The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-19
/ GROSS NEGLIGENCE
THE ,aRAvEsr CHARGE THAT HOLDS
Asalasi Cen misaloasr Csnms,tosd- he Il ltqaii.
ted OF any DhSon.ss Practices or lat.ntion,
Y Y and then Allowed 10 Rsalgs-A Mas Of ',,'
fsl,i Usimpsssaat Evidtzcs Tsksr.

The Board OF county Commissioners met
Yesterday In special session TO receive aud
consider the sherifl's report Of delinquencies
upon the part Of lax payers and 10 continue.
.hcls inquiry Into tho truth OF the charger
against Commissioner Commeriord. The
were late In assembling, and after
3 qncrnm was present there WAS good deal
OF delay in getting 10 work. When, at about
1o45A. NJ, Prsaldent Woods called the meet.
Ing 10 ordor, sll the members were present.
Mr.. Commerford and his lawyer, Col. W. W.
Arne.t, wers also present. After the call.
SO far had In tho investigation was read, and
Col. Arnett was given the floor. He said he
had mt taken supplementary affidavit OF
Mrs Carson, OF Newark, Ohio, alleged to be
the woman to whom Mr.. Commeriord gsys
the orders which his villa 10 ACCUSED Of hay.
Ing used for the benefit Of her own family,
because he found by writing 10 persona al
Newark that Mrs. Carson was still unable or
unwilling 10 complete her statement. She
proisssed, when callsd upon by Col.
Arnett, to DO unable 10 ssy who gave her
the orders, and she still processes 10 b. unable
10 give thin Information. $50 ~
I#h THE zviDxkcE REiuMEp.
Col. Arnett read Mrs. Ca,son's original al.
fdavit and a letter from Mr.. E L. Weisger.
Der, Of the u. & 0. shops at Newark, stating
that second visit to Mrs. Carson would not
probably Iesnlt In ACQUIRING further inforul.
linn on the question: 5a,,i 3. III
Eight new wiinesses, four ladeu and four
men, were then sworn, and subr senas were
also requested 10 Us Issued for Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Claugus. OF South Wheeling, Mrs,
Mary 4. RatcliHs, q resident OF E;shtespth
street, was tirst examined. She testifisd
that she knew Mrs. Carson and she told oil
that woman's various residences while she
was living In the city. She said also ths,
Mrs. Carson had told her CT securing relicl
after the flood, and abe thought she had told
her that Mr.. Commerforl had given her or
ders which were filed at Schul.zs's. She
did not know Mr.. Commerford or Any mem
Der OF hts family until after this nat.ur can't
up, and she saw the accounts OF 1t Ia the ps.
pers, which recalled Mrs Carsou's stat ement.
10 her mind. Mrs. Radcliffe was very intel
ligent and ready witness, and gave her tssti.
mony with great clrcumstsntislity. She wns
croas exnmined by Prosecuting Attorney
Jordan, hut without kdducirg Anythisg new
Fred. zimmerman was next called. HI
| lives on Woods street, below Thirty.second
and Mr.. and Mrs. James Carson, now OF
Newark, lived In his house two months rrior
TO June last, leaving late In May. Mr.. X'm
mermaun related his acquaintance With Mr..
Carson, which reflected come crt dit on the
latter and little on the witness, hut had nc
apparent bearing on the csss. After be had
! been dismissed he was recaIted and said Mrs,
Carson was medium uizad woman, and that
be knew Of her having received IS from the
Flood Relief Committee. g7E-E a
COMMISSIONER coxMEnroRD'a DAUGHTER.
The next witness nas Miss Laur. Comn,er.
ford, young daughter OF the Commissioner
She described q woman who csl,ed at .hs
house and asked f>r Mrs. Carson's order,
kbout two months sso. She vas tall, slim,
siekly looking woman. very poorly dressed.
She asked for Mr.. Commetfofd, and being
told that be was not In, left, saying that shs
would call again. Miss Laura believed she
did call again in the evening, though abe did
not see hsr. u Is :
Mr.. Owen Sullivan, the next witnsss, knew
Mr.. and Mrs. Carson. having met Mrs. Car.
son at the glass houss during the Good, where
the family look refuge. Carson and h,siittIe
boy worktd there, but being discharged, Car.
son went to Newark and secured employment
on the B. & Q. road. Mrs. Carson wes tall,
slim woman, pleasant speaking. Mr.. sulli'
van furnished the family provisions out OF
the nood relief stores while the supply depot
was CONTINUED at the glass house.
Mrs. Ristow, German woman, was ne1t
! called. She knsw Of Mrs Carson's gettiug
STORES from tho Flood Keliut Committee, but
hsd no knowledge o. her getting county or.
dsya. a. %
After hor testimony waH In the Board took
recess until 2P.A. - Otw rE
THE B. FESsE HHsrs