The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-26
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WHEN JEFF. DAVIS had denied the sot
impeachment and the Wheeling RegiStC
had pronounced the story of his adven
lures by rail fabrication, We supposed
that was conclusive, and that the mode
Christian ex.President of the deGunCt Con
fedcracy and president OF fourishinl
insurance company had been. made tn
victim OF a malicious SANDER. But her
we have the story reattirmed in the Gin
rlnnati Times and Chronicle more positive
" and with much more partlculariaatiOr
than ever. We cannot print 1t for fear o
shocking the "prurient prudc" on Markc
street, but we must say 1t renews oul
doubts as to the question Of JEFFERSON
innocence or guilt, The precise time; the
train on which ]. D. embarked; the
name and history and family con
nections Of the lady in the case
the name and. history Of the..Sleeping car
conductor; the name Of the train con
ductor, and all the incidents, are given
witha detail and particularly that give the
story a wonderful semblanCe OF truth, II
lhestOry Is fabrication y then the author
is the most accomplished liar We ever read
alter not excepting our Market street CO.
temporary, liza fabrication ii must bC
very easy for Mr.. DAVIS friends to prove
H. II Mr.. DAVIS was in Baltimore or
anywhere else at the time alleged, twill
be most easy to prove an allbl ia false
story has been put in the mouths Of
the conductors, or IL there are no such
conductors as those whose names are
given that can be easily shown. But
fifteen days have elapsed, and we regret
losay that only the most general denial
has been made by Mr. DAVIS, and the
Mguest ones by his friends Cannot the
Register furnish us something specific, and
something calculated to sooth the anxiety
that now rends the chvalrous breasts of
the admirers Of the great Christian states.
man and insurance presldenL2
We will be pardoned by our virtuOus
ncighbor for printing the concluding part
ID the Times and ChrOniciGs article, fol.
lowing the dreadful revelations which
that very immoral paper mot the R9&te9
Nns given to the public; '".'a#
As we have said, these are statements
which Mr.. 'rrlCe, the sleeping car con.
ductor has repeatedly made, and express.
I'd his determination to stick TO, no matter
what may happen
Subsequent events 60 to show tho Do
lcrminCd effort that Is, being made in the
South 10 squelCh these charges against
Davis. The conductor made II report in
writing, 10 the officers Of the road, Of the
occurrences above related, anil on the
subsequent Saturday received orders to
leave Memphis
There had been quite dust kicked up
IN the road short time previously by the
met that the Superintendent of the road
aman named Ross, had been caught in
precisely Il similar predicament, and had
been discharged for II. This made the
order to sleeping.car conductors nlorGim.
Vcrative than ever, as the President said
he was determined that the road should
acquire no bad reputation. TricC did not
obey the order TO leave Memphis, and
went to the depot to take his car out the
next day. At station some distance
rom Memphis-Brownsville-h met the
Assistant Superintendent, who said ~
thoughtyou was ordered to leave Mem
phs" .........
TricC said "So was, but didn't do
It, and don't intendto. This road can dis.
charge inc whenever II wants to, but what
lhaye Is in Memphis, my friends are there,
and | intend TO stay there, too"
Another party talking to TricC said
Somebody will hand you two or three
thousand dollars, and you will then leave"
TriCe replied to him 1.-THE man who ap-
ptoaChes me In that way will have 10 get
nut Of the way Of a pistol ball id quick