Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-13
MGRAW
Nh Hanging on the Ragged Edge
and
v.ssEs AND COUNTER CHARGES
r,sd With the President BY Friends
oftbs COutendiug Parties, Nc
6raw and Mccormick
,,uDueeERY BEGINNING TO LOOM.
Spssial % tSs RsgiSier.

WASHINGTON, May l2.-Quite number
\. Democratic visitors from West Vir-
=. are still in the city and the al absorb
.toD;c Of conversation is the removal Of
SCormick and rssppOintment of acGraw.
..v Senator Camden again this afternoon
;, he persistently refuses to say anything
,rbEcstion other than everything Will
II rish, very soon" 1t has been sseer-
;,sd however, that the President gave the
y West Virginia Senators assurance on
|.terdsy that II they viii reduce to writing
charges that have been verbally pre-
ned against Mccormick, he will take
Ga, pleasure in making the change with
u,aal pTOmp,nsss. Some OF the
Charges
i. bv Democrats have already been fled,
=, 10 snow that Mccormick has been
Ss9siyely partisan and to morrow, a
r,leman, a Republican, is expected here
. n EiT fle affdsyits rejecting on McCor-
rss competency to manage the Collee'
!. efice. Ii Rill be charged that he Is
rompe,er, and incapable to fill the othce.
arges will also be fled by prominent
rp5Tcans showing that Mccormick IS
royious 10 large and respectable ele-
N, in the Republican party. 1t would
mar that the contest has only begun and
I'm, now will be left undone to get Nc
mick out. There is much Indignation
ONO McGraws friends here over the
s,yes filed against him By those opposed
h, appoin,ment Inguiry at the Treas
Department develops the fact that the
sryeS were written on 8 type write:
toned By one 7. Hill Marshal
,m ,Eese charges the impression has
| "a gaining ground that McGraw was a
ry to some
Irregularities
,cppection with the sale Of some real es-
in Preston county, West Virginia.
been ascer,aiued it is said ths
shall is the same man who has filed
NJ tie charges against McGrsw chsrac-
and the only individual making any
,rses at all. Marshalps statement
substances alleges that McGraw was a
Inmi.siouer for the public sale of certain
I ii estate in Preston Sounty. That at the
Z the auctioueer knocked q portion Of
PROPERTY down to a man named Crogsn
two hundred and twenty-five dollars and
| 5, McGraw reported to the court which
nj ordered the sale that the prop
r7 vas sold to Q young man
o vss then a law student in McGraws 5
&c for eighty dollars. This would make
sppear that McGraw had pocketed the
ference. one hundred and forty-hye dol
IS. The transaction il is alleged, oc-
.rsd in 1851. McGraw has filed
Andayits in Refutation
these charges which were made BY all of
J. parties interested in the transaction,
tch fully proves that the property was
l.lIy Knocked cOgn fer S22j but when Nc
tsw presented the notes 70 be executed by
! client OF the purchaser, the purchaser In
rnei him his client, the real purchaser,
b LETT KjDgEood where the sale was made
b that the only way he had Of reaching
u VAS by mail which would require several
hys. In order TO prevent this delay it is
lin Was agreed 5y all parties interested
the transaction, that McGraw should on
e TEX, day again offer the property Tor
u. hy reason Of The FIRST purchaser having
lied 10 comply with the terms of the sale
b if the property is sold for less than the
feNOus bid it would be knocked of to
lne mutual friend for the plaintiff in the
L. whom MeGraw represented in the suit
counsel aud that the mutual friend should
LI7ey the property to the first purchaser,
"a his understanding; the sale was made
he mutual friend tor eighty dollars. The
-emen's in the meantime had been re-
5i 10 writing by all parties interested.
ecC.rse was taken, tits claimed in order
comply With the decree OF the Court
sogt tuTther delay. The matter was so
ortti 10 the court. The court, however,
me sale aside upon the upset bid OF
'1 party, and the land was resold to this
Ger oy NcGraw and reported 10 the court.
auiaiTnsss Of Msrshalrs statement
,.s's IA tue fact that it is an alleged at
2. 10 mlsstat5 the real facts backed by
io.ed court record. 1t is charged that
ti>aall statement failed to show all the
IS Il The case.