The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-06
a CaTd nom ConSta6ie Mccormick.

IyOu nAyb punLHueq inc eutLt0 Cn1H6
preferred against me by Dr. George Baird
70 the Board Of Supervisors. And ]
think inAsmuch as the community hal
heard 6nGt ode Of the case, Il would be bui
Justice that they hear the other aide, =, In
4 the frt place, ! am charged with Appro
pfiAting money belong ding 70 George Baird
TO pay my fee bills against J6hn" Carney
4 This I claim to be-. 'alfAse charge, IS
never put any Of George .BairdS money
70 any such use, nor did l have any d
said Baird money at the time this feI
bill was collected against John Carney
This i can prove, u the Hon, Board d
Supervisors va grInt nsa heurRg on M
trial In, the next, l nm charged with
| forcing ono Franz Helt 10 pay an exhor
| blunt fee bill In the case Of Amelia He'll
q. Sarah Gilbert. Mr.. Franz Helt d
supposed TO be the husband Of MrS. Anne
la He'll, and It he Is, ! suppose he Is re-
sponsible Tor her debts. And II the fee
bill 4nGS exhotbitant Il twas made 80 By
the Justice, and not by no. The Justice't
business Is 70 issue documents, and mine
to serve them. / am next charged with
not being authorized by the Justice "a
collect tliis fec bill, as his signature wal
not 10 II. II the Hon. Committee had al.
lowed me, l could have brought the orig
inul fee bill before them, with the Justices
signature thereto. And l will here say
that the fec bill that was brought before
the committee 10y the PLAINTIFF was only
q transcript Of the Original, and the whole
party concerned In the plot knew Il 10 By
so. In the nuSt, am charged with over
charging for keeping and feeding three
cattle, levied on by virtue Of On execution
in favor Of George Baird. II there are
any grounds for any Of these charges, this
IL the only one; which Twill endeavor 70
explain. AitGr lCVying on these cattle, l
flrSt went 70 Dir. JIrgGn, of East W. heel
ing, and requested him TO ALLOW mo to
keep the cattle In his vacant lot, and l
told Him would procure tho necessary
food Tor them and feed them myself He
refused, on the ground that they were too
dirty and that lie wanted to use the lot TO
build on. I then went TO Mrs. -, on
Clay street, and got permission to put them
in her stable for one night only, as the
stable was unoOcupied for thattime. Dur
ing the time that the:cattleiwere In the sta.
Bile, l Gndeavored by inquiring to find .
place wherSthey could be kept safe and
cheap, among others | remainder OF In
quiring Of; we're Mr.. Robert Britt and Mr..
Joseph Watson. finally induced Mr..
Edward Clator to keep tho cattlo at 30
cents a day per head, until sold, and he
has told me on several occasions that he
was tired Of keeping them mud would
rather would take them away the ten
days required by law having expired, /
received an order from George Baird to
hold the cattle until further orders from
him, which did two days. which put
an additional cost Of three dollars on the
already large bill. Shortly after the levy
was made informed DR.. Baird Of who
had the cattle, and what 1t would cost,
And think then was the timC 10 raise IN
objection, besides George Baird neverlost
= cent by the charges on the cattle, as he
was the plaintiff In the case, and If any
person lost It was John Carney, and not
Baird. Some may ask why the cattle was
not put on pasture. am informed that
the law prohibits Constable from remoy-
ing property ffom the township in which
1t was levied on, and Iwould like to know
where pasture could he obtained IN Union
township, and II did who would be re-
spOnsiblc for their forthcoming on tue day
OFFS. lie. AS the cattle were expensive 10 keep
there was one remedy in selling them
forthwith when levied on, but that RENE.
DIV could not take as the Justice has that
power. Men may talk about charging
what tho law allows, 8 cents day, but
no sane man would keep cattle for that
price. On the 4th charge It appears that |
am guilty Of gross misconduct In Office In
this, that on the = day oil - Ibid charge
and receive from one D. V. ThOrp, $l.2O
for ices which was contrary to law. !
will take the pains here to say that this Is
point plank lie, and the author Of 1t d
point blank liar. In the first place lncvCr
had fee bill against D. v. ThorE In the
next I never presented bill Of any kind
to D. v. Thorp, and in the next / never
received cent from DIV. ThOrp, al'
though there is no doubt that l ought TO
receive some. believe that all | am
charged with Is herein explained, and II
the Hon. Committee would have granted
me the privileges Of common ielon,
don't suppose that these charges
would have been preferred by them TO
the Board. Before / conclude, must
show up n little orthemodC Of procedure.
At about 10 o'clock, A. NJ, was verbally
notified thAt the Prosecuting Attorney
wanted to sec inc ut II o'clock A. NJ l
went to see the Prosecuting Attorney,
and was by him informed that the Com
mittee met ut 2 o'clock P. N. AT 2
o'clock appeared and requested a con.
tinuance, on the grounds that my attor-
ncy was absent from the city, (Which was
well known, and had my defence In bis
possession, and that wanted time to
summon witnesses and get the documents
in the case. The continuance was refused
on the grounds that was not entitled to
to hearing. (If not, why notified at ally
AT this stage Of the proceedings my at.
torneys became disguised, and leil the
court room. Alter they Ind gone, the
Hon. Committee decided that lrds enii.
tied TO u hearing, and allowed mo TO give
In my own evidence, (but could not get
no witncsSGSs). thinklthNt lf was Cnti-
tied to u hearing | was entitled to con-
tinuancc, and that II was entitled to
either was entitled to witness aud Coun.
sci. (But the ways Of tho world arc
strangely If tho committee that sat In the
Court House last Monday ArO a specimen
OF tho Board Of Supervisors, my chances
are very slim; that II, they would be ifIhe
decision Of the Board was final; but, thank
God, they have not tho powers Of that
other council Of ten In Venice, and the
case will in all probability be decided by
II tribunal, that they arc not worthy Of
holding candles i0r.. There arc some
members that have honor enough TO give
nc justice, but, alas, they arc few in num-
Dor There are some parties connected
with this plot that | intend to show up in