Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-16

Mrs. SeYbOld AT once informed MIS-
Harry Seybold of the charge contained in
the letter, and she wrote to the grocer
about il, and the latter said there was
nothing in it. The letter TO this effect is
the one not now Obtainable. Mr.. Zane
then sent letter 10 Mr.. Seybold. which
contained the following:
"FRTNp HARRY; Well, Harry, there is
no doubt but what you have felt just as in
dignaut over this matter as | have. As
have had matters settled up in regard to
that affair, ! will now 90 into details and
explain the whole business. y few days
after YOU left here, young Gadd
came TO see us, and OF course,
asked what had become of Bates, and
told him that you had gone home. He
would call at the house quite often, and |
made things as pleasant for him as ! could.
One day he told me that he was going 70
| leave the town, and he wanted
10 borrow money TO 90. told him / had
no money. and shortly after there came 10
me a grocery bill in the hands of collec-
tor The bin amounted to -. and
few cents. and handed him the money
/ He said: i think You have made mis-
take ! looked AT the account. and found il
Sl33l. | told him there was mistake,
I but ne insisted upon it being all right. and
he also said would have it to pay. Then
went 10 the store and made thorough
| investigation of what in the h was wrong,
| for was So angry that | could hardly see.
Then had To look up the clerk to find
who had paid out the money.
/ He said young man came TO him while he
was employed in the store and handed him
a note. demanding the payment of so. and
expressing that everything was all right to
/ let the young man have the money, and
when we traced things up, and found the
| date and the note endorsed by Harry
Bates | certainly was Mortified with
anger, as you or anyone else would have
! been: and of course, angry as
was, | wrote your mother In the
early part of last week the same man who
paid out the money met me in Olive street
and told me a man by the name Of George
| C0rnstOcl1 had been victmi4cd in the same
way. =. COnstock's wife suspected
Young Gadd. and had him brought 10 the
store by his father, and the clerk identified
/ him rs the man who obtained the money,
and at once sent for me. -. The
clerk also identified him as the young man
who endorsed the note for the so.
thought. well. have played the deuce.
and told Gadd in the presence of all that
had accused Harry Bates, the best friend
| | had. of obtaining the money
The letter then went on 10 say that
Gadd's father had settled up the two bills,
on Young Gadd promising to write to Mrs
Seybold and apologize to her for the pain
caused by the accusation against Harry
/ through Zane. He then went on
"Of course, ] would not have done what
/ I did for a 81. goo, had I known the facts.
| but what is done cannot be undone"
/ The letter closed with an extended refer
ence 20 one BILLY BabcOck" and his father
who. the writer said, knew too d-u
much about Bates" The letter closed -
Harry. whatever you do, don't never
think that am SO little as to blow on you,
| for / am not that kind of duck
| Sheriff Steenrod was seen by a REGISTER
reporter. Yesterday. and he said:
Il see by the papers that Harry Zane is
accused of furnishing information of Sey-
I holds whereabouts TO me. 1t is entirely
/ false. as neither Mr. Zane nor any other
person of his family or acquaintance have
| had any communication with me upon the
subject. | obtained my information
/ through legitimate channels, and acted
upon il solely with regard to the duties Of
my Office. I had had no other motive in
the world Under the charge and instruc
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