The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-15
PLEADS GUILTY
AND GETS.L|FE
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CCNTRAEY TO ATTORNEYS AD-
VICE, CHARLES BURKE ENTERS
NO DEFEESE.
TWO Previous Convictions for Felony
Convinced Negro nay Other Ploas
would Ec Useless.

Against ihc aGvir" Of his attorney.
Charles Eurkr. 4 c,,lnrcd man aged
about - years. entered 4 plea Of guilty
Ia :: felony indictment charming HIM
,wlth asenult ana robbery. IN Judge Alan
EnhIMSnn'a court yc$trriny morning
with TIN, knnwl"dg" that his plea car
r:"d with /, = III" sentence.
When ~. defendant. II rrSrrIl*" To
tn" iuaulrvi from tn rour: ~ Ia what
h" had ID say |" III" Charge against
hum" answered guilty" his counsel.
Attorney Fred ErnAman. wa. as much
SURPRISED +: any man il the court -n"in.
Your ll"nnr.' exclaimed NJ. Brink
man addressing ;hr court the defend
ant certainly dent understand. My az
Outstanding was that our plea would b.
not guilty."
judge Robinson replied that the do
PENDANT might chang" ms plea II nc
DESIRED. hut a:i"r comforting win ih2
negro for Il few moments. Attorney
Rrinkman announced that the PRISONER
, insisted upon "nrcrlnc Il plea Of guilty.
THIS The prisoner did second time
and was Sentenced under tn" "hnbitual
criminal act" of thr legislature :"
spend III" period ~ his natural No III
Iii" stat. prH!;"ltlAr%.
Burke Wa; inflicted jointly with John
Moore. also ,."Orrd. for HS$au!iinE and
rnhbius Eddie Sch"ll "m Eleventh
..strc"i. this city. ore night last I'cccm-
Der. Il s"cmG R* though Moore must
have "str,iaE"G" and for that reason
Burke trnH ~" view that hie "aS" was
homeless. Tw" previous cnnvictI":lS of
= felony w"r,. alleged AGAINST Burke.
Tho states attorneys were prepare 10
Snnw chat h." had beer son: In tht:
n"nitrn,l.ry :r"r both Mercer and Nc
Bowel counties for long terms Tor
hruS.brraking ard had hccn parnIc@
from, the state in:a'ituiCn ~ Mounds
will. only las; March. lu!rr The hab-
iiuaI criminal act th!rd convection 81
felony l.: West Nir..n:a means lie.
- -
! Archer, and We are making all allow
oncrs fur the tim" lost However. now
,ha, rhr ban is Etird in many counties.
we should make up for~I9la all that
W. lost during 1917. l AT III" time
when Pledges were F.. az Ira:d up In The
small counties of the state, ana III lac
places where il was ha.3"9i /" Gct 10
Tia p,onlc. lhr epidemic "am" ai"hS
and tied up all oar work. Tn" people
I'm, vs., did not r"ach Will hc expected
to mak" np their p.:di"s during inc
| coming yer.
Tia work Of organizing War Sc
ing* Societies fer adults mus al*" ne
! continued Tho government still needs.
and will nreti for n conSid"Trh!o Nlhc'
The money received from thr salo OF
. Thrift and War Saving" stamps. ana
tho practice uf thrift ard economy
sluuld h,, advocated III tim" " rSAce
as w"f as in time pf war.
"Srv"ra! count" &uP"rin;'incntS nave
informed III" that the ""rk proceeds
very we'll considering ihn tiifil1uiii"a
School ATTENDANCE" h"s h:cn low aEd IL
regular mi under th"s" cnnditi"nS L
IL very difficult ;nr teachers /" carry
out successfully any II their war shN-
rngs IDEAS. ar Ia 81 the proper start
fer the coming year.
'''Th" malc!nE ~ 'rIrir societies r.:
War Savings Societies Will be Il great
help: that is. At al meetings ~ war
Savings Socict.c:, civic movements ~"
discussed.