The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-11
VICTOR VlLLERS SENT TO PRISON
FOR BREAKING FEDERAL
STATUTE.
rAccomplice Given Heavy Fine by Judge
= Dayton-AppIy 1rr "r's
Of Error.

One OF thr mn>' sewer ptnalti'$
..-handed out b. Judge y. =. Dayton our
.s-- ing the prrSen! session III III" rtuetd!
court in this city waS given [" Victor
~ VilierS- assistant postmaster At GiarAs
burg, conviCtrd by 4 jury III the FED
- eral cour; yesterday afternoon. VT
- lerS IS charged with conSlracy against
- the government in selling liquor WITH
out the tax required by III" State.
Eillers was given Is months in the
~. Moundsville penitrntiavy. despite th"
-, fact that District Attorney Dyer recon-
mended Il sentence Of six months. Al
- bert Clake. also Of ClarkSburS. lndlct'
- cd Jointly with Ni!lerS. was lined 500
land costs. without any sentence.
- Government witnesses placed on the
--~ stand were RodSer T.. Skelly. special
agent for the Department OF Justice
James g. Robertson. Narr! Trey anu
-.-.R. +. Rose, all nnStotGicr inspectors
All four witnesses testified that Cake
was supposed to act Is IN agent 10:
Tillers. On several occasions whlsSeE
- was claimed to have baen purchased
from Eillers through Clake. Three
marked fye-dollar bills were used in
the purchase Of the liquor. Clake took
the money AMI the inspectors watched
,-.-Clake buy the whiSkey from ElllerS.
--~paying him with the marked bills.
Whether VillerS had whiskey. sent TO
him by an empIoye Of the government
s.or anyone else, Villers, when arrest
ed. said he would not "SQuawk."
- The case was given % the jury with
-s:~out argument by either side. Attor-
--tneys Grille and Sperry. Of Clarksourg.
= represented the two defendants. who
--were indicted jointly. while DiStr1c:
,S%Attornevs Dyer and Campbell repre-
scented the government.
- In a brief charge 70 the jury Judge
dayton stated that when two PERSONS
,.%or more conspire against the govern
- ment. whereby. as in this case. TO carry
Ion the business of retailing liquor
- without paying the TAX required by the
-Friaw. it proved beyond L reasonable
-" doubt the jury must tinG d verdict CT
guilty.
-. TIL. jury in he case consisted Of
Harry l.. Bond. foreman; J. 2. Birch.
'~- Arthus s Fell. August e. Rriupkr. Al.
80. bert l. Bennett, George NcCrac!irn. y.
-. MARBLE. 0. L. Mccoy. Douglass
-~-p-ucp. Wvlir n.:,a.:ilu, Herbert Park
Ter and, Robert COSBY.
-, Out Ten Minutes.
sszs Tn" lnrT de!ibnral"u pEf len MIN
-.l;sS and then cam" 10 their verdict.
1.-THE attorneys r"pr. S"nt!nS NilIcrS
,<tasked that In C"rdiri b" set aside
-. and L new ,:i;'! @ran;"d. but this was
.i-orerruet: by Judc" Dayton. The at
-'~1orncy representing tiak'' lid NOT ask
:. for the ,rriic: i" b. -; aside. but
asked tina. he b" 2ii'n Il" minimum
fine. a. h" told rh'' truth on tho stand.
= DiStricr -Ni,orr, ii:"r a$Ncd for The
+S-.12inimum i, nc sentence OF Clakr.
49,. In announcing >'nf"nr" Judge Day
,--ton t,iG hr agrr'rt with The attorneys
a1Ath: Cl.!;' purchased III" wLiSker on
''~-ac>:Iuni nf ,An.;" whom he purchased
s.:it for w"r~ friends. and j." maLr nc
ss-prot,r from, it. and fined him $500 and
,.-.coStS.
~s-- In Vill"r$ .2s.." *tarrI .Ir,d=e Gay
ton, ~" don't agree with IN" District
Attorney when rs recommends six