The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-02-03

The speaker commented on the failure of the
defense to put plumber Bast on the stand.
lie claimed that if the proper accounts had
been kept the ton thousand dollars would not
he missing. Tie loss Of this amount is what
started this investigation. Aud when we
began" said Mr.. Schalck, I'VE found the
evidence that brought the other charges"
He declared the Commissioners are not
charged with stealing the ten thousand
dollars, but somebody stole it. Somebody
took it. The earth did not open and swallow
it up. The Commissioners, he claimed, never
looked it up, never contested the notes, but
paid them of and, for that reason,
are gully of criminal negligence. The
very day before the chief clerk left on
that western trip in July, 1895, there was
filed in the Commissioners office a treasurer's
receipt for ten thousand dollars. Didn't they
look at it? They had sent a clerk to the
bank for $4,000 aud the receipt showed but
$4,000 was given to the treasury. This
money WAS no triae. 1t is a big thing. As
to the renewal Of the bogus notes, they had
no right to renew them until satisfied they
were correct. Mr.. Schalck charged the
Commissioners with increasing the debt
VI Nob'tNNb W EttDfNhNF n AoAll VI EloDsbNb
in the three years ending January LIST 1897,
which, reduced by the $4,000 expended on
Almshouse improvements. still left an un-
necessary increase of Sos, 900 the tax rate
had been increased from 81 mills to 7 mills.
At 11:20 o'clock Mr.. Schalck concluded and
Judge Bechtel announced that Mr.. Schalck
having occupied 2 hours and 5 minutes (al-
lowing for the interruption and late START
there would he but SO minutes for MI.
Whalem in his closing address for the Com
monwsalth.
William A. Mari, Esq, at 1927 o'clock be-
gan the first address on the part of the de-
Tense. Mr.. Whitehouse being assigned to
follow him, also in behalf Of the defendants,
the law allowing the Commonwealth the last
speech to the jury.
Mr.. MARI charged that the public mind had
been prejudiced against the Commissioner
by numerous newspaper articles inspired by
the prosecutor in this case, VIM. l.. Sheafer.
He said the Controller Act states that all acts
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Were he Solicitor to the Controller he would
tell him that he was the man to advertise or
not advertise for contracts as he saw fit, and
the Commissioners have nothing to do with
1t. The defense does not thank the proseCu-
ton for not saying they stole the ten thousand
dollars, J" said he, because they would be
only too glad TO say so if they dared" What's
Ine motiYe Donlnu all unls, gentlemen Z
Think Possibly they want to get men in
office they can handle. Possibly you will
get a new Warden. Mr.. Schalck has talked
IA good deal outside of this case. We know
Warden Brewer has reduced the cost of
maintenance of prisoners lower than it was
ever known. And yet they would drive him
out.
All the records of Butler township were
lost from the Clerk of the Courts office dur
ing the school district suit and thousands of
dollars were lost thereby to tho taxpayers.
Mr.. Shortall was clerk OF the Courts at that
time. | don't believe Mr.. Shortall did any
thin. improper, but the bonds were lost, and
missing, like the ten thousand dollars.
Even the Judges of the court can err and
make mistakes, continued Mr.. Mari, and
who would be so small as to charge them
with misdemeanor or negligence. As Mr.
Ulrich said yesterday, there is no warrant al
Law for the purchase of the pens, ink and
paper used by the lawyers. reporters and
the public at the court house. Their pur
chase has been established by usage, and who
would be so mean as to challenge it.
The speaker sai1 that he was going to
indict Mr. SChalrk, too. When Schalck dies
it will end all such business as this. He is
the Ouly man who enjoys it. He'd rather dc
1t than eat his dinner, or drink q glass OF
o ScnIiat's beer, and l know that's good,
because hesgT-enha-somo of it. (Laughter)
f Mr.. Mari concluded MS ad---ss to the ImrI
shortly after three o'clock this afternoon an
was followed by Mr.. Whitehouse. also one {
: the counsel for the Commissioners Short
I after four o'clock Mr.. Whalen opened h
oummlnR up for the Commonwealth.
n Tit case, so far as the summing up is col
e cerned, will ed about six o'clock, when a
o adjournment will he taken until to.morro,
morning. Judge Bcchtel VIII then charg
, the jury and a verdict is hoped for by nooI
EWs NOTES.
e The jury summoned by Deputy Corone
q Lewis J. Brown, of Cressona, found this
John Begley, who was found dead tho othc
c day, came to his death through dissipation
and injuries inflicted by a poker in th
q hands Of his wife, which she admitted usin
' during a quarrel. Mrs. Begley, now i
/ prison, will be tried at the term of court b,
ginning March 18th. Begloy was at one tim
well-to-do in a worldly sense, and years az
was shoemaker at the county home. He wa
t possessed of a fair education and was widel
@ informed on many subjects.
q The funeral of the late Mrs. Elizabet
Zeugner took place Wednesday Afternoon
:. Rev. A. X. Bartholomew, of the Trinity r,
q formed church, OBLIGATED.