Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-30

cS, slr.
How about Isaiah Warren"
"Uutruth
Van HALF"
"Uutruth.
"llarry Black"
"Unlruth."
Charlie llowcllH'
"Cutruth."
And Mr., Botsiorir'
ooh, all tho same, They all told I'M
truths"
MD you tell Captain ncyrics the
money YOU received went 10 u special
iuud2"
81 said | used 1t 10 ferret out thieves.
Answer my question. Did you say
special fund.-
Don't remember
Glow much have you spent, bcsIdc'
this amouutH'
"Oh. don't know, didn't keep any
account. spent $40 once.
Don't YOU kH0r YOU never spent more
money than you got back
ooh, / can Z say--didn' I keep account.
Have YOU ever released any prison.
crs from the lookup without triall'
ooh, now, William, IL | thought they
were uniustly arrested, | Released them.
III rather lose my fees than DO an act OF
injustice.
Hero there wasconsidcrublc argument
between examiner aud examined ~ tu
the right To- release prisoners. The lat
ter said he was chief conscryalor oi the
peace" aud thought he had the authority
a.. lAF innl N 4 I.
ness lee Ind you make use oi the lan-
guigc he sald2
"No, sit.
What dill YOU sayf
Don 1 rrcollcct. hut didn't Ay that.
Did you owe him the lcc2'
Yes. but hc never came here Tor Il,
"Did you only repeat the story about
Christi
Yes. sir.
Haven't YOU repeated the same sen.
timculs M other places
"Conhuc yourself, Sit To the charges,
which say in my Office.
Here Mr.. Jacob objected, aud the
prosecution announced that II was
through with the Witness.
The direct examination was renewed,
Mt. Jacob asking d tho witncss had
ever directed his deputies To refrain
from molcsting saloon keepers, 10 which
lac replied no. The witness went on to
tell a number oi things, among others
that his deputies were not allowed 10
enter saloons. MIR Hubbard RsIvd II
they were denied privileges hc received,
To- which he replied; ~ am the chlci'
They are my men. aud Il II my place To
give ordcra aud theirs tu obey them. v
lie further volunteered the statement
that "thc public Was dlsgustcd with this
thing, aud Mt Hubbard, ANXIOUS To
make A point. asked Il he'd swear that,
he uualiicd it aud said he had heard So.
Then came some uuCstiOusiu relation
to the release IT nutchy West, but moth
inr new or IT interest VAS developed.
This closed the testimony. Gov jacob
volunteered some information about the
changes being frivolous, and Mr.. Hub.
bard thought the prosecution had been
dolng all oi the laughing.
Mr. Hubbard began hls argument 10y
saving he would not ut present allude
to the evidence, which he thought Was
clear aud Ut itself couyIcting. There
v,r,, the charges aud all had been sus
tniucd by GOOD witnesses. The defend
nnt's tongue had reached nearly every
nur of them. but he did not think they
suiI,rcd thereby Hut he wished TO
.,all attention tu the laws. lot there
v,rp laws. strange ~ It might seem,
hy which Council governed the action
,y,n n( the sergeant. lie wished tu
show that the sergeant hut violated
these. AMI that there was evidence L"
this elect evidence, not mallrc ul wit
nrsWs evidence too PLAIN Tor discus.
s,,u lie desired tu have il made clear
that IN the city Wheeling no man WAS
arrested ur released, prosecuted or pun
ishrd. simply because the sergeant says,
81 want A.
Here lac read the ordinance IN relation
to the duties ~ the keeper ot lookup,
showing that all persons placed There
shall bc kept until brought before the
Judge or released 10y INN.
Then followed the ordinance govern
iny tho releasing ui prisoners convicted
II SIT forth that the mayor might, with
the consent oi the Judge, release u con
uctrd prisoner.
Urtc. pur urd Mt Hubbard, was a
total Iisrc,nrd of law hy the Sergeant,
AMI .,mply because. as hc said, some one
else hal done so. Hut he thought, bc.
lore this investigation wasovcr, hc would
bc convinced that law existed elsoMhcrc
Than in hi, own breast, hurd ~ 1t waste
convince HIM NJ anything
Then hc real the law requiring the
Ser,.cant tn turn over his receipts to tue
Receiver. and the law prohibiting any
sergeant ,"uut any deputy sergeant }
from entering or loung,ug about saloons,
uu,r-a called there Ivy special duty
After some brief comment on the cN-
t.tluy habit of hiring out deputies Tor
balls. Sc. be- CONCLUDED and gave way
ilf thu defense.
go. Jacob opcucd lie thought 1t
hum,lisilng aud lac pltlcd the members
II the committee Who we're Obliged 10
All and listen a. such trash lie could
harI,y bnng himself o. think seriously
81 th. matter lie thought IL strange
Council should send q committee TO
uslcn tu trivial charges dictated by the
malice 1T disappointed person Every
one NaA MOTE or less ialliblc aud lac
could point out the bees, bookkccpers ia
the city Who made errors, how much
more liable. then. was Georr McCuly.
Nho knew nothing II bookkeeping.
llc thought every change. but possibly
one. was silly In the extreme, and he
weni a. some length for giving his
reasons The only sound one VAS the
one nlnut money aud he argued TO
show that this WAS au uniuIentionsl
error, tcctldcl a. soon as dis
covered. llc-idcs, Il IN error, il
Was saldlci of on Co MctNiy. Bu, n
to drinking. hc thought no one bal tes-
tRcd 81 having scCn the accused una.
Die o. transact business, 80 whS, II he
dld drink
This style Was continued until the
t,oyeTnor had acquitted his man lin his
mind and the committee adjourned
until this evening.