The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-21
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) MAYOR y. MosBl's TESTIMONY
! Before the Congressional Committed
Very Entertaining lr mot Alto
gcthcr Pleasing Witness NJ VI
Wood Is Recalled.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-When The
special House committee investigating
the ballot box forgery met this morning,
Mayor Mosby, Of Cincinnati, was placed
upon tho stand. He testified that he
knew Wood. First met him about
August 9Th last, when Wood came with
a letter OF introduction from Z. @. Hall,
manager Of the Hall Safe Company, ",
commencing Wood as a practical me ,
chanic. Wood also had another letter
saying that ho would make a good
Smoke Inspector; that he was an honest,
reputable citizen and a staunch Repub.
lican. This letter was from John G.
Oils. Still another recommendation to
tho same effect was from George Weber,
an iron merchant of high character and
formerly Sheriff. Congressman John G.
Caldwell, of + Ohio, also endorsed Wood
as a soldier and a good Republican = 80
did W.. Fl. Jones, OF tine Jones Electrical
Company. ag Wood ~ hled s. tie y pa
pers @ and asked il Il witness had
received n a letter OF 4 recomnenda-
ton from Governor n Foraker, and
being answered in the negative, said the
letter would be forthcoming. 81 August s,
witness got letter from @. l.. Kurtz, the
Governors secretary, asking to have the
place fof Smoke Inspector held open.
Witness had told Wood be would cou-
slider his application with others, and
waited to hear from the Governor. An.
gust Is he got n letter from the Governor
asking him to make IN appointment OF
Smoke Inspector, for few days. q Wit.
ness wrote the Governor In reply, telling
what kind Ola man lie wanted for Smoke
Inspector, and August 10 the Governor
replied that he had promised to indorse
Woods application i in q certain contin.
gency; that he bad promised hin, tho
Governor, certain political information
about Sprominent 4 men. Witness said
that during this time he bad received
letters from ]. II. Leiding,e Henry Wat
son and others, Of a Grand a rmy, most,
and Charles B. Russell, RECOMMENDING
Wood Tor appointment as Il worthy
man. good business niand and hard
working man.
Sss..t5 q MosDY SCORES WOOD ~, u
Thechairman suggested that these let
tiers might be put il. without reading,
but the witness said he would not like
to 20 before the country as appointing n
man who deliberately sat down here
last Saturday like buifoon and a fool
| to give evidence. So, he was allowed to
60 on reading the letters. One was from
Powell Crossley, Mr.. Butterworth's new
partner, and in it. Mr.. Crossley spoke OF
Wood rs his friend. IL Another was from
John Zumstein, now County, Treasurer.
Witness told how he had met Governor
Foraker on the train at Xenia, when he
told witness about the ballot box. Wit
ness thought he, (Foraker), mentioned
not only: Campbell, but Butterworthy ! as
beingin the same deal. Witness alter
iwards wrote the Governor 10 know II he
had forgotten something, and got re-
ply September ] lSby telegraph saying
that he had not forgotten that the party
would bring tbe@;paper52 that y. day.
Another reply, received later that day
said that everything was all right, and
next day: Wood presented his letter OF
recommendation from Governor Fora
kerr. Witness talked with Wood he
seemed to be competent, and witness de.
termiped TO appoint him, but did not.
Next morning a gentleman called and
said he wanted to say something about
Wood. that he had something to do with
the car-hook trouble; had attacked "a
driver and conductor, aud was a notori-
Gus liar. 4 He also said Wood was the
means of breaking up a family named
Knight; that hew not faithful to his
own! family. This man gave bis name as
George W. Jewell, n brother. OF Woods
wife. Witness thanked him for his in
formation aud proceeded Ito Investigate
Wood 8 career. si He told the Chief Of
Police to look up the car.hook trouble,
and went to see Mr.. Elliott OF the Singer
works. Mr.. Elliott said he knew moth.
I ing Of Wood, but being pressed said that
Wood was liar. W s;5I n
q FAMILY ,1NF1RMfTY. 53s .s53
VI That at one time Wood: had told him
when caught in a lie that "'my mother
and father we're liars before me, and i
can't help'it."" Witness made a b ote OF
this.& Mr.. Elliott also told him Of the
knight affair. He could not say Wood
was a thief, but he believed him to be
dishonest and suspected him OF taking
away patterns. q, Witness told Wood OF
the things he had ! learned. wv ood at
tempted to explain his relations with
Elliott, saving that Mt? Elliott had gone
back on him and he, Wood, had been
discharged BY the Singer company.
Wood s. said d.5 the a story z that *: lie
had been ,unfaithful ( to n his " family,
Twas an unmit.igated lie and produced
evidence. AS to the car hook trouble
Wood said that the case had never come
to trial and witness believed he was cor.
rect, Witness had been told that Wood
had given money to T. G. Campbell, his
counsel and the witnesses, to prevent
the trial but Wood denied this. Wood
went right along giving witness testi-
monyg and recommendations from first
class men OF y Cincinnati, and witness
read some $of them. They were from
Crittendorf, Ditman and Co., Judge NJ.
! G.. Bookwalter, A. Morrison and Co.,
Fl. Oftenbridge, Sttibley and Co., H.TJ.
Reedy and Co., ST. .ssWilmot, Littell
G.iRA.. r. Post, ~: M. Robinson, ]. NV.
Hall. Superintendent 5oi the Covington
schools, Il Post Commander Bauer, and
4 William G. Lamb, OF Indiana.
,lsS&Wi,ness read letter from Mrs Gibson,
sister.in-law of Woods, saying that Jew.
ett,who had preferred charges against
j Wood was a mild lunatic aud that Wood
was a faithful and indulgent husband.