The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-22

Mr.. Enthusiastically, sir"
Mr.. Miller--"God forbid that should
do any man a wrong, but must say / will
never be able to render verdict until Mr..
Stanley IL sworn. have always re-
garded Mr.. shauley as an honorable
man."
Mr.. Hubbard-"The prosecution did not
seem 10 want Mr.. Stanley evidence. He
was summoned by them, and sat here
three or four nights, when they an-
nounced that they would not call him.
Yesterday we were informed that Mr..
Stanley had gone 10 Piedmont 10 attend
meeting OF some body to which no was
a delegate. suppose he will be ex-
amined; certainly II tho committee de-
sires his testimony We will do anything
we can 10 secure it."
ANOTHER PITTSBURGH WITNESS.
Thomas Wtten, an old resident Of
Wheeling, since 1872 Pttsburgher, ar d
now CLERK to the Chief Of Police Of
that city, said he heard the charges real
10 Chief Blackmore, and that they were
false. so far as he knew. He said Mayor
Grub was not drank, nor did he behave
with women as charged. On tho contrary,
when, at the proposal OF Capt. Smith him.
self, an effort was made to get colored
woman 10 sit on the Mayors lap, he
repulsed her and demonstrated against
such behavior. He saw or knew
Of no occurrence that could furnish even
an excuse for making the charges prefer
ed by Smith against Mayor Grub.
Col. Arnstt cross examined Mr.. Witten.
This witness had not taken any intoxicat-
ing liquors the night Of the tour OF the
Wheeling party, When, where and how
the party met; when, where and how the
party separated; where they went and
who went, was CONS over Ggain without
developing anything new, and with the
effect OF confirming the testimony OF
others except in an unimportant detail or
two. Chief Blsckmore thought house
or two were visited after the Ross street
house, while Mr.. Witten thought it was
the last house visited. inthis respect his
recollection tailed with that oil Mr.. Hamil-
ton, who testifed the evening before. Mr..
Witten did not know OF any woman leav-
ing the room while Mayor Grubb was out
except the landlady. lie did not remem-
Der that Mr.. Hamilton lett the parlor at
the Ross street house. There we're parties
passing in and ont, but he did not notice
who they were especially.
He thought he had seen one OF the wo.
men with her hand OH the Mayors chair,
but he saw none sitting on the arm OF the
chair or sitting on his lap. He had tried
to get one OF the women to do so, but, as
he said before, it did not work. He did
not know that any member Of the party
left the parlor to go into another room.
THAT STATEMENT AGAIN.
This witness saw Mr.. John Frew when
he visited Pittsburgh; he saw him about
o'clock in the evening, at Chief Black
more's office. He signed written denial
Of the charges sssinst Mayor Grub; lie
knew who Mr.. Frew was, aud that he was
connected with tho INTELLIGESCRR. Moth
ing was said in his presence about swear
ing to the paper. 1t was han led over to
him and he read it, remarked that to the
best ofhis knowledgeand beliefit was true
and signed it. Chief Blaskmore, himself
aud Mr.. Shores each wrote his own name,
The signature was shown him, and he
said that was his writing. The other sig
natures did not resemble his or each
other, so far as he could see. They GER
tainly were not in the same writing.
The witness did not know OF his own
personal knowledge that any member Of
the party desired to remain behind in any
OF the houses visited, but he had been
told by Detective Shores that Capt. Smith
did manifest an inclination to remain be-
hind.
Some misunderstanding arose as TO what
the witness meant, which he finally clear
ed up by the statement:
"Ou the night Mayor Gsubh, Capt.
Smith and all OF US went around, Shores
told me once or twice at different houses
that Capt. Smith had desired to stay be-
hind with girls he had met in an intimate
way on former visits to Pittsburgh"
Laughter
This was not the exact langusg, OF the
witness. His language, however, conveyed
in palmer way IN impression concerning
Smiths former visits anything but credita-
bic to that individual.
This witness did not personally know
anything about the present whereabouts
Of the light-colored girl who was in the
Ross street house that night, nor any OF
the other girls.
Mr., Wilten's cross examination was not
quite finished when the clock struck 10.
When he was excused, the committee ad
journed until o'clock this evening after Mr..
Hubbard had consulted with Mr.. Shores,
the remaining Pittsburgh witness, and in
formed the committee that 1t would not
inconvenience him to remain in the city
over TODAY,