Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-31

Mayor has now In bis possession bills re-
ceipted in the Treasurer's Office which are
still delinquent upon the Auditors books;
Ia view of all the facts above mentioned,
| should not receive more than my share OF
| criticism.
ABOUT THE BANK ACCOUNT.
In reference to my bank account. kept
\ il at the State Bank OF Virginia; kept It
| in my own name as Clerk OF the Second
| market and. as the Mayor says, / did check
| upon IL for my private use, and also de-
| posted nv salary and any other little
| amounts that ! made from my boarders.
etc. There ia no ordinance. custom, or
practice recurring me 10 keep bank &c
count. kept the same for my oyn ac-
| commodation, and / have failed TO see why
] could not deposit and check as liked,
so that my settlements were correct for
| each month. Some OF my predecessors III
| Office have kept no bank account; Others
| have kept accounts in their own name.
| The book the Mayor speaks of as having
been lost was O purely private meiDoran-
| dun of the names of some Of The persons
| who had lost their bills and wanted dupli-
Gates; of some for whom advanced money
| 10 pay their bills. and great many OF
those who delegated and requested
me to pay their bills. Neither the ordi-
| far as know under the ticket system, re-
! quired the keeping of any books, The
amounts which received from stall rent
| ers was in no respect as CLERK, but az their
| agent TO pay into the treasury. and inva-
| riably returned the Ireasurer's receipt
therefor. Surely no official record could be
! expected or desired OF these transactions.
THE GENTRY CASE EXPLAINED.
The impression made upon the public
| from the reading In the DISPATCH. accom-
| panying the Mayors message. doubtless
| and naturally is that was present. as each
witness testified, and then made my state
| ment in explanation thereof. In truth and
| in fact the evidence had all been taken
| and the witnesses had dispersed before i
was called upon to make any explanation.
| 1t can easily be imagined the. difficulty
| had in explaining matters OF such long
| standing. / have heretofore explained how
| unreasonable and unfair 1t is TO hold me
| responsible for the complaints which are
made by these witnesses. HAD explana-
| tions been asked OF required OF the proper
| time, as should have been the case, 1t
would have been my fault had failed to
give satisfactory explanations The facts
| in Mr. Gentry's case are as follows:
| When the new vegetable market was fin
| ished the Market Committee intended and
| expected TO force the tish-men to take
stalls therein in consequence OF which
| / allotted stalls TO ench of them. They
declined to come into the market. but
| nevertheless were reported delinquent un-
| der section 10 Of chapter rs OF the city
| ordinances. Mr.. Gentry paid his bill un-
| der protest, TO the best of my recollec-
| ton, never having occupied the stall. The
| Market Committee gave up the hope OF en-
| forcing the ordinance and instructed me
to let the fish-men stay where they were
Il. = Il e h. wlrAt n
| Gentry's money for some months, intend
| ing TO ask the committee what to do with
| il, and finally the matter escaped my mind
| altogether and never occurred to me until
| a few DAYS prior TO the present investiga-
! ton. | cannot see why Mr.. Gentry should
| wish TO put me In so unpleasant light,
| knowing these facts as he did, unless be-
| cause of enmitv TO me for having done my
| duty in reporting to the Gas Inspector the
| fact that he was using, and had for long
space of time been using, the city gas
| without payment therefore, pipe from his
store being connected with the market
pipe. by whom / do not know; but MIR.
GENTRY certainly knew he was using gas
without paying for the same. In conse-
quence of my report he was made TO pay a
back gas-bill of quite large amount. The
bill paid me did not belong to the city in
my opinion; but l was unwilling to de-
eide the matter. shall give the amount
TO the Market Committee and let them de-
eide to whom it belongs. The statement
made by Mr.. Gentry that l asked him to
conceal these facts is absolutely false. /
explained to two members OF the Council
before this investigation my exact p0s;tion
In this matter, and certainly would not
ask Mr.. Gentry to conceal what L had
voluntarily explained.
ABOUT MRS. GARY's BILL.
60 Mru Gorv'a hill I have
this TO say: She came into my Office some
time in May, after had returned the stub
of the rent book to the Auditors office,
and rented the two stalls, Nos 100 and 101,
for one month. The ordinance requires
the rent TO be paid i'll advance. told her
to 90 TO the Ireasurer's office and pay
it, giving her regular printed bill for the
same. She asked Inc if | would take 1t and
pay it for her and consented; She wanted
me to receipt the bill. which
declined to do, telling her it would be no
account She insisted on something to
show that she had paid me the money,
and gave her an informal receipt in pen
ell marked temporary" This amount |
am positive wns paid into the Ireasurer's
Office This was the only month Mrs. Gary
rented by the month. In June she CON-
planned she was away from the market SO
much that she wanted to rent by the half
month, which / explained was impossible.
and suggested she rent by the day.. which
she said suited her exactly. | Will swear
To this before any tribunal on earth.
append hereto a few affidavits in sup
port of what / have said and positively
contradicting Mrs. Gary. All of which Is
respectfully submitted. W. Ii. MosLEY.
AFFIDAvITs OF c. L. vADES AND OTHERS.
RICHMOND. Va, March 20, 1891.
Ice. Walden, of the city of Richmond,
Va. on my oath do say that some time in
the month of June. 1890, was in W.. II.
Mosley's Office at the Second market
in the city OF Richmond, and
while there Mrs. Gary came in and stated
to Mr.. Mosley that she was not going to re-
main in the city but a short time longer and
asked him to rent her the two stalls in the
market, which she was then renting by the
month, by the half month instead. This MIR.
Mosley declined TO do, saving 1t was
against the law TO rent stalls for a shorter
period than one month unless they were
rented at 10 cents p, day. Mrs. Gary &C
cepted the latter oher, saying 1t suited her
exactly, and thanking MIR. Mosley for his
kindness, left the office.
STATE OF VIRGINIA, CRY OF RICHMOND
To WIT:
1. W. X. Mathews. a notary public for
the city aforesaid in the State of Virginia,
do certify that Charles Z. Walden, whose
name is signed 20 the foregoing writing,
personally appeared before me in my city
aforesaid and made oath that the state
ments therein made are true.
Given under my hand this 23d day of
March. 1891. w. n. MATHEWS. NJ.
/, Winston Taylor, have often seen the
lady that kept the candy-stand in the
market Cher name is Mrs Gary. pay Mr..
Mosley 10 cents per pay on many occa-
sions. / have seen her pay him some-
times more than 10 cents per day. On
one occasion 1 remember her paying
him eighty cents. and she told
him he need not bother about the tickets.
Mr.. Mosley SAID to her he was compelled
to punch them, which he did, and then
tore them up. This was some time about
July, 1880.
WINSTON q TAYLOR.
Mark.
Witness: b. b. MARROW, March q, 1891.
STATE or VIRGINIA, CRY OF RICHMOND
To W.T.;
/. w. b. Jones, Justice of the Peace in
and for the city of Richmond, do certify
that Winston Taylor, whose name Is
signed to the above writing, bearing date
March %, 1891, personally appeared before