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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06

THE CouRTs.-U S. Distrid Court
Judge Jackson. The U. $, District Court
will commence a term in this city this
morning at 10 o'clock.
County C0H-Judgo Cochran. The
County Court met at the usual hour yes
terday morning,
Edward Ranforth, indicted for assault
and battery, was discharged on payment
Of the costs that have accrued. Cracraft
for plaintiff and Good for defendant.
In tho case Of the State rs, Patrick Con-
don, the defendant entered into recog-
nizance for $500. Good for defendant,
Margaret Petticord was appointed Guar
dian for Harry @. Petticord, Lottie May
Petticord and Edward VIM. Petticord,
infant children Of James T. Pettieord,
deceased. Bond, $500 in each case.
In the case OF the State 10, Besse, in.
dicted for selling intoxicating liquors to
a minor, John McAndrews, the defendant
pleaded guilty. The case was tried to the
following jury: Joseph Marshall, Stephen
Clark, d. Whitehead, WIN. Exley, j. E,
Faris, Geo. Wells, Newton Tracy, A. j,
McCollOch, A. E. Graham, N. ], Hunter,
l. Oldham, Z. Magee. The jury found
the defendant guilty, and fixed his fine at
$50, A motion was made for new trial.
Dovener for defendant.
The case Of the State rs. Charles Frobel
was continued until Thursday next, Tho
witnesses were ordered to rcappear on
said day.
In the case Of the State Us. August Reu.
ter, indicted for selling intoxicating
liquors 10 a minor named Geo. O'Noal,
the defendant entered plea Of not guilty.
The case was then put on trial before the
following Jury: A. NJ. Phillips, D. Gar
vim, Charles Exley, B. L. Tiff, Y. Frank,
Taylor Foreman, John McGannon, Wes-
ley Fry, A. McKeag, D. NJ. Maxwell, p.
W, BOsley, i. NJ. Henderson,
Police COrt-Judge CrNnmer. His
Honor disposed Of four cases yesterday
morning, viz:
Cornelius Tobias Vance and Steele Mil
Ter, for tho same old charge, were fined
$50 and costs each, OF course they were
sent up,
RebecCa J. Blanchard, coflec.colored
maid, was sent up for thirty days for
prostitution.
John DrOfus, charged with drunken
ness, was committed for five days.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06

TIE United States District Court will
meet In this city to-day.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06

4 srECtAb meeting Of the City Council
will lie held tonight.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06

TnE Poor House has sixty inmates.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06

THERE was very little electioneering
done yesterday.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06

OSE hundred and fOrty-sevcn tramps
lodged at the County Iniirmary last
month.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06

NEARLY four hundred Of our citizens
went to steubenvillc yesterday on the
Andes.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06

TIE next regular meeting Of the Board
Of Commissioners will be held on the 81
Of MAY.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06

THERE were three births and foni
deaths ut the Poor House last month.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06

A DRUG CLERK ARRESTED FOR MUIR.
DER.-DeteCtive G. 7. Smith, Of Memphis,
Tenn, arrived in the city yesterday In
search Of one +. A. sChreyer. who killed IL
man named John Norton in Shelby, Ky,
on the 9th day Of February, 1872. Tho
detective had u photograph Of Schreyer
in his possession, which Capt, Ed. Davis
thought hG recognized us Il drug clerk in
tho employ Of ]. II. silyey, OH Market
street opposite the Postoficc. A warrant
was accordingly issued by Justice Gil.
lGspy, who accompanied Capt. Davis, De.
teclive Smith and Officer Henry to the
drug store where the man supposed to be
Schreyer was employed. Tho detective
Immediately recognized his man, and ad.
vancing toward him called him by name.
The clerk told him there must be some
mistake-that his name was +. V. During,
and that he knew nothing Of the name
Of SChreyer. The officer suggested to
SchrCyer that It was useless for him to
attempt to disguise himself, as he knew
well enough that he Tho detective) knew
him as well MS II he were his
own brother. SChreycr then said
" Well, gentlemen, my name is
SchreyGr, and killed John NortOn.~
lie was Immediately taken into custody,
and deposited in the Jail until the officer
was ready TO start. lie leftfOr Memphis
with his prisoner at o'clock In the alter.
noon, over the Central Ohio Division Of
the i. 80 Road.
Schreyer came to this city about three
months since, and obtained employment
rs prescription clerk in Silvcy's drug
store under the name Of +, Y. During.
lie Is a medium.sizel man, about thirty
years Of ngc, with sandy hair, mustachc
and goatee. Theparticulars Oftlle crime,
80 far MS we are able to learn, arc rs fol.
lows: On the 9th day Of February, 1872,
SclreyCr went TO the residence Of Esq.
John Norton, at Shelby, KY, and rep
resenting himself Ms on officer attempt
ed to arrest Mr.. Norton. What his OBJ.
Jest may have been we did not hear, but
upon Norton resisting, Scllreyer shot him
with his revolver and he died the same
day. On the 9th day Of the same month
Schreyer was indicted, and few
days thereafter was tried and sen.
fenced to two years in the penitentiary.
His counsel, however, appealed to the
Supreme Court for n new trial, pending
which he was released upon his wifcs 90.
Ing his bail In the sum OF $1,000. lie
jumped his bail, and the officers have
been searching for him ever since. II Is
said that his wife Is n most estimable lady,
who Is worth about $4,000.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06

TIE Fem. Col. will spell against the
Waverly al Washington Hall tonight,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06

A VERY fair vote WIS east yesterday.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06
FoR sALE.
CHERIFFs SALE.
MONDAY, April 5lh, ISL,

BY virtue Of Stale and County taxes due By the
Crescent Iron Company for the years 1872, 1873 and
1914 have levied upon aud Will proceed 10 sell at
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06

The Committee OH Poor House and
Farm reported bills amounting to $7S5 %,
which were ordered paid.
The report Of the Poor Agent for tho
month Of February was read and filed,
The Poor Agent submitted the following
report for the month Of March: Total
number OF inmates, 90; white males, 30;
do. females, 26 colored males, !; do. fe-
males, 8; births, 3; deaths, 4; transient
poor during the month, AZ.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Rolf all the Nppli-
cations for license to sell liquor were laid
over until the next meeting Of the Board,
which will he held in May.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06

The Managers are requested to meet at
Mrs. Buffers at 9:l5 to-day.
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The Board met pursuant TO adjourn
meht, and proceeded with the transaction
Of business.
Tie petition Of A. Ridgeley, Sen., was
referred to the Committee on Roads and
Bridges.
In tic matter Of the Inilleys Run
Road, the parties summoned to appear
before the Board made answer TO the
charges Of damages, wlereupon the fol.
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Rcsoisd, That Samuel Oldham be
awarded $50 ma damages for road running
from W. w. 4 Il. IT, Rond to Slate line
nj Laidleys Kun.
Resoivd, That the location Of said rond
he confirmed as surveyed August 81, 1874,
and that the Road Surveyor be ordered to
open said road with any funds in his dis
trict.
In the matter Of the 1faneytOwn and
Clay roads, the parties answered as sum-
moncd, and each party appearedby coun.
sci, VIM. Etskine for petitioners,and j. II.
Good for the remembrance against the
petition After hearing all the evidence
the following resolution was adopted:
ReSOlrd, That n writ Of dd gNoil damnan
be awarded to Mr.. Denniston in the mat.
ter Of tho road from West Union Road to
Clay road, according to Sec. 50 Of Road
Law.
The following resolutions, offered by
Mr.. Schultz, were adopted
ReSoleed, That q. W. Kennedy be paid
the sum Of $50, fail fees in cases Of State
n. Mt, and Mrs, Jacob Snyder, Charles
Oxford, James Masters, VIM. II. Kemp
and John Wellhaaf, the same having been
disallowed this morning from a mimn.
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A stated meeting Of the Board Of Com.
missioners was held at the Court House
yesterday morning. All the members
we're present,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25
THE "SHORT REPORT.y

Gentlemen, pass now to another of these
recorded declarations of Tton. refer to the short
report which appears at page 13l OF the first volume of
the evidence. After Mr. Beechers return from Peeksk
on the 18th Of July, 1874 after Tiltons impuden
sage by Redpath sent Sunday the 10Th OF July that
the charge against Mr. Beecher to be changed
OF adultery, charge which Redpath he did not
believe when Theodore Tlton made 1t, nor at
any time since; after this, az Mouton and
Tilton both admit. this pretended cuckold comes
into court ourishng pair OF anters that don't belong
to him, and asking you to tip them with godths cuck-
old sends by the hand Of MOulton Henry Ward Beecher
short report, such he wants the Committee OF Ply
mouth Church to sign This report unlike the long TO.
port has been introduced In evidence by him. and you,
written by him dec araton OF the TRUTH written by
him shortly before the l3th of July, think tho 9Th
9th Of July and submitted ~ llu w Henry Ward
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Court met at 2 p. IN. pursuant to ad-
journment.
In another Of these interviews Mr. Moulton uncon-
scously daguerreoypes himself in the language whch
he applied TO honOred and venerated Clergyman LII
describing him, to member OF his own church-anu WHO
loved him as q brother-as "a liar and n sneak"
"Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may
be long I'm the land which the Lord thy God gveth thee
the only commandment which the Redeemer SAID
was coupled with PROMISE Tho spirit OF reverence TOT
aget extends not merely to the parental relation but to
every other relation, and man like Theodore Ton or
Francis Mouton in speaking of who is honored not
only at home but abroad whom all the world reverence
undertakes to talk Of him he would OF street black
guard-"a liar and q sneak" And am glad TO inter
mngle these men, gentemen and their utterances that
you will that you might transfuse the blood OF Mou
ton into Tton and 1t would hardly disturb throb OF
pulse. You might change the current which throps IN
Tit heart and put it into the bosom Of Moulton, and
it would find as black resting place I'm his heart as 1t
has when it finds its home in his own There are things
which little base, contemplate men think deceive man
kind If Henry Ward Beecher had faen IL 1t were true
that that great man had disgraced his lineage
and his poserity II 1t true that man so proudly
gifted Of God and much hOnored OF men, had under
temporary influence yielded and fallen acknowledged,
known of all men, there would be just two classes, men
of the baser sort who would rejoice and to your heart
and his aye and to the heart OF each or these his
counsel would have come feeling Of sadness that they
could scarcely overcome but the Moultons ana the III
tons on false accusation rejoice, when they ca ma
some one whose confidence hwy can shape in tho man
who is performing tho holy Offices for three hundred
six hundred nine hundred twelve hundred families OF
BROOKLYN. These think that lie well stuck 10 IL
as GOOD as the truth that they double the lie or
treble the lie bring people to attest what Is false 1t
is to impose upon the jury You look at them as they
come one by one; you meet them eye to eyo and you
form your Judgment of the character of the men, be-
FORE upon their testimony you condemn the character
of others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25

threshold, and he could have told you why Tneodoro
Triton would never have made believe, those cnarsc'
against Mr. Beecher. except or MS h"'rcu 81 mi.
800. a, as thu original moving cause, and 1t vas
the same kind of hatred that the snake that Is odden
an has for the man that treads it down. He saw that
,he read him and dstrusted him. anc despsed hm' ana
40 ho,ed her and all her belongings from that time on
Amt now his pretext that Mrs. Beecher he had never
owed Mrs Beecher made his homo hell. All II Is
hell to which he would very much ike 70
obtain access 1t is a hell which would DO much
more agreeable for him enjoy than the Heaven In Lv
uestont OF course do alude to the particular In
mates the house, but homo Of purity and harmony
and love IL homo that any Of might worship ana no
man more than Theodore lton but the day has passo
for him on earth to hope for any such result Tor tnere
not woman on earth who reads the story OF this ria
that would trust herself beneath the same roof win MN
II he had over her the power OF master or husband
" Why don't he forward and help hor' no 10
coward and q poltroon would not treat woman 30
who would give me all o woman can give. why does he
let hor let the only cool in the house TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25
Mr.. MOULTONS THREATS AGAINST Mr..
BEECUER.

Now, the testimony Of MOultOn, " Beecher is
liar aud osrtino" This is the spirit in which this
man comes 20 ta Court to away the reputation OF
pure won a, a9d an upright There is his photo
graph male by himself and for you. the man who uses
such foul yuaye aud yet pretcnds that all this
while he the friend OF the man ia respect TO whom he
used it-can you trust hint He tells you that MI
Beecher trusted him. and lac broke fa:th He tells you
that whoever trusted him he broke faith with He ad-
nits he broke faith with Theodore Tlton. With whom
has he kept aith Ana 1t ia this who don't trust
himself, whom his WHO don't trust whom oven Tilton
don't trusts lac % CON nand your trust and confidence
and upon an issue like thsf
Now Nj storrs says 1--WE have his testimony that MI
Monitor esid TO him. speaking of Mr. Beecher Beecher
is sneak and liar aud If be said So damn him. would
shoo, bn-I would shoot him" The man who said that
was the same man who went out on the LIST of January
1911 70 make two calls, woman ana the other
On clergyman and carried pistol Tor his projection
I am wrong "a the date 1t was the Gay Deiore-oat
urdsy A man who il such coward that he needs
piso I'm his pocket walk down TO the house OF Iheo-
dore Tton in order 10 get from his VITO letter tha'
would enable him 10 call upon Mr.. Beecher; such
coward that when ne goes TO Mr. Beecher he wants 10
Impress him with n OF peril by showing him he mas
PISTOL athou 81 there walo occasion 10 use IL, tha 10
not the kind OF man that had talk much about
whom he is going 10 down But there Is this that
does appear that Frank Mouton II he told the truth had
fu his heart purposeor this after the breach
had in his heart that time the spirit which would
have been murderous but that his neck did MT like the
ooose The man who is only restrained from murder by
fear nj the Qalows not TO be trusted by twelve
.worn ,urors Observe do MT believe that it was any
moro than idle brayado but the man who talks about
..sass,naton IL man of a low order OF moral instinct
Let no man. let no woman let 40 child trust him. ABOVE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25
MR.. WOODRUFTs TESTIMONY.

Nav. more. gentlemen to show you how an
evil man oorripts other men. Take frahkih woodruff
man who will have occasion TO mourn as long as he
lives the fatal mistake he has made III alyihg MS ior
tunes on this trial with this conspiracy; man meaning
we'll hurried along carried by Tons craft ana force Oh
will and tho FEASIBILITY and cunning OF Moulton until
turning to Mr. Abbottl-let me find Mr.. "oodruh-not
an original party to the conspiracy with no luminosity
toward Mr. Beecher, but poisoned UNCONSCIOUS Oh 'nc
work that virus making within him;
Did Mr. Woodruff say to you, will show You 1, 2
drSe him MlV out Of BrooS Brooklyn a. He did
O. Do YOU rocoect Mr. Woodruff, at such an interview,
saying to You, Is II Dest LOT US W uii'0 MI Do
out Of Brooklyn or mott"
Even Franklin Woodruff Is made 80 far to forget the
decences of responsibility that he puts IL as cool qies
ton TO one of the dearest headed ana apicst Oh thl
splendid band Of New-York merchants who have given
us 40 much of our prosperity, and to whom we are 10
look in the future for much Of tho growing strength
and glory OF the country, to a man OF unimpeached
honor of clear intelligence friend OF Henry Ward
Beecher and true and noble In every relation OF He
nheriting princely fortune, ana earning one
showing by his generosity, his manhood MS
fidelity in all relations that he Is trust
worthy and can be trusted in all conceivable cir
cumstances-Franklin Woodruff Is brought to say to
such man, ais it best not for us to drive henry
Ward Beecher out OF Brookynl" Has it ever occurred
to yo gentlemen during the progress OF the trial. tha'
YOU wero here by tho permission OF this man see among
your number gray-haired and honorcd citizens see
men of strength aud character know by reputation
those whom l do not know otherwise l know the
strength of tho men before whom stand and yet ask
YOU is there ono of you who rally around him such
phaanx OF friends always ready to come to the
rescue OF Henry Ward Beecher from false accusation
Ia II not fortunate gentlemen that instead of striking
at him. he did not stike at me- or Mt YOU The very
egotism Of tho man betrayed him. He struck
at one who il he would not defend himself would be do
Tended by others they knew him. and they oved
him but 1t is dangerous lesson to teach 10 the cfm
classes no matter how high low that by any conspr
acy for the purposes Of defamation and accusation any
man can be struck down guilty when he Is innocent
And yet this man, Franklin woodruff wouid nave
YOU believe against tho oath Of Benjamin +. Tracy that
he understood tho charge to be adultery at as carly
period as when he had the interview with Tracy, win
Mouton, and with Tton he, even as late as this' a'
in the same conversation in which lie showed his as-
nant luminosity and his purpose and VIII TO drive MI
Beecher from Brooklyn told Southwick In answer 10 e
direct question: that Mr. Beecher was not charged WIN
adultery DO you believe John C. SouthwicA, or 40 you
believe Francis ID. MOuon 7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25

g,iage-as an unh0ly business" denies that ne "haa
onspirator's hsnd and says AIN ~ innocent Oh
"a OF the Nathan murder" He says. 1t Ii hhted thh'
tho belos article was actually written by me- ana theh
pleads an abi on tho day OF the publication and adds
did not know OF existence till week after IL had
conyused all my city and family" But he Is not quite
content to leave his defense on an ab He remembered
perhspa that on the 4th OF November 1872 on leaving
Concord n. H., and in the presence OF Edward d. "isn'
he stated that he had seen the Woodruff ~ CiaIh
publication and feared for Its effect on MS vines
health. He remembered, too, when he wrote tnis
letter the 3lst Of December, 1877, that not ohy
did Mrs. Woodruff quote him and Mouiton as
among her nformants but that he himself had repeat
edly urged her TO publish tho scandal that summer
md Fall II did not then occur to him that ne mis"'
get Stephen Pearl Andrews to come to MS rehei ny
swearing ne put finishing touches on IL aitcr ho
went to New-ITampshire. So quoting this abl' ne pro
ceeds in his letter to essay to pitch tho story
Of the Pantarch overheard by saying that
In tho Spring OF 1871 Mrs. Woodruff poured
into his ears"-I use the language OF the letter
"almost the Identical tale which she printed rev
weeks ago." That ia Just what our witnesses say tna
she "poured 1t into TiltOns ears" and theirs i'oh
SAWS in this letter. toilng Ike Hercules 10 Keep
the scandal from the public" Well gentlemen, mas ho'
tho evidence shown where 1t that Hercules Iilton
toiledf II was In that salon Of Madame Roland ana
In her chamber where Lizzie Giles admired the pro-
portion of the youthful Hercules in stockings ana p"
his shoes from of his feet because the weather was warm
That "a ALL Like Hercules he accomplished the task lie
undertook to do In duo time the Woodruff scandal ap
pearcd as he Intended it should 1t appeared too very
properly on the day when rlton could prove an abb IN
Concord In tho capital OF Of the States OF this Unon
within II hours by rail- and within 10 minutes by tee-
graph of the City of NewYork. city of newspapers
CITY of telegraph poles; and Theodore TOn would nave
you believe that after that Woodruff scandal was pup
lshed, and photographed all over this country anu
abhorred Theodore Tlton. tho subject OF the scandal
remained in ignorance of it for an entire week
DO you believe III When Mrs. Woodruff hbeed his wiie'
the agreeable remedy Ton found was to make ovo 70
Mrs. Woodruff Laugherl But tho course OF true ioVe
never does smooth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25
ALL do mt trust his oath above ALL do mt trust his oatn
ha enernx A0An tho testimony Of MT btOrre:

ALL ont trust his oath above ALL do mt trust Ms oa'n
against his enemy Again. In tho testimony OF MI storrs
Mr. Moulton babe me the compliments Of the day, ana
explained why sent for and laughedi and sad ns
didn't know would come to SEQ blackmaiier anu
went nm stairs Said no wanted to toll my DOther
that he must not sign the Plymouth Church Committees
report lie said that Mr.. Beecher had confessed his ""
teries TO him.
An honest man would have stopped there wouldn't he'
He knew himself; he knew ne was not an honest man.
and therefore he adds, "And can prove It," MIS-
Moulton had been brought to the point.
Judge Nelson Ito Mr.. Porterl-Mr. Porter, can you
suspend your argument nowf
Mr. Porter-Cortanly can close this sentencei
He said he was going TO drive Mr. Boecher out OF Ply
mouth Church. and out OF Brooklyn.
Judge Nelson Ito the Jury-Gcntlomep, get ready to
retire. Please return at 2 O'Clock.
The Court here took recess until p. m