Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-02
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A CA RID.
TO the Eds. bstlependent:

| to use the columns OF your paper
to reply to the testimony Of Mr..
Geyer before the City Council, (of
which he is a memberl ia your is
sue of the Goth inst.
Having concluded early in the
month Of March to remove from
Martinsburg, set about disposing
ofny personal effects. About the
close of the month i was obliged
to give possession Of the house |
occupied. There was some tools
IN the cellar, which sent to the
establishment of w. +. Geyer,
without seeing or having any nm
derstanding with him, or even
mentioning the matter to him.
When the boy returned after d.
livering the tools, / asked him if
he saw Mr.. Geyer he said not !;
Geyer was not at home he saw
some one, and left the tools in the
yard. A few days after this | met
Mr.. Geyer on the street be asked
me what | sent those tools to his
place for / stated to him | was
| obliged to remove them, and did
not know where to send them, but
thought of, him, as / had some
tools at his place on former occa-
| sion, [ might store them at bis
place, with the hope of selling
them to him or to the corporation,
and asked him if he did not think
the corporation would buy them,
and kif not, could sell them TO
him at low figure. Mr.. Geyer
stated that he did not know the
corporation wanted them, but
| wished 10 know what | would
take for them, cash. / stated to
him that / did not know what
amount of tools there was, but if
he would give me cash right in
| hand, he could have them for $40;
he stated that he did not wish to
insult me by maxi ing an offer, but
would give me ST so for them |
stated in reply that / had nothing
to give away SO this negotiation
was brought to close. The mat
ter rested here for several days /
called on Mr.. Baker and asked If
| he did not think the corporation
| would buy the tools / had; he
| stated that he did not know as
they wanted them, but Mr.. Healy
knew more about the wants of the
corporation in this matter than
any one else, and for me to see him;
l did see Mr. Healy, who stated
to ME that he thought the copora-
ton would want them, as Mr.. Ma
honey was about to start another
gang of hands on the street, and
for me to see Mr.. Geyer, or he
would see Mr.. Geyer for me soon
after this conversation with Healv,
Mr.. Geyer came to me in an Off
hand indifferedt don't-care way
yet coming in his style and said !:
"Mr. ames Boyd,now if you want
to take ten dollar bill for those
tools, / will give it to you now,
and if you dc not choose to take ii
you can make out your bill against
the corporation and run the risk of
getting it through, / will help you
all can to get it through | don't
want to take any advantage Of you
in this matter, so you can give 1T
consideration and shape ii up just
as you please; replied to him that
| did not know what amount OF
tools there were, and proposed to go
at once to his place and make an
inventory +: we walked to Mr.. CTS
place of business, and on our arriv-
al Mr.. G. stated Mr.. Healy had
weighed the steel and taken a
memoranda of the other tools, and
he could give it to me / took
seat at the desk, Mr. G. calling off
the items; first item, 60 pounds of
steel | put il down and asked
him the question: "Well, what
shouid it be charged at ?" Mr.. G.
replied that steel was worth % cts.
per pound, but make it SIS for
the steel he called off the
other items, we agreeing to-
rether upon the price of them |
then added the amount up, and
found TO my surprise that there
was 500 worth of tools; turned 10
Mr.. Geyer and said to him that
/ could not suffer such a shave as
this, that he must pay me more for
them, or | could not let them go
he then offered me $12; / still re-
| fused but after some brilliant Skin
mishing, in which my friend Gey-
or INDUCED in his usual platitudes,
employed by him whenever he
scents good bargain as for in
stance 81 aCoutd like 10 do the
| fair thing By you." II don't rant
to take any ddUdntdge ofyou, and
lOould like TO shape you up" Mr..
Geyer at the same time volunteer
ed to inform me, las if in confidence,
that there were very queer men in
the Council, and intimated that it
would take skillful management
to get the bill passed neverthe-
less ifyou do not feel disposed to