Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-05-26

item by item and, rsCive explanation.
Mr.. Speidel-1t would, think, Be
courtesy to at least receive the report.
Mr.. Carnanan-I don't know yet
whether We want to receive that 70
port.
Mr.. Speidel-"I would then make
this motion that We receive and con-
sider." This was carried and Mr.. Hub
bard, who conducted the prosecution,
began by taking up the frst report and
taking each alleged mistake, asked for
an explanation. .-.',--.
From that time on there was
A GENUINE CIRQUE 49,.
Cracraft Immediately objected. The
question was, why he had not posted
his ledger since June LIST, 1873; Deiters'
counsel asked for the ordinance
that required him to keep
any books, except what were
specified, unless he wanted to, and the
ledger was not one OF them. Mr.. Csrna-
han spoke out and said 1t was not neces-
sary to use q ledger, the way the bust
ness was conducted then, and while the
three were talking at one time Mr. Fer.
guson chimed IN with little lecture to
those that wanted to make, rs he ex-
pressed it, Charlie thief and fraud and
land him in prison." The storm in.
creased until at last Chairman Caldwell
cooled things down by vigorous pound
ing.
Order being Obtained, Mr.. Hubbard
would ask the questions OF Mr.. Deiters,
who would in that hearty, bluff man.
ner OF his explain, usually becoming
disguised with Hubbard's assumed
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and stupidity. Mr..
Cracratt would cross. examine, and then
Hubbard, the cool and sarcastic, and
Cracraft, the indignant and eloquent,
would 90 at the points, until they would
suddenly pass on to the next error. in
the meantime having taken notes indi-
cative OF lengthy arguments.
IN THE AFTERNOON.
At IL o'clock a recess was taken until
| 80, at which time the same crowd
gathered, the lobby being filled with nu.
merous witnesses from the country, and
the reporters were stripped for work, as
it was horribly warm.
The same proceeding as that OF the
morning was the order Of the afternoon.
At 4 O'Clock it was seen that no report
other than the first one would be
reached, and the witnesses from the
country were dismissed and ordered to
appear this morning at 9 o'clock.
IIIrTIE RRERzE.
While the entire time was ringing
round of personal knocks and in
uendoes, it grew specially inter
esting when the Maxwell order bust
ness and the bills OF the Ne,rs Lette'
and Saturday Journal were reached in
the report and it was stated that the bills
of the papers against the Elm Grove
Town Hall Association were found &c
equal the balance between what the
footings on the bills were claimed IL
originally to have been, by the examin
ers. and what they now appeared.
Over this Mr.. Deiters grew very ex'
cited; he said he had never known Of
these bills until Mr.. Spiedel marched In
at the head OF committee one day and
demanded an explanation whereas
only an hour before he had as
President signed an order for the pay
ment OF the bills for the Committee on
Printing and had at that time known OF
this including Elm Grove bill
which he (Deiters) did nCI
know; it had all been done in order to
catch him. 1t had, he said, call been
brought on by Jim Quarters treachery
and that b. Y. Caldwell had assisted
him." Then there was q time, and
even the lawyers were silent while the
members OF the committee, very espe'
cially Messrs. Speidel and Carnahan
cut everything loose and abuse
each other roundly. Afterwards, how
ever, they found out they had been
talking about different papers, and spol'
ogies were made.
Mr.. Dsiters did not allow Messrs
Quarter and Caldwell to rest, but cen
tinually stirred them up, alleging it to
be set up job. :,
Ats o'clock an adjournment was had
the first report being finished, until $
o'clock this morning.
So far it looks very much as though
there were very few people connected
with the Board OF Commissioners that
the reports did not in some manner re-
fleet carelessness upon them.
ANOTHER BREEZE.
During the afternoon there was O
breeze between Mr.. Cracraft and Squire
Gillespie, i'm which the former gave a
decided opinion OF what he called the
legal advice contained in the reports,
and wanted to know II that was gratuit.
GUS or if the examiners were TO be paid
s. per day each for giving advice that
any second class lawyer could give and
be glad TO receive sos for?