Evening journal., 1893-05-31
WILEY TO STEP DOWN
Supreme Lodge Officers De-
mand His Resignation.
TO GAIN TIME THE MAYOR REFUSES

| The Formal Demand Made Upon Him
To-day-The Messenger Referred to
Colonel Nields-supreme Chancellor
blackwell Says That the Mayor and
Bondsmen Are Trying to Beat the
Supreme Lodge.
In the Decoration Day parade yester-
day afternoon Mayor Wiley posed in an
open barouche as the executive represen.
tative of the city of Wilmington. To
day he poses as the supreme master Of the
exchequer Of the Supreme Lodge Of
the World, Knights of Pythias, about
$40 900 short in the funds and holding
his Office in the face Of a request from
Supreme Chancellor Blackwell that he
hand in his resignation.
The final request was made this morn.
ing, Mayor Wiley refusing to resign, his
sentiments being expressed by Colonel
Benjamin Nields, his counsel
Fruits OF the Robinson Failure.
AS soon as it was learned that r. r.
Robinson & Co, had failed and that
$4,000 Of the Knights Of Pythias money
was in jeopardy the supreme chancellor
and supreme viee.chancellor hurried to
Wilmington and held con
ference with the mayor He
assured them that the fund was safe as
he had secured property and other securi
ties which at fair estimate should be
worth $40, 600.
They We're Not Satisfied.
1 m. Al \
Mayor Wiley and asked him for inter
views He refused peremptorily or gave
general and unsatisfactory state.
ments His whole song was that
l neither the Supreme Lodge, his
{ bondsmen nor himself would lose any
} thing as his brother In law, Henry @.
Robinson had secured him by turning
| over the property.
In this way the matter went on. It
made the mayor indignant that any re-
e porter should presume to question him
q concerning the fund he did not con.
slider it anybodY's business.
, There were few men in the United
s States, however, who determined to
o make It their business and they reached
Q town on Sunday and Monday
j, These men constituted the finance
|. committee of the Supreme Lodge
o They were Supreme Chancellor W. W.
J. Blackwell, Of Henderson Ky Supreme
Vice Chancellor w. B. Richie, OF Lima,
|. @. John O. Burns, Of Mansfield, o j.
Brayton, Of Newport, r. l. II S
|, Mcdonald. Of Minneapolis, MINI. Miltoi
A Mobiles. Of Philadelphia, and Georg,
W. Lindsay, of Baltimore.
!. Probing the methods.
They made the Hotel Willis thei
, headquarters and have been holding
from one to three meetings
re day. comparing Mayor Wiley
n books with those of the suprem
It keeper Of records and seals Mayo
;s Wiley attended these meetings AM
= helped to show the visitors the city o.
J. which he is chief magistrate; but the,
10 were here on business and no amount 0
u courtesy and attention could swerv
them from their prime object.
to The proceedings were kept secre
n until to day, when the mayors refusal {
!. resign an honorable office. which he ha
ar held for many years compelled ther
90 TO let the world know jus
is where he stood in the eyes of his fello'
IA officers of the Supreme Lodge
G. He VIII BE Ousted.
The Finance Committee has not powe
m to depose the custodian of the deplete
treasury, but the chancellor ha
called a meeting of the Suprem
a. | Council to meet in Chicag
i on June 10 and at that time Mayo
= Wiley will be given his dishonorabl
> discharge
/. Chancellor BlacISwelI's Statement.
/. This afternoon an EVENING JouRNA
~ found HIouaalI
u Blackwell at the Hotel Willis and aske
n, him for a statement. He said.
1--WE have decided to attack every
n thing within sight to save the Suprem
7n Lodge fund We will attack the ofiicii
,re bond and Mr.. Wiley and evei
ne other available asset from OF
so end to the other We a
going to subject everything to the del
= that IL is possible to secure. u
10. have found that the bond
~ men, and Wiley pRrticula rly a
arrayed against the supren
Il. Lodge We have got no information he
~ that we have not forced from end
a. end
fy what Wiley owes.
2" "The finance committee have examin,
rf, his books and compared them with Il
led books Of the supreme keeper Of recort
ne. and seals, who is the cleric
ld, officer and by virtue of
is Office handles all the money al
Isl turns it over to Wiley. The axamin
tion demonstrates that Wiley owes u
Supreme Lodge for the Supren
Lodge fund about $50. 100
err $50, 200 and the Hines Memoir
All fund, which was special tru
fund placed in his hands, abo
,oo $40, 500, all of which seems to have be
70 deposited in the bank of r. r. Robins
lg' g. Co +, which firm is utterly unable
mi pay It. The result is that we have
oy- make claim against Wiley and
bondsmen for the amount.
m m Away Below the Estimate.
How do you regard the property a
securities which Wiley claims We
turned over to him by Robinson & Co.
ik'I don't regard the property fas woi
one half what they claim it to re- I'll
the put in property and endeavor to unlo
3 AT it on the Supreme Lodge for $40 600 \
have not found anybody here who
cards IL aS worth Ona-half that mOnf