The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-02
ssw him drunk nor suspected him Of II,
nor ever heard him asear. IN N ~. II

saw him drunk nor suspected him Of
; nor ever heard him swear. e IA Mn
p Mr.. MoRRow's KIND WORDS.
James Morrow, Jt, Rg,nt-H,v
known Mr.. Latham since 1880. Voted |,
him on the recommendation oil W. /
Q'arrler. Have been in Mugantown
great deal and coaversed with L,tian
Nsver heard him swear; possibly l hav
heard him say "damn," nothit 6 stronger
N.yer SAY anythi, 6 that indicA,.d in.o1
cation. ! have Been him drink a todd
on, q lew occasinre. Suppose he has
qnicE temper. Have never heard any
thitg fgsins. his moral character unit
some snomymons letters appeared In th
papers. Have heard s!udeuIs speak vel
u him. ! would be glad to send son I,
FtoIeasor L,tham. ] don's know any bow
with whom | would rather boy OF min,
would ss ocia,e with than hs. On ,
Question being asked, Mr.. Morrow Sta o,
tnat no testimony could change his opin
lon OF Professor L than. = No
u. b Brown was in Mr. Lstham's classe,
two yesra 4 have high opinion Of hi.
own work and qualifications. My opinion
az 70 hls moral /. alsncs Is that il was en-
cop!taslrg TO me and dom! $40 how It
could ba. otherwise. Never heard OF hie
being drank until these charges. Dom,
think he swears. Eev.r heard nis moral
in 'S2 NIX :. IN. :. = -" :
d.. b. W. Allen, Professor o. Anatomy :
Wad In room at the Wallace House with
Gov. Jackson, N, N. Hoffman, MIR. Latham
and others. 1t was said that |, WA q ~.
Jackson's trea: to the Band. I went home
about ~ o'clock. There waa nobody drunk
;here that ! saw. Never saw Latham
drunk or heard Of 1t until about month
ago. know nothing bsd about him.
Knew him when he WAS boy. L.,hsm's
nother WAS a cousin OF my first wife. |
LETT the room on the nigh. above referred
to ttss. Gov. jackson got TWO dczen bot.
ties OF beer oil Mf. Wallace. -
Jamss Wallace, hotel keeper and l;ouor
dealrr-l think l would have noticed il il
Mr: Lnham had been drunk at the slipper.
able II b Of jane, 1883 l never SAW him
drunk nor suspected him OF being drunk.
| have seen him drink. II is possible that
Latham could have been druok. never
raw him IN an intoxicated condition either
IN the Wallace House or else here. lam
proprietor Of Wallace House and Latham
has bearded With me for more than three
yeafz. @rs very busy the night Latham
ls repu.ed to have been go druak.
ISHIS OWN pEu1r
Pfof. ]. ". Latham was sworn and went
OF the stand: He proceeded to account
In very plausible manner for the
exodus Of the students from his classes,
Hs denied that any student ever heard
him uss protane language in the class
room. Asny students that testified aSaius.
him, he aever knew nor spoke to. No
STUDENT ever SEW me take drink or heard
me swear, un!ess /. was my own sons, So
lar Is chapel Is concerned did not have
time to attend. The janitor neglec.s nv
roona and haven't time to attend to them
aud 80 10 chapel too. Dlncertseldom cleans
them up. It rs absolutely false that was
under the influence Of liquor before, after
or ~ any l!aIe during commencement; or
~ any ums whatever since my connection
with the University. l have never had a
drip 10 drink at the University in nv life,
q lesllon-Do you mean to say that the
psf.ies who have tes:itied rs to your drunk.
enn.ss' g., bsve committed pelj1ry?
Anster7-Most certainly I do; tney could
no. hsVa been mistaken. say unquali.
uedsy thar all who have sworn that wus
dunk, &c, have committed perjury.
never had a Conversation with Wm l.
Pfoznan 10 my life. The little drink I
DO t"Se on the advice Of my physician.
Y lea!lon-S!are whether you and Others
DID CT did not play cards in building
IN Murgantosn and have bottles and
money OIL the tabl.?
VERY LIKE.
AnsTsr-This WAS in my private room,
or rather in the room Of my con, audit is
likely, for when have friends in nv
room l sometimes give them teddy,
Sill, do not recollect it.
D, D. Joht s,n-I saw, June ls,b, 1858,
Mr, Hoffman, Of the Pot, J Law HooI,
and Governor Jacob B. Jackson
with Mr.. Latham a! ,he Wallace House.
When ssid be (Latham) was drunk, I
desire 10 make xteuent. There were
no persona i'll the room except those saw
and named here. All The doors srd rooms
were closed IN the ho.e! it was midnight.
don't ku3w who e,te had been
there before. l toomed with Mr.
Hoth, and when he came in
he said one Of that party would hsve
walked of the portico aud broken his
aeck IT he bad not been helped along.
None OF the band nor l.. Allen we're IL
lhat zooM sheu | Has there. am con ti.nt
no one elss wss there except these nave
named. Governor Jackson recently told
me that ne had written lett.r to Mr.. La,
than that II he (Lathsm) was drunk he
didn't know it. bu: Jsekson said further
to me that he was not acquainted with
PROT. Latham, and therefore could not
easily tell wlen he sss intoxicated.