The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-09
Grand Jury Returns Sweeping
Indictments Against All ged
ViOLQtOrs OF Prohibition LaW

an Indictment. This number OF cases
| exceeds all ut the other True Uiii: tidt
have been returned By ait OF n" @ranI
jurics thas have meet since the state
| liquor law became effective July l.
1914.
Henry Able Indicted.
From d standpoint Of felonies. the
Grand jury Was ~ sweeping. Henry
Able. o. the South Side, Was Indicted
+ on Il charge of first degree murder,
meanin- that he will have 10 make a
| fight for his life. }. 5. White. OF
! Grcegsrille. WAS indiCrnd' on two
counts for criminal assault: Lester \.
Burch was INDICTED for biSdmy and is
now under arrest; AleNlnS BaHlrdEo-
! lou. charged with leading young girls
! astray, was indicted on two counts;
! Stella Red was indicted on 4 charge Of
! kidnapping the adopted daughter or 5.
r. McCarty. Jr. Samuel Prest, charged
| with shooting OFFICER Henry Bartho-
omew. was also indicted. An attempt
! To indict Al Nicely on Il second degree
murder charse for causing NJ. A. Wal
ton 20 lose his life, failed.
1t is understood that a strike almost
occurred in the grand jury room yes
| terday morning when IoSt law cases
! were under consideration. Several of
/ quit cold, it is claimed, and Prosecut-
! ing Attorney Mckee appealed to
Judge Robinson. In the meantime. a
| long distance message was delivered
| to Fred 0. Blue appriSing him OF the
situation. but what was said or done
! Is unknown 10 the outside 1t IS
enough 10 say that the grand jurors
went back TO work. and stayed at it
until 5 o'clock, when they adjourned
until $3.50 this morning when they will
resume their duties. One OF the
was there 10 stay until everything had
| ben cleaned up.
Call Docket This Morning.
| After the grand jury had recessed
Judge Robinson announced that the
docket would be called this morning
az $50. This is the first time in the
| history Of Ohio county that grand
J jury remained in session. and the
other wheels OF criminal court started
turning. Il is likely that the petit
jury will get down 10 work Monday,
while the Investigators are still on the
| job.
The report of the jury follows:
Felones-True Bills.
State VS.. Henry Able. murder, first
degree.
State vs. ]. S. White, No. /. crin-
inal assault.
State vs.. ]. S. White. No. ., Grim.
inal assault.
State VS.. John Pelley. felonious as
sault.
State ys. Lester 4. Burch, bieamy.
State vs.. Neil Robinson. robbery.
State Us. Margaret Mitchell, receiv-
ing stolen goods.
State VS.. Charles Clark. robbery.
State VS. AleXios BazirdColou, No. l,
delinquency.
State VS.. Alexios Bazirdgolou, No. ?.
delinquency.
State vs.. Ed Leonard. robbery.
State VS.. Hazel Ramsey, alias Cor
don. shopliftinc.
State VS.. Joe Donahue. false pre-
tense.
State VS.. Morris Seiles. felonious as
sault.
State VS.. William Fox. robbery.
State VS.. Stella Reed. kidna ping.
State VS. Charles Warner, robbery.
State Us. William Hahne. robbery.
State VS.. Clyde Allen and William
Herman. robbery.
State vs.. Tom Marcus, felopious
shooting.
State rs. Samuel Prest alias Trest.
shooting. 49,.
Oisdemeanors-True Bills.
State vs.. Floyd Stewart, Yost law
violation.
State vs. Charles Miller the same.
State vs. Charles A. Miller, same.
State vs. Sam Stovall, same
State vs. Owen Palmer. No. /, same.