The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-02
CoMMERFORD'S CASE
LOCKS VERY BAD FOB rHzAccuszo
Ia view tf.he Testimony Tsk.n Lah slsht Before
the Hoard Of Observation-Disclosures Of 1
Time l,ktt-giaai Action DtfsrTsd Uniil
kcaday-Who Il Mr.. CsrAon1

The Board OF County Commissioners held
another special meeting last evening for the
puIpoae Of continuing It's investigation Of
Commissioner Commemorate tillc!al con.
duct, which for the pat iaw days has been
under cloud. Col. W. W. A,ne!t appeared
before tho BobId for Mr.. Commeriord last
evening. All The members were present e1.
cent Mr. Delbursge.
The meeting being called 10 order Col. Az.
nett asked to bs allowed 10 make q statement
IL tho Board. Tho members coughed and
hemmed, looked ut each other In doubtful
way, md appeared TO be much relieved when
Mr. Prince a'iggeeslsd that that would not %
In order. as tho Board bad met for a special
nufpose. Mr., Epaldel also msds q few re-
insrkg to the sans elect, and President
! Woods ex plained the state OF ttiairs TO, Col
Arnett VINO In telling how 1t was that he had
appeared in the case vary adtoiily slated thai
Tia mysterious M,B Crrs3u lad not beer
found, and that his client would liks al ex
tension Of time until August IL In which Il
find her.
MORE TINE WAITED.
Mr.. Boring made motion that the exter
|siop be gfsuied, spa MIR. Stein, be OF the Gale
|bra.sd baby fame, moved possibly by tina
fellow. feeling that makes us,wondrnus kind
Isvconded the motion. A spirited discussion
followed aud Col. Arnstt seeiug that BIZ
client would BIO beaten II tho question wa
|allowed 10 come to D vote, asked that thsJ
be given until Monday, the time Of holding
q regular session, In which to find Mrs. Car
son, Uncle John Boring, coached by TIL
Colonel, Changed his molion to Monday. Th
motion. was lost, hovsysr, by vote OF 4 to
Mcesrs. Boring, b.eiu, Woods aud Michel
yotsd aye and Mtssrs. Maxwell Prince
spsidel aud Htocker voted nay.
The business for which tue Meeting We
called waA then proceeded with. Mr.. Con-
merford, when asked II he had anythin
further to say ssid tina. be knew no,hin
whatever abou: the matter; that he vi
entirely innocent; that ho had never See
Mrs. Carson; that hs had never written a
order for heI; that had ho known her b
should have Investigated into her conditio
and aSceriained whether or not she Was d.
serving OF county aid. He acknowledge
that be had been grossly careless In a,lowln
hie wife or son to write ordersin his absenc
| q misdemeauoi; that had he had d,sire
uss county goods for his own bsntf. b
would never have cont hla vile to purchal
The supplier. lF..
DAMAGING TEsTlMoNY. "a. Is,
M. Charles Schultz, OF the firm Of Bchul
& Bro: doing business at the corner OF Ma
( ket and Twenty.third Streets identified thru
OF eight orders shown him as having bee
! filed by himtGlf. H. further stated that o
the night of July l2 about dusk, as he CAN
lin from delivering goods he met the woms
, known to him as Mrs. Carson, aud know
-ly by such uame bsing on the county o
= ders on which ane secured goods, coming o;
:, OF the store. His brother hrd filled the o
! der on tbs night Of the 18Th. Hs did n.
Know Mrs. Connerfofd, but that night
and his brother were told by Mr.. and Mira.
W. Raymond, who we're In the store, that Il
woman was Mr.. Commercials wife. WI
positive tho woman he met, coming out
The store was the same one he had previous
given gcods on county orde,B Issued BY n
Commerford to Mrs. Caraon.
The eight orders in question were made {
the following dates and for the follow,
amounts: February 20 IS; March IL.
March IS. So 30; April 10, s. 50: April 2
81 so; May 10, $3.50; May %, 50 50; July !
s.; total $!25O. There was purchased c
a these orders ham, coffee, sugar, soap, egg
canned goode, prunss, etc.
= At the conclusion Of this testimony Go
Arret. again addressed the Board feelingi,
with tesrs in his voice, 70 10 speak, &c
. asked thGt stsy OF judgment be made unit
Monday IL order to slow his ellen: one mo-
opportunity to find Mrs. Carson. Unc
John Boring msdsa like pies, 1t being col
iinnntion Of bis running remarks during Il
evening, the tenor Of which was that man
honesty gone, he was forever gone, eve
Though he might own the United etates. I
| cnnId mt tske wealth with him Int In con
hiB honor. Without honor man WIS obi
out of society. This was serious matt
ard he wanted Mr.. .Comuleriord 10 have a
. the show possible.
FINAL ACTION DETxRREe.