The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-17
Ohio Valley News
WELLSBURG
ACQUITTED ON
MURDER CHARGE
lal 10 The lntelliGcnccr.

| Special 10 The lnteligCnCcr.
WELLSBuRG, June l6.-IHSy La
zarrC, accused OF killing his father in
law. Tony Tall. at tho corner 81 Charles
and Sixth streets a few weeks ago WAS
acquitted on charge of manSlaughter
| IN tho Brook" county circuit court We'd
nesday afternoon by jury dclrherat-
ing but 20 minutes.
l.aZarrc stated that he redh the shots
| that sent Tall to his death in self-de-
| tense, and his statement was strength
| cncd by the evidence Of the only eye
witness TO the shooting.
l.aZarrC was sentenced 10 90 days in
| the Brooke county jail and ordered 70
pay tine Of $40 for carrying re-
vQlNCr.
Auto Fines Probed.
Chief Of Police Porter and the auto
speeding fines were probcd at Tuesday
nights meeting Of the city CounCc:.
The chief was then asked by president
ok council whether or not he had been
doing his duties. Tho reply came back
that he thought nc had. and nc was then
| asked whether or not all fines collected
by him had been turned in to the treas
urer. This is where the steam roller
was supposed To have rolled the chief
! out flat. No sooner had he replied yes
when Councilman Nolhardt produced.
receipt for $40 signed by the chief and
made out in the name Of Frank r.. War
rem. Investigation OF the books showed
that this line had been entered as pre-
scribed by law.
The scene of action then shifted from
the council in general TO II. Brooks
mombcr OF the police COMMITTEES. For
more than tivc minutes the chief and
his superior officer engaged in II wordy
battle, paying no attention whatever TO
raps from the chair for order, until nm
ally the president called upon Night
Policeman Crouch to restore order. MIR.
BroZka insisted that a member or
the police committee he was acting with
in his rights. and that council was the
| sl...N to fakn 10 oh a - al
Finding that they were not gong to
get rid OF the chief by the methods
then being used Councilman Frank
Wade moved that the chief be asked
To resign and that council accept tile
resignation. This was blocked by Coun-
Gilman Leibfarth on parliamentary tao
tics and the battle TO GUST the chief was
at an end for the time being.
Council then took up various matters
written in the old blue laws. namely
the closing OF the grocery stores or Sun
day, the enforcement Of the ordinance
prohibiting the near beer places from
selling their product after IL p. m Or
on Sunday at all.
The selling of baseball pool tickets
was given tho ''oAfc over" and CHIEF
Porter was asked some pointed cues.
tons in this connection. The chief
stated that he had bought some ticket.
from people out oft own. but none OF
those dealing in this branch Of business
locally had secured cent from him.
wentx Case Postponed.
The Erokccounty circuit court room
was filled to OVERLOOKING on Wednes-
day morning when II was expected that
the trial of Frank WcntZ. charged with
having caused tho death Of Florence
Barton on the eVcnin gof May u, would
begin.
Attorney Bernie Handlan OF Wheel
ing was present in behalf OF The &C
Cused youth. but failure Of the state
to have present Two OF its most lmpnr-
Wit Mr. and Mrs j ID RI
ger. resulted in the case being postpon-
cd until the October term OF court