Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-08-03

with y lie Baker or the. Gordon
girl in June and did not say to Nellie
Baker 81 any OF the girls then that |
was caught in compromising po-
s'tion n stable with a woman IN
Md, lebouTne. Ididn't pay Nellie
Baker $500 nor for any drinks;
1 vs. not there in September.
Tee we're seven indictments
against Nellie White. Kramer
Carroll told me Nell White wanted
TO See lie. l told him if she
wanted to see me, she must come
and see me. She sent word by
some one that she wanted to see
me and l told whoever it was that 1
was going to Col. Turner's office.
She came there and l told her that
could do nothing with her in
dictments. Before the election of
the fall of 1896 l went the
rounds with Weiper among
the saloon men once. l did
stay all night at Nell Whites
house in the fall of 1896, and the
next morning when l came out l
saw Mr.. Mccoy. 1t was before the
election. Bluestine was one OF the
men who told me Nell White want
ed to see me. l was not in Nell
Whites house in March, 1897, and
did not stay all night with woman
and was not there with friend in
March. l never made an agree
ment with Nell White to give her
immunity from indictment and
punishment. 1 procured a list OF
persons who had an United States
stamp, and a large number of the
indictments were found upon this
and the evidence OF a person buy
ing liquor at the house. Auditor
report shows $1,000 in fines and
over $4,000 collected, and only 81,
500 in the year 1896, and nothing
collected. Ad. Copenhaver con-
fessed and promised to send fines,
but did not; he had lawsuit, and
l had capias issued and he was
arrested. Livingston and others
paid their fines to me, and l paid
them over to the sheriff in the set
Element made between us, in which
sheriff paid me about SIPS above
fines, &C., l had collected. l learned
that Mr.. Howard was going to at
tack the empanelling Of the grand
Jury that found the indictments at
the April term, and employed
Judgs Pugh, of Columbus, to help
me at the July term. l never rode
around with ClendenniDg in a bug,
gy. At the April term, 1898, when
the Clendenning cases were called,
I announced that the State was
ready, and entered protest against
the continuance OF the cases, in
writing. l never made an agree
ment to cost as long as Clenden-
ming paid the money, or that l
would carry him over, and he never
paid mo or delivered to me
any .urs of money since
I entered upon the duties of
my Office for official acts in his be
half. Il, ver consented TO reduce
Hockinbe VS. cases to ten. Hook
inberry wa, fined in one case at the
April term, 1898, on the represen-
tation that he had quit. I never
told Clendenning that his brothers
would no. be- bothered; know
DAILY and might have seen him in
Tune, but I'D r;t see Daily in his
bedroom and Daily did not say he
was the to do business, because
l was a D. there to hear him. DAILY
did not say, If you are / am ready
to hand you some money and did
not take envelope with $50 in it, or
any sum of money in it; l did not
take an envelope with FIVE ten
dollar bills in it; l was not there.
lust before the December term,
1907, I was iuSistersville and was
coming up street from the Wells
hotel and Daily was standing on the
curb in front of the Henneghan &
DAILY block, and be said that he had
a letter from Howard that he could
not be present at December term
and asked me t. continue his in
dictments. I told him l had let
ter from Howard also. He handed
me an envelope, sealed, which l
took and put in the pocket
in the tail of the cutaway
coat was wearing. At court when
the cases were called Mr.. Coniff
asked for continuance and stated
that Mr.. Howard could NOT be
there. stated to the court that l
had a letter from Mr.. Howard but