The herald., 1897-12-23
HAS HIS WISH
Webb Will Positively Be
Tried Today
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Webb's trial for alleged misconduct in
Office will finally take place today at 10
o'clock in Department four of the su-
perior court before jury.
1t has been asked why Mr.. Webb was
so anxious to have a speedy trial. The
reason of it is that on January 8, under
its rules, the board of education holds
a meeting for the purpose of electing
chairman and appointing Its several
committees. Where would Mr.. Webb be
at the distribution of loaves and cakes
at that time if still suspended under the
resolution of the city council of Dec II?
He would be entirely left out in the cold.
BY obtaining speedy trial and by that
he means a trial before the 31st of De-
cember, his chances of again pulling the
strings in the board and bossing the
solid four that are left are increased
from three to one to an even chance.
If tried before the Sd of January his
acuuittal would reinstate him in the
board and he would participate in the
good things which the members of the
day. If convicted and removed from
office he would be no worse off, barring
a soiled reputation and a vanished pres
tige, than he will be if he cannot have his
case decided until after all the things
which ward politicians and henchmen
prize and look to from boss have gone
to the other fellow That Is the situa-
ton. Can any one wonder then at Mr..
Webbs eagerness to have the case set
tied at once one way or the other? In
deed. he makes no bones about it and in
Inmates as much in his affidavit.
The proceedings before Judge Van
Dyke were opened yesterday morning
by the reading of a certificate, by Dis
trict Attorney Donnell, signed by DR..
j. w. Trueworthy which says that the
physician visited J. f. Adams at his
home on Tuesday night and found him
suffering from rheumatism and COM
plication OF nervous and pulmonary
troubles which would make it dangerous
to compel him to attend court at this
time.
Mr.. Meserve then got up, holding in
his hand a bunch of affidavits to count
eract the physicians certificate, every
one of which he read. That from Fred
]. Williams, an employe in the school
department, alleges that Adams was
crossing Sixth street in front of the
grammar school at 10 a. m. on Tuesday
looking apparently we'll and strong. An
other from c. H. Chilcote, principal of
the Sixth street grammar school, is to
the same effect. James D. mckinley,
janitor of the same establishment. AYERS
that he saw the ex-school director on
the 22d. An affidavit of which Mr..
Meserve himself is the author, says that
Adams is not suffering from anything
worse than a slight attack of rheuma-
tism in one side, which does not in any
manner affect his walking, sitting down
or his powers of speech, and that his
absence is part of dodge to prevent his
former friend, Webb, from taking part
in the meeting of the board on the Sd of
January.
In the affidavit filed by the defendant
he accuses the League for Better City
Government of endeavoring to procure
continuance of his case until after
Monday, Jan. 8. when the all important
gathering of members of the school
board takes place. Mr.. Webb con-
tends that if his case is con-
tinued until after that date it will very
much complicate matters (but he fails
to state who for). And, worst Of all,
the Ninth ward would be without rep
resentative in the board or on the i'm
portant committees, ETC., etc.
Mr.. Meserve grew pious as he asked
the court not to defer the trial until az
ter the close of the year. 1t was against
the custom, he said, to ask for a trial
during the Christmas holidays, associat-
ed as the season is with the religious
teachings and reverent traditions of
the Christian world, but the vitality of
the issues (to Webb were of such para
mount Importance that he was willing
to let these considerations slide if the
court would so as to have it settled for
good and all whether his client was to
be reinstated or bounced.
Major Donnell was all alone, none OF
the representatives of the league having
appeared at II o'clock. 1t was learned.
though, that Mr.. Gibbon had been sud
denly called away to New York city.
1t was also stated that stems
were then in progress to re-
tain r. H. f. Nariel for the league.
Major II. T. Lee and a committee of that
body appeared later in the day to inform
the court that arrangements were being
perfected to secure associate counsel for
the district attorney and that these
would be in attendance at 2 o'clock. the
time to which further proceedings had
been adjourned.
AT that hour Messrs. Cheney G. Taylor
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