The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-27

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The usual crowd OF curious people had
filled up the small room Of the Board Of
Commissioners yesterday morning when
the Finance Committee put in an appear
apcs,
Mr., Dslters was . little late in appear.
ing, and as q consequence the hearing
was delayed for about half an hour. As
on Wednesday, Mr.. OracrEtt appeared for
Deiters and Mr.. Hubbard for the Board.
Mr.. ], B. Quarter waA first called, l
6Est discovered the errors in the printing
bills, l had been making out oTdera ior
some time, One day l found that one Of
the reports had been altered. | found q
bill Of the Saturday Journal had been
raised from s. 90 to s. 90. showed the
report to Mr.. McColloGh, who came In at
the time. He told me to give it to the
committee, % it would not do for me TO
get into trouble. Mr.. Caldwell came In Q
little while after, and l showed 1t 10 him
and explained It to him. He said l had
done perfectly right in disclosing the mat
ter.
To Mr.. CracIaft: Il II not unusual to
alter ordens2 Tue order had not been
aligned by the President. This was on
Wednesday, and on Thursday Dsiters
was suspended.
To Mi. Hubbard: The order was never
issued, Mr., Speidel stopped II.
Mt /. IF. Caldwell said that he had lett
the order at the time, but after dinner he
had carried eff the report. He knew that
he was acting wrong In taking away the
report, but he had been willing to assume
the responsibility, a;oue OF the guardians
reCollCct that he had called MI. speidel's
attention to the iT~regularity OF the order
before hs bad signed 1t.
Nj. Spsidel aaid be frat learned Of the
raising Of the order through Messrs. Oald'
well and CANADIAN, who came " bis office
with the inf formation. He had not known
OF IL previously. Mr.. Speldel then min.
utely detailed the circumstances incident
to bis discovery Of the raising Of the Jour
nal order and the subsequent particulars
OF the action ofthe Committee on Finance,
with which the public Is already very
familiar,
To MI. Hubbard; l stopped the issuance
Of the order.
To Mr., CrRcraft: l think II was either On
i%TregulaIity, o swindle or q steal, l dom
know what you might call 1t.
Mr.. Oracraft-"Then you have already
made up your mind about this thiDgH"
mo sir" .
"How could he make any money out OIL
the Town Hall order when it had already
received the endorsement OF Mr.. Quar-
rierH"
"He could do that like he has done
some other things, scratch of, or erase
them. He has done such things, The
Maxwell order was the first irregularity
discovered. l thought 1t was not straight
OF the time, and made q memorandum ol
t.. Mr., Maxwell heSitated when ! asked
him about 1t, and said the $ll4 90 wa
not all for his use. l did not enquire iol
the estimate when | signed the check"
Mr.. OArnahan said Il was customary Ii
the sessions Of the Board to take any ant
act upon all reports item by item. Heard
OF the raising Ot the Journal bill through
Mr.. Quarter at my place Of business,
MI. Hubbard then resumed the con
sideration OF the items OF the report, ant
took up the overpayment to Wm, Carey
Ia road contractor and Mr.. Carey wal
questioned In regard 10 the matter.
Mr.. Delters then explained the mannal
In which road contractors were paid, viz
by the estimate Of the County Engineer
Some times there were inaccuracies In thu
engineers estimates, which he [Deiters
had corrected. These mistakes Occurred
frequently" 1--WE we're frequently in
struCted TO allow the full per centage, al
though Mr.. Smith had ordered q certain
amount Of 1t deducted.
Some OIL the contractors would frequently
come to uB for o portion OF their money "a
pay hands. 1t Is likely that Mr.. Carey hal
overdrawn unless there Is extra work I'M
accounted for.
"A great deal OF time was then consumed
In the examination OF engineers estimatet
and the bills for over work, among which
were those Of George Arkle, VIM. Geary
and others, Mr.. Hubbard conducting the
Examination.
Mr.. Deiters, 10 Mr.. Cracrait-I got nc
money from either Mr.. Ankle or Mr..
Geary.
Mr.. 9lein-Am q member Committee
on Printing; examined the bills OF the
committee, among others the Journal bill
did not foot up the bills nor the report.
Frequently the ~footinga were altered saw
the Elm Grove bills In the report; Mr..
Sweeney said they were all right.
George Arkle was next examined BY
Mr.. Hubbard In regard to the oVerpay.
ments oil money. He had only one county
contract at the time 10 question. " am
not sure that l was paid twice for any
work."
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After the recess all the members oil
the committee reappeared. Nj. Deiters
did mot put In an appearance. Mr.. Hub.
bard called Mr.. Eugene List toshow that no
order OF the Board directing the destruc.
ton Of the receipts and orders Of that
body had been made during his Presi.
dency Of the Board, but Mr.. Cracratt OBJ.
jected to the reception OF this evidence,
arguing that Deitets was not being tnves.
tigated. The prosecution must be reduced
to an extremity when they grasped at
such Btraws, and when they got thom there
was nothing Ia the capture to pay for the
trouble. Mr.. Deltefs' carelessness and
loose methods Of doing business are
Sgainst him, but there Is nothing to show
that he has been q criminal In bis transac.
tons. Nj. CraCrait further argued that
there was nothing lost 10 the county In
the destruction oil the papers, and wherein
was The wrong?
MI. Hubbard said tho wrong consisted
lin the cal eless handling and deliberate
manner Id which Deiters had thrown
the money around. Mr.. CraCrait is gen.
orally Jealous, but Ii this bis zeal Is as
long as his memory is short. We do not
propose doing anything that 10 not fair In
this inquiry. To Mr.. Otacraft: "You car
tell the public what you please, or any.
body else. You may even scare the Com
mittee, but you can't scare me-" The re-
ceipts destroyed, as Mr.. Delters himself
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