Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-07-09

was a saloon, engaged daily and hourly
in the violation OF the revenue
laws of the city and State, ana
every one was house OF III
fame. He had nothing but pity and
SORROW for the unfortunate women who
found home In such places. Their
life was hard one, living as they dld
without hope OF reward in this world or
the next. 81 have nothing but COM
misseration and pity for these unfortun-
ate fallen women. But for the man
Gpointing to Emblem who wrings from
these unfortunate women the earnings
of their hard life-for the man who
makes the mother who bore him a
scape-goat for his crimes-who
grows rich out of the unlaw-
full earnings Of these fallen women
have nothing but detestaton and
contempt" Mr.. Howard proceeded to
denounce Emblem In scathing terms as
co-criminal with the women upon whose
bonds he wished to go, said he rented
houses to every one of them, and that
so far he had managed to evade the law
which he had outraged. He denounced
Emblem as man who had been a
stencil in the nostrils of the decent peo-
pie of this community for years, and he
appealed to the Court to pause before 1t
unwittingly made itself party TO an
other of his schemes to defeat the
er DIS OF justice. Emblem, he said, had
escaped from the meshes Of the law
first time through the death OF his faith
err. she was seen TO laugh and heard
to chucke when the old man died." A
second time he escaped because he had
been indicted under the common law,
there being no statute, and then, when
the Legislature had passed an enact
ment covering his case, scheme had
been concocte1 for him in the brain OF
his counsel, and he had sent his mother
to reside in Chicago. putting into her
hands the entire business OF renting
the houses, and then laughed In
his sleeve at the efforts OF the
law to entaugle him in its meshes.
Now he comes here, offering to go on
the bond of the women from whom he
wrings the last available dollar, and is
asking this Court to aid him in once
more defying and beating the law" Mr..
Howard spoke for about half an hour,
indulging throughout in the most scath-
ing language toward Emblem and his
methods, and closed by warning to the
Court and the women who sat before
him, that If Emblem was accepted as
bondsman and they went back 10 En-
blen's houses ne would have Them ar
rested again last night, and tonight,
and tomorrow night, and have them
committed 10 jail as often as they were
released. He gave fair warning that the
women could no longer do business In
w. T. Emblen's houses. The time had
come when that sort Of thing must
cease in this community.
Mr.. Boyce replied to Mr.. Howard
somewhat briefly, expressing his sur
prise at the sort OF speech which had
been made, and then Captain DoVener
took the floor. He denounced the war
fare on Mr.. Emblem as nothing but
scheme to make fees out of him and the
women, and charged that Mr.. Howard
had gone so far in his endeavors to
make cases stick that he had gone to
Charleston and secured an amendment
TO the State law for his especial use
and benefit ia this regard. He de-
Tended Mr.. Emben's eligibility as a
bondsman, and said that the fact
that he was under Indictment had moth
ing to do with his ability to give
proper security. Capt. Dovener con-
tnued for quite time, and there was
considerable cross-fring between the
speaker and Mr.. Howard, but the lat
ter having said he would rather take
the personal recognizance OF the &C
cused than have Emblem on the bonds,
the Court said it might 90 that way,
the recognizances Of thirteen Of the
madames was taken to appear before
the Justice at two o'clock Monday at
ternoon, and then the defendants went
out, and the crowd dispersed, ending
one of the most exciting and interesting
sessions lately held.