. lots.
Delta, $4,000.
Milton S. Lowell to G. p. Koppenhaf-
er. tract Cedaredge, s1.0o.
Charlie Il. Hamilton to Frank Buzz
zard. tract Cedaredge, s1.00.
VIM. F.. Duke. ct al, to Emma Il,
Schooley. lots Hotchkiss, SIG.
Mort Parsons to o. X. Maynard, tr
Cedaredge. $1.00.
Elber e. Stoneburner. ct al. to C. II.
Wray, tract Hotchkiss. S2.250.
r. S. Hickman to j. c, Young, ct al.
tract Delta, S1,00.
NJ. NJ. Ulfers. ct al, to James A.
Edie tract Garnet mesa, $40.
Ernest Il. Dixon to Andrew c. Heng-
sted. tract Delta. 100000.
Katherine Watson Albin. ct al. to
Charles II. Brown, lots Delta. $1,000.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
WELL KNOWN EcKERT LADY
DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Mrs. Anna A. Hussey. 50 years Of
age and the wife OF Mr. ]. H. Hussey,
died at the home of the family near
Eckert on Wednesday. April 81 after
long illness resulting from cancer
Gus troubles.
A little over a year ago Mrs. Hus-
sey was taken to one of the Salida
hospitals where operation was per
formed She passed safely through
that trying ordeal and for a few
months following there was hope of
her recovery. Changes in her condi-
ton came about however, and it was
clearly evidenced by family and
friends that the end was gradually
nearing.
Deceased leaves to mourn her de-
mise a husband. one son who is mar
ried and a host of friends and ac-
quaintances in that district in which
she had lived for some five or six
years past.
Funeral services were held in the
Eckert church at 2:S0 yesterday af-
ternoon, Rev. Clark. of the Austin
Baptist church officiating. and inter
ment was made in the Eckert GENE
terry.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
Iawson's Trial Now On

The jury has been obtained at the
trial of John r. Lawson. official of
the United Mine Workers, charged
with the killing of John Mimmo last
October. Lawson. it is expected, will
get the death penalty if convicted.
Last Summer. when the mine workers
or rather their criminal leaders, had
political control. it would not have
been safe to have limited of even
Lawson's possible conviction. Now
his trial can be talked about with as
much freedom as that of any other
criminal.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
Old bitches incorporate

The Butte and the Fogg bitches.
both old waterways that have carried
most of the water down from Eckert
to be distributed over lower Surface
Creek territory, have just completed
incorporating and expect to avoid by
company management, certain confus-
ion heretofore experienced.
The Butte ditch is capitalized at $780,
900 with three thousand shares of SO
each. Its directors are E. S Wenger.
E. R. Coffey, E. F. Hubbard, Mark
S. Phoenix and A. l. Reynolds. f. F.
Hubbard is president and E. Wenger
is secretary.
The Fogg ditch is capitalized at $751;
600 divided into 1.50O shares of $40
each. T. ]. Harshman is president
Board of directors: L. L. Mcdowell.
w. H. Kennicott, John Griffith, John
Gray and T. J. Harshman.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
DELTA GIRL GOES
into POST CONTEST

Miss Lucille Saunders has been en-
tered by her friends in the Denver
Posts Beauty contest. the winning
prize for which is trip to the Pan
anna Pacific Exposition at San Francis
CO. and many friends of that popular
young lady are enthusiastic for her
success. Let's win 1t for her." they
exclaim. "and have Delta girl repre-
sent Colorado at the great exposition"
and Independent is with them with
its best wishes and the limited amount
of aid it can offer, Here's to the
success of Delta's candidate.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-23
LAND is GROWING MUCH
MORE VALUABLE YEARLY

Those who have land should not
too easily. There is bound to come
day, and it is not very far away,
when there will be such demand
for land as has never been known
in this country. and. likewise, every
foot of good land will have value
II has never yet attained in the United
States