The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22

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Yesterday was universally commended.
The public approved not only the 1NTEI-
LIoRNcgRs course, hut Mrs. Mueller's
also. The frat shock Of surprise soon
gave way TO q feeling Of indignation and
shame, and the City Sergeant came in Tor
an equal share Of the tenunciaticn. No
man oil good standing was
heard TO express any opinion but that the
public had been outraged, Capt. Smiths
supporters betrayed, and deeency Knocked
and set at naught. Numerous hints Of
other stories were voluntarily given to
reporters, and the paper was urged 70
keep up the warfare in tho interests o.
deosncY until the Chief Of Police would
be compelled to succpmb to the pressure
ofpublic opinion.
TIE MAYoR's couRsR.
Mayor Grub, rs the city's chief ex-
ecutiye, felt mortified and yet grateful for
the exposure OF Lieutenant Johnson,s
short conincs He was mortified 10 think
that il should be published to the world
Chat tile city OF which he Is the official
head was disgraCed by having in athprity
such a man as Mis-. Muelier'g story
proved johnson 10 be, and grateful that
his course had been shown up b:tore he
had been allowed TO 20 fulthes. The
Mayor displayed tho seme energy and
nerve in this matter that he did at the
time he was enheaYoring 10 get Chiei
Smith TO put d stop 10 the wholesale gam
bling that was carried on in the city few
months since. While positive in his own
mind that the INTELLlG3ScER,s expose
was correct in all particulars, to'make as
suranee doubly sure he called on Mrs.
Mueller and asked her concerning it.
She told him that her storysas published
was as She had toldi!, 4trs. Mueller also
said to the Mayor that while she yfe g,,all
Steve johnson had been shown up in his
true light she feared that as aresult abe
would be subjected 10 police persecution.
Mr.. Grub told her TO have no fear, that
II her story was true and abe conducted
her business properly abe should have
his prot. elton, atleast, and he felt that she
would also have that Of citizens generally.
JoItSsoN TALKED TO.
After dinner Mayor Grub went TO the
CITY Hall to investigate the other end Al
the affair. Capt. Smith was not. In, but
Lieut.. johnson was. He was inclinedto
treat ths matter as joke when Mr..
Grub iirst spoke to him shout it, but his
manner changed decidedly when the
Mayor informed him that this was no
lipht matter, and that the best thing he
could do wolld be to resign. Hewas told
that one OF two things must be done; he
must resign, Of, the matter would be Off.
cially brought 10 tue notice OF Council,
and that this time there should be no
Committee on Elections business about 1t.
Joi.nsaa then said that the 1sTEIII-
aKNcER's article gss q lie from beginning
to end.
The Mayor told him that he would haye
a chance 10 proye that statement.
johnson said It was a put.up job on
him, and that he was being persecnted.
Tie Mayortold him in that case to stay
with the ISTELLloENckR and make i
prove It's story. The Mayor further told
him that he believed tue story to be true;
and that Johnson's best course was TO re,
sign. :,
with Chief Smith. Mr.. Grub was seen
at the conclusion Of the interview and
said that Smiths actions were beyond his
power Of comprehe ngiop; that he really
said nothing, bpt hemmel and appeared
uneasy. BE seemed to be afraid 81 John
son, and tho Mayors opinion, like that Of
. host OF others, was that johnson had
some hold on Smith that tho latter dare
not break by at once giving johnson the
choice OF resigning or bsing bounced. II
Johnson's buttons are not off by Tuesday
night Council will probably be notified
il what has been and is being done.
ne TAKES IT FOR AIEsr.
Yesterday was day Of varied expert
sncea with johnson. He Is not q sub
Icriber 10 the ISTEIIIGgScRI, and there
ore was not aware Of the unenviable
equation il had given him until on bis
way to tho City Hall, when be was met
oy a gentlnmsp who showed him copy
Il the paper. Johplen treated II as q
oke at first, but soon found opt that
here was too much seriousness about the
natter to permit any funny business.
Before going to the City Hall. however,
Johnson decided that he must have
rink, and accordingly he slippea over to
Nrs. Mueller's and called for his usual
,lass OF whisky.
And right here IL Is proper to state that
here was one slight mistake in the article
II Yesterday morning, Of which the INTEL.
4idRScgR was apprised by Mrs. Mueller
asst evening. When johnson called in
person for drinks he usually took whisky
beer was probably not rich enough for
asst would not have been q
roper thing to send for Q bucket Of
whisky, when be got his boy to "work the
,rowler, It was beer that YES wanted.
BE got his drink yesterday morning,
md as usual neglecting TO put down the
customary dime; walked ont Mrs. Mnel-
er said that this was the second time he
lad spiked the place since sha refused
i'm after his performance with the two
eryant girls.
Later in the morning Johnson bounced
INTO Mrs. Mueller's, and demanded 10
nov howlmuch he owed her. She told
i'm that was an uuanswerable question.
Ie asked her II his boy had never paid
Ter for tho buckets OF beer he had gotten,
nd was told that that had never, not
ven hardly ever, been the case.
Ie then proceeded to characterize certain
Iortions Of the IsrEttfdENcERk article as
Cd did lies, and Mrs. Mueller an.
wered back that the entire article
rus gospel truth, or words to that
feet. johnson asked her II shell
imposed that even II she had
tied up o room for him to take loose
omen to DO would have gone there,
Mrs. Mueller told him that she knewhe
forld have done that yesy hing, and tliat
no was sorry that she had not set thetrap
1r him johnson then intimated that
er informing on him was poor gratitude |
II the favor he had shown her in not %,
ssting her when fast women got drunk
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