The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-16
Card.
WHRRIlNo, August is.

card from Simon Horkheimer, q member
OF the Gas Investigating Committee, re.
fleeing quite severely upon the majority
Of that committee Tor their report upcn III
short comings Of ex.Shperintendent Ar.
thur Browne. Mr.. Horkheimer being the
only dissenting member Of the whole com.
mittee OF six upon that report. In reply
TO- his card oil at least that portion Of Il
which reflects upon the clerk OF the com.
mites, the following statements were pre-
pared to be presented to Council last night,
but were not reached;
The undersigned were present at the
meeting on Friday, August sth, called by
the Special Gas Invest eating Committee,
to which Mr.. HOrkheimer refers In his
communication in the Register OF this date,
from which the following Is an extract;
"On last Friday evening the committee
was summoned to meet. DR.. Reeves, Mr..
Hall and myself were the only members
who answered the call, which Of course
was no quorumt TO transact business, Not
withstanding this Major Wright, Clerk OF
the committee, went on to state "that he
had found things in the metre book which
we're not straight that he had seen Mr..
John Doerr In the afternoon. and having
treated him to beer, &C., pumped him 81
information to satisfy himself as TO the
inaccuracies found as stated"
We desire to state that so iaras the state
ment attributed to Major Wright is con-
cerned, no such remark was made by him
at that time or at any other time In our
hearing, nor was a single word uttered BY
him that could by any possible meana be
contorted into meaning that he had ever
given John Doerr "beer," or that he had
ever pumped him to obtain the inior-
nation desired by the committee. The
whole statement that any such or similar
remark was made before that meeting
by Major Wright or any one else
8 untrue In every particular. John Dosrr
knew nothing Of the meeting OF the Com.
mittee until after the facts, as they exist,
had been laid before the Committee, and
an officer had been sent for him and
brought him into their presence, which
We believe to have been the frst time
Major Wright had seen him with refer.
enGe 10 the investigation,
Signed JAMES E. REEVES,
JOHN H. HALL,
B. B. DoyENRR.
During the progress oil the meeting above
mentioned, and before the examination Of
Mr.. Doerr was concluded, l was called
away from the meeting. While 1 was
present | heard no such remark az that
above attributed Ia Major Wright; nor did
at any other time hear that he had, pre-.
vious to themeeting, talked with Mr.. Doerr
on the subjects mentioned,
WrLL1AN ERsERE.
l was requested b meet with the Gas
investigating Committee at tho Gas OfBCe
on Friday, August 9Th, 1879, and was pres.
ent q short time during the examination
Of John Doerr. While I was present I
heard no such remark as that above attrih.
uted to Major Wright uttered by him or
LIS. JORDAN.
! desire 70 state In connection with the
above that Major Wright never in his lie
prior to the meeting Of the committee on
Friday, August Sth, 1879, spoke To me on
me subject Of this investigation In n
way, shape, manner or form; that he
never O. any time gave me beer or LIQUOR
OF any kind or description for the .
indicated in Mr.. Horkheimer's card.
Sworn 70 before me this 18th day Of
August, 1879.
john W. scHpErzR, j. p.
The above affidavit OF John boerr IL
true In every respect and particular.
NJ. B. G. WRToHT.