Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-02

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were there two or three days before he
took them away. On August -. 1857.
Council gave the q. 4. K. the privilege
of getting pipe to illuminate the Fair
Grounds. They came To me first. and
them ! had no authority. but if they
got authority | would accommodate
them. | also told Mr. Scelcy of their
request. and he said they had better ap-
ply 10 Council. a. IL was too much pipe.
They did 90. and Seeley told me To
measure it. and keep an account. OF
the onc-half inch pipe ne got 40 feet ;
inches. Out Of this there was returned
375 feet o inches. being 3j feet
due. Then there was 663 feet of 4 inch
pipe; of this only AS feet was returned.
There was then balance not returned
of 22O feet of one inch pipe, 37l feet 6
inches of i-mch pipe, and l3j feet of y
inch pipe. SO nearly 900 feet Of this
pipe went to Secley'S ShOp-they did
not come back to the works. ! spoke
to Seeley about this pipe, and he
promised to send it over, but only two
wagon loads came. There was a big lot
OF fittings taken. and none Of them ever
came back. / asked Scelcy about the
pipe, and he said il didn't amount to
much and was rusty and bcnt-Old
goods in fact
Q.-llow do YOU know they went to
the shop? Ale told me himself.
He said: "Oh, took them down to the
didn't amount to anything.
'On August - Mr.. Scelcy got forty
five brass buShingS from the workS-not
himself, but hc sent a man for them.
and | saw the man give them TO Seelcy
myself.
On September 18th he got four bun
dies of onc-fourth inch pipe. four bun
dies of one inch pipe. 30j feet OF one
half inch pipe and 439 feet Of three
eight inch pipe-l.GOl feet in all. 1t
came to the depot and was taken right
to his place of business. He got all the
pipe on the face OF the bill. | never
ordered the thrcc-cight inch or onc-half
inch pipe. or never asked any one else
to order IT, The first intimation had
of il was from the Office. The bill is
marked o. X. by Oscar Seelcy. 4 lot
OF fittings came on the same bill in bar
rclS and boxes. They were carried up
stairs. dumped out and sorted and
counted. After that was done. Scclcy
came along and took what he claimed
was his.
"On the 10th Of October there were
Is l-inch and ] = inch ellis and - other
ellis came few days after. He 81 ~
inch ellis, and . 9-inch ellis. 3G - inch
ellis. % I'M t-inch ellis. and 13 l. ilx2-
inch ellis. went over to his shop and
asked him to return the pipe. and he
said he would send it the next day. but
he didn't. | gave Secley a statement.
but the ellis and a lot of the pipe was not
ON it. gave it To him in the meter
room. and | told him it was statement
of all the stuff he he had got. He
said, All right. sam: I'll at
tend To it, lie opened it and
looked at it, and then put it in his
pocket Later met him in the lobby
down stairs and asked him if he had
ever settled it mp. He said: oh yes:
that's settled long ago. About half an
hour later asked Andy s'camon If hc
had settled. and hc said hc hadn't. ]
said hc must owe a right smart bill, and
he repeated hc had not settled. About
a week or 50 before the election for a
new Trustee came of. gave Mr.. Sea-
mon the date Of Qgc Of the bills. Sep
tcmbcr 10. 1857. and the amount and
asked him To look at the minutes and
see whether il was paid and who was
lie said ne had looked 1t mp
and found il just aS | had stated.
asked him who was present. and he said
Scclcy and Lewis. The bill was mark
ed 20. H." by Scclcy.
Odd Sccley ever return any Of
those fittings taken for the Fair
Grounds? A-To my knowledge. he
never returned one OF them.
This ended the direct examination.
The chair asked whether any one wish
ed to ask any questions. and Capt.
Doycncr said he wanted to ask few
questions,
Captain Dovcncr then asked a few
questions. one Of the most important
was:
Q-What did you keep memorandum
for? A-To see If lac was doing it on
the square.
A-And if You found it was not ION
the square" why did You not report tito
the Secretary? Ale knew it.
Odd you kecpothcr mcmorandums?
A-YcS.
Odd you report them? A-No,
they settled up.
Q-Why did YOU not report Mr..
Scclcy? Al trusted to his honesty.
of you trusted to his honesty.
why did You keep an account? A.-As
a prccautiOn.
Q.-Why didn't you report it? At
wasn't my duty.
Q.-Thcn You were willing. a You
say. to see the city robbed, because ii
wasn't your duty? Al was simply
Of the works, and had
no authority. supposed hc would set
tie it.
Q.-Why did you ask him to return
200 feet of pipe just before You went out
of office? Because il was after ne
was President Of the Board. and had no
more power or control over me.
Didn't hc return that 200 feet?
A-No. sir; he did not.
Q.-DO You swear that? A.-Ies.
Haven't YOU 200 feet Of pipe cred
tied? A-YcS. and I'll explain that.
When We were putting up the arches
for the G.. 4. r., we ran out Of = Inch
pipe. Seeley had taken it all 10 the
Island. asked him if be- would let us
have 200 feet and he did So. That :
where the credit appears.
Captain Dovcncr then pressed the
witness to know why he had not pre-
sentcd the account To the Board. and
the witness replied that he thought
Scclcy would attend 10 il. He had
spoken 10 Scclcy about il. and had
Scclcy', word that it was all right
The witness denied that he had used
the matter against Seclcy in the con-
test for the Supcrintcndcncy Of the
works. saying. Il don't think ! used it,.
except might have said he was indcbt-
ed to the Board.
Q.-And after that parties came 10
YOU and asked YOU 10 stand up To your
claim? A.-No. there was never liy-
ing soul came to me. ! never spoke Of
the matter.
Q.-Whcn did you find out il wasn't
settled? A.-Whcn ! spoke TO him
about II.
Q.-And why did you wait two years,
until hc was candidate against you?
A.-BecauSe thought q was a good
time.
Q.-You could Use il 10 advantage?
A.-Ycs.
On redirect examination Mr. Cald-
well asked witness how Mr.. Secley's ac-
count compared with those Of other
plumbers. and in reply witness said the
most any one got was one or two lengths
- ,.inn nNccnf Mr.. Hlbhnrd who got