Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-05-27

be bulldOZed into saying tningS. tt
In explanation OF this apparent over.
payment, Mr.. Deiters said there was
sub contract amounting to the overpay-
ment Mr.. Hubbard said this had been
deducted from the regular contract.
showing that the engineer thought II
was not an extra contract. Upon this
was the split and upon this Deiters
based his defense.
Mr.. Cracrait -"D-iters, did you get
any of the overpayment to either carey
or Arkle?"
Deitsrs-"Not cent of it. They were
their own responsible agents.
MORE ELM GROVE.
At this point Mr.. Stein came in and
was questioned in regard ID the Elm
Grove bills. he said be saw the bills
and committee re port and mad laid them
on Chairman Sweeney's desk. lie had
Afterwards seen the report and noticed
the changed figures, but Thought nott,
ing OF il, as figures were often changed
on the reports.
Then counsel had it awhile, as to
whether this testimony was damaging
or not, each side claiming it to be IN his
favor.
The George Arkle matter was then
brought out and he was called IN. lie
said he had the whole contract and SUB.
let il to a man named Smith. lie had
drawn the entire amount and paid
Smith by his own check. Pending any
further explanations on this point the
committee adjourned until l:3O.
The Afternoon Session.
At the first examining session oil the
Finance Committee, Mr.. Deiters had
said that all receipts prior to 1878 had
been burned by the janitor, by authorl-
ty OF the Board. He had said the order
or. authority OF the Board Was made
when Mr.. Eugene List was a
member Of il. The COMMITTEES
now brought on Mr.. List, to
question him upon it. Mr.. Cracrait
made very imprisoned speech against
this, as irrelevant to the matter at issue.
II, he said, it was charged that by the
loss of these papers the county was
out, then he was prepared to answer 1t,
but otherwise not.
Mr.. Hubbard said that after sitting
here all morning and learning, by testi-
mony, that SUN after sum OF money was
wrongfully paid out. 1t was very strange
that it should be claimed as immaterial.
LITTLE kUMPUs.
There was quite spat as 10 "profes'
sional honor" and so forth and finally
this colloquy took place:
HUBBARD want To show that this
man has, by lying, attempted to put his
shortcomings upon some one else.
Cracraft-Yes, and other men have
signed these orders without looking a.
them, why don't you drive them home?
Hubbard-I will. don't care how
many rascals there may be in this Board
or Committee, or how many Presidents
there were who were as rascally as Del
tiers, for that don't shield him.
Cracraft-And / want the public to
know just what means are carried on
here 10 conduct this Investigation.
Hubbard We'll let the committee tell
the public all about it; but that will not
stop this investigation and nothing you
can DO will stop it.
Cracraft-I don't want to stop il and
| want you to have clear way, but |
will object to this mode OF proceeding;
it is shame and an outrage.
Hubbard just say this: That these
receipts have been destroyed and are
gone, and that these are necessary to
show the transactions of this Board. He
has said they were destroyed by order
of the Board when Mr.. Eugene List was
President, and now we want to hear
Mr.. List OH the subject.
QUITE sPAT.
This was conducted for some time, the
two lawyers in turn growing excited to
the boiling point and frozen by sarcasm
10 the zero mark. Mr.. Cracraft said he
did not know business man who had
preserved all OF his receipts OF years
back; not even his legal friend Hub
bard) had all of his receipts
Hubbard-Yes sir, i have every one,
private, business and legal.
Cracraft-Iou are model such rs is
seldom seen
Gillespy- / have all OF mine.
Cracrait-I didn't ask you.
Gillospy-No, but sand it.
Cracraft-Yes, you volunteered II
and have volunteered many other things
in this matter.
Gillespy (sotto voce)-I may furnish
more.
Cracraft (overhearing it)-Yes, as
long as you get your So per day.
Caldwell - Gentlemen, gentlemen,
let's proceed to business. think Mr..
List may answer the questions.
Mr.. List testified that he did not know
OF any order Of the Board to destroy re-
ceipts and would have done so ii one
had been made. lie said, to Mr.. era.
craft, that he never knew OF auy loss re-
sulting from the destroyed papers.
BACK TO BUSINESS.
During this time, Mr.. Deiters was ab-
sent and the committee decided to pro-
coed without him. The Arkle matter was
concluded withoutasy further light aud
then came the case OF Thomas Scott.
From the expert report it appears that
he was paid S3225i, ON a contract Of
-, 1880, when he should only have
received S2SS Al, which Is an Overpay-
ment OF S3i %. Scott Was present and
Deiters was absent and the former,
while believing he got no more than
was Justly due him, could tell nothing
about it. This case was passed.
A BACK KICK AT JOHN FREw.
The matter OF the overpaid election
fees, ETC., came up and it seemed that
last October little circumstance occur
red which speaks not so we'll for the
great American retrencher OF the IntCiii-
Qeocer office, who was then a Commits
sioner. 1t seems that on motion of Mr..
John Frew the Board paid out some
five hundred and eighty and odd dollars
for judges and clerks Of election; he gave
them s. per day, not only without color
of law, but directly in the teeth of the
law.
In referring to this matter in the re-
port, Mr.. Cracrait stated that this
amount squandered would cover all OF
the alleged losses to the county on &C.
count OF any carelessness by the Clerk.
DOUBTFUL ORDER.
In going over the report, il was found
that an order was drawn for Sl66 40 in
favor OF Chas. Ii. Deiters and returned,
cancelled, by the Sheriff, and endorsed,