Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-14
wINDER's INyEsTINATION
The Special Committee Meeting
Last Night-An ArduOus I'm
dertaking.

Ata special meeting held hy the city
Council December "a. 1873, Councilman
I Wait, of the second Branch, offered the
| following:
ResOlrsd, That a special committee
/ composed OF six be appOined, three nom
/ the First Branch and three from the
! Second Branch Of Council, to investigate
/ the manner in which the late Chiet Oi
Fire Department WIN. Winder disposed
Of property and moneys coming into his
hands from all sources in his depart
ment during his term OF office.
The resolution, as read, was adopted
by the Second Branch, AMI President
llandlan, un the part of this Branch, ap-
pointed Councilman Wait, the father Oi
the resolution, Ilanes and Adams.
From this Branch the resolution was
carried up To the First Branch, where ii
was not acted upon until the evening OF
the 9TH instant. IL passed, and Mayor
Sweeney appointed Councilman Blair
Chairman Of the Committee ON Fire
Department, Hall and Egerter to act
with the three members appointed by
the Second Branch.
The special committee met last Friday
evening for the first time, and after some
rather pOinte,l remarks between Messrs.
Wait and Blair, the committee adjourn
ed to meet last evening.
Witnesses hal been. summoned, but
when our reporter left the city building
at 40 o'clock, the investigation Was
making haste slowly" or at least he
Judged So, as he saw one Of the commit
tee men lying back in his chair, with
his ieet upOn table and in all appear
ance sound asleep, with the end of a
Wheeling toby between his teeth. After
some parleying between two oi the
members. "a to how the investigation
should proceed or where to take hold
frst, the committee again adjourned
tu meet next Friday night.
Had not Chief Oi Fire Department
Eccles collected and turned over to
Council SIP at the time uf his first month
IN report, in all probability the matter
would never have been brought To
light. Ia conversation with that gen
tlrman last night, We learned that short
IN after his election Miss Mary White,
who teaches school in the hall OF the
Filth ward Hook and Ladder house.
sent inr him and asked To he allowed to
keep the hall at the price - per month
for ten months OF the YEAR she had been
paving eX-Chief Winder. Capt. Eccles
informed her thar as tar as he was con-
cerned, she could keep the hall. The
l,dy afterwards paid him Sl2, for which
he gave her credit and which he turned
over 10 Council, which I'm turn 81 sur
prised Councilman Wait a. to cause him
L. offer the resolution given above. Never
before, So it l. alleged hal any moneys
been received 10y the city from this
source.
Miss White exhibited To- Captain Ec-
clrs receipts from cX-Chicf Windrr,
showing that he hal received - per
month iOr ten months uf each year, Tor
some tive or six years. This, We are in-
iumcd, the lady will testify Ia.
James Burke, another witness, who
wa, summoned before the committee
last night, will tcstit that Mr.. Nindcr
reviewed from him, iur the AmaGI-
matted 4 Association, which hCld It's meet
ings ior a time in this hall, rent being at
The rate Oi so per annum, Tor one year.
Nr. burke has no receipts Tor the
amount paid MT. Winder lMt H.
positive that he paid him in full for all
rents. Ii j. further alleged that the
same hall has been uscd by one "f the
south Side building associations, which
paid it, rent Ia Mr. Nlndcr.
Mfr. Blair, "A member of the lnycstl-
eating Committee, seems desIruus Ia 60
back a. far as January Ia, 1870, on which
dav MIR. Winder was elected to the "l-
flee of Chief of the Fire Department,
and overhaul all his official career, hut
We are informed that Mr.. Wait does not
want To go back - Tar, and hence the
trouble between the two men. Ii there
i not something done soon the matter
will be- lett iur the new Council to take
hold oi.