The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-07
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special jury was DsrnA ndod When hsa
Mar One rallied To Tahs hohon


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tho court h,"Irr hero }or'"thnH ""rN'"R
mot With h.ttrr au'' "'r with III" m"""
shine aud ,u"uu-lluc rllll "nH"4 than ia"
nrsl Jury. - ~" Iir"rn VII" took up III"
case, vcs,rrd,y turned In eight tru"
bills. four Of which were on Etill "nT"'
Tho Jury c"nl"urd ~ nth" o'clock
and after receiving th"ir INSTRUCTIONS
from Judge \. - M"rTis adjourned ."
the iury room. whore tuCv began hearing
evidence They were ready 70 turn IN
their report shortly after noon. The
followIng rerort was made by tho fore
man; relonlcs Everett Wood. charged
With having moonshlne still. Blll Johr-
son, charged with having monnshtn"
Ann, Joe Davis. charged with haTinS
rnoonshlne still Chester linkert"n.
charged with having mOonshine stili'
rnisdoneanors Nick Gusta. charged with
contributing TO delinquency by allowing
minors In poolrOOm % which he Is pro-
prietor, Charles Mercer. Ge"rEc l.llly'
and Russell RogcrsOn. all charged with
adultery.
The Gu sss OF Mercer. Lilly and Roger
son all grow out OF the case heard mere
Mt tho last term or coure. In which new
Dnarl.n OF Sherrnrd was involved. The
IL is said that IA very acrious case can
H. brousht nHalnht them The Same
ybunR woman In involved In IN" c"Ho
who WAS Ia tho charge hSnlhat f'V'
ben fion Hhr In now married.
Non-Iruo hilla veto found nEhlnrt nut
two men. CIlrrurn Wilson md Harold
Lilly. both Of Ehrrrarh. They w"ro up
on tho namr charge m Ia" other h""r'
rard Young mon. whom truo billH were
found against
Tn, following men constituted tbs
grand Jury. from Washington district
Foreman r y. Riggs. I. H. Woodruff
John A. Rlbyd. and Clark sullivan, fr"'N
Union district. James f. Young, t. IL.
Wilson and r. 7. Dccgan. ST.. from
Cameron district. l.. o. Bonar ana -
p McTcy. from Clay district ~
Dewitt Pierce, from Franklin district
Il. y. Wells, from Liberty district. w
Evans from Meade district. +. l..
Roberts. from Sand Hill district G. W.
Maxwell, from Webster district, W. j.
Johnson.
The first grand jury. which convened
last Monday morning also found elshI
true bills. and the eight found yester-
day by the special grand jury Will make
sixteen cases in all TO be brought up Tor
trial this term OF court. The special
grand jury was recommended oy frose-
cutting Attorney Lloyd Arnold ZIG
stated that the first body OF Jurym'"
had failed TO bring in true bills against
SILL cases when the evidence was Clear
and convincing. Judge Morris NJ once
acted on the recommendation and order
ed that the special jury be sumihoh'u'
which was done Wedns sdny.
Fined Tor Fighting.
Three Offenders faced Mayor "eIn'H"
In police court yesterday morning. being
two nghtrra and one drunk
Tho men who wCr" brought up Tor
nrht!ny whro I'nul I:uhl" and fi"d
Thomar It Ii Hnid that the wv" men
.nKngcd In quito moll" last W"dn"h-
day evening Mt IN" corner OF rlttn
street and Tomlingou avenue. Tbs
Serap has been tho talk OF IN" town since
II occurred. and much speculation han
been made ~ TO tho probable outcome
when they were brought up for trial.
Both wero found guilty OF tho charge.
and were each hncd on" dollar and tho
trimmings by tho mayor. The drunk.
John Doe. was also hned one dollar
costs All three paid their flnes.
Local Terms won Games.
Thu local American Legion basketball
team and the High school girls team
both won In their scheduled games at
The High school gym last evening.
The legionaircs met tho fast Siro
tossers from Martins Ferry In the main
event, OF the evening. and easily won
by the score OF 1919. The game was
very interesting and was fast and wel
played throughout. In tho preliminary
xxme the local High school girl tosseTs
met the girls uuintctte from ShadySide
HIxh school The MoundsVille girls de-
fea,cd tho visitors by tho ovcrwhcin-
ing score Of 3l-9.
Russian Christmas
The Russian population OF the city
will observe today m Christmas. aS all
Russian Orthodox churches all over tho
country observe January : IA CHRIST
mas Day 81. Peter and raul'S Orthodox
Eastern church on Morton avenue Will
celebrate tho day In quito an interesting
manner Services will be held ut tn.
church at 10 O'Clock this morning and
again at seven o'clock this evening. Dur
ing tho afternoon group OF men VIII
20 from house to house singing songs
Prayer week Ended
Tho ANAL services OF the Week or
Prayer were held ~ the First NJ. r.
most successful meetings OF tho week
brought tho services to a close. The
week was observed In nearly all the DIFF
ferent churches Of the city during tho
past week the services being held AT
q different church each night.
- nmith- 3lggp
Announcement has just been made OF
the wedding OF Miss May Riggs and
Earl w. Smith. The ceremony was per-
formed Wednesday evening by Rev. J. d.
smith. Tho, bride IL the daughter OF
\ Mr.. and Mira w. NJ. Riggs, and Is quite
well known here. while Mr.. Smith IL q
we'll known young man OF this city. He
Is an ex-soldier. having served for
twelve months In France. He was In
tured IN tho war. and a few days ago
received COMPENSATE TO 20 TO Walter
Reed hospital at Washington. He may
70 there In few days. and on htS re-
turn the young couple will take up their
residence In Moundsville.
Noundsvills Briefs
Miss Frieda Gorby has returned to
her home on ThiSd street after visiting
friends al Warrington.
Mrs. A. Il. Steel OF Reader. W. Va.
IN ths guest OF her sister, Mrs. ". +.
Burgess OF Seventh street.
Mrs. l.. 5. Blair and Mrs. Olive Elair
were Wheeling visitors yesterday.
Mrs. ]. S. hurley OF Pleasant Valley
ia amending few days with her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stewart or
Second street.
Miss Katie stein. OF Captina was the
guest OF friends hefc yesterday:
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miles have re-
turned TO their home at Toledo after
spending several days with friends here.
John Gamble Is III At his home on
Center street.
p. NJ Hendricks or Clarkshurg was a