Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-10-18

Our position is such that we hardly know
what 70 do
Mr.. Hubbard-Why did you hold your
only important witness until the fourth
nightP :,
Whits-I did not saw he was the only
important witness.
Hubbard guess you haven't had any
important ones
The Chair To White The committee
and the City Solicitor seem to be in about
q, deep middle as you are. The City
Solicitor says We can not fine. don't
see how the committee can impose fine,
or if imposed, how it could be collected.
Mr. Jones-I move we 60 on.
The Chsir-I suppose the clients ana
their attorneys will be responsible for dam
ages.
Mr., Wbite--I decline for one.
Mr.. Hubbard-rll be responsible for my
eide Laughter
JAMES TANEY.
To White:-
Had no connection with the State Fair;
had conversation on the Fair Grounds IN
relation 10 the games beiog run; thiDk
remember q portion of 1t; cannot recall
what day Of the Fair il was; it was prob
ably the third day; l had noticed no games
being carried on prior to that conversa,
ton; | was rambling over the grounds ana
nv attention was attracted 10 o group OF
persons talking about games of chance
they were officers of the Association; MIR.
Philips and Mr.. IIsrkIn we're in the group;
| ives under the impression they were DIS.
satisfied because the Chief of Police had
stopped the games of chance; subsequently
I met the Mayor at the entrance to the Nam
Hall, and l asked him if there would
be any harm in letting the games proceed;
| said the Association had hsd bad luck
on account of the weather; | think he said
he had no objection if the Chief OF Police
had none; | saw the Chief few feet away
asked him If he could see his way clear
to let the games go on, il he didn't the AS
ISOLATION would probably lose several hun
dred dollars; he said it was against the
ordinances and the Mayor had threatened
to punish bis force If he let the games run;
he would not give his consent; l went
back to the Mayor and asked him If there
was not some amicable arrangement which
could be made between them, as the Asso
citation would otherwise lose considerable
money: that is about all l recollect about
the matter.
To Hubbard
The Mayor might have told me he bad
consulted the City Solicitor; think Mr..
Larkin and Robert Phillips we're near by;
| don't remember whether It was the Chief
or the Mayor mentioned the Solicitor; the
Mayor told me the wheel of fortune
couldn't go on in ary event.
To White -
can't remember what was said about
the City Solicitor; bis name was men
toned BY one or both Of the men, but ii
would be simply guess work to attempt TO
repeat what was s8id; he said the wheel Of
fortune could not go on, but that the others
might 90 on as far as be was concerned
and il the Chief did not object; | saw nc
games running.
/. To Hubbard
don't think saw a game outside the
gate; saw an arrangement for ball throw
ing but saw no games in operation; | saw
no thimble-ripging game on the wharf;
know of no reason why the City Sergeant
should stop games inside the Fair Grounds
and should not stop them Outside.
THE AFFIDAVIT.
Col. White-I desire to offer in evidence
an affidavit, signed by Mics Pearl Woods,
aud sworn TO on September 24ih.
Mr.. Hubbard-Let me see it.
Affidavit handed to Mr.. Hubbard, read
by him and handed back.
Col White then read the affidavit, 1t is
b relation to the money put up for the In
mates Of Ida Holidays house on the occa
sion of the Sd OF September pull, and the
return of the change By Capt Smith Oh the
Friday following. The substance Of the
document has been printed in the RsGIS
TEn and Is familiar ia Cur readers.
Mr. Hubbard said he nould Ike 10 bave
Mr.. fancy recalled, aud the witness again
took seat before the committee.
Mr.. fancy.
To Hubbard after examining llli
iavit. -
think the affidavit is in the hand
writing Of W. c. Beans; one part seems to
be in different Handwriting from the re
mainder; of my own knowledge Of Mr.
Beans handwriting could not say it was
In Mr.. Beans Handwriting, but he told me
he wrote it, and that is why say so; there
ls a vide difference in the writing; dom
Lncw whether the same man wrote both
parts or not; an expert might have written
them both, although there is a great DIFF
ference.
Col. White-Is Mr.. Beans al expert
/ lie l. a very rapid writer.
Mr.. Beans said he had written the eii.
dsvit up there; he said some one else bad
undertaken 10 write it think,
may be, one of the re-
porters for the Tutelligencer; the re-
porter had some trouble, and Mr. Beans,
having sslt-teedipg per, was called on to
write il.
To White
| don't know that he told me he wrote
the first page, and that reporter for the
Intelligence; had flushed it; he mSy have
told me something Of that kind.
To Hubbard
Mr.. Beans is employed on the REGISTER;
don't believe l know bis Handwriting, be.
cause l 60 rarely see it; did not say it
vas his writing, l said l thought it was his,
based upon DIR. Beans ststsment to me.
Mr.. Hubbard showed the affidavit to Mr.
fancy, and asked whether or not he could
tell if any part Of i was in Mr., Beans
handwriting.
Al can only say SO tlom what he told
me.
Q-From what he told you, what part
did he writer
Al don't know.
Q-Didn't you say that the person who
started TO write it had some difiicultyH
A.-Yes.
Q-You stick to that2
Ayes.
Mr.. White-Then ! understand Won to
cay you don't know whose hand gri.ing that
isy
A-You have all the information that
possess.
PORTER eAITH.
To White