The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-06
CARD FROM THOs. MCCORMICK.
Editors OF the Register:

Dec that yOu hafC puuiioucu tue tutlTt
charges preferred against me BY George
Baird, to the Board of Supervisors, and
l think, inasmuch as the community,
has heard one side of the case, it would
be but justice that they hear the other
side. In the first place, am charged
with appropriating money belonging to
George Baird, to pay my fee bill'
against John Carney. l claim this to
be false charge, as | never put any of
George Baird money to any such pur-
pose; nor did l have any of said Baird's
money at the time those fee bills were
collected against John Carney. This |
can prove, if the Honorable Board of
Supervisors will grant me hearing on
my trial. In the next am charged
with forcing one Franz Helt to pay an
exhorbitant fee bill, in the case Of Anne
liza Helt as. Sarah Gilbert Mr.. Franz
Helt is supposed to be the husband of
Mrs. Amelia Helt, and if he is, sup
pose he is responsible forherdebts; and
If the fee bill was exhorbitant it was
made so by the Justice, and not by me.
His business is to issue documents, and
mine to serve them. l am next charged
with not being authorized BIZ the JUS
tice to collect this fee bill,
as his signature was not at
tached thereto. II the Hon. Body
will allow me | can bring the original
fee bill before them with the Justices
signature, and l will here any that the
fee bill that was brought before the
committee (by the Sheriff. was only a
transcript Of the original and the whole
party concerned in the plot knew that
to be true In the next place | am
charged with over-chargiDg for keeping
and feeding three cattle levied on by
virtue of an execution in favor of Geo.
Baird. If there are any grounds for
any OF those charges this ia the only
one and which | will endeavor to ex-
plain. After levying on the cattle |
first went to Mr.. Juergen and request.
ed him TO keep them in the vacant lot
and told him that | would procure the
necessary food and feed them myself.
He refused on the plea that they were
too dirty, and that he wanted to use his
vacant lot to build on. then went to
a Mrs. -, on Clay street, and got
permission 10 put them in her stable for
one night only, as the stable was unoc-
cupied for that time. During the time
the cattle were in the stable endeavored
by inquiring to find a place where they
could be kept safe and cheap. Among
others / remember inquiring OF Messrs
Robert Pratt and Joseph Watson.
finally induced Mr.. Edward Clayton TO
keep and feed the cattle at fifty
cents per head a day until sold,
and he has told me on several
occasions that he was tired of his
bargain, and would rather ] would
take them away. When the ten days
required by law had expired, received
an order from Geo. Baird to hold the
cattle until further orders from him,
which | did two days, and which put
an additional cost of three dollars on
the already large bill. Shortly after
the levy was made, DR.. Baird was in.
formed by me of the probable cost of
keeping the cattle, and ofwho had them
in charge. In my opinion, then was
the time TO raise objections. DR.. Baird
did not lose cent by the operation,
and if any man should complain it had
ought to be Mr.. John Carney. Some
may ask why the cattle was not put on
pasture. am Informed that there is a
clause in the law that prohibits Con-
stable from removing property from
the township in which it is levied on.
Now, where would Constable find
any pasture in Union township"
and if be did who would be re-
sponsible to him for the forthcoming
OF the cattle on the day Of sale? Those
parties may talk Of what the law al
lows, five cents per day for keeping
cattle) but if there is any man in Ohio
county that will feed and keep
cattle for that price, think he
is fit subject for the luna
tic asylum, inasmuch as the
cattle were expensive TO keep and
they could have been ordered sold as
soon as levied on, but that power is
not vested in the constable. On the
fourth charge it appears that | am
guilty Of gross misconduct in Office, in
this, that on the day of -, 1870,
/ did charge and receive from one
D. V. Tharp one dollar and twenty
cents for fees which was contrary to
to law. ! will take the pains here to
say that this is point blank lie and the
author of it point blank liar. In the
first place | never had fee bill against
D. " Tharp in the second | never pre-
scented him a bill of any kind, and in
the third never received a cent from
D. V. Tharp, although there is no
doubt but what | ought to receive
some. | believe all ! am charged
with is herein explained, and
if the honorable committee would have
granted me the privileges of a common
felon | don't suppose that those charges
would have been preferred by them TO
the Board Before / conclude | will
have TO show up little of the mode Of
procedure About ten o'clock | was YER
baly notified that the Prosecuting At
torney wanted to see me at two o'clock.
AT eleven o'clock ! went to see the
Prosecuting Attorney and was by him
informed that the committee met at two
o'clock P. N. At that hour | appear
ed and requested continuance, on the
plea that nv attorney was absent from
the city (Which was well known and
had my defence in his possession, and
that ! wanted time to summon wit
nesses and get the documents in the
case. The continuance was refused on
the ground that | was not entitled TO
hearing at all and that the honorable
committee was a selfc0aStituted Grand
Jury. At this stage of the proceedings
my attorneys became digusted and left
the Court Room. After they had gone
this seIfc0pStituted Grand .Tyyy decided