Daily Republican., 1890-03-26
rns Lsvr COURT.


osor<s O. I.obdsli Called on to Toll
what ne kne~psA sASou. County x.-
sr~vasanos-lsssdlns Petitions.
At the afternoon session of tho Law
Court yesterday. tie reading Of prison
feed petitions was suapsnded to allow the
preservation Of the following resolution
by ". Wier, which WAS read:
Whereas, George g. Lobdeil, Of this
county, has publicly asserted that oerts In
road mending Aas been done at a cost TO
the county, In 0Eo ease OF $500. which
could or should hsve been done for $50.
and anosner case where the cost tU the
county WAS S72 thAe should not have coat
more than IS; now, therefore be- il ~
Resolved, That tie ssid Georas a.
Lobdell bs and 10 hereby summon ed Is
appear before this court and to state in
plain terms whether this body or apy
member thereof has been SO derelict II,
auty a. to 90 extravagAntly use the pub.
lie funds.
Mr.. Wisr eaid the speech OF Mr.. Lob.
Cell was reflection on the Levy Court,
II such extrAva2auca existed I. ought to
be known and corrscted. He had NO
doubt Mr.. Lobdeli asserted what be
thought was eorreck but he must Ger.
tainly be mistaken. For his part he ala
not believe the report
After the adoption Of the resolution
President Grubb asked: "Now. how are
you going to get Mr.. Lobdell hsre?"
Mr. Wier said he had no doubt that
all that was needed was to notify MI,
Lobdell and he would come without
further procass. he thought Mr.. Lob.
dell M ust have got mixed up with some
road that the city had something to do
with. aud In which the road commis.
sioncrs were concerned.
they Try to put every thing on the
Clerk Osborne was then instructed to
notify Mr.. Lobdeli 10 appear.
President Grubb, being notified that
two colored men were present from Mil
Creek hundred, waiting To got assessed,
he gave instructions 10 bring them before
| tlls court.
| The first ono that came forward ssid
that bis naUc was John Collins, but he
wssUither 90 demcntsd or iilitorato that
be could tell nothing elss. He lived
some place over in the Ninth ward before
he went out 10 MIN Creek hundred, but
did not know who he lived With, hir
nci4hbors, nor the street he lived on
Mr.. Lemuel Graves stepped forward tc
venture an explanation for him, but hs
was sharply reprimsndtd BY Mr.. Shall
crois, who told him to stay outside the
railing, that bis interference aud expls-
nations were not wanted. Mr.. Roberts
also tod Mr.. Graves that tile court did
not want TO hear him.
| President Grubb then spoke. and said
| hA cOnlh mt slIntu fthis tht,.~ o., =. -
1t was very plaiu, he said, that some.
body would have to perjure himself to
get the man on, aud he had better 70.
tire.
Mr.. WIer told him ~ he left to get
somebody that knew him to come for.
ward, whom ho had no doubt he would
get assessed. The man left romising to
get the desired information. The Other
colored man present was not called ior.
ward.
The assessment on tho property O.
Eleanor Douglas In Pencadcr hundred
was reduced from $4,000 to $4,000
Thomas Holcomb. lsq., made applica.
tion to have the assstsmert on the prop.
erty Of William Jsnks Fell, near New
port, reduced from 1880 to oi4, 900
Mr.. Fell had the property laid out In
building lots, with tho idea Of building
l &R = soWhp eau t4O 089Socmout uR- U8ou
raised. Mr.. Fell could only sell Que lot
and so he abandoned the toheme.
MI. Wier said the whole plan was q
wild scheme, and hs thought now ,ha,
Mr.. Fell had made his land into Q farm
the tax should be reduced.
Mr. Grubb did not think the assess
ment for last year should bs reduced, a.
Mr.. Foil had conceived the scheme and
he should pay for It. The assessment for
for this year, he thought, ought to be
reduced. The motion to reduce the as
sessment prevailed,
Tho reading OF the Every Evening
petitions for . reduction OF the cost o.
prison board was resumed and occu pied
the balance OF the afternoon. When this
was over Sheriff Allen had handed In
remonstrances against reduction of the
price lowed for feeding prisoners until
Mr.. Aliens term expired, but the read
ing OF them was postponed until thil
forenoon, aud the court adjourned.