The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-15

OHhSIIte n6 IN Roanoke.
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock v,s
the hour agreed to by f. H. Dona.lly
Tor him to appear at the mayor's ollse
and make, .r rath T substantiate o,r-
tain charges made against Mayor Evans.
1t was gen rally understood that DON
nelly would not appear, but u small
crowd assembled to see IL no would a
reporter for THE TIMEs was ON shc.o,ne
st 2:io and waited until 3:I5, bu. no
one appcared-neithcr Public Safety"
nor Welfare Justice"
Mayor Evans was seen during tho
day, and in answer to question AZ 20
what he would do In tho premises, 30
piled:
IL don't think l can aiP)rd to n,tioo
this fellow any further; hs is b.n,ata
tn" contempt respec table people,"
Tho police. however. in tho Ian tuxgo
OF one of them, are determine to mako
Alt. SOL Foster Come to taw," anil Mr..
Norris, the chief, will to-day deliver
Tia following oJmmunio Ition ~ '.pubr.n
Safety"
sol roster. esq,
Sir: Attic last meeting of the hoard
OF p1lice ,mmissionerS. Mr.. t. III. DIN
nelly handed to the board u o,py of tho
Evening World" containing your
charges against certain unnnm ID
member Of the police force Tn,xso
charg' have been referred to the chief
OF polioa for investigation and report.
lie will oill upon you for the nan, ~ Of
the witnesses and such other intorm.-
ton as you may see proper to give.
'RoBERr +. Scorr.
Priest Board Police Commis>i oucrs."
AS Donnclly made no sp c tic charges.
save against the mayor. which ,ar rs
he evidences no desire to press, hp VII
not be c Tiled upon further, though duo
attention will be paid to any wilton
communication from him.
Donnelly's RI cord grows as it Is sorrt-
lnlN d. lilo tried to wrigglc Gus OF tho
large that he claimed to be nsscola,o
editor OF the American Builder, OF
Cleveland. by saying that he was mot
now such editor, and afterward. In
the World Doanelly said that he had
been introduc; as such editor without
his permission. He allowed himself TO
be introduced at meeting Of the Roam
oke Federation of Labor u, cemLsr I'D
without contradiction, and on humorous
occasions stated himself that he held
that exalted position.
In this connection the following dis
patch from Cleveland needs NO .om-
ment:
"CLEVELAND, Jan. II.
"Donnelly was never our associate
editor. We published two Of his
articles, but Will accept no more Know
nothing of him personally.
(Slgneu) "AMENCAN BUILDER"
Mrs. Riley, who lives on Fourth ave-
nue., back Of Whah. g's stables. would
like the gentleman in question u sqttl,
the board bin he owes her.
The Danville Register Of tho i3th
instant ntnins the following:
Mr.. T. ii. Donnelly, who lived In
Danvillc tor some time, and seemcd TO
have much literary ambition. now
resides i'll Roanoke, in which city his
ambition has received quito sot bao's.
"One of his literary ventures which
reached the public eye through Roam
oke paper, was y series Of anonymous
attacks on the Police force OF tho Magic
City. These publisht letters seem to
havo Raised Cam ard Tux RoANoKn
TiMEs has been hunting up MIR. Don
nclly's r, cord. That journal says Don
nelly gained some notice in the cum
mnnity by introducing himself rs tho
asst ctute editor or the American
Builder, published at Cleveland, Ohio,
but telegram from that paper says
Donnclly has no come ction with the
paper and is but little known there.
The TIMES has also exposed certain
plagarisms Of Donnelly's.
'lle was brought to the book on tn,
police question and failed TO substan-
siate his charges, and Roanoke has
quietly sat down on the literary II ntle-
man.
while il Danville Mr. Donnel yfrc-
qnently favored the Register with etiu-
sions, poetic and otherwise, most OF
which went TO the waste basket.
Zone OF the rel ctsd epissles was an
account of a Democratic meeting at
Ringgold in which Mr.. Donn.lly gave a
fulsome account Of an eloquent Demo-
cratic address said to have been do
liyerod by himself, and no had tho
applause and wild enthusiasm of
the audience properly brao6eted for
good measure"
a Compromise plan.