The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-27
QUITE A COME DOWN,
.ANorarR STAR CHAMBER SESSION
or tho c-sualaIoA,rA, Stein iaIsltisaIns Com
mlttse, At the Court aOuss Last Slsht-TAs
Board Recommended 10 Csnsurs Mr..
Stella and Do What Else It Sees FIT.

1.-THE mountain labo.sd aad brought forth
a mouse" The committee OF the Board Of
County Commissioners appointed to invest.
gate Commissioner Stein and the mysterious
baby that he had entered at the County Poor
Farm about midnight one rainy night in
June last aud about which he hts
since told such o variety. OF stories
has finished ib labors and Its report
Is tame. II met at the Court Houit
last evening, as par its eaJournment Of las
Wednesday evening, for the purpose Oh max
Ing up its reporton this Interesting case 70
be presented to- the Board 1t met promptly
at Z o'clocksv There were present President
woods and MtsrS. Delbrugge aud Com.
merford, who compose tho committee,
Prosecuting Attorney Jordan, Michael Stein
himself, Clerk Woods and UnoleH John Dor
Ing, the venerable aage of Union dt4trtct.
EVERYTHING psrtook OF che ait d niystefy that
has hung oyer the- Stein baby cnse stncs II
was first brought TO public notice. The gen
ilemen enumerated above all wore Q solemn
look on their yisages as they Hscended the
dark stairs and pafs,i through the dlmly
lighted hall to the door OF the Board room,
through which they disappeared, always tax
ing care 10 lock the door behind them. Their
idea seeAedto be-.thAt is, It s lemed 10 acasual
obseryer-that It would never do to let theiI
constituents know what they were going tc
do. To all appeals of the reporters for ad'
mittance, a deaf ear was turned.
At last every one wss present and, meta
phoricalIy speaking, the curtain was rung
up, and the frs. act was 10 fire Mr.. Stein
out, which wasof course very proper. The
next act was on the part OF the reporters
who asked that they be allowed to enter and
report proceedings, which request was re
fused. The reporters quietly secured aplaet
where they could observe without bsing OBJ
served.
10 the meantime the committee had de
cided on Its course OF action aud was busy
drafting q report. The Union district ssg
sat In g chair, near the heater, apparent!
asleep. President Woods sat with o cynica
smile playing oyerhis feature and occasional
ly said something In 0 mutteied tone that fai.
al to reaoh the newspaper men. Mr.. CONNER
ford with q look OF wisdom that Solomon
might have envied, or one Of deep conviction
1T was hard 10 dttsrm!ae which (odds two
10 one In favor OF wisdom sat and said little
ProsecutiLg ATTORNEY Jordan lad evidentl.
had his say, and xaI silent and looked un
happy. The orator was Mr.. Delbrugge. II
nacad the room with 6 satisfied air and talkeC
nearly all the time and on a variety OF topics
At last the rough framing OF the repor
Wal flashed, and 1t ives read by some one
The reporter was not In o position to see b!
whom. Il was to the effect that the commit
tao. after a careful and impartial inves
tiga,ion Of Superintendent Plsnkey's charge
%aeairs! Commissioner Stein, $50 the opinion
fiat he was guilty OF no wilful wrong In leav
ing Mary Becker's baby at tho Poor House
but lie was careless and negligent. The stcol
resolution was something about hat $25 pait
Stein, and about his having turned It over t
the Sheriff. The third was 70 the effect tina
the committee recommends that the Boar
censure Mr., Stein for his actsin the case, ant
that your honorable body irtlict such othe
punishment as 1t may deem propsr and q
pedient."
once more throwing the mAt!er back on IN
Board for settlement, n very mateIa'l.
modifying the DECISION arrived o. Wednes
day evening, rs reported IN tce 'Ks
GER.
Dslbrugre-Wel!, l guess that's about 1t.
CierkW oods-Well, I'll wflteit up and yol
can ali sign It between now End the time tn
Board meets.
Dslbrugge-All right-and. Colonel Bob, il
writing her up make her q little elaborate 0
the start, you know. .,
Gome ops-Wellih how about those certi
ficates CT character Stein presented?
Delbrugge--0h, thoSs don't 60. They wer'
not considered by tts committee n vi
don't want any thing said about them,
Clerk Woods Shall Isay anything sbou
who was preEept-Boring and others?
Dslbrugge-Ncso, L'guess not. Some peopli
might saw that we were influenced by out
sidefg. Better not ssy anything about Them
And by the way, Uncie John, you want Y
keen your mouth ghat shout this meeting
to.night-you understand?
Hers the sage st~raightened himself opt
coughed and said "Y-y-es, Yes, Yes, had
determined on that course myselt:.
Commerford-T4et's right, and II It pleas
you gentlsm men. would suggest that Mr.
STEMS certificates Of CHARTER DO sayed an
possibly they might be introduced heiors thu
Bosrd. No, l would not make tbs testimony
given q part Of the report. 1t can be had
the Board calls for 1t.
Delbrusgs-sow,a all you other fellows wan
to keep quiet about tc'aights meeting; ant
don't lei these reporters get Il. l don't SCI
how they got on to Wednesday nights meet
Ing. Az.
iourned. II was somewhat paralyz;d a
meeting the reportorisl gang in the hallway
The members bearing In mind Mr.. Del
brugge's instructions refused to DO pumped
Mr.. Jordan said Good evening"" T1at va
Col, Woods was sornered. swell, Colonel
what did they do?'
"Ican't tell"
at Was lutte q come down from the stant
they took Wednesday night, waGn'tit?!
"Now, I'm not going 10 soy anything
understand me? I've been accused OF tellinl
the Ix1ElLEGEScER about Wednesday night
meeting, although ! didn't say a word, and
won't say anything now"
nGood night, Colonel