The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-20
HARRY IAGEFlS CASE.
Habeas Corpus Proceedings In
stituted for Him,
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE


ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE
Against Him Is Developed, and the
Case WIN pnob,hIv ha Deolded
w.
To-day-JudGe Papl Taxes
the Case Under Amusement,
Harry Lacy, the bogus agent and con-
tractor for Adam Forepaugh's circus,
yesterday signed his name to a petition
addysssad M Jrdge Panll nj the Cirenit
, 49, ~ 80 ',,'a re- /" 49,
uourI' IN Wh'ch no iec4seu sna' no was
detained, confined and restrained OIL
his liberty" by Sheriff Steenrod with
oSt antbn,itv NJ law - and that there
ss' t,a'''s,.T,'. ~, Io,anJaa - H.,
was excessive p"l ue'nAueu " n'i
and asked that habeas corpus proceed
iugs be had In his case. This petition
wos nronared for him nv Colonel Arnett
'ss p'Np'SN wv -, - ~ y, y, e,s,s,,'
VINO appeaFeu W us COUNSEL ~ y S'oVA
last evening when Judge Fault heard
evidence and arguments, Prosecuting
A.,ornov uoword- onnaarsd ior the
Sa.s to' H'VAN 4PF ~ 'A'
sEale'
Mayor Charlie Seabrlght was one OF
the witnesses examined, He contribute
ed o new bit Of testimony against Lacy
In the shape OF the following letter,
which has never before been made pub
lic;
PITTsBuRdH, Pa, Sept. 10, 1889,
Mayor Of IHheeilaOi
DEAR sIR;-I see by Pittsburgh pa,
pers to-day that a man named Harry
faoy mas been swindlinp Wheeling biz
people representing himself as agent OF
Adam Forepaugh, and that he Is under
arrest, / trust you will send
him to States prison for lie,
as he Is In no way connected
with Forepaugh nor never had been,
and in fact was never in the circus biz
as an agent, under the name Of Lacy,
and ! question II under any other name,
The men with whom he dealt, had they
stopped TO think moment, would have
known him to be an impostor. No
agent Of Adam Forepaugh ever
borrows money, nor makes contract
for any supplies and gets tip or
advance. Any straightforward biz
man knows that q contract
made under such rules lisa crooked deal.
Mr.. Henry Shallcross, bill poster at
Wheeling, Is acquainted with all the
agents Of the Forepaugh show, and GER
tainly should have detected this man the
first deal he made, No show plays
Wheeling only one day. Advise me,
please, what disposition is made with
Lacy. Yours respectfully,
r. @. Campbell,
Agent 4.Paw.
The NIavor was mot examined "A to
the trnth 81 Tho statement made by Lacy
IN the affect that the Mayor was sill Ills
trIend' and tbSt he was going to .' get q
iawver for him and sec him throup6.
M ph;lo t. Kimberlv. Of tia firm Of
Kimberly 4 Davis, with whom Lacy
made n contract for feed, testified that
he had maid o ISsv ss5. When ssked what
that was for, he frankly said tbat
Il VIVA Wblnod,moneyn-a commits.
sion maid Iacy inst tho same
aS ba wopd nav broker who
would n,ace n sod order with him. Mr..
Schenk with whom Lacy had a meat
contract made n similar Admission In
roiation to n mart of the money Lacy oh.
tninsd from Him. Lacy hns on two or
Tires occasions told n reporter that he
was To have gotten SS5 from Kim.
herlv and $40 iron schenk. and flint
IN oIder IN nlIow him This. The narties
namei Ind entered into n consniracy
ITO do the Old man-Adam. Won hno%?
Bnt then that's the yay all Us contrac.
tnrs work H. We make ont n meat can.
tract far about A cent more than Inc
bntcher wants md hay ID raised dollar
or 40 etc. 40 that we can pet our liiiIe
share-seeP"
sam Brnbaker told how he WINS done
nm for SS5 on a contract for the bar
privilege, and Mr.. Harry Mcclure told
about Iacy's flrst arrest and what led up
TO Il.
Col. Arnett moved to exclude all let
tors and kilograms, and all evidence
Int that Of BmbNker. and he NOV.
ed That that be Knocked ont
because the date nj which the contract
was to, be fulfilled was in the future.
He laid down PRINCIPLES Of law for over
nm honr and 6e and Mr Howard enter.
tanned the audience OF twenty.tlye or
thirty present, for another hour, with a
verv interestinc legal sparring match,
Mr.. Howard won q General smile and
nod of annroyni when he said that he
did moi annrehend that the rnles oi
law ON which Tie Colonel was arguing
for the release of lis client were made
IN v;ye thieyes a chance 10 escane. Mr..
Howard also intimated yerv Mainly that
there was no danger Of Lacy vettiIv ont
oi The town anv fine soon. for fhe reason
That II Le WAS successful IN these writ n
h"heas cornrs nyocendinoa there wouId
bs other natters nm vhieS to hold him
1ndSa PanIl annopnced that hs wonId
taSe Until .a.dsv IN consider the noints
raised and T,ocy was taken hank n iii
Fla was AZ cav and chipper "a ever iast
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essnE anu T.. usss. .os,' W otsn,;stna !, az az
I ISr ~ '''y PA'iO taD
last eveninv Cbief Delbrpvue received
two Icttors from nsrtias enoI,iring about
f.Uv 0nn yas from Jossnh' CJarlin, nj
IItsa, L,Ial,as iii, n,i,o,n TaS,