The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-25
TEN DOLLAR FINE
FOLLOWS A PARTY

Five prisoners faced Mayor Con.
away in police court this morning
and several others forfeited de-
posits. ~ - -, tad
nm and n nose skinned up paid q
fine Of $40 and costs on charge OF
having been drunk and disoroerly.
Bunner and Gordon Merrirield were
/ arrested last night on LoWeil
street. Mortified forfeited
when he failed to appear thls lnoIH
ing. Foftis Willis was IN court ~
testify against Bunuer. He SAID
that Runner and q number Of 9th
ers were making night htdeous III
| his neighborhood, and that atler
! the party broke up, Bunner came
TO his house and forced his way IN
although Mrs, Willis tried TO pre-
vent him from entering the house.
Willis has a sick child, which made
! Runners offense all the more
heinous. SO when he started In 10
clean up on Bunner he made
thorough job Of 1t. What ne
| couldn't do with his fists he accom-
! plished with a shovel, the net re-
suit being a patient for DR.. CflSs Ut
the city jail. 1..,on
and John Johnson were given a taxi
ride to the city bastile last I4Sht
bv Night Chief Borgess. and Pa
troIman Digman. The three men
were found drunk on Pennsylvania
avenue. no,
turned over to the county OFFICERS
en- charge Of being, a suspicious
| nerson, Garner was found back OF
the Standard Garage Just OUTSIDE
an open window. Piled on the
| floor inside was pile Of castings
| tubes and other automobile acces'
series which had been taken from
the racks in the garage.
The police are looking for James
Andrews, an employee OF the stand
nrd said to have been an accom-
Mice of Garner, and who escaped
| by jumping from a rear window as
the officers arrested Garner. A
visit to a rooming house on PENN
sylvania avenue shortly after the
| attempted robbery, was fruttless,
Andrews having been there. packed
| his belongings and escaped. Car
ner was locked up in the county
iaIl and will have hearing later,
Frank Cross, a driver for the
Hope Gas company, appeared IN
court and paid a fine OF 80 ana
costs for reckless driving on Water
street, one day last week. cross
sideswiped a city garbage wagon
and inflicted some damage when
the gas company Will be caIIeu
upon to settle for.
Harry Morrison, q II year ola
boy, Of Water street, was brought
in BY Acting Chief Ford Saturday
afternoon and fined 81 for violating
a city ordinance Friday night when
he ran into Robert Ross. a six year
old boy, while riding his bicycle on
the sidewalk on Morgantown ave
nue.. The Ross boy was knocked
down and badly bruised.
Mayor Conway has given or
ders 10 the police that the practice
OF riding bicycles on sidewalks
must be broken up and has ex-
pressed the determination to fine
all offenders.
Acting Chief Ford and Patrol
man Arnett went to Uztown yester-
day to see Edward D. Kerns. an old
man who was assaulted Saturday
night on Washington street near
the old stone quarry, but could not
find out anything definite regard
ing the identity of the mans assail
ants. Mr.. Kerns was sure that the
three footpads were young men,
but whether they were white or
colored he could not say.
Kerns told the officers that he
had attended a political meeting
Saturday night and was returning
home when the three youths step
ped out Of the stone quarry and
spoke to him. He tried to hurry
past, but one Of the men struck
him over the head with club. He
exhibited cut on the back Of the
head and another cash on tho fore
head. After beating him up, tho
gang searched his pockets, taking
an old silver watch with tho inl.
tials "H. D. K" engraved on tho
case, but overlooking q Bpm Of
money s6Wod up inside his shirt
After the robbery, Mt, tSOTn1
mad hi1 WY 70 d q home and had