The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-05
THIRTY SIMILAR CASES PRESENT.
Ed ARE mot TRUE BILLS"
Fred Mentx Held for Assault and Bat.
tery, and Murder Charge 10
Dropped-CsIl Docket
Thursday.

One negro and two Greeks. out of
thirty-three liquor cases presented,
were returned true bills" by the Janu-
airy grand jury. which reported 20
Judge A. II. Robinson In Criminal
Court last night. In the thirty that
were not indicted. according to an Of
cial. are prominent clubs and gam
bling room proprietors. who are al
legged TO have been selling liquor at
their places OF amusement OF the
three returned true bills. one IN par
ucular a n barrel OF beer when
arrested. and the others were oper-
ating on a very meager scale.
Nine ~felonies were reported true
bills. and five misdemeanors. Three
felonies are not true bills. and thirty
misdemeanors are not true bills. All
OF the latter are for violation Of the
State liquor statute.
In the report OF felony true bills,
seven OF these are returned against
three men for a chair OF robberies
that were perpetrated In the city dur
ing the early part of December. Fred
Mentz. originally arrested for a felony.
murder charge. was returned a true
bill on an ssaul and battery charge,
while the murder charge was not sus-
tanned. Charles Given is held for
criminal assault, and A. r. Lipkardt
for embezzlement. he being charged
with embezzling from a foreign pub
fishing house.
n. A. Wasserman is held under a
misdemeanor indictment for violating
the city nc State laws regarding the
vending OF legal trading stamps.
Charles Harris. colored. better known
as Duffy" Harris, was one of the
three men held for violating the liquor
statute. his brothers in misery being
Mike Nick and Mike Cochlan. Alice
Kelly, charged with perjury by w. ].
Colts, was returned a not true bill.
The cas- OF A. c. Lawrence. charged
with bigamy. was not finally consid-
cred by the grand jury. Mrs. lawrence
being too i'll to appear before the body.
She is now confined at the North
Wheeling hospital by an attack OF
acute appendicitis. She was examined
by DR.. ]. A. Campbell. yesterday morn
ing. who reported her condition to
the grand jury.
In the list of Yost law v~iolators re-
turned not true bills are lei
John Does. which. it is understood,
represent several very prominent club
and alleged gambling room p~roprietors
in the city. These were presented IN
der the above cognomen, and there
fore the II identity cannot be dis
closed.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney F.
A. O'Brien merely shrugged his shout
ders when asked his opinion concern
ing h report. Deputy Prohibition
Commissioner Bert f. Phillips, who
presented a number OF cases for indict
ment, was plainly dissatisfied with the
findings OF the jury. He had prepared
a written report, which was read.
After the clerk. Deputy Harry Clouse,
had read the report, Judge Robinson
thanked and discharged the jurors
for the term.
Judge Robinson announced that the
docket would be called Thursday
morning at $3.50 o'clock, adjourning
one day TO give h prosecuting attor
ney. Mr.. ID. A. Mckee, opportunity to
be present. He is at present confined
10 his home on the Island by pleurisy.
There are numerous carried over"
cases to be taken up al the present
term that will tend to lengthen II, 9th
erwise the January term will be short.
The grand jury went into session
Monday morning and was in session
all OF two days. A full list Of cases
upon which action was taken Is as
follows:
FeIonles, True Bills.
State VI. Charles Holmes, fret count.
robbery.
State VS.. Charles Holmes, second
count, robbery.
State vs.. Charles Holmes. third
count. robbery.
State vs.. Neil Robinson and Charles
Barnes. first count, robbery.
State VS.. Neil Robinson and Charles
Barnes. second count. robbery.
State vs.. Neil Robinson and Charles
Barnes. third count. robbery.
State vs.. Neil Robinson and Charles
Barnes. fourth count. robbery.
State ~. Charles Given. criminal az
sault.
state ~. A. r. Lpkardt, embezzle.
ment.
Misdemesnors, True Bills.
State VS.. Fred Mentz, assault and
battery.
State Va. Alex. F1ausen, pistol toting
state w. y. a. Wasscrman. TRADING