The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-19
DEFENSE
OPENED !
Mr.. Wilhelm Outlines the Defense in
commissioners Case.
HE ATTACKS The PROSECUTION |
Mr.. Ulrich is the First witness For the
Defense, and the Commonwealth op-
posed the Introduction of I'm
portant Testimony.
he ATTACKS The PROSECUTION !

portant Testimony.
Pottsville, Jan. 19.-At 4:30 o'clock yester.
day William Wilhelm began the opening ad-
dress for the defense. He said they proposed
to show the excellent characters of the de-
PENDANTS and he said they would show the
real prosecutors to be number of corpora
tions banded together. The nominal prose-
cutor, VIM l.. Sheafer, is only their repre-
sentative. The defense proposes to show
that 25, 900 farmers in this county paid at
least one-half the taxes of the county,
whereas the real prosecutors, who employ
the other 100000. pay only the other half.
They want their assessments reduced.
Mr.. Whalen objected to this line of speech.
making and at the request of Judge Bechtel
the speaker modified his remarks.
Mr.. Wilhelm then said the corporations
have a crowd of followers with their ears to
the ground waiting for appointments in the
event of the Commissioners being removed
from office.
He arraigned the Girard Estate for getting
from 33i to 80 per cent. royalty and paying
tax upon but a small comparative valuation.
The Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company was
also spoken Of If we were to put men into
would he more READING Corn,r,, oainiaIs T.,
iail than the iails of tho etato could hola
Wbalen 'Wbo strucl, RiII,, pottorso, ~,
Wilhelm "Not vou -, fTongbtorN
Mr.. Whalen 81 mpst obiect to tIis b.r,,,,
scarum way of talking"
The sneaker referred to tho bor;,,, Of
dam bv which a coIlierv uas food.d a,d tho
puttinp in of cvlinder boiIers ot n ooII;onr
near Mahanov Plane which bod 10 ba ro
moved.
In reference 70 the $40 ooo bo soia ,to,,
would nrove the Commissiorors b,d go 49,,
man tbev believe cot t.at meme, I'D .,at
they believe he forced fine potes ~, ,,hi,l, tIo
money was gotten
We shall nrove what Kind of ,,o,,o,, ,,os
paid ON Julv q 1se5 ON the aret noto ,ro
shall prove that the cIark l.r, I,I,, 4 iooz
for California. that he fool, onotbor $50,
man with him and wbiIe bo ,,as ahso,,t i,e
kent a horse and carriage bore tbot bo ,,,,,t
to Florida. and that an TuIv 1so5 M o,,o
in the office knew until that evening thot ha
was going. We shall nrove that bo said bo
intended to visit the National Convention nf
the Association of Teacbers at Denver and ID
that he WAS President of tba Roso pan
Association
The loan of June q 1896 WAC mot rooos-
sary and il would be shown that the tra,s,,r,,
had S1i 600 ON hand that dat. thot tIaso
two notes were then skiIIr,IIv merged into
one. and that the Conptv Cnnn'iss;o,,ars
were deceived He said tbere were hanI,
ficial s in this town wbo had docoived tLoir
superiors. and even the Reoding CoTnnan,,
had been deceived bv lis bosses
referring to the Almsbouse excavations be
said it was to have been done bv the in
mates under the direction of tho Stew,.rd
but il was fopnd tbev could mot oeforn, tLo
contract. and then thew got Charles /
Condor n renutabIe man and w Coar,,
the county surveyor.
The other bidders on electrical annaratu.
could furnish only certain kind which
would be proven unsafe. Tho general Flee
trio Company does a world wide business and
was known TO be reliable Mr. UIricb will or
ON the stand and take the resnonsibilitv oi
advising the Commissioners IN net inst in tb,
way thew did. Would Won bold them re-
sponsible when thew 90 according IN tbei,
SOLICITOR Even the Snpreme Conrt has hes,
known to change its decision and decisior
only lasts for "A dogs life time
He said the paintlng did not cone 700 biol
and this fact would he nroven The me,
employed ON paintinp did NOT cot all of tb,
81, 800, because 5000 of il was paved Il
plasterers and carpenters because the buiId
ing was found defective and IL was thi,
knowledge that caused the commissioners +,
have the work done bv tbe dav ana not h,
contract stitch in time saves nino orS
thew proposed to do IT,
Referring ia the new court house ha sail
the contractor had agreed to buiId II for Gao
OOO less than any one else and onr fr;en5
Mr. SchoIck made him refnnd sao ooo -
that
"Twentv.two tbousand corrected Mr.