The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-07
For the first time in many years, AN

: For the first time in many years, AN
Indictment was returned yesterday b!
the Ohio county grand jury charging
obstruction Of justice. The lndlcl.
menls on this charge were returned
AGAINST George PHpprrt and Stella
Ritchey. who are said 10 have refused
TO give full and complete testimony
before the grand jury regarding an at
tack upon themselves in the young
wuman'S apartments in a South SIC
house ten days ago. when they were
assaulted with an axe in the hanuS ol
Dan Leach.
Through some source, however, evl'
GenCe enough was placed before the
grand Jury 10 secure TWO indictments
on feloniOus assault charges against
Leach. Both OF The victims, VINO nov
stand indicted, as well aS their al
legged assailant, are in the county.
Among Il list OF thirty-onc felony
and three m~iSdemeanOr indictments
returned by the grand jury shorti!
after noon yesterday. arc three muir
der charges against Frank Prze!en'
ski. SLAYER of Officer Henry Seamon;
Joe Alexander, who killed Mrs. Nettle
Whcbv, and Jonn Cooper, negro, VINO
shot and mortal!y wounded Rosie
-Four indictments were returned
against Smith II. BraCy, HOWE Gold
Mining company promoter. growing
out of Bracy's alleged deiraudlng OF
David McCiary Of $4,000 in a mlfe
stock deal.
A feature of this grand jury report
* that only Two InSt law indictments
we're returned. and both Of these are
for second violations. Justice OF the
uracc have ben taking Jurisdiction TO
lrv YoSt law cases saving the time
and expense OF investigating them IN
criminal court. Ben Dunlap and Owen
Palmer are indicted on second ollenSe
charges.
The complete grand jury report fol
lows:
Felony Indictments.
Frank. ~Przelenski, murder ol Ponce
man Henry Seanon.
Joe Alexander, murder OF MIS-.
Neltie Whcby.
John Cooper. murder Of Rosie
DR.. W. s. Bebout, performing Grim
inal operation.
Smith II. Bracy.. four ndictmcnt
drCraudinr David MCCary OF So 900.
OTTO Redell, robbery.
Clark Wykirk and Ed Kelly rod
berry at Siamm hotel.
Clarence ElleIritz, EN- tmeHl
from Wells Fargo express. =,
Roy Nixon. Frank Zimmerman anu
,Raymond Bishop, five indictments 10!
robbery.
Lester Long. robbery.
II, Il, Try, alias II. G. Fry. three IN
dictmentS. check artist,
j. Dan Leach, two indictments lelonl-
Walter Wab) Kuscnski and Martin
LOTUS, robbery. g.;
George Bowers, breaking into sci
bert pool room. .,
George Bowers. Vain Reece ana
Lester Hoblitzel, breaking n enter
ing Seibert pool room.
George Bowers and Vain Reece,
breaking and entering Scibert pool
room. ua.o
against Iost law.
owen W. Palmer, second olenSe
against Yost law.
Misdemeanors.
George PaDDerl. ObSlrlClnc justice.
Stella Ritchpy, obStruCing justice.
Z. +. Cochrane. robbery.
Not True Bills.
Not true bills were returned III nv
cases Of William Harrison. charged
with criminal assault; Hector Farmer
and J. W. Farmer, theft of molrcycIe;
Peter Henry. kidnapping Squire u. \ .
fLutz, and +. G.. Miller, Ja., violating
the Yost law.
Call Docket Thursday.
Judge Alan II. Robinson Will hoIu 4
session OF criminal court at 9:"o
o'clock Thursday morning when me
criminal docket will be cal!ed anu
those indicted yesterday VIII nave an
| opportunity 10 plead 10 The indict'
ments.
The trial term Of criminal. court.
opens next Monday when the trial OF
John l.. C"Jack") Noltc, charged with
the murder of Robert Lee Ritz. VIII