Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-04
Mr.. M'CASKEY'S DEPARTURE.
He Seems to Have had 1t In Mind eome
Time and TO Have Made Ample
Preparations.

He Seems to Have had it In Mind some
Time and TO Have Made Ample
Preparations.
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New MARTINsvILLE, w. VA, May 3.
There is no doubt now in the minds
of the people here but that ). ). NC
Caskey, the Republican leader and
Deputy County clerk Of Wetzel county,
an account of whose disappearance was
published in former issue OF the REG
ISTER, has "skippsd by the light OF the
mooa," and In doing so left behind
number of creditors, endorsers In oanK
and guardian bondsmen TO mourn thelr
losses. Late developments are showing
up very badly for McCaskey. He re-
Gently availed himself of his good credit
10 secure from amongst his friends en-
dorSes on a number OF notes, which
were discounted in the banks amount
ing TO several hundred dollars. he had
several hundred dollars In MS posses
sion as guardian of one OF his brothers,
which his bondsmen, doubtless, Will
have TO make good. Also money COL
lected by him belonging to others. The
full amount in dollars OF Mchaskey's
misdoings will aggregate quite a sum.
The facts in regard 10 McCaskey's dis
appearance are about these: He left here
the nineteenth of April for Littleton,
WetZel county, in response TO tele-
gram from L. s. Arnett, attorney for
the South Penn Oil Co., ostenSibly to
confer in reference to some oil leases.
Nothing further was heard from him
until the morning of the twenty-seventh
of April, when a telegram from Sedalia,
Missouri, came addressed TO j. h.
Young, who is the Secretary OF the Odd
Fellows Lodge at this place, the tele-
gram being signed by w. T. Clemens
and read as follows, viz: "McCaskey
insane, better, home next week. See
letter, Odd Fellows" The morning of
the twenty-eighth of April a tele-
gram was sent TO w. +. Clemens
but the operator replied that no such a
man could be found in Sedalia. No
letter having come to the Odd Fellows
land none has come YETI McCaskey's
brother and brother-in-law left Satur-
day evening, the 2Sth Of April, for Sc
dalia on the hunt OF him. Arriving
there they searched diligently, assisted
by the officials and Odd Fellows Of Sc
dalia, but we're unable TO locate Nc
Caskey, or find such man as w. L.
Clemens in Sed&lia or that vicinity. 1t
is probable that McCaskey sent the tel
egram himself for the purpose OF making
his absence appear mysterious 10 the
minds Of the people here. The prob
abilities are that he will never return
to this place, and his creditors will have
to charge up the amount to profit and
loss. McCaskey repeated this escapade
on former occasion, but on less ex-
tensive scale. However, IL was at the
time regarded as a boyish freak, and
his father, then alive, made good the
losses. 1t will be remembered that Ben
Earnshaw and his son-inlaw Martin, in
their evidence in the trial OF
Earnshaw both stated that McCas-
key was an accompliCe In the
forging Of the Wetzel county orders,
and for the attempt to utter these orders
EArnshaw now stands convicted and
sentenced to eight years mprisonmen in
the Denitentiary. This sentence, how
ever, will not be executed until the Su-
preme Court acts upon Earnshaw'S ap-
peal. In the light OF McCaskey's sub
seQuent conduct, the opinion is gaining
ground here amongst conservative and
thoughtful people that he was prob
ably deeply involved in the Earn
shaw matter, If not the origin
ator OF the scheme. McCaskey
was the recognized leader Of the Repub-
lican party Of Wetzel, and just what
disposition George Wesley and Black B
will make in their next Congressional
speeches of McCaskey'S suspicious con-
nection with the Earnshaw trouble re-
mains TO be seen. These worthless had
contemplated making the Earnshaw
matter the basis Of their Congressional
speeches in the coming campaign, in
order to show how dishonest Democrats
are.
The amounts secured by McCaskey
before leaving are variouSlY estimated
from 50, 900 TO SO, 900.