The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-20
A NAL0DOROUS MESS,
Sickening Testimony Offered in
Police Court.
CONRAD, THE GARBAGE MAN,
'incu IN Twcnty.threc Cases by MAY.
or Seabriaht Inst Night--.ln I'm.
co'ored Ficinrc. Of FINN
Exposed 10 View.

!, anu Judge seabrlght rushed tho eurbsro
cases through in short order.
Henry Speycr was the prosecuting
1 witness In the first case. lle said tho
: garbage was not taken from his house
during ten days. The atuir filled all III.
vessels procurable. and the worms W. 10
crawling from it over the ground. It
stunk 80 that the windows had 10 10
closed. Col. Arnelt, for Tho ueipnsp.
after such testimony asked him II hn
knew these things OF his ewn knowledge,
or by hearsay.
Before Mayor seab,ight decided IL u
case, he asked both Col. Arnrtt and
Senator Somervillo II they agreed upon
inc evening session being legal. They
both assen!ed aud Conrad. the yarbayn
man, was charged up with S. more.
Col. Arnett then made Il motion ia
suspend Judgment on the cases heard,
and postpone the others till Conrad II ay
nave chance TO clean up the .owa,
Mayor Seabright replied that i! seemed
uHeiess to put the matter of any longer,
because Conrad had shown no morei /, cl.
nation to do his work since the other Eneu
were assessed, than he did before, Tho
Mayor decided to 90 on with the hear.
lngs, and recommended! that Conrad nd
his lawyer 30 before Council and ask Tor
aremmittance, as he could not conscien
t!ously show any quarter. Col. Arnett
then raised the question OF the crems-
tory being out OF order several days, but
that was thown 10 have been before
September 8, and NIL the complaints
were made after that time.
Col. Robert White was asked for his
opinion OF the collectors duty IN the
case, and he replied that il the cIcm,-
tory was ont OF order 1t was the col!ec-
tors duty to haul the stuff to the hill to
wait the repairing OF the furnace,
Senator Emsheimer's case against
Conrad was called next. The Senator
testified that his garbage was allowed TO
accumulate till there was q "croCk full, a
bucket full and box full" and that the
collections from his house and ttla, of
his daughter are very irregular.
Joseph Yahn testified that his garbnge
was allowed to lie for six days and That
it had never been collected regularly.
Alfred paulls garbage was not collect
ed regularly. and WAS allowed to stand
till it smelled bad.
A. D. Howell, Of No. o7lS Jacob street.
complained ten days ngo that the gar-
bage had not been collected Tor two
! weeks, and in court testified that it had
not been removed yet.s
". A. lsett said every available vessel
had been filed at his house, and tha, it
had stood eleven days at one time; was
full Of maggots and could be smelled in
the dining room althoug it was kept as
lar from the house as possible.
Lawrence Wehrle's garbage was not
removed from the fifth to the eleventh
Of September; it smelled bad md had
worms in it.
Henry Seidler, of No. Gll National
Road, had not been visited by the. gar =
bage man this summer. lie complained
three weeks ago, and the collector had
not called yet.
W. S. Mcdonald, OF No. 81 Fifteenth
street, that he had kept record, ard
the garbage had been removed Gu
an average. iour times in five weeks.
Daniel Rice bad not seen Il garbage
man ior eight days at one stretch. and
had burned some OF the older and
tilthier stuff to get rid of it,
George st. Myers complained thst
the garbage sometimes stood for a week.
and was never collected oi.ener ,hau
twice week.
Z. B. Potts said the garbage had stood
for six days at his house prior TO making
complaint, and that it has not been re-
moved yet.
David McEres said his garbage had
not been removed for more than Il week.
A Mr.. Newhart, who keeps boarding
house, was not visited between August
2G and September II. and had. to use hia
expression, Everything FULL"
John Rodocker, OF No. $3.50 Main
street. was missed for more than two
weeks. His garbage had worms in il
and stunk.
W. ". Echols, oi 2l2G Market, was
missed for two weeks prior to Monday
last. He has been visited twice sinrn
then. ~ '''0'
John Walton complained las. Tues inv
mat his garbage had not been removed
for a week. and said last night TINT II
had very gamey enell and was OIL
noxious. '"' '''
+; a; surrat is employed in an cllice
IN tne Rogers block. In the back yarts
adjoining, two barrels Of gurbave, festar-
ing and ioamln" over the tops, wcre al
lowed to stand till it was in u fair way
to stink the people out of the block.
They had to keep their windowa closed.
Jacob Steiniield WAS sure bis garbage
had not been removed for eight dayg
and was certain thatit smelled yery bad
Samuel KRAFT WAS not called unou in
ten days up till ten days ago, ami hra
not been called upon since. Lis savs hia
garbage smells bad.
John koemet's garbage snel led so Ind
that he had to shut the doors and win.
doWs. II was not collected at tire,
moro frequently than once in Two
George K. Wheat's earbags wos not
removed for eleven days prior IN San.
tember 10, and only once Hince " '''P>
| George Kraft, Of No. 10y .o,.
street, lives in the second atorv Mat ,vh M sHe
eyer the garbage collector called within
three or lonr days II ~as carried ,jown ~
him. Once he was missed ior 10 lnnc ~
that an amount SO great nccu,onln,"'j
That the Wolnen about the housa caulI,
not carry it down and the collec,nr rr'.u r..
fused to go up after it. 'e'o' ie'
IN tae ,thlrty.four Gates twenry.,hre.
prosecutors appeared, aud az many 'Ta.n Ga.a
were assessed. In the Other r.sso "ie" .h.
witnesses tailed to apnear, mud the c,s'a "'a
were dismissed, "Au '''' cases
Alter tho bearings wprs ovo, a..
Mayer at The reoucs. OF Colonel A,,o', @
;SSrenden e ~ a,Io ludsuent till Thnrs'.aynlorn.
lnR ra;, 70 a''ow Tue contractor to 10 before
oouhcl! S",a 10 on Tuesday evening with Tho
cases. That was done to savs tic clerks
ssoat dea! OF work tina. will be nm. no
necessary necessary II Council decides 10 h
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