The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-10
RAID AT BEHwooD By MA3SHAIsL
COUNTY OFFICIALS MELTED
3RRTX-TwO GAMBLERS
ByrIan air1 Is Held at Onion Mission
Pour Ftnod at Saturday Session
Sill Car Pound.

wheeling police had the pleasure OF
again hearing from Clyde Pop Ship
man, who has sec:ed several terms for
robbery at the Moundsville State peni-
tenttarv He was arrested at Cleveland
CHARGED with robbery Of big baking
firm several weeks ago. It was one oil
the biggest ever pulled in Cleveland.
four masked men holding up the night
atehmsn and sosting, a~ay T ese f0 sl
the way from Chicago to give himself
up but claimed that he had no connec-
ton with Grogan. who was arrested IN
connection with the theft. Pop. was
identified by zone OF the watchmcn but
was released under $4,000 bail and is
awaiting action of the Cuyahoga county
court.
Marshall county officials made raid
on two gambling joints Saturday night
and arrested So men besides contiscat-
and glasses. The first raid was made
at ISL Main street. Benwood. and Jim
Kolaa. a proprietor and the following
men arrested: John Kelly. John Roy.
Nitten Riddle. \. T. Morgan. Joe Moore
house. Nick Emery. Dclnar Greathouse.
Edward Elliott. Homer Rowe. Tom
Kelly. Wesley Ruck. Athel Buck. Del
mar sprouts Wesley 81. John. Adam
Z warntaldt. Robert Truax and four
othors.
ne SCCCEt JOINT puilfo WIN Wv pOOi-
room run BY George Purkij. at 2o2 Mar
shall street. and twelve men. mostly
foreigners. were picked UP. George has
been up on the same charge several
times before and will probably receive 4
heavy fine. The deputies who assisted
Sheriff Clayton in the raid were: Clay
ION. Cardf" Lop"r. King and I-ogston.
Several special officers were also dep
utilized.
Chief Of Police Henderson placed Miss
Josephine Excl. as:d !" under detention.
= Saturday evening when she in cornoarv
,"lth san, ASA applied for n marriage
license The girl il ar no Union Mis-
son whcr., sh" will be kept until her
F. i'crtity &c aSccrtalH"d. Tho couple nD-
z lied ut police headquarters for holm in
finding III" county cory 20 that thny
could .hta.n ~ rriage license hut
when the girl stated that She was hut
n shr was advised that il would pc
impossible to hr married in this state.
Tho chief beam" Suenirinus when shn
then sod she was - and from New
KenSington :nstc"d Of New Castle. Pa
as first stated. Both we're Svrians.
Only four cases wore called on Sat
urdar evenings docket Tho first case
r-as that Of JNssi" Bright. who ran into
Deputy Sheriff Curtis RIre's car with
p truck Testimony hy Witnesses proved
that hn had driven around thc lcrt hand
side If p sSre"t car. on tho bridE" and
nit tho sherirrs car. He was arrested
nv Officer Ryan and given fine ~
$40 and costs.
Two color~d persons. Clark Griffin
nnd Lulu MAJ Johnston. were arraign"d
On charges nt l"i|rr'ne for purpnS"s ~
rrnstftutlon Griffith admitted mis-
yulIt. but stated that III" girl hid lur"d
him into tho hons" 20 got his so cents
Y.ulu admitted having been arrn'EnHd
on tho samA charge several months age
end fined S1s ard corts OF 50 days n
fMe works" The man was ordered tc
nav fine o. Se5 and costs "a his share
Crawford Berry was handed . fine ri
81 and costs for disorderly conduct. He
was tried at tho morning session but al