The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-01-14
COUNTY OFFICIAL BRANDS NEW
ATTACK AS ANOTHER MAXI
CIoUS FALSEHOoD.
Says Every Bit Of Liquor Taken 70 Jail
by Attorney B. M. WnaleT Has
Been Accounted For.

DISTRIBUTION Of la gallons Of liquor
which was h"ld IN III" ONO ."n"iN lh'L
under an order ISSUED 10y judge Alan
H. Robinson II vr!m;nal court. wdH
rnmpir;ru vest, rday Elih III" sending
Vt IS yailouS u tn ohio county lntirm-
airy to be used Tor medicinal purposes
TIE tot gallons Of LIQUOR were d!S,ri'
bu,rd tn tn" tw" local h"sr,iH'>' me
Union Mission. Oii Ladies Home ana
county purposes. al all Of which II MAS
needed for medical purposes.
In connection with the distribution "t
the uQuur Prosecuting Attorney H. y
statement branding ~ malicious tmiSr-
hood :; statement ia Last "N'ulHGN lr'"-
graph. u the effect that IN" ON" '"uu-
" Jail IS alleged "a "c 'tIvinE an"iu"r
thor by the Auti-Sal"on I..aEu" for
satcIirrping." The TrlcErarhS story
alleged that only 81 gallons nt IN"
liquor held II the county jail could "'
accounted for when Mr.. g. NJ. WhaIrN.
counsel for the Anti-Salo"n lraEuv. de
mandFd a count hrfor" going 10 Far
krrShure n attend federal court.
The prosecuting Attorney Mr.. Nc
KEGS statement IN regard I" th"s"
charges. reads. again brands IN" arU-
Clp Of the I'll, graph Of yesterday As "
malicious talSch"od. In tn trSi
plaCr as t. IN" George S"ih"rt liquor.
all ~ the whiSkcy checked 10y S"ih"rt
was not turned in ~ IN" county jail.
1t Is VIGOROUSLY known iha' Il !1rcr
crowd gathered about the wagons ana
trucks al the Scihcrt plac" when they
were loading on the whjskry and carried
Off jug after jug OF IN" whi>N"N. i"i-
lowing the day that ~" whSN"H ~1%
brought in JaI,cr Mcconnell notified
WhaIrv that his count was short and
asked him e. come In and check mp.
Whalry never did 50. He knew from
that time that he had not brought IN
the amount Of whtSkcy that tN'N GHd
4 No -
bort place. In addition I" this fact til"
proD!r who aided him in bringing in
the whiSkcy dumped in cartoons rough
" and when thu whisk"y was ttNrn "Ht
MANY Of the JUGS wcc" found upSld"
down. tho corkS having worked cut aLd
tho Whisky lost other Jugs w,r0
broken. but every gallon jug mat cam"
into the place WAS accounted i.r.".ihrr
full OF whisk"y; broken, or with Il r% ,,tI
out. and tho broken JUGS aud hose WITH
corks out were due to IN" careless, IN
efficient haudling 10y tn" r"rrcscnta-
t.vrs Of the Anti-Sal"om Lra%u",
With respect to the aIl'crd sA"r'aS"
81 Yesterday. the statement Is falS".
There was not shortage. Th" STATUTE.
directs that each and every court shall
order destroyed liquor conilS'ai"d wh"n
the case Is ended and IuStic" Hobbs IN
following the direction Of IN" statute
directed tn" destruction "i liquor IN
some Of tho cases ThCS" orders ar"
on file in the county jail ~, n I" IN"
inspection Of any one and th'S" "rd"rS
with the delivery Of yesterday. account
for every gallon Of whisk"y. and N"
amount ordered destroyed Ivy Squire
was nothing Ike fifty gali"rS.
M. Whalcy did not read IN" riot
act 10 the prosecuting attorney or 20
the sheriff. He would not h" !" rm!u"d
by either OF these gentlemen L. d" -.
either publicly or privately. y man
whose daily living must hc earned hv
falsely representing such matters. tend
Ing TO incitc 4 public feeling IN order
10 get charitable contributions t. earn
n salary In profession j. not Uf such
moral courage az would ho r"rmitt"d I"
reprimand either Of thrs" officials and.
let Il b" here suggested that on IN" last
destruction order there w"r cS'N"n SUI;
cases Of quarts Of. whisk,y checked
short from tho Anti-Saloon L"HCI".
Many raids have been mad" and much
lt1uor taken IN possession Of The ANTI
Saloon League was not SGT out N the