The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-13
CRIMINAL END
Of j. {. DOCKET
ENDS FOR TERM
LENIENCY SHOWN TO WHITE
SLAVE ARTIST AND HIS PRETTY
VICTIM GLADYS ELLIOTT OF
CLARKSBUR9.
Jury DisInisses Charge Against wilson
Evans and Civil Causes VIII
Now be Called.

The criminal docket in the United
| States District Court for tho Northern
! District of West Virginia closed for
| the present term last evening. when
| shortly after five o'clock. the jury
brought in verdict of not, guilty in
| charged by the government attorneys
with having represented himself as a
government cmploye with intent to de-
! fraud.
Evans. who is highly educated, stated
he was born at Yarmouth. Nova Scotia,
cal Institute. He claimed TO be an
| expert and inspector of finished
products with the Westinghouse Elec-
i trical and Manufacturing Company near
| Pittsburgh. and had inspected num-
! Der of articles designed for use during
/ the war.
| He came to Wheeling early In 1919
and was arrested on March l.. 1919 in
| connection with some trouble over
| camera, the property of Sid Mccoy. the
Photographic supply dealer Of Twelfth
| street.
The government introduced mum.
her of witnesses to prove its side of
| the argument and Attorney Frank
/ O'Brien fought the case for his client
without any witnesses.
Judge Dayton's Charges.
District Attorneys Byrer and Camp
: bell addressed the jury for the prose-
cution of Mr.. O'Brien for the defense.
In charging the jury Judge Dayton
| called the attention Of the members 10
! two facts: first il must be proven
! that the accused had posed q gov
| crnment employe and secondly. there
! must be intent TO defraud as govern
ment employee
The jury was out about fifty minutes
when the body returned with the YER
dict Evans embraced his wife. who
sat by his side during the trial and
they. left the court room together.
The Jury was composed Of Louis n
Knaus. Oliver L. Nail, Jr., John G.
Medick Joseph S. Link, Harry Arho-
| CAST. Roy Il. Naylor. George Zeidler,
! Fred Folmar. George w. LutZ. David r.
Lewis. Thomas L Marker and w H.
Waddell.
One of the surprises Of the day was
the lcnency shown w. r. Hutchinson
! found guilty Of violating the Whit"
slave act in furnishing the means for
the transportation Of Gladys Elliott.
young married woman of Clarksburg
j TO Masontown. Pa. on January 5, 1920.
/ The case has been bitterly fought
on both sides end the Elliott woman
was indicted for perjury as result Of
Hutchinson before the grand jury.
Sorry For The Girl.
District Attorney stuart Walker APP
! peared before court late Yesterday
afternoon. and advised sentence OF
' SIX InpnlnS III jan l'l iiuN'IIIiSNi h'lN
! thirty days sentence for Gladys Eli
' ott who had agreed to plead guilty 10
{ perjury.
Mr. Walker stated that he felt genu-
! inely sorry for the young girl but that
/ the United States court must be pro-
| all perjury cases.
! Judge Dayton said. The lesson must
be taught that neither man nor woman
| has right 10 violate an oath
Iii. - ha ~ hn
: Judge said: II will agree to this recon-
mendation and say this is an extremely
! lenient punishment 1t is the most
, astonishing case that has ever come
! before me: TO think that young wife
! OF thirty days should start out with an
other man for such purpose. SO far
as the ends of justice are concerned tho
laws have been met and satisfied.
The only one that could possibly
complain is the abused husband. How
ever. in my Judgment. he is better off
! than to be attached to such woman.
: Menace to Society.
! Then turning to Hutchinson the judge
said: This trial and verdict brands
you az q menace TO society and 10 law
and order. AZ far a. We can learn
your life before this trouble was cor
rect You had better reform yourself
, after serving this six months. foE
, have little or no sympathy, as far as |
can learn. and none from this court.
: 1t was then determined to send
Gladys Elliott 10 the Jail at Clarksburg
: to serve the thirty days sentence ana
Hutchinson will do six months in tn"
Ohio county Jail
, ]. ]. p. O'Brcn then entered a plea
! OF guilty for Philip BREEDING Of Wheel
ing. Prohibition officers had raldcd
house next door and had entered Rrcid-
ing's place and found three bottles "i
home brcwed beer. District ATTORNEY
Walker recommended Il fin" of $40 and
costs and when the fact was presented
that BREEDING has a number Of children
the fine was cut to $40 and costs,
; Thanks Attorneys.
, The information was withdrawn in
the case against Sam Galuso Of Har-
rison county for manufacturing liquor
and the case WINS QuaShcd.
The information was then made pub
liz, that the criminal docket had been
exhausted and Judge Dayton announC-
ed: I wish to compliment the ofhc-
ers of this court upon the celebrity and
, dispatch with which the large amount
, Of criminal business has been dispatch
> ed with the cooperation OF the at:
torneys handling the cases. ] doubt if
any such record has ever previously
: would be able TO take up the civil dock
; ct on Thursday morning. hut find that
We will hope the attorneys in the
! cases will expedite matters as did tho
; attorneys in the civil cases.
! Overlooked Tho Clerk.
District Attorney Walker then re-
! marked. Your honor. III" att"rncys
! would be helpless without the aid Of
! the court.
say" interrupted District clerk \.
| T Barrett. isn't there any of that left
| for the poor clerk"
| Mr. barrett was assured by the court
that his department had done noble
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