Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-19

. M. Hobbard-wby did you hold you
only important witness until the fourti
night2
!. Whits-I did not say he vas the only
important witness.
Hubbard guess you haven't had any
important ones
The Chair To Whiiel-The committee
and the City Solicitor seem to be in about
az deep q muddle as you are. The City
Solicitor says we can not fine. Idon't
! see how the committee eau impose a fine,
or if imposed, how it could be collected.
Mr.. Jones-I move we go on.
The Chsir-I suppose the clients and
their attorneys will be responsible for dam
ages.
Mr., White-I decline for one.
Mr.. Hubbard-In be responsible for my
side, Laughter
JAMES B TANEY.
To White
Had no connection with the State Fair;
had q conversation on the Fair Grounds in
relation to the games being run; / think |
remember a portion of it; | cannot recall
what day Of the Fair it 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 and
my attention was attracted to a group of
persons talking about games of chance;
they were officers of the Association; Mr..
Philips and Mr.. IIsrkIn were in the group;
| was under the impression they were dis
satisfied because the Chief of Police had
stopped the games of chance; subsequently
| met the Mayor at the entrance 10 the Nam
Hall, and ! asked him if there would
be any harm in letting the games proceed;
l said the Association had had bad luck
on account of the weather; l think be said
he had no objection if the Chief Of Police
had none; | saw the Chief q few feet away;
l asked him if he could see bis way clear
to let the games go on, If he didn't The AS.
ISOLATION would probably lose several hun
dred dollars; he raid it VI q against the
ordinances and the Mayor had threatened
to punish his force If he let the games run;
he would not give his consent; / 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 / recollect about
the matter.
To Hubbard
The Mayor might have told me he bad
consulted the City Solicitor; / think Mr..
LsrkIn and Robert Phillips were 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 ally event.
To White -
| can't remember what was said about
the CITY Solicitor; his anne was men,
toned by one or both CT the men, bat 1t
would be simply guess work to attempt to
repeat what was said; he said the wheel OF
fortune could not 60 on, but that the Others
might go on az far as he was concerned
and if the Chief did not object; saw no
games running.
To Hubbard
don't think | saw q game outside the
gate; I saw an arrangement for ball throw.
ing, but saw no games in operation; saw
no thimble-riDging game on the wharf; |
know of no reason why the City Sergeant
should stop games inside the Fair Grounds
and should not step them outside.
THE AFFIDAVIT.
Col. White-I desire to offer in evidence
an affidavit, signed BY Miss Pearl Woods,
aud sworn to on September 9th.
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
in 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 on the
Friday following. The substance OF the
document has been printed in the REGIS
, TER and is familiar to our readers.
Mr.. Hubbard said he would ike to have
Mr.. fancy recalled, and the witness again
took a seat before the committee.
Mr.. fancy.
To Hubbard latter examining sfi,
dsvit l.
I think the affidavit is in the hand
writing of W. C. Beans; one part seems TO
be in a different handwriting from the re
msinder; Of my own knowledge of Mr..
Beans handwriting l could not say it was
in Mr.. Beans handwriting, but be told me
be wrote it, end that ia why | say so; there
Is a wide difference in the writing; | don't
know whether the same man wrote both
parts or not; an expert might have written
them both, although there is a great daft
ference.
Col. White-Is Mr., Beans an expert?
Ale is q very rapid writer. ,
Mr.. Beans said he had written the all.
davit up there; he said some one else had
undertaken TO write i'll thiuk,
may be, n OF the re-
porters for the Intelligeucer; the re-
porter had some trouble, and Mr.. Beans,
having o selt-teeding pen, was called on to
write it.
To White
| don't know that he told me he wrote
the first page, aud that a reporter for the
Intelligencer had finished it; he may have
told me something of that kind.
To Hubbard
Mr.. Beans il emplosed onthe REGISTER
! I don't believe l know his hand writing, be-
! cause | 81 rarely see it; | did not say 1t
was his writing, I said thought it was his,
based upon Mr.. Beans statement to me-.
Mr.. Hubbard showed the affidavit to Mr.
] lAleY, ana 6Sh6u HuelucE VI hOt u NOuAe
tell if any part OF it was in Mr.. Beans
handwriting. -.
Al can only say go from what be told
me.
Q-From what he told you, what part
did he writer
Al don't know.
Q-Didp't you say that the person who
started to write il had come dittcul'yf
A.-Yes.
Q.-You stick to thst2
A.-Yes.
NJ. White-Then ! understand you to
ssy YOU don't know whose hand writing that
is2
A.-You have sil the information that
/ possess.
PORTER SMITH.
To White
preferred the charges in this case; IN
regard to the Pearl Woods pull, Q warrant
was sworn out on Septsm6er Sd, and my
,aIr snJ saversl other officers proceeded to