The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-15

mo. ar; he was put up to it by my
"Who are your enemies?"
Alter some hesitation: 70. r, BehleF and
o. Hess, and others ! will not mention
OF present. Behler Is without character, Is
he is almost without shame"
"What about Bellinger2"
II got the Bellinger money about six
years ago1 II was rendered me. paid 8
per cent FOR It's tse until O year or two ago,
when 1t was reduced 10 9.
"LastBpring Belinger came to me and
demanded his money. ! had the interest
ready for him, and told him 90. mo, l
want the money he said. offered to re.
new the note bat he was obdurate. He
left the next day. l received q notice
from Russell to pay Immediately. The
suit followed with the result you are
aware Of I went TO Belllnger
after suit was brought and imploFed
him TO change Il, and would pay the
costs, as It would injure me severely be.
fore the people. II had paid
him others would have jumped on
me and annoyed me extremely" Fa.
ther Kreusch concluded by saving,
hANS llNoo NeIG INV LWeut4+Vue
years; have always been known as q cor.
rect and honest business man. l enjoyed
the confidence and respect ot the late
Bishop Whelan for years. With good crops,
advancing real estate, and no annoyance
In 8 years, ! can say with good con.
science thstI will be free Of debt" This
terminated the conversation, and we took
our leave to hunt up Mr.. O. r. Behler,
"his enemy"
We told Mr.. Behler, the charges made
against him and by whom, and asked him
what he had 10 say. "Well, the existing
troubles r attributable altogether 10
himself. He Is q man Of most unfortu.
nate temper. That is the cause OF his mis-.
fortune. He has antagoniEed nearly every
member Of bis congregation by his way oil
doing. He has been in the habit Of WRITING
anonymous letters to different ones In the
church. The Casanova trouble was all
his own fault. He acknowledged before
the Bishop that Casanova was Of ire.
proachable character. ! have always been
a friend to him until two years ago when !
would not permit myself to be made q
tool OF longer, and we quit.
Thenhe borrowed money from all be
could. This was easily done so long as be
was in their confidence, but as soon as
they began to suspect him they began Ia
push him as in the Bellinger and other
cases. He has offended such men az
Christian Hess, J. G. Hoffman, F. A.
Woeber, Mr.. Wihgerter, Mr.. Bretnig, l.
Wilhelm and others by his erratic and
whimsical conduct. L have always at
tempted TO do my best to advance the
interests OF the church as well as the 9th
ers l have named. The Ecclesiastical
Court can decide my case and the charges
against me. I entertain no Ill will toward
him. l sometimes hardly think his &C.
tons are those OF a sane man. He pub
licly charged me on the 9th Of July with
being thecause Of the troubles. Their
characterize as false.
Besides MIR. Behler wevisited several law
yers having the claims against Kreusch foI
collection. Jacobs, Cracraft and Fergus
son represent some $500, s., 400 Of which
i a claim Of a family named Hague
Nicholas, the father, John, JOSEPH
and Magdelena; children, who hNC
accumulated the above amount b.
days work. The old man 4
now a paralytic, and they are unable Il
obtain q cent. Pat Mclaughlin,
cripple, deposited $500 some time az
with him, and drew about $3.50, sine,
when he has been unable TO get a cent
and the other day implored the Father Il
give him money sufficient to buy homl
necessities, but he told him not a cent.
These are only two OF many instance
that have been given us. Othe
attorneys have similar claims 10 nearI,
the same amount ~ the eboye tirp, VIZ
Messrs.' Russell 4 Stitel, W. j. W. Cowdet
and l. S. Jordan.