Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-17

and at the same time the management was
going elsewhere for goods Mr.. Reilly had
In stock. Board was being given at e. a
moath, when the meals furnished cost 30
cents each. "Who was right in the criu-
C sn of the method OF running the huIcit
Was IL not Mr.. Roiuytn The speaker
doubted IL Mr.. Carney was exhibiting
great skill duTing that time, because ~
was In evidence that al that time the hOtel
was losing money. There was no trOuDic
ABOUT MIR. Reilly being personally under
stood al that time. He Understood AL the
communications made 20 him, and Mr
ltciIiy's communications wcrs equally uu-
derstood, aud when the hotel was sold.
therewas 90 evidence that FIR. lySliy did
not well hold up
MS SIDE or THE TBASsAcTioN.
II they had gotten the best Of MIN in that
forced sale, 10 was more than probable the
Jury would have heard OF IL.
The evidence of Mr.. Quarter was next
taken up Mr. Quarter had been the
business ne!ghbor of MIR. Reilly for TWEEN
tN-hve years, and yet he was uui asked
as 10 one transaction in all mat time.
Ihat transaction was the renting Of the
rooms occupied by the Chamber OF Com
mcrce. The speaker reviewed the episode
anu then, referring 10 Mr.. Quarters tcs-
timOny that he did not know whether the
Chamber OF Commerce was an incorpOrat-
Ell body or not, even though be was its
President, he said II Mr.. Reilly had maze
sucn statement AZ any time in his life
there would have been witness after wit
ness called 10 prove IL, as evidence OF meu-
TAI incapaclty. AS "a matter OF fact, sucn
evidence was not an indication OF a lack OF
mental grasp. and did not initiate any
more against Mr. Quarter than similar
things dld against Mr.. Reilly Such
things were liable 10 occur to auy one.
The evidence OF Morris Hor6heimer. with
relation 20 the rent Of room Ga the Reilly
dock, and the giving OF an option Dy Mr.
teilly. was next reviewed, and yet Mr..
HorkGeimcr could not say that Mr. Reilly
was incompetent.
The next matter taken up by the speaker
was the episode at the meeting of toe stock
holders of the .Etua Insurance Company
a. which MIR. Reilly presided. and al which
1T was stated that the Company was con
tinucc there would be no necessity for an
assessment, while IfiL was wound up, there
would be an assessment. Mr.. Ru.Ily voted
10 close the affairs OF the Company, aud
tnen mo few days called for his dividend
MIR Riley thought Mr.. Reilly did not catch
the details of the proposition before the
meeting, owing TO defective hearing, and
held that 10 would bo natural for one 70
think there would more likely Doe II dividend
when the affairs Of a company werc wound
up, instead OF am assessment, and so the or-
rOr arose. When tine matter was explained.
Few days later, Alr Reilly had no diff
Guilty in understanding 10.
80 OF the episode OF voting against Mr.
.fAii''f ~ li4t ll4tf.'iaE 90 LNt 0lAlt 2 AR
Board. Tho speaker thought Mr.. Reilly
showed considerable shreVduess iu obtain
ing all the votes for MIR Zane. when there
were half-a-dolen candidates for tho place,
anu us FOR ms voting against Mr.. Zane, hc
COULD WELL AFFORD
to do that, for the sake of the record in the
case OF a relative, rs every one else voted
for him.
As to the episode when Mr. Reilly was
SAID To have wanted 10 Ouv his own horse,
the speaker said IL was another instance ol
where TOO many witnesses had been SUM
moued Mr. keilly's error was natural
one, ana the incident was another of the
class thcSupreme Court has said very little
weight should attach 10.
The evidence OF Aiussrs. Biebers0u and
Itcymauu, Is TO Mr.. Rei,iy's conduct iu the
Elm Grove ana State Fair nectilg-
was taken up, and be said they could
only speak OF Re1erlllues aud could
give 10 details. The speaker did NOT
blame MIR. Reilly for not being inter-
'sled IN meetings or organizations which
paid no dividends. 10 showed from bust
ness standpoint Mr.. lteilly's actions were
sound, and further shrcwduess was shown
Wucn he refused 90 sell Franklin Insurance
Company stock 10 invest ia Film Grove
preferred. Neither did 10 show unsJuud-
ness OF mind, for Mr.. Reilly TO ask Nr
Eeymaun, NJ the brewery, u curtau Elm
Grove expenses. I'm the whole matter uu-
der review t-r. Reilly showed great bust
ness shrcWducss
Mr.. Riley then took up the evidence OF
G. I'd. Meucel, and reviewed the saIo OF "a
chciOuIer al an advanced price. lie
thought IL natural for man to fail u
reco.lcct particular prices. after looking at
many articles, aud Mr.. McuGel could have
played the same thing upon almost any
InAh who relied upon the word az t.s
salesman. Most people did so rely w.-u
they made purchase, ana aLr. Reilly was
LJ exception.
Upon the subject of Air. Ee.uy's drowsI-
ness and disposition TO sleep, no Gao who
had a business transaction with him would
want TO say be was either drO,vsv or
sleepy. True no took Maps and had ion.
manv years, and il was his custom. whom
not particularly Interested, to let his head
iai, yet even when IN that position be al-
WAYS knew what was going on, as was
shown when be asked Fritz Iuikert
"whats that alu his telling Mr.. O'NcU
20 Ego ou' when the latter stopped reading
The paper thinking be was asleep. Al any
rate. ur)wsuess was no., Uy aav means
AN Indication of mental incapac.ty Tho
speaker had ln mind an able member Of
the bar, who would SIT u the hcat OF n
trial apparently asleep. but when the time
came for action. he never knew man who
could state the evidence more fully more
accurately than ne 10 was "a habit with
chat -eut.ema 10 sit in that manner and
SO Do was with Mr. Reilly. Mr. Re. Us was
up at SIX o'clock iu the morning. was "a
heavy eater always going about his itsi-
ness about the store, or being driven
about the city lie was active day after
day, never missing day, and 30 .yds not
strange that
NAN or H;s TEARS
should invariably be drowsv. 10 would NOT
Joe strange in younger man. aud
less So To- him, But these thiu45 weighed
Htte i'm the balance 10 was the basia.ss
transactions o! his .lie which counted. Tie