The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-26

one OF the Gas Trustees, recalled. Exam
inGd on behalf Of the State:
Could not soy whose handwriting the
4th, 9th and 0tli items on p4ge II OF De-
cember, 1873, collection book, are ini The
Secretary had the gas bills in his charge
up 10 the 10th OF the succeeding month,
that is, the Secretary and King together
they both had the office; both in the Of.
fee; could not say in whose handwriting
the sth entry from tho bottom Of page q
OF the December collection book Is In;
have seen q good deal OF John Nlaxwell's
handwriting for many years. | do not
think the stE entry from the bottom OF tho
24th page is in AIaxwell's handwriting;
my knowledge OF Andrew Kings hand!
writing is very limited; do not know
that ever saw him write his signature, OF
have sesn it'll might hayeseen it;they use q
stamp; could not say for how long; l do
not know when Mr.. King Yss first
allowed to mako entries upon
those hooks; l presume at oil times
when collections were being made, from
the time he took Mr.. Geiger's position. l
couldn't say that the Sth entry from the
bottom Of the 9lth page is Mr.. Kings
writing, from tho appearance Of ItI hare
no opinion on the subject; have bpen
Trustee seven years; generally meet once
week. At one time, for three or four
years, when | was not actively engaged In
business, was there nearly every day.
Neither Mr.. King or Maxwell showed me
their handwriting from the day Of the ar.
rest to the present time; never made q
personal examination OF tho entries 10
compare them; don't know that made
any inquiries Of Maxwell or King Us to
who made the various entries. Mr.. Smith
Tone OF the Trustees) was In the Office, after
the arrest, part Of the day, and part Of
the day. 'tr Ii.a5i,g
QuGstion-What did you do with refer.
ence to the examination Of these books at
these stated meetings?
Answer-We never examined the books.
Q.-What did You examine? AS sss.
A.-The statements made by the Secre-
Did you never look over the col
umns?
Al don't know that we did look over
the columns.
Odd you just take from the Secretary
MS Statementf 10 ta+baE -H' -s-4i
A.-Took the SeCretary's statement.
Witness identified a gus bill rs being
the regular form OF gas biils.l
This is Andy Kings name (signature to
receipt OF Of gas bill Of A. Solden, dated
Feb. LIST, 1871. In my opinion that is
Andy Kings writing. I pay my gas bills
every month; don't know whether l
ever got any OF Mr.. Kings signatures to
them or not; have paid them to both King
and Maxwell; destroyed my bills after |
paid them; generally paid them before the
10Th, not always; so far Us know the Sec.
rotary made ont the gas bills; they werc
kept in the office accessible to either
party; King did not make them ont to my
knowledge; no other person during my
as trustee was authorized
10 make collections and attend to gas bills
except King and Maxwell, not since King
came into the office there was before. Mr..
Geiger was the first collector.
CIVIL You look at office collection
book for November 1878 and state whether
from your knowledge Of John Maxwell's
handwriting, the entry beginning with go
Is in his handwriting.page 10 Of the Now
ember number Of the office collection for
1873? -
Al think that is Maxwell's writing.
Counsel for defense movedto strike out
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