The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-12


(@): keeping E':m;ng device and permit
ting rooms TO be used for c"ruhl,ug
CrcsC"azo Che CCa. cutting dnG stab
hiLg with intent to MI ard w"Ind y. ID.
S'rafIn". in city. April 6. 1919.
William Robinson assault with intcut
Ito commit rap" AT Alikauna. robbery.
Clifton Ia1rh. m&rcprr'"Etnt.' by
married m>i to Ella %rltsmrr. cry.
James N"tluSky and Garfield Will
nanS. breaking and entering i'll day tIr!c
ard comm!tlu e larceny by breaking into
pavidson'S ana Sons stable.
Neil Mumhcll". kc"pn; place wharc
intoxicating liquors are sold.
AntOnCtta De RilSC shooting with in
toni to kill and wound Constable John
Crawford. April 20. Also for shooting
with intent To Kill Special Constable T.
y. Eel. sam" date.
Arthur Orlando. Milt Schrader. D"ss
Mozingo. Wilford Tclford. George Hen
~. Johr Nation. Arthur Barbcn. Mix NJ.
suk and AlonzO Murray for assembling
together 10 do an unlawful act AT pIi-
lonvalc. May %, 1919. and assaulting
with intent 10 kill George D. Bcresford.
Another indictment for assault and bat
terry.
Lonzo c. Hill. keeping place whore
Intoxicating liquors were furnished and
given away.
Curly Doc. keeping place where intox-
eating liquors arc furnished.
William Biggion. selling base ball
pools.
William Biggio. playing dice for
money.
Henry o. Davis. selling secret drug
for producing abortion; ;ha"inE in his
possession instrument to cause abortion.
George Patterson. larceny Of twelve
chickens frNm James Long. at OsagH.
Sidney Porter. playing poker for
money.
Clay Salmon and Samuel Salmon. per-
hitting room to be used for gambling
90.
Frank Butte permitting rooms to be
used for gambling 90.
Joe Watkin. playing poker for money.
Thomas McGarry and Joe McGarry,
selling baseball pools.
Frank Rccdy. playing poker for money.
Mike ManoliS keeping house OF Ill
fame
Thomas Walker. keeping gaming de-
vice and gambling table (2): keeping
gambling room.
Louis Davis. keeping gaming device
arG T"mhling room [2).
rs" Holt Graham, alias Adclla May
H.. h'ramy.
!, I'm Doc. caS'an of steamer Homer
Smith. keeping gaming device.
Earl Gillespie. contributing TO dclin-
qucnCy Of minor.
Alex Chamberlain. cmbczzlcmcnt OF
funds OF American Federation Of Labor.
Startling Disclosures.
Startling disclosures as revealed by
detectives and special investigators for
tho special grand jury wer made public
today following the grand jury'S report.
showing the saturnalia Of crime and de-
pravity Stcubcnville has been living in
during recent years.
According to invcsti gators who dclvcd
into every phase OF the gambling and
vice situation. Steubcnville has been tho
Mecca for professional gamblers and
every breed Of law violator and deg"n-
crates who piled their ncfa!!ous civic
olackcning trades without molcstation or
fear Of molcstation.
It is openly charged by the probcrs
that the city was wide open" for years
to gamblers and their corruptnE ilk md
that their influence led TO the "criman-
ilizinE OF politics" TO such an extent that
q political housekeeping Is strongly
urged.
Shocking Disclosures.
Revelations as TO vice conditions. the
activity Of dcpraved women and the de-
spelling OF young girls. are startling ard
shocking in the extreme. Much Of the
report in this connection Is unrr:ntablc.
A statement made by inv"sttEa tors to-
day covers in part only tho si1kcning
conditions which have existed in Stcu-
benvillc. 1t reads:
Last December the Prosecuting At
torney. Roy Carpenter. began n thorough
campaign to rid Stcubenville and Jcffcr-
son county OF ell houses Of prostitution.
gambling and other vice. Detectives
were employed. Water street. with its
obscene practices. and a few houses Of
first to get attention. About the first
Of the year these were closed by tempo
rary injunction Later Judge Smith made
the injunctIons permanent which means
that this fostering spot IF vice in Stcu-
benvills is gone forever. About this
time the Prosecutor was obliged To cease
his work for the lack OF funds, having
spent several hundred dollars Of hi7 own
money In order to finish the WORT; al
ready begun. however his program was
| hardly begun.
"a standing committee OF the Minis
| tcrIal Association to deal with tho vice
OF the city. became acquainted with the
| facts and Immediately came to tho as
sistancc Of the Prosecutor They raised
! several thousands OF dollars with which
! detectives were employed through Tho
| land, Ohio. which organization took
charge Of the gathering Of information
| for the use Of the Special Grand Jury.
This evidence was then placed in tho
hands Of the prosecutor. Roy Carpenter.
This investigation reveals the following
| conditions according to the American
! Civic Reform Union:
wide Open Gambling.
Gambling houses were allowed to run
| wide open; as open as hny office or
| place OF business in the city. No spot
! tiers were kept at the doors: strangers
| and reputable citizens who arc known 10
| be opposed to all forms Of vlrH walked
! in and out without being noticed. Pro-
, fessional gamblers pcddlcd their wares
! on the streets. talking openly Of their
gains without tn slightest fear of being
molestcd.. IN fact 1t was their business
and conducted as openly rs any l"Eiti-
mate shop in town. These lcc"hcs' came
! from East Liverpool. Rochester. wheel
| ing and Pittsburgh to bleed Stcubcnville
suckers. many hundreds of whom fro
| qucntcd these places. AS many as soy
| cnty would meet in some OF thes samb-
| ling rooms on big night
The effect OF these places was seen in
business; men who lost their pay were
! unable to pay their bills. The gamblers
became so prosperous tnat spma IF the
banks in town solicited their deposits.
Business men intcrceded for them and
for the prostitutes.
Tho effect was also frlt in law on
forcement. ublc officers were offered
bribs, others had their lives threatened.
plots were framed up on some men 10
endcavor to ruin their populations. these
were even advised by lawyers. In pre-
parinP for the recent rlidS n,rn who