The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-14
|Ohio Valley News
FOLLANSBEE
To ESTABLISH
! IDENTITY Of
GIRLS SLAYER
Folansbee High School Stud
emit Placed Under Arrest
Yesterday

Late yesterday PRANK wsntz, II
year old YoIfanSbso high school STU
dsns, was placed under arrest At
TollAnsbes in connection with the
accidental killing OF Miss Florenes
1arton, and was taken TO the Brooke
. county jail at wsns6urg, whore he
M n = ssla Sr7as !, the :hs g.F't hat al
wentz was tho driver Of the anto-
mobile that killed the girl
The coroncr's jury investigating into
: rhc death OF Miss Florence Burton. 10
! struck and killed by an automobile on
: Sinclair boulevard last Saturday night.
! will meet in Follansbee in ADJOURNED
| session this afternoon at O'Clock;
! IS understood evidence Will be suomitte0
7 at this time establishing the identity
! of the driver of the machine which
killed the girl.
Not only has every member or the
, Jury been working on the case out
detective was engaged by BROOKE
county. and according 10 reliable in
formation he has brought TO light sew
eral matters which will probably result
IN an arrest within short time.
According To Brooke county author
.a5ties six witnesses viii be brought 10
testify before the coroner.s Jury. the
names were not learned but II was
stated two are, SteuoenTiiie peop,e. TWO
live In Follanshee. one lives at Mekin-
1eyyille and the other in WeilsourB.
Coroner J. b, Walkinshaw will he
assisted In examining the witnesses by
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney w NJ.
wnkin. who has been assigned to the
: 1Nse BY the Brooke county court. the
SSorpnerS hearing will be private and
will be held in the City building AT Fol.
!SfAasbee. Tho failure OF the drtveT OF
Abe car 10 acknowledge striking the Bar
! ten girl and stopping 10 render assist
: npee will probably result in charge
: OF murder being, placed by the jury
which will sit tomorrow are: Fred a.
, Edwards. Sr., Edw. Ratclifte. T. J. Ma
' han, James \. Robinson. {. II. Thomp-
! son and J. Lee Burris. all prominent
Follansbee business men.
Follansbee citizens are demanding OF
NE Brooke county court that watch.
man be placed along Sinclair boulevard
Permanently to stop speeding and reck-
SG Barton Girl Buried.
~ The remains Of Miss Florence Barton.
, aged Is. who was killed when struck
/ 81 an automobile on Sinclair boulevard.
Saturday night. were laid 10 rest In
/, Bsooke cemetery, Wellsours. following
at ? o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Rev,
John Null othciated at che services.
The pall-bearcrs were: Hiram Dunn.
Nathaniel Cooper. Georgs> Riley. George
Long, George Names and William Bar
ron. a
) Miss Gertrude Reese. well known
ma popular young lady OF Follansoee,
!. became the bride OF Mir. Arlie Mcclure,
DrsButfalo, y. Y, at a quiet but oeautl-
, fuf wedding service pronounced at the
home Of the bride on Virginia avenue.
At noon Wednesday. May 18th. Rev.
Billings. pastor Of the First Methodist
. Episcopal church offciated. Following
, The ceremony the happy couple left Tor
, buffalo. where they Will make their
: future home.
Soccer Team Lori
The Moose Soccer football team lost
10 Salinesvilie by a close score last
, Sunday. The locals are planning TO
. bring the Sal!nesville team here for
. return game and trimming at near
: date.
Lodge Yisttstton-
Tho Pythian Sisters lodge went TO
Wellsburg In a body on Tuesday even
ing and attended the meeting and initt-
. alton OF the neighbor lodge.
Notes Of Interest.
T. e Jones Of Bethany was visit
or in town yesterday.
, VIM. ]. Moulds. Of Holidays Cove.
candidate for republican nomination to
the state senate was in town calling on
friends yesterday.
Air. and Mrs Leo Lusk have returned
from Caunonsburg, Pa. where they at
ten1ed the funeral Of Mrs. Lusks
. g~--'-.'~'he RS. Sara Richards. late
Of Muncie. Ind.