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

entries; they said nothing and gave me no
explanation; they left me entirely In the
dark; they made no enquiry Of any one;
they were not there over five minutes;
think all three went away together; they
did not make any explanation to me;
went with Mr. Junkins to Pearl Woods
about three.quarters of an hour later, on the
same night; Miss Woods said the
Mayor had been there, and,
| l think, the reporters; the pull
was on September Sd and the
visit to the Office on the 10Th; on Sunday;
the Mayor never spoke to me about it; the
other gentlemen did not at that time; !
saw Mr.. Beans and Mr.. fancy in the REG,
rTER Office before wegot bsckto the othce;
Mr.. Junkers explained it to Mr.. fancy and
Beans, aud they saw through it right away.
Odd you zee anything in any paper
about the Pearl Woods matrer2
| Mr.. Hubbsrd-Whst has that to do With
the investigation of the Mayor
White-Well, We think it has some
thing.
Hubbard What has a piece in the pa
/ per TO do with the Mayor
White-Well, we don't want to argue it
at thia time; we think it is pertinent.
Hubbard fail to see it.
White-We propose to show that the
Mayor consented to print piece
! in paper without saying anything to the
| Sergeant about it. / want to show that
the Sergeant was never informed Of this
matter until he saw it in print.
Hubbard-What under heavens has the
Mayor TO do with piece in newspaper
And have we to get the Mayors consent
to print piece in the paper?
Do you suppose the Mayor was going to
the Chief and tell him he was about to in
vestigate him?
The talk between counsel went on, mem.
bers of the committee taking part and eyi.
dencing q desire to hear all the evidence
in the case, whether it was contained in q
newspaper or not, although 1r. Jones said
he did not believe in the papers.
The Chair finally asked what was the
pleasure of the cornmittep. aud Mr.. Jones
said he was willing that the testimony
should go on, but not in the newspaper
fine.
Mr. Comerford thought the committee
should go on and get all the evidence 1t
could.
Mr.. List moved that the question pro-
pounded by Mr.. White be not allowed, but
the motion was lost.
Witness, to White
In The first place | learned that the
Mayor ard the gentlemen had been in the
Pearl Woods house about the fines but |
did not know there had been an affidavit
made until l saw something about ii
in the paper; there was q
clear explanation in the REGISTER,
but the other paper w0s rot the same; |
think the affidavit was placed before The
Committee on Police; the Mayor was
there; | don't think anything was said
about it before the committee; | collected
the fines that night and after the Court
had fined each Of them saw there wss
balance coming to Pearl Woods; marked
the processes paid, aud on Friday | took
the money back, and Pearl Woods said it
was right; marked the fines paid in the
process book; ! made the entry on the
morning Of the 4th; the entry was seen BY
the Mayor when he came IN; all he said
was that he wanted to zee the amount OF
The fines; TO the best of my knowledge the
Mayor never communicated to me directly
in regard to the games on the Fair
Grounds; the officers told me the May or
said if they permitted any
games of chance hs would
have them arrested and f1ed; that was one
or two weeks before the Fair; the Mayor
never made any direct communication to
NE; one morning when / was going TO
Court ! met Nv Hook, and he told me he
wanted me to send some officers over 10 the
Fair; | told him | could not take the day
men, and would have TO send night men
over; asked him if he couldn't pay these
men something, and he said: "Oh, no;
the city never did anything for the Fair;
| sent two otacers. IiEkena ard Il Nichols,
over The GIst day; ] never asked for any
money except for the men who were doing
double dGty; l met Col. Exley in the Nc
Lure the IL KIT day, and asked how many
men he wanted; he laughed and
said: We'll. ! don't know that I
can let you fellows in without paying"
| said, We'll | have paid before aud can
, do it again ! sent my men over, and they
telephoned that they would have to pay;
told them 10 pay, aud they did 30, and
went in; the next day | gave them money
to pay their way in; the Association sent
my family complimentary tisket, but they
did not use it, they paid to get in.
The witress descyibed the cane rack AID
knife board, and said he had told the men
they could rot run them, as it was against
the law. BE sAid he stoPped the ball
,hroSing also. In regard TO The ball
game outaide the Fair Grounds, the Wit
ness said the owner merely ran it to attract
attention, charging nothing for the priv,
tge OF browing. Hestopped all the games
ne 90 " on the Fair Grounds. The next morn
ing the games were all in full boom. As
soon as the owners saw the witness they bs-
gan to close up. Mr. Lsrkin came to the
witness aud asked that the games be oil
lowed to run, but witness said be could not.
Mr. Larkiu, in the presence o. Mr.. fancy
and the MAYOR Faia the Mayor vas salts
fed, and the witness said be would have to
get o written opinion from the Mayor,
backed up By the City Solicitor. One Of
the men went with witness to the Mayors
store, and the Mayor pointed out on cir.
culsr that no games of chance were to be
allowed The Mayor never communicated
with witness in regard to the matter; be
simply tareat2Iaa tae ohlcOFs. "
Witness was asked to described the
PittsbuIg tiip. and did so. reitersliog what
was contained in the eighth charge against
the Mayor, already published in full in the
REGISTER He said the Mayor seemed
particularly anxious to mako the trip sbont
the city, and he had said be could stand it
if the Mayor could. 1t was about z O'Clock
in the morning when the "trip" was 6D,
ished.
The witness went over the ground Of the
release of the prisoners from the workhouse
by the Mayor, detailing particularly the
case OF Green, the man who obstrpcted of.
Ger Duty in making an arrest. The
facts are already familiar to the
public, having been gone over
by other Witnesses. The witness
| sAid fhere had been n vreat MANY relea 1es