Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-03
RATHER Sensational
Was the Session Of the Scales Commit
tee, Last Night.
A Remarkable Complication Over
One Of the City Scales-A Charge
OF Forgery, and a Demand That
an Arrest be Made-Action by
the Committee Postponed.

VIC OC4AALllILGG EOELDOllGU.
The sessions Of the Council Commit
Tee on Scales are usually OF the most
commonplace character. calling for not
over two or three lines Of space in the
daily papers.
Last evenings meeting was a decid-
ed exception to this rule, however, and
disclosed a very remarkable, not to say
sensational, state of affairs.
The scene of the trouble is the city
scales at Sixteenth and Eon streets
where the building was DESTROYED by
fire last june along with considerable
other adjacent property The parties
TO the case are City Weighmaster Rem
pie, Matthias Altmeyer, welgher at The
scale IN question, and O. p. Chambers.
who has been discharging the duties
OF weigher for tie past three months
The committee was well represented
and City Solicitor BOycc was in at
tendance
AS preface 10 the events Of last
night it may bee stated that Mr.. Alb
meyer was elected weighcr for tie
scale when that class OF city CtiiC
was selected, nearly two years ago. and
qualified and gave bond as the law re-
QUireS. About last April he lett the
scale, to so into business with his
brother, Mr.. Chambers taking his
place, but giving no bond. NOW, Ar
To- ratt. . D L. D.. d
bases his claim upon the statements
that he is the regularly qualified officer
and chat he did not leave permanently.
When the session opened last even
ing. Mn. \ltmeyer made general state
ment of his claims to the Office includ-
ing the facts tnat Mr. Chambers mad
been placed temporarily in charge, and
that he had agreed to pay five dollars
for certain personal property in the
scale house. on which agreement he mad
actually paid two dollars at one time
and half q dollar ON each of three sew
eral Occa 9ns. He was urged to again
take charge Of the scales by his bonds
men, who appeared 20 be dissatisfied.
Mr.. Altmeyer was crOss-eXamined
briefly by Solicitor BOyce, and then
Weighmasjer Remple was invited TO
NJ. p.r,,,1- .l,i5 l,a I,aI ~, +o,ld IN,
1r,. iI+,,,a,.o,. - - rit,lo o,. ,,ot,,
ing i'm the scale for him, and at his sug-
gestiOn had looked around for another
man. Mr. Chambers appeared willing
ia I,,- ,,,os a5,.iso5 ~, coo AIt,,e,a,.
@ - ,',' 90 , ,',, So Observation-Disclosures
Tbis wss done and Mn. AItmar4r had
eforo5 am oo~ear7arr
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This is I'D ceIl-t s.tl give MI
O. -. Chambers I"- authority 10 "cl Ill
my place us deputy WeiElieI at the Guy
scales az sixteenth ana LoE S''ee's
during Jle balance OF tie term ehoIhs
Nay i. 1897. subject I'D tae endorsements
OF J-e c.lN NlisIil..,'.' ,e-' ..,--,,-,--,
VA liI-A9 AL MI L In
June JOB, 1880.
he BODY oi the paper was NII,'tH
i'm ink, but the signature and cohc-uu-
iug date were in pencil
Mr.. Altmeyer-l never signed l'aI
paper. To is forgery. want lhdO
man arrested.
The SOllc,tor-N no wrote 'ud' pa
per:
Mr.. Chamhefs-oli. helup!c' 20
The Solicltor-Ano VINO sl5lle" 1t
Mr.. Chambers 1I. -Al'lll1s 81
Mr.. Aitmey eI-I never Sl9NV" ''-'
In response to further ques'lo4ls' MI, MI
Chambers said he was gwen euluQl n.y.
hethought i'm april. 10 act. by MI I'eLI-
pie. but was told TO see Mr- AlliIiey e.
He saw the latter ana toiQ IIil IeiiII i5
had put him in charge Altmeyer S.'lu
it was all right as he had a oe'''t pi"lo
with his brother W rness agreed 10
give 50 for the stuff III the house pu.
tolo AIJmes or NJ ' and III 15on he I,icl,ed
out when winter came ON. lie after
wards saw RempIe ana JoIu Nun ~, Ie Wa
not satisfied as he was aIIdiu ne " 5..,'
be put out ana ASKED I,eilp 9;, ~ 0I t,,+