The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-03
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versant with the whole case.
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The force of the exposure was greatly
strengthened by Mr.. Wilkinson's tosti-
mony that the statement submitted to
him by the IxrEhIIGENcER was an ac-
curate statement OF facts and presented
the case truthfully and fairly. There
was no way to get over this, although
Franzhelm's friends got their heads to-
gether early in the day to devise ways
and means, and last nighEit it was under
stood that they had fixed up something
as the best they could to help him out
OF the hole and into the sheriG's office.
1t was understood that one of the
schemes under contemplation and per-
haps decided upon was to attack the
character OF Motfat, Republican nomi.
nee for sheriff, and it was whispered
that this attack would make its appear
ance in this mornings Register.
Another suggestion was to get TO
work at once on the vindication and
bring in q white-washing report. 1t
was offered in behalf OF this plan OF
campaigning that the vindication would
come too late and that the public would
have no confidence in any such report.
Still another scheme was to get the
gas trustees to join in letter saying
that when Franzheim went out of the
boards employ his books balanced
This view was not thought to be very
promising, for document of this kind
has been understood to be in existence
for some time, and to have been used
quietly in Franzheim's interest
The question does not turn on
the balancing OF the books. 1t
rests on the shortness OF the funds,
and that they were short is con-
clusively proved by the fact that Franz
heIm. was forced to make them good.
This he did by raising the money in
bank on notes endorsed for him. Turn
which way they would, his supporters
were unable to devise anything which
all of them could agree upon as at all
likely to help him out OF his scrape.
The blow had come and there was no
way to stand up against it.
MIR. DuxLEvY DOES NOT TALK.
An IxTELIIGExcER reporter yesterday
tried to interview the gas trustees, but
failed. Messrs. shaffer and Schultz
were not seen, though calls were made
at their places Of business on the South
Side. President Dunlevy was encoun-
tered and asked what he had to say
about the publication in Yesterdays In
gELLIGEScER.
~ have nothing to say" he re-
sponded.
The reporter told him he did not want
to crossouestion him if he was deter
mined not to talk, and asked, elias
any meeting OF the gas board and Coun-
Gil committee. on lights been called"
"Not that know OF.
evil one be called?"
"You say you do not want to cross
question me, and then you go on doing
mo, 1 do not want to crossquostion
you, but thought perhaps you would
not object to answering that question. "
~ said do not desire to talk about
it."
81 thought perhaps in view of tho
publication in this mornings lNTELtt-
GEScER tho trustees might feel as il they
we're called on to say something"
~ do not believe in forestalling a
matter OF that sort"
THAT reminlSs me that | heard a
rumor to-day that Massrs. ShatFer and
Schultz propose to make some sort OF u
statement to exonerate Mr.. Franzheim,
and that it IS due about next Monday.
/ suppose there can DO no, credenco
placed in such report"
Mr.. Dunlery was silent.
"Oi course an individual statement OF
that character. brought out on the eve
OF the election would have little
weight"
So far as was apparent to the reporter
Mr.. Dunlevy was not interested in his
conversation, and he let it DRIFT upon
other euDjects, and after very pleasant
chat, bade Mr.. Dunlevy good day.
SECRETARY HE'LL.
A reporter called Secretary He'll, of
the gas board, out OF the Young Mems
Democratic meeting last night and
showed him tho following sentence in
an evening paper:
"a well known Democrat, and at tho
the same time warm friend OF Colonel
Frahzheim, stated to q News reporter
that he was familiar with the facts OF
the case, and that he was convinced
that whatever Irregularities there wero
in the operations OF the gas Office during
Mr.. Franzheim's incumbency as secre-
tary, we're due more to the carelessnes'
OF another official than to Mr.. Franz
helm, and that the latter had not at any
time protited one cent by any OF the ir-
regularities."
Mr.. Hell had not before seen this, he
said, but when his attention was called
to it he agreed with the reporter that
it might be, and probably would be,
construed to mean him, as ho was in
the Office with Mr.. Franzheim and sue
ceedcd him rs secretary.
Mr.. He'll sail there never was q dis
crepancy nor apparent discrepancy due
to any officials carelessness. II any
body had anything to say about him he
wanted it said openly. Nobody, OF