The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-20

said he never thought the Mayor had the
right to issue permits, or that such per
mits were any protection from arrest, put
he never caused any person having sucn
permits to be arrested.
A few minutes before 8 o'clock, Mr..
Hubbard finished the crosse 1aminahon'
and Col. White again took the witness.
Only few questions, OF no interest, were
asked, and nothing new was brought OUT
A SHAMELESS WITNESS,
CLERK Barney Galligsn was the next Wit
ness called. City Receiver Dunaway, VINO
ID notary public, administered the oath,
The witness knew Mayor druoo, DC
ssld, He had known him ever since he
had been In Wheeling, abont eighteen
years. He rememberedthe visit OF Mayor
Grub 10 the Chiefs office, in company
with Messrs. Beach and Beans, to exam
inc the record in the Pearl Woods case
The witness looked at tue process, and
saw that 1t was marked paid. As the
Mayor left after looking at the procesf
book. Smith asked, "What is the mat,
terri" The Mayor aaid: That's all right.
Galligsn, after giving Porter some good
advice, told him to investigate the matter
that there was conspiracy on loot n
down Porter. He saw the next morning
that the ISTELlIdEScER had one story and
the Regisisr another. When the Sergeant
came back he showed the process to Gal
ligan.
| THE s.ESGERPISr CHARGE.
The witness remembered the applica
ton in the First Branch OF Council iol
permission to sell beer at the sIngeI tesI
without license. Mr.. Caldwell was
present aud said 1t could not be done, and
1t WIS not done
GaIligan said that on the first night o.
the s:engeriest he went TO Luke's livery
stable with the Mayor. While they were
waiting for q carriage the Mayor said he
was nervous, aud asked him TO 60 ovei
into a saloon, and the Mayor there took
"a pretty good slug Of whisky" The wit
ness continued that the Mayor "went
down there and said his little piece before
the Spugeriest." At an intermission IL
the programme "Jake" asked him down
stairs. There the witness saw u bar, and
he said to the Mayor, "Hellol here's
bar! These fellows have got no license
The Mayor said, THAT'S 80" ,..,
Continuing the witness said: "fht
iNIayor took beer. | wasn't drinking
and took lemonade. Weststted to leave
when some one called uS. The Mayo
started back and asked me 10 go with him
said l didn't care for any more circus
lemonade and leaving him down. theil
went up stairs"
The witness came up on the last car
he thought Mr.. Hart was on the same car
[Slight laughter.l The next day he me
MAYOR Grubb, who asked him:
"Where did you go last night2"
Galligan said he went home.
"Well, l didn't" said the Mayor; 81
staid there and got as full as goose"
Gailigan said he knew nothing aoou
the affidavit OF Pearl Woods. He did no
know where ii came from. The first tim'
he recollected to have ssen or heard Of II
was here the ether night. There was al
affidavit presented 10 the Police Commit
Gee 10 the Burns case, but whether thii
was it he did not know.
AN UNPRECEDENTED SCENE
The witness was turned over TO Mr.
Hubbard. At this tims Mr.. Hubbard RnC
his client, the Mayor, Sat at largo round
table, the witness sitting ut distance o.
probably eight feet from the othe. side o
the same table, and near similar tabl,
used by the stenographer. The pos tions
relatively OF the other parties are shown
by the following diagram: