The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-15

n"cd the com ms ioncES.
"Tlrn defense say, that tn" s'a;e -
dopcndinr s"l"ly upon the i"stltnoh'
&C. the Witness e. W. Reli\iilc. NJ" We
Ir,:'s see. W. know from the evidence
iha; fraud was pcrpctrat"i tnere 't
the hose house that night beIFl''e
says he wen, up - Thompson ofnce
81 the instance Of the fire chief. what
was Thompson's motive II he had Bell
willie come to his office" The crime OF
the switching cf ballots was commItted'
Who did 1t"
Tho convenient time To dc the trick
was at n time when the commissioners
were At supper. Ecllville stays In the
fircmen's bed room on the second floor
Of The Fort Henry hose house III COM
pliance with the arrangement made be-
tween himself and this defendant. EH-
cept for Bellville's testimony. OF course
It does not appear that Nail was there
But at any rate. the state has SHOWN
you. Thompson appears there IN mat
room where Bellville was with the PAL
lot box. Mr.. Ritz says nobody sa"
Thompson go into the hose house oa'
there that evening.
What did Thompson 80 out to the
hose house the evening OF the election
for Thompson himself says il was TO
find out how the vote was going. All
right, how would he secure that intor-
nation It was his perfect right TO so
Into that hose house and get the lntor-
nation from his men there. Fut no. ne
SAYS he stays outside and asks out there
Does that sound like a reasonable story :
No, gentlemen. RellviIic Is c"rrohorated
again. and hurley Thompson was out
there AZ tho hose house.
Nails Part
You gentlemen know this crime
could not have been committed without
the aid OF ReEsene- Nail. You saw the
ballots from, that prerinc'. How does
Nall. the dcrens. witness. try 70 soy
that lss fraudulent ballots got into
that ballot box? Gentlemen. the crime
could not .havc been committed except
that Ressemer Nail signed the ballots
"a we'll as Bellville. There. gentlemen
are the ballots. and you saw the PROOF
that Nall did sign them. Nails teSr-
mony was discussed at length by Mr..
Conir and picked to pieces by tho spe-
! cial states attorney.
"Whatever you mon believe" Coni1
continued, about other witnesses who
| tried 10 Ak time definitely. YOU cannot
discredit that witness who looked at the
clock and found that 1t was I:ca exact
| ~ to 20 to tho Fort Henry hose house
with Eellville'S supper and got back at
s o'clock. and who testified that AT from
twenty To fifteen minutes Of he saw
| Hurley Thompson coming out Of that
hose house. And you can't fail n be-
l!eve that other witn.ss vino pulled ont
! his watch and saw that II was 20 min
utes TO o'clock when he saw Burnley
| Thompson como out OF tho hose house
stretch himself. rub his eyes and say.
I must have been UP there a.leep for
| about an hour and a half That means
something. gentlemen: 1t means this:
| You jurymen know thnt these two wit
nesses realized the Importance OF their
| testimony: that II might be material
evidence in sending Burley Thompson
to the penitentlary. What motive could
there be for them to 20 TO the witness
stand and give such testimony II the
thing did not occur? Those witnesses
did not appear to you to be that sort Of
men.
Now, as a matter OF fact Burley
Thompson was there at the hose house
as c. W. Rsllvtlle says he was. Bellville
uncorroborated? Why. gentlemen. the
states Witnesses on this point. without
exception. corroborate Bellville and
prove that Thompson was there.
Has Indicted Himself.
"Oh. but they tell you Rellville was
! not indicted for the falsehood he said
| hero he told on the witness stand when
he appeared In the counsel lnvestiga tion
and when he signed the clerks oath at
| tina voting precinct. Bellville not In
dIcted" say. gentlemen. the Bellville