The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-11


no attack upon you personally.
Mayor Evans have not claimed that
yon did. If you had made personal
attack [ would have settled with YOU
personally.
The mayor then proc ecded to read
from ono OF Donnelly's articles III which
he said that the mayors court WAS run
III loose, careless, ANU inefficient way,
ana his honor then proceeded 10 take
Donnelly 10 task for the article.
Mr.. Donnclly then exc,tedly said:
What said there l now stand by ana
repeat"
Mayor Evans-'rhcso charges reject
upon inc personally, and now call upon
you TO put your Charges III writing ana
produce your witnesses and sub,tanJiate
the charges.
Mr.. Donnclly = Do you know tho
| difference between Individuality and
personality?
Mayor Evans, ignoring tho obscure
qucstiOn-Whcn will you be lcac v?
win Wednesday vt 3 O'CLOCK suit you?
Mr.. Donnelly-l will DC ready then,
but want y formal summons. am
not now legally before tao commission
crs. do not acknowle<5c the summons
have received. and these proceedings
are farc.cal. Why" no continued Iii
an excited tone, the otlicr day when
we were here the president of the board
said he had not read the articles, and
not TWO hours afterward he told u we'll
known citizen that he had read tho ar
ticles before the hearing"
Mr.. Scott (thc preSidcnt), unconcern-
edly-That is absolutely false; would
like you to produce that citizen.
Mr.. Donnclly reiterated this State
mcnt, MIR. Scott paying no further at
tfart tt.,r, -, L. -, t..l IL
the meeting SAID To Il TINES reporter:
"Whoever is respon> ib,e for that state
ment tells a lie pure and simple
This little diversion, however, did not
keep Mayor Evans FROM getting IRON
Donnelly acIulcscenc. IL Il proposition
to appear on "Wednesday naxG AMI sub
stanuate his charges, wiiicn the latter
dehantlv consented to do, and left the
courtroom.
OF the charges, Wholesale and retail.
made through the World ton the
authority OF Public Stfcty" and 81 us
tice'J against the polio, force, no effort
was made To sustain them.
The officers arc indignant at this
abandonment Of the so-cailcd case
against them, and, even i'll the face of
the two failures To bring their ;.ccuscrs
to the rack, they expect 10 have II pub
lie trial and Il pubic disproval OF the
Wholesale charguS OF neiiicicncY and
drunkenness made through The Evening
World by Mcsars. Donneily and FISHER
THo Is =. II. DJSNELLY?
Mr.. Donnelly is tall, well-built
man OF saliow complexion, and wears
slight black aiGewnlsllcrs aud nous
tachc. AS the name would indicate hn is
of MilesiAn extraction, wn!cn is be-
trayrd when he talks, particularly when
excited.
MIR Donnclly came to Roanoke some
six weeks since, and was introduced To
the various newspaper men rs the as
sCcjate editor OF the American BGIldcr
lie was also SO int Cd TIC d alta meeting f
III, Federation OF Labor. 70 Common
wealth Attorney BOY y. Smith he also
said that he occupied that position on
tao paper III question. and his claim in
this respect gave him something Of Il
standing III the community.
In response to IL telegram OF inquiry
addressed to the journal aforesaid yes
terday, the following reply was re-
cciveG:
CLEVELAND, O.. Jan. 10.
"E. II. Donneliy has Nd connection
with this paper. We know very little
OF him. tSigned)
AMERICAN BUILDER"
NJ. Donnellys writinr for tho Roam
oko newspapers has not been confined
to prose writing. ~ dry or two before
New Years he turned into the editor
OF tho Herald poem. in manuscript.
over which was written: Lines TO The
New Year; GcdicAscd TO Mr.. and
Mrs. -, of Roanoke" 70 it WAS
signed the name Re II. Donnclly''
The editor, on reading the poem in
question, was amazed to find it to be
taken verbatim from "in Memor.am,'
tho production Of q nrtain Alfred Ten
nyson. who enjoys quite Il little reputl-
ton i'll secluded portions OF the county.
Fortunately for either the Herald or
MIR. Donnclly-iJ is II question which
MIR. Tcnnyson's poems arc not alto
gethcr Unknown in this hcnightcd sec
zion, but the editor, anaz 4 and amused
ut the audaci,y OF the plagiarism, sent
the copy ont 10 the composing room rs
it was sent to him, leaving the dear
public TO draw il; own conclusions on
beholding 4 divided claim to the an thor
Ship Of Ring out the old, ring in the
new
But the editors point was not OBJ
served in the newspaper curt of last
resort, and the acting foreman calmly
chopped of Mr.. Donnclly's new heading
his dedication and his architectural
signature, and substituted, those To be
found in authorized editions published
| under the supervision of the Poet
Laureate of England. and so Mr. Don.
nelly lost whatever reputation or noto-
ricty he might have aciuired had not
this course been pursued.
Officers for HOLDING. Elections.