The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-19
After her testimony was In the Board tool
o recess until or. u. E - aDs'Ha@f
THE B! TENSE EEsrs.

witness WaB examined for the defense, Chas
Claugus, Of tho Eighth ward who knew the
Cartons, and had lived in the same house
with them. BE knew Mira Carson to get gro
eeries on an order Of some kind alter The
flood relief stores had been closed.
Col. Arnett offered in oyidence the club,
OF Commissioner Commercials order book,
to fix datea Of Issuing orders TO Mrs. Carson.
The defense here rested. 49, .r-
Eighth ward Of tho Flood Rel;ef Executive
Committee, was examined BY Prosecutor Jor.
dan as TO the length OF time the COMMITTEES
furnished goods to sufferers by the food.
Nj. Isadore Fulton, the South Wheeling
grocer, testified thst q family named Carson
Dealt with him about y year p:ior to May "a
last. d., -0
Gen. J. N. Todd was also examined but
knew no Osrsona who would "iill the BILL
sENsATloSAL 7gsT1HoNy.
Miss Mary Yancsy was called by Nj, Jor.
dan. Col. Arnett eRid he was Informed that
this woman wGs not altogether compos nle,,tis.
and he objected TO her being examined. NIL.
Jordan took issue with him, sud examined
the witness as to her competency. She said
"telling story" would be the se.pa on her
mind % il abe killed man or aloie. Bhe
was decided to be competent witness. This
witness swors that she had worked for Mr..
Commercials family LIST spring, helping
clean house, and waa psid With county
order for 81 pair Of shoes, which aho had
filled at Amick's shoe store. She had alao
washed for them. sometimes getting Is cents
In cash and sometimes 10 cenis besides 80 In
orders for groceries each month. barry
Commeriord, son OF the Comm!ss'o ner's
gave her the order for shoes, In presence Of
Mrs. Commerford, and they told her not to
say anything about II. she did not know
VINO wrote the orders, and she never had auy
talk about them with Mr.. Commertord.
a slightly different pbaue Tss put on this
testimony by the ctoss examination, which
showed that she was a regular peusionar On
the county, aud got the came orders whether
sho worked for Mrs. Commerford or not, WI
A LETTER PROM Mr.. CARSON.
Mr.. speidel. after Miss Yancey WAS gotten
rid Of, produced letter, from ]. W. Carson.
OF Newark, Ohio, received on August 13.
was read with difficulty. Carson savs Ia
knows Jameu Commeriord ard neyar s.ksI
or received favor OF him; his family navsr
purchased grocerieB OF schultz Eros.' and
never received any orders OF any kind from
Ohio county. He volunteered tho Latter.
having teen accounts Ct the investigation IL
the pspers, and being indignant at the state.
msnts that his wife had received o.dsrs ior
groceries from IN overseer OF the poor. !.
Mr.. Commerford was sworn, and ssid he
never had an ipkling OF what Mas Yanoev
had told till he heard her tell 1t. Tie wo.
man had worked st his house, but be had al.
Waya left it to his wife 10 p.y her. n = Il
Col. Arnett summed up for the defense.
holding that while Careon left Wheeling in
May, 1t had been shown tina. every order
Issued to that nene since May was dated at a
time when Carson wns In the CITY temporsri-
ly. Much OF the damaging evidence hn All,
posed Of on the hypothesis Of a mistake. end
he wound up by reading tho rule OF the Bonrd
charges Of official misconduct
which rule hesaid had been ignored throuph,
out by the Board in this investigation. This
he held inyalidated the proceedings. He
gave as an excuse for this technical obiection
that Miss Yancey's story had been sprung on
The defense, without warning or Opportunity
10 meet 1t. i .g55 I = ~ $3.50
Mr.. Jordan replied, ssying this inyeatis,.
lion was preparatory to drawing IN charles,
which must be presented 10 the Circuit Court