The daily gazette., 1883-03-29
..AspED DUKES
-. soa. aud Also Disappears
.esigns s-om UnIontOwn.

. Seat and Also Disappears
Resis"' from UniontOwn'
,gv March 2S. - IL became
UNloNlyd"av dav that Dukes was no longer
known v n the Jennings Hotel and the
in bis room '.,on was to find out when he had
neSt o,antlemau was In Uniontown To-
left German township, and he said
day ron r,ro. was at his stepfather's early
that pun'1 ,norning. He, therefore, must
yestefuat' here la,e Monday uight, not wait
have leiI w ,he "a hours notice was up. The
ing ullIn ~" said that If Dukes was TO
gentl.caihIiTn N Fayette county he wanted
tem4'a stay In Uniontown as there
bin room for him In German
was ,io ~ In This move, Dukes displayed
Township hrewdness as he did fear. He de.
" nuun ,sas not safe to ignore the citlzens'
cldeu :. y, Leave the town, and yet he wanted
nouegl n appear that he stayed here longer
70 mAst sto " 5I hours. He, therefore, had
tnan William Heller, the man who brought
youDs "n German township on Sunday
nun NO. 70 stay in the room Of the Jennings'
N.Y. and keep the door locked.
f9o. c. Tins PLAYED the role of doorkeeper
S,.nntes was in the room, and whenever
IS y ai.mer pu% went out on the street, he re-
ine Ios .bst Dukes was still in the hotel.
R9II'u TOY was kept up until to-day, whereas
ln. ln,s NE Nod left town within IL hours after
DuAes Du'oaiySd rs III notice tits stated that he
ne ~ - he would yet come back 70 Union
ueelAi snd live here, but this is believed TO
'asa ponn h,uster. tits not thought that he
De ,nv,r 1,ov al the Jennings House any longer.
H,RRIsBuRe, March 2s.-Dukes seat is
r.osnt The ostracised member.eleet him
elf solved the problem with which the sub
~, -nlttee has been wrestling, by declining
y accent his seat. He telegraphed notice
"SMs INCLINATION to Speaker Faunee last
Oirht and his letter itself arrived this morn
i"S The Investigating Committee, how
aver finished its formal task before the
Tonse met to-day, by having the Dukes
istters identified by Cashier Bowman OF
I,nioptown. Speaker Faunce then produced
mikes letters which read as follows
S,u, decline to accept the seat 10 which
ma hean elected in the House Of Representa-
,snss of the Commonwealth, for the county oi
Tsvste ~ and request the House to declare the
seat vacant Very respectfully y9urs, s,,,.. 10
F.yrrrE COUNTY, March 20, 1883.
The sub. committee at once agreed upon
Ne report, which Amerman had already
written out. The General judiciary Com,
mittee. most Of whose members attended
,be meeting of the subcommittee, received
tbe report which It's acting chairman, Mac
REYNOLDS, presented to the House as soor
a. tbe morning session opened
The reoort set forth that In the midst ot
,ba lrvestigations of the Judiciary Commit
lee tbey had been confronted with the letter
,sut 10 Speaker Faunce by Dukes, which
rendered any further proceedings OF
their part unnecessary, as 1t was
within the provision of Section
Of Article 7 of the Constitution that
adv person refusing to qualify thereby for
X hits his seat. The committee was OF the
opnion that the seat should be declared
vacant and new writ of election issued
resolution to this effect was offered. Or
motion of Mr.. Hasson the report was ac
ceptei and the resolution unanimously
adopted This ends all connection of DukeI
with the House OF Representatives.