The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-26
Az IMPORTANT conpRoMIsE.. g
settlement Of the Gas casss-Andy
King Deeds Property to tho City and

AinE Deeds Property to tho City nnd
10 Released. n 4 gJ3 q b
The compromise OF IN important suit was
effected yesterday that affects the city, as 1t
was the plaintiff. Reference Is made 10 the
Maxwell and King gas case. a
The first intlma,lon tho public had that
such proceeding was mplated wa, on
Inst Tuesday evening, when the following
COMMITTEE report Yas introduced into tile
First Branch and passed. From there il went
to the Second, which also adopted II:
To tM Honorable Mayor and member, of Chm.
eit: '' " 'V"''
GEsTLIMry-The Board OF Claim, wo,i,d
most respectfully report that the attorney,
Tor the city IN the case In the Circuit Court
OF Ohio county Of the city OF Wheeling
against Maxwell and King, have reported to
1he Board that overtures und offers for tho
settlement OF the said case have been
made by the attorneys for the defendant
King, md inlsmuch Us the discussion OF the
proposition made by. the defendant, King, in
open Council might BE- productive OF serious
injury to tho interests OF tho city In tho trial
Of said case, and US this Board is advised Tint
such propositions are worthy Of serious con.
sideration, therefore your committee recon.
mend the adoption Of the following:
Rssolred, That the Board OF Claims be here.
by authorized to receive and consider the
propositions now offered, or any others That
lnay DO offered IN relation to said suit; and
they are further authorized and empowered
to settle and adjust sud suit by compromise
upon suc, terms rs shall seem to them best
for no interests OF the city, md said Board Is
hereby further empowered to DO and per.
TORN all things proper and necessary to be
done to carry out tho compromise ngrccd
upon. ~ W. d. SIMPSON,
H.. Chairman.
before vote could be Ind, Mr. Burdults
Jumped to his foot and called up resolution
he had had on the table for some time, which
read as follows
WHEREAS, The criminal prosecution against
John l.. Maxwcland Andrew King has failed
and whereas the said Maxwell has left the
State to remain permanently absent, and has
left no property behind him, and whereas the
civil action brought by the city of Wheeling
against the said Maxwell and King can not
be made available against the said Maxwell,
the person principally responsible therein,
| ResOlred, That the said civil action he dis.
missed, provided the defendants, or one OF
| them, will agree to pay the costs thereof, and
TINT the City Solicitor be instructed to have
the said action dismissed on those terms.
A member on the inside OF the compromise
quickly whispered to Mr.. Durtlatts that
something better was offered, and he with.
drew his paper and the committee report WINS
adopted. 'aI
.astcvenng the deeds were signed BY which
Andrew King turned over to the city real cs-
tate assessed at 5000, consisting OF o lot In
| Caldwelrs addition, the house In which King
| lives and also tho ono at present occupied by
| George G. Hannah, Esq; also iifty.six shares
| Of Etna mill stock, the par value OF which Is
800, but at the present premium Is worth
| sl2G also accrued dividends OH tho same
amounting to Sl,4B. The above makes TO-.
tai turned over to the city Of Sl3,5l2; in I'D.
| dition there were sUndry small attachments
and rent from Mr.. Human that will swell
the amount to nearly Sli, 900 or this amount
by the terms OF compromise 1900 was allow.
ed TO remain in the attorneys hands for
wifc's dover and claims or lcins of counsel,
now in controversy, they holding deed OF
trust for the same, 's'H=1lt 81 .l-5
Mr.. Simpson acted in the matter for the
Board OF Claims, and associated with him
were E. G.. Cncrait, u. B. Dovener, Caldwell
& Caldwell and cx-Solicitor Erskine, the eity's
legal representative in the ceso ut Its begin.
ming. King wNs represented by Attorneys
Hubbard, Russell and Good.
Since the failure Of the criminal action
against the former gus officials, Kings attor-
ileys nave UecT WILING LOT some time past TO
compromise, and Messrs. Russell and Cra-
craft have on several occasions talked the
matter over. The result was the presenting
few days ago to the Board, through Solicitor
Caldwell, the statement that compromise
could be effected, and last Wednesday the
terms, as stated above, were presented and
accepted.
BY the terms OF the compromise the city
dismisses the suit against King and hs is re-
leased from all civil obligations, and as the
courts have cleared him OF any criminality,
this virtually ends the celebrated gas cases.
With tho history OF the suits, both civil and
criminal, the public has been made thorough
" acquainted through the press. From that
cold Sunday night when the COS office was
fired and the books destroyed, through the |
long aud careful examination of the books
not burned, through the courts and up to the |
present time, all has been carefully reported |
and does not need rehearsing. The eSamin-
alton OF the books as far as t was conducted |!
showed false entTies and discrepancies to the |
amount OF $4,000 or $4,000 What the de- |
htroycd books contained it is impossible to |
say, but the citys total loss was estimated to
be at least $4,000,
..