, 1874-05-03
LOCAL MISCELLANY.


o'clock yesterday afternoon, President George
A. How in the chair.
The attendance Was rather Small, hardly more
than $50 members being present.
AIr. How stated that the meeting WAS called In
pursuance OF 8 resolution passed. by the Board
Of Trade April Is, on account Of charges pre-
ferred by Me1len, Williams l. Co. against A.
Fiaher, member OF the Board. He read the
section governing tho case from the rules ct the
Board OF Trhde.
In accordance with tho section just read, the
Directors had examined the charges preferred
againat Mr. Fisher, and bogged leave to submit
them to tbs full Board for action.
THE cuAnGEs
verc then read by the Secretary, as followD:
oHlcAoo oa1sa., :5g, RI; y y. 1.n. ls7d;
~ G1yTI1Mrg: .s vs. Deg to submit ths following
charges against l. Fisher, member Of your Board,
and ask your action on the same:
On jan 1s, 1874 sold to A. Fisher ono car of bran
Ut SIS per ton {car No. 800, Chicago NoFthwestern
Raiiroad), aud gave him the order for it, We were
to Mr. Fisher and SLOWING hirn to weigh it. We there
fora employed Alr. o. P. Smith to watch said car
orutne wagon cauo to said car. driven BY parties
who proceeded to aack some OF the bran out Of tns
car. wagon load Of sacked bran was taken out Mr;
Union and Randolph streets. and saw It wei2hed Ihe
driver had 1t Weighed In the name Of Fisher and "
sh stb SIT hs n ssfss tsr dagp 'es called on H.
Fisher to collect for the bran. Mr. Fisher made up
the weights and gave them to Mr. Smith, and ne sum
Of the weights 10 given five weghmasters tcketa
ss aa saw }oadsd from the ear and followed to The
scales and saw weighed in the Of Fisher, was not
In the lot. Mr. Fisher paid by check for the amount
10 SO pounds, called for by the i've Tickets IN fhe
next day r. smith called On Mr Fisher ana to'd nl
that he had not received the weght OF Ill tho bran
that thoso oo0 pounds weighed IN the car ana
that the tickets ho Ind paid foz, showed shortage on
he had given weghts Of iii tho bran he had
got from the car. and that .as ~ he W. woula
do about IT. ~ Smith sepsated the or Fshor =.
ON On Or s6ous tie III i Februsry w4ote again 4
Fisher Lad declined to pay for the bran, which we
are satisfied ho knew be had not paid fo1.
With these facts in view We eaa1so 4 Fisher rtn ~
pounds and submit the evidence Of Mr. Smith and no
accompanying certificates in proof Of the fact aud u
tho Board, your honorable body may deem proper.
Yours, ETC.. AfLLEH, WILLIAMS q eo'
The evidence, which vas somewhat volumi-
nous, was read, and appeared to bear cut the
spirit Of the charges.
Mr. Fisher. who was in tho room, vas called
upon to make statement. He was very brief
in his remarks, the substance OF which was A8
follows When no was called upon Tor the
Hoighmasters tickets he produced all OF them
thai he had received. Mr. Mellen said nothing
about missing load Of bran when he [Fisher)
paid him. It was not until few days after
ward that he accused him of theft on the Board
Of Trade He then said that ho had
be knew nothing about that-he had
only to account for the amount weighed
Hansen and Mellen had, betweon them, put up
the 1hoie job for the purpose OF prosecuting
him uo wanted to know whether any supper
dong an extensive business for = number Of
years, could say that there never had beon any
ahortage in his dealings. Tho thing was simply
unavoidable under certain circumstances. Dc
fendanr had wife sick for eleven mouths-hls
clerk was very poor one and there was
whole crowd OF business on him when the
charge was brought. Ho deaed anybody to
prove dishonesty on him. Not SO with Hansen
j Mellen or Mellon l. Williams. They were
rotten concern and had failed le.1.taa ha1-a, -
Sesse sna %s' ha2 " haa lss' ts ss:s R''s a q
percentage in order to get whitew ashed. He
1Fisher) had always paid his hundred cents on
the dollar. He further stated that no merchant
in good standing on the Board could charge him
with dishonesty IN any shape. He called on
many present to bear witness.
Mr. katz said that he had bought for a1r. Fish
er and always found him prompt in his pay"
MI. Hill had bought for Mr.. Fisher four 1eara
and had no complaint to make
Mr. Melon made e. statement, which was sub
| etantiRlly the eame as the charges preferred.
he did not wish to appear in the light OF per.
secutor,-it was not his forte but he could call
| plenty Of men to prove that Fisher wks system-
atically dishonest.
| LIB. J. H. M'cnEA
! thought that in : matter 30 sor.ous Mr. Fisher
ought to be given every possible chance He
had at the time, according to hls statement, :
sick wife, IN incompetent clerk. and unusual
pressure OF business. All this should be conad-
cred, for the expulsion OF Mr. Fisher On such
charges would be his ruin IS business man.
There should be more thorough lnves-
tiration. Therefore, he would move that tho
| whole matter be referred back to the Directors
| to take evidence aa regarded the business char
acter OF all parties. somewhat stormy dis
cussion followed. but tho resolution was finally
carried, snd the Board adjourned.