The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-28
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Az 81 @AS 49,
OVeFpnyment OF Hills to County Con.
the Surplus of N%OneyS- Yesterdays
Developments.
Promptly at 9 o'clock yesterday morn.
ing all the members OF the Committee on
Finance were at the Court House where
Dir. Hubbard had been for some time,
Mr., CraCralt was q little later in arriving,
and when he did come he was unaccom.
panied by Mr., Deiters. Some little time
was spent in an examination Of papers
and in interchange Of opinions In regard
TO certain documents and some oil the items
in the reports Of the Committees.
Mr., Hubbard asked Mr., OraCraft what
had become Of MI. Deiters? The meeting
had been called and was being held IN
order to allow him to explain the mac
Curacies OF his work,
Mr.. Cracraft said that he had Just re,
Ceiyed note from Mr.. Dsitera stating that
he would be in at noon. He [OrRCraltI
was even more embarrassed by the sb,
ssnCe Of his client than the attorney fol
the other side or the committee, Mr.
Cracrait RlaO said that the third and
fourth reports had not been examined by
him on account OF q lack Of time,
Mr., Speidel said that Mr.. Deiters wa
apparently keeping back the proceedings
Of the committee. He had seen DsiterI
on the street Thursday afternoon talking
to some gentlemen, and since that time ht
had not been present.
Mr., CracraIt, Squire Gillespy, Mr.. Spsi
del aud Mr.. Hubbard had Q little tall
concerning q road order in TriadelphiI
district, involving the expenditure OF 500
under the supervision Of Commissions
Atkinson.
The bill Of Joseph Marshall, an overpaii
contractor on the county roads, was Their
taken up and examined,
MIR Quarter was examined in regard Il
entries IN the order book made In ink o
various Colors.
MIR, Speidel detailed to the committee
the particulars the omnibus orders issued
by Deiters 10 Dan Maxwell, one Of thu
surveyors Of Richie district,
During the recital OF this story q Ques
ton oil VeraCity sprang up, In the discus
sion OF which MIR, C~raCrait, Oarnahan
Hubbard and Atkinson took q hand. Mr.
CANADIAN made 0 statement in regard L
a $50 gold piece, which Mr.. Hubbard sail
he had not said made q certain remark.
Nevertheless | said it," said Mr.. Oar
nahan.
did any body in the room hear Mr.
Carnahan make The remArk?" asked Mr.
Hubbard.
"Oh, you have got into a corner ant
want TO EquGeZe out" said Mr.. Cracraft.
bridge, II / had got into as small
corner and tried to squeeze out OF al
email cracks az you have in this case
would let them publish me to the world
well, you have squeezed yOuTsel
through some mighty small cracks in THU
trial Mr.. Hubbard, and have had the hell
OF some OF the committee to do It," 70
torted Mr.. CraOrait.
Mr.. James p. Rodgers, q former clerk o
the Commissioners, was called in and qes
toned in regard to the prOpriety Of tillinI
up the stubs in the order books after thu
detachment Of the orders, and answered
that "it was not proper"
George Ankle was recalled and Ques
toned concerning the manner 10 which
Deiters paid orders, and also about thu
oVerpayments he had received.
Adolph Yoke was again called to TIL
stand and fixed the fall OF 1876 Cd RbouI
the date OF his work on the Fairmon
road.
b. Stanley, ex Superintendent oil thu
~P0or.hOuse, was charged up with $25(
which he had received In excess OF bill
salary. The date Of the %overpayment wal
December I'd, 1873. Mr.. Stanley said tina
about that time he had come 10 the city
one day, und met Deter OF the loot Of thC
stairs OF the courthouse, and asked him L
give him an order Tor his salary. DETER
then asked him to go up stairs into thu
office and get his order. They both wen
up together ,whenlDelters said, "Barney,
want TO draw my quarter, too, Just &c
this order filed" handing him an ordel
for $500, III them" proceeded Mr.. Shan
Icy, "went to the People'g bank, drew the
money, and went back to the courthouse
There | ioundthat Deiters had gone to bill
dinner; but Mr.. QUART was there, and
gave him the $3.50.
Mr.. Quarter was called 10 the stand L
CorrobolRte the statement OF Mr.. STANLEY
which he did In every particular, anC
said further: "When Barney gave me thu
money l took 1t, wrapped 1t up in a piece
of newspaper, placed 1t in a drawer Ii
the Commissioners room, and when MIR
Deitors GENE in | handed II to him"
Mr.. Quarter, in reply 10 MIR. CraCraftI
croRs.questioniug, said that he had beer
in Mr.. Deiters' office, of and on, since
1876.
Mr.. Hubbard then took the order bool
for 1878, and by the stubs demonstrated
very clearly thst Dsiters had drawn hi
salary for the months Of November ant
December, 1873, and on two months sub
sequent, in $780,
This was the real tangible evidence o
crookednsss that had yet been developed
and, OF course, 1t created a considerable
sensation In the room.
Mr.. OraCrait said that as he had no
been favored with the report containing
those charges, he was, OF course, In the
absence of his client, unable to say any
thing until bis arrival, and pending
further action the committee Adjourned
till 2 P. NJ.
AFTERNOON.
Mr.. Marshall, q road contractor, was re
called and asked II he had anything cd
ditional to soy in regard 10 his so.Callet
overpayment?
"SiAGe | heBrd Mr.. Shanley'B Statement
| now reCCOleCt that | received an order
on the Sheriff fjr $40 %, which the Sher
ia endorsed, and | then got Cashed. The
$240 % | took to Deiters who deducted
orders amounting to 1854 u giving me the
balance. The orders were as follows
VIM. Bruner, SOL %; Il. W. Phillips
$27 0j; Alex Petticord, $4S 10 and Ed
Blwman s47 -Sh Mr.. Bowman got bill