The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-21
Advertise meDt.
A CARD.
Expose OF BeIIaire Police Officials.

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| Editors Register.
II you will furnish me space IN your
valuable paper, we will promise, for your
BeIl,ire readers, some spicy matter.
We are always 10th to cast reflection;
upon the character of any one Whatever,
ou: when We find persons so ps.paoIy
scoundrels under circumstances that are
peculiarly fitted for deceivlng that PoF-
lion of the Commonwealth not directly
interested, We consider it duty We owe
our fellow ci.izans to place sscn iacts De,
.o.e them st time when they should
Know them, and Just now is the time We
nave selected that we may be joined 10
Riding the community OF cpe-thst Is
surely, to say the least, disgrace to the
city.
About one year ago the present Mar
shall of the CITY, saw 1t to arrest me
without the shadow OF complaint hav-
inc been made; the circumstances So
we're atterwsrd cleaned By myself aHd
friends with great deal OF persistent
questioning, were 20 follows: Some gen
ienan from S distance had called at
Police headquarters il an intoxicated
contii1n, and complained that ne had
lost some money in the course OF the
evening, then long spent, and upon oeInS
Questioned az TO were he had been, my
place of business was mentioned
snonp Others as having been visited.
No special grounds were given why De
could have lost any money while Visiiing
me. Armed only with his own suspicious,
ne THE Marshsll arrested me-ot TINS,
however, we do not complain, knowing
we'll the authority Of the Chief for eH-
aiming any one 81 his office when ne may
suspicion him OF any offence against
CITY ordinance. Neither DO we complain
tbs. we were unjustly incarcerated Ia
the ststion house, but We do complain
sr only regret that We have not the Vo-
csbulsry TO express it as strongly as we
feel THAT this dignltsry btackmsi!ed
IA 70 the extent of Eve dollars. After
having been advised by prominent
member of the Council, who was no.
only acquainted with the circumstances
under which the arrest vss made, but
knew the gentleman that had ASKED tue
assistance OF the police. after beng sd-
yised by the stranger that he wol!t make
no complaint with these limited sus-
pIcioLs. the Marshal saw there was moth
inr in the case for him, and explained
mat we would De released upon paying
,ba co.ts-fve dollars. This "a not the
% .ce OF our comp amt; Is Is that the etty
asrsr rsesived a single cent Of the costs =
that lcere pad By Us, and We dare TO say
there is no record of any such payment
A. the CITY building, and that the money
went into the pockets OF "m. NJ. Dol-
gan and bis heavy assistant.
We complain further, that since TINS
ayposure has been whispered, Mr.. Dou-
Gan has threatened us-ln the pull
doing" stvle-with some cid scores tina;
have long since been settled IN the Com
mon Peas Court, wIthou! his knowledge,
however.
We complain further, tbs; after en-
blowing an attorney, VIM d. Ts!imsn'
ESQ, feeling him in advance, within the
nsst few DAYS snd since the late Spring
| Conventions to prosecute this ohc'al, by
some means this profound lawyer after
giving advice freely when first inter
| viewed. WAS induced 70 return US the lee
something surely very extraordinary
| for = lawyer TO do.
In conclusion, we will just say thst We
have given these facts fairly and that We
challenge the gentleman TO = contro-
versy. We have plenty OF material toi
another article IL which, perhaps, Ies are
not so directly interested. We may have
occasion 10 attack the gentlemsn's crook
edness IN the manner OF some returns o.
executions that have been made by hIu
81 constable.
To the citizens Of Bellsire We say, De
ware what characters you cover with OH
eisI cloaks Looks and actions are FIRE
ouen,ly deceptive. Shakespeare wouli
describe cur hero thus:
+, ~with smooth Discrimination, skilled Il
A Devils purpose with an Angels face.
Taos. J. LILLY.