The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-30
LONG DOCKET
FOR ]. s, COURT
SPRING TERM CONVENES IN THIS
CITY TUESDAY AND MAY
LAST THREE WEEKS.
Hundred Alleged Liquor Violations to
Be Investigated and Six White
Slave Cases

Spring term of the United States
district court for the northern district
of West Virginia convenes in this city
Tuesday morning with Judge Aston
Gordon Dayton presiding. The term
promises to be one Of the longest ID
the history Of the court here. 1t may
last three weeks. The docket Will
carry about 200 criminal cases. About
half of them are alleged liquor viola
tons. There are six white slave cases
docketed 1t is reported that the
hearing of former Falrmont oanK
cashier will be taken up at this term.
He Is charged with Misrepresentation
of part of the funds of the defunct
National Bank of Fairmont
n Pop" Shipman is indicted by the
grand jury he. will be arraigned on a
charge Of having participated in
Pennsylvania railroad robbery. Wed
nesday will be naturalization day:
About forty aliens will be examined
by Judge Dayton for their final papers.
The white slave cases are: Earl
Zornes, of WeIlsburg, Guy Covel, OF
MARYLAND and Huntington, W. Va, and
IF. NJ. Edgel, charged with going
through a mock marriage with a Mrs.
Arthurs, Of Wellsburg and Hunting
ton; H. G.. Dean, of Monongalia county,
and Hugh Davis, negro. Of Paden City,
Wetzel county, charged with taking a
young white girl OF that town to Bel
laire. O., for immoral purposes. An
Italian from down lthe river is also
charged with white slavery, but it is
said that it may be proved that the
charge is a frame-up BY some Of his
lcountrymen TO eXtort money nom
! him.
The other criminal cases are against
n trio Of foreigners OF the Wheeling
district charged with getting regis
tered letters by fraud. Three Ice
! brothers and an uncle will be ar
raigned for hearing if indicted by the
grand jury. on Il charge OF having
robbed the postoffice at Smithfield.
The Ices are from Wetzel and Tyler
counties.
The civil docket for this term
| follows:
J. F. McNath VS.. Norris OH & Gas
company.
Jos. j. Linehan VS.. Aetna Const. CO.
Emil Dupke vs.. B. & o. railroad.
The United States VS.. rs Bags Of
Nuts.
p. E. Wagner, receiver, vs.. Central
Ganklng & Trust company.
The United States VS.. Isaiah Steph-
ems, ct al.
James Pierson VS.. Board Of Com
mtssioners of Ohio county.
". S. Freed VS.. Liggett & Myers
Tobacco company.
Kate Tellenborn. adm, VS.. Wheeling
Sanitary Manufacturing company.
Jacob Snyder VS.. New Cumberland
Glass company.
Flip Skvarko VS.. B. & o. railroad
company.
Leo A. Coleman, adm, vs.. W. j.
Bertram.
United States vs. Baltimore & Ohio
railroad company, two counts.
In Equity.
John T. McGraw vs.. c. ]. Cresap.
r. Brent Swearinger vs.. Expansion
Oil & Gas company.
Philip c. Moore vs.. Jacksonville
Coal & Coke company.
Harriet E. Mcbride VS.. Emma Kirk
patrick. -,
]. J. Walsh. Jr., VS.. Grafton Hotel
company.
Bankers Trust company VS.. Tri-
State Ry. & Electric company:
W. Va. Pgh. Coal company Us. John
p. White.
Smith H. Bracey VS.. J. S. Darst.
Guy H. Davies VS.. .Benwood Water
company.
Jacob H. Hayden VS.. J. V. Thomp
son.
Baldwin Tool Works VS.. Fred O.
Blue.