Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-22

railce business; the people Of these houses
are the worst people We have 10 deal with;
they give Us more trouble; they didn't
learn Is much as some oithe party
WOULD HAVE LIKED TO;
Ibid not ask them what they learned; /
was showing them around; the officers
could 90 there and see what kind Of pso-
pie they are, and how they were dealt with;
] put the language in the paper because |
meant it; suppose the gentlemen got
some information; l don't know what they
got; if you ask them probably they would
tell you; i could get good deal of ibfor-
nation if went around; Captain Smith, /
suppose, could tell you what information
he got; / can't say what information they
got.
To Hnbbari:-
Mr.. Shsnleys willingness to visit the
houses did DOT arise from any immoral
tendency.
Millsr-God forbid that / should do airy
man an injury; but can not reach YER
dict in this case until Mr.. Stanley has been
sworn.
Hubbard-Mr. Stanley was here for
four days and the prosecution said they did
rot want him; Mr.. Stanley went to Pied
mont to attend meeting of some body
with which he is connected; as soon as we
sscertained he was going away We issued
subpoena which, / believe, was not
served; should Mr.. Stanley come back In
time we will most certainly swear him.
Witness IN Whital.-
Two officers accompanied us; always
have officers along when party goes out;
/ found Shore and Wittsn when We came
back from No. 2 engine house and took
them With Us.
THOMAS P. wITTES.
To Hubbard
formerly lived in Wheeling; went to
Pittsburg in 1872; am Clerk to Chief Of
Police; accompanied the party on their
trip; heard the charge; ! don't know Of any
truth in it at ell; did not see Mayor
Grpbh ia state of intoxieation; l did not
see the Mayor caress negro woman; he
demonstrated against that treatment; two
or three times we tried to get oolored
woman, proposed by Capt Smith, to sit in
the Mayors lspi he would not permit it; he
held up his hands; ! saw the Mayor 60 out
in the hall and Chief Rlackmoze followed
him; the woman went ont with them; moth.
ing occurred with the sanction OF Mayor
Grub, which would serve as an apology
for the charges,
TO APnett:-
lam clerk TO the Chief OF Police; | have
been connected with the Police Depart
ment since the beginning Of Mayor Full
tons administration; ! first vent With the
party at the instance Of Chief Blsckmore;
! kneV Nj. Hamilton before; l joined the
party at the Central Station; we went to
several dives; l don't remember that we
went to saloons before we went to the dives;
we wont to dozen or so houses; there
might have been more; cant sag posi-
lively how many; we weyo in two or three
saloons; tie party dissolved at Smithfeld
0tPeet and Fourth avenue; we we're in God.
frey Il Stephens saloon; the parry drank;
drank no intoxicating drinks-lemon.
ade; Mr.. Shore drank the same; don't know
how of;en the party drank; was not in their
presence all the time; we drank about
three times at EACH place; don't recollect
of any OF the party declining; in the ga.
looms | saw the whisky bottle on the
table; no whisky was drank in any of
the houses; we might have been in God
frey 8 more than once; we had been in
houses before we went to Stephens; we
started out gbout ld:30 or ii we sepsra-
TED about 4 q. M; it was approaching
daylight; we separated at Stephens saloon
saw Mayor Grub drink beer; | paid no
attention TO what he drank in saloons; it
was about IN when we got to the Ross
street house; ! think that was the last
house we were in; there were three females
there besides the lardlady; Carrie Win,
/ field keeps the house; she is neither dark
nor light-medium; theEe was only one
dark woncn and two we're what you nigh,
cali medium; don't know how long we
were there-probably half or three-quar
tiers Of en- hour; it ia several squares from
Stephens saloon; the landlady was the
frst one We saw; she called the girls; there
were three; saw Mayor Grub there; ]
think he occupied two or three cbairs
while he was there; / remember bis going
out of the room; Chief Blackmore
went out after him; / don't
remember of q ightcolored
girl going out with them; the landlsdy
went out; / was abiding to tie lsndlady
cav no woman 60 out but her; the Mayor
was only out a short time; Chief Black,
more followed him right out; don't re-
member that anyone else went out; Ham
ilton went out in other houses, hut don't
remember whether he went out in that house
or not; don't know why the Mayor went
out; the land lady Was in tina hall; think
be went cut to see her; people were pass
iug in and out oil the time; saw q col
ored woman standing near Mayor Grub;
think il was The dark one; tried to get
light woman to sit on tie arm Of his
chair; tried 10 do it at severs! places; l
can't state definitely whether or not light
colored wolBn sat on the arm of his chair
or his knee; l might have seen it; | tried
to get her to do so, but don't remember
whether she did so or not Gs were laugh.
ing and cutting Up all the time; don't
know that any of our party went from that
room into another room; have no recollec-
ton Of seeing a light.ooiored woman 90,
ing into the adjoining roon; !
cav john FreW when he came TO
RIttsburR; it was about 6 p. m at the
Chiefs Office; the Chief was with him; the
Chief handed me the charges and read
them; denial was made and signed BY
Blackmore, Shore and myself; l don know
how long Frew was thers; he was there
only few minutes; talked with him;
kasw who he was; knew he was counected
with the Intelligencer; read ths charges;
after read them the DENIAL was handed
me; said it was correct end signed it; !
don't know that . satary was asked for; !
reed tie denial; 1t was banded 10 me; Mr..
Frsw wrote it; / had nothing to do with
dictsling it; each person appended his own
signature; that is nv signature; the sigma.
ture Of the Chief aud my own were not
written by the same party; ] know they
are not written by he came parties; the pa.
per coptaina q denial that Mayor Grub
was dunk at these houses and had colored
women lying about on his lap; / read the