The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-21
WELLINGTON THURSDAY, AUGUST

over to the American House this afternoon
and saw me. was talking with man named
George Ricketts,. Sam said some person had
shot through the window in the State House
at his father, but that he did not believe
| had fired the shot. / told Sam, in substance:
| IL wished to shoot your father would not
| shoot him through window, and would, II
at all, shoot him in selfdefense; that am
not coward enough to shoot a man in that
| way, nor hit a man, as his father did me last
night when l was not looking. think your
Q-Have you ever made any threats that
you would kill Mr.. Belli
Al have not. regard this as a set-up
Mr.. Bells signature that will convince any
| reasonable man as t. his character.
| Q-Were you armed to-day!
Al had a revolver in my possession thi s
morning, but at Mrs. Flowers request gave
it to her about ten q m, and have not had
any firearms in my possession since
Q.-One of the rumors is that you were seen
coming from the State Honse yard soon after
report! Al have not been In the State
House yard to-day.
Q-What is your theory of the shootinga
tA-EhAt is one of Bells tricks to ruin me,
/ count for about 800 borrowed money.
Before the reporter retired the messenger
returned and reported that neither of the
gentlemen that Mr.. Lyons desired to see were
at home. When returning the reporter for
| tunately met DIR. Flowers and Mr.. Reinhard
| together, and remarked: "Did you gentle
! men receive q summons to go to the calaboose,
to assist In getting Mr. Lyons out, and they
| replied they had Lot.
Reporter-You are going down now, are you
| notl
DIR. Flowers-No, we are not 1 told him
| to-day that Bell had sworn out q warrant, and
that he would be arrested, and he had better
| leave town immediately; but he would not go.
Mr.. Reinhard to Reporter-Did you see Ly-
ons, and interview himl
Reporter-Yes; and as q matter of course,
| interviewed him.
Reinhard-Don't mix up the Mutual Life
with this matter. That matter was all settled
to-day. We credited Mr.. Bell with the amount
| as salary.
..Reporter-Are you going to let him remain
| there tonight
FlowerssYes That is the best thing. Then
he can get out of town tomorrow. / think
Bell would let him out If he would agree to
leave town for q couple Of weeks.
After this delectable conversation your
porter said goodnight and hied away to the
sky chamber to give his experience to the
readers of the State Journal as q morning sp-
petizer.
MUTUAL AID MATTERS.
The difficulties between the Trustees of the
State Mutual Aid Association we're brought to
close yesterday. Something had to be done.
George B. Lyons was requested to resign as
Vice President This he refused TO do and
sn sne pafe Tas % vacant !, oy ESQ
Judge McConbs Is one Of the Trustees and
one of the counsel. Mayor Collins is the 9TH
er counsel, but he Is not . Trustee. As Mr..
Lyons WAS also q Trustee Mr.. VIM. b. Spen-
Ger was elected to ill the vacancy on the
Board. Mr.. Lyons took occasion to tell the
Trustees what he thought Of them, and made
certain threats as to what he would do in the
way of exposure. But the Board did not
seem to care for these menaces, and q card
stating the condition Of the Association will
be found In another column.
There was q considerable stir on the streets
last night by the announcement that Mr.. Bell
was in possession OF strong testimony against
Mr.. Lyons, but 1t did not prove to be 90 dam
aging on Investigation. lady, who Is board
ing at the Capital Hotel, heard the report of
pistol at the time the shooting was done,
and Immediately afterward saw . man jump
Of the north end of the east terrace
OF the Capitol building and run out
OF the State House yard, making haste
to run down the alley between the Capt.
tai Hotel and Hayden building. As this
was on the route from the State House to
the home Offices of the Mutual Aid Associa-
tion 1t did look suspicious. But the lady de-
scribed the man as q short heavy set man,
with q mustache, and this would not at all
answer the description for Mr.. Lyons, who
was arraigned on q warrant for the shooting.
Lyons has been threwn out of the Association,
but there is as yet no evidence against him
for the shooting.
State Mutual Aid Association.
10 the Eu1tOr OF the OnlO state JOurnAl:
Various rumors Of somewhat damaging
character having been put in circulation
through the press Of the State in relation to
the financial condition Of the State Mutual
Aid Association, we feel that It becomes our
duty, and most certainly our pleasure, to as
sure our policy holders throughout the State
that . full and careful examination OF the
books and accounts Of the Association devel
ops the fact Of its entire financial soundness,
all reports and intended disparaging state
ments now In circulation to the contrary not
outstanding.
The above rumors doubtless grew out Of the
between the Trustees OF the Association As to
its proper management, which was greatly
magnifed, much 70 the modification and sor-
row OF all. But these Misunderstanding hav-
Of the members Of the Board, we are glad to
be able to say to our certificate holders that |
our Association is now in better working or
der than ever before
Very respectfully,
Q. A. STEVENS, Secretary.
WILLIAM BELL, JR., President.
j. Il. MCCoMBs, Vice-President. ]
JOHN @. RRINHARD, Treasurer.
]. X. FLOWERS, Medical Director.
SAMUEL w. ANDERSON, General.
Q. w. CRITcHFIELD, Actuary.
H. e. WILDERMUrH, General.
WILLIAM II. SPENCER, Trustee.
Observe the fix upI In the foregoing COM
munication they state "hat a full and careful
ezanainat:on Of the books and accounts Of the As |
sociation develops the fact Of its entire fna,cial
soundness. 6e.," while in fact, at the time
they ask their members and the reading pub
lie to believe this statement Qie y they well
know they had not looked at q book or &C.
count of The Association and we have only to
quote them again In the following article
taken from the Columbus Dispatch to show
that they had been without the essential
books to conduct business for over sir weeks