The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-09
Laurence and Kenper are
Indicted by March Grand
Jury on Serious Charges
FORMER. EoR BIoAMY: LATTER
FOR OBTAINING MONEY UN-
DER FALSE PRETENSE
Three True Bills Are Returned in Yost
Ia" Cases, Out OF Forty-six Pre-
scented. Call Docket Friday.


March grand jury yesterday evening.
when a true bill was returned against
Alexander e. Lawrence. charging
bisamy. and one against Ollie Z. Kemp
er' on the charge OF obtaining money
under false pretcnse.
II was supposed that the formers
cas-" had been dropped-the November
grand jury having failed either 10 re-
turn an Indictment. or TO exonerate:
and the second case was brought into
the grand jury. not by any Official and
was as Unexpected To the prosecuting
attorney as Il was to persons on the
outside.
Lawrence. who was known through
out the state under the wet regime as
( the liquor king OF Ksnawha county
Is AZ present IN business in bridgeport.
and resident OF the Islam. II Is
charged that in Cleveland be married
Nellie Martin. a Wheeling girl. with
out being legally separated from MS
VIE who now resides in Charleston
Attracted Much Attention.
At the time OF his arrest last fall.
the case drew statewide attention. y
ringing denial was made by Mr.. Law
renee. Saying that ~ was a cooked up
down state attorneys who We're trying
To blackmail him However. this anu
not prevent him from being arrested
and arraiened before a local justice.
where he gave bond for his appearance
before the criminal court.
His case was called before the No
vember grand jury. A. that time his
present wife was reported 10 be IN IN
the North Wheeling hospital and not
able TO appear. To make sure that no
eftort was being made TO get out Of
the trouble. Dr. T. y. Plant was dis
patched 10 the hospital and reported
that Mrs Lawrence was really sick.
The failure OF the grand jury 10 indict
was supposed to be the end Of the at
fair. but the report Of the March grand
jury yesterday shows that IL has not
really been started. Some interesting
testimony is expected
In the case against Eempcr. several
features are contained II Is claimed
that ne has applied to his own use s.
100 which is said 20 belong To the
orphans OF ". T. Blum. for whom he
had been named administrator Mrs.
Blum had been named guardian for
her children. and pending i'm the cir
cult court. now. is case in which
shc is 'ndeavoring to recover the
money from tho estate tor them
Three Yost Law Indictments
In itself a feature. but not az AN n
surprise. judging from the talk in the
court room before The report was read.
was the fact that out of forty-Six al
legged violations of the NoSt l.W. only
three were returned true bills This
follows out exactly thu precedent oi
/ the former grand jury when our ut
about sixty cases. thre" were indicted.
two of them on joint Indictment
Roughly estimated. action on the
Nost law indictments alone. that Is ar
rests. justice fees. and costs. docket
fees and court costs. will cost the
county about $4,000. Deputy Prohini-
tiou Commissioner Bert T.. Phillips.
had little 10 say after the report was
read, although he plainly showed MS
disappointment Mr.. Phillips stated
before the jury reported that be- was
able tO show actual salp-
IN tho list of other true bills Iulu
Johnson was returned for picking
pockets. George Hoffman for feIuni-
Gus assault. Brun Young for allowing
minor tc loaf in his chop sucy res
'aurant which g. classified a. "a pace"
of amusement. Frank and Lucy MouI-
ton for Illegally Twins together. and
W j. Cots Tor conducting collecting
agency without q state license
Immediately following th, readine
81 thu report hv she deputy CLERK.
Harry Clousc. Judr" Robinson thanked
tn" grand jurors for their careful con.
-id'rstiuu OF tho cases. which took up
tho greater part OF three days de- then
directed that court De- adjourned until
Friday morning when The docket viI
Dee called. and cases assigned.
The following i- The fun report oil
tho jurors