The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-15
THE NEW
COUNTY BILL
The Expense For Fighting That Measure
Ventilated.
THE CASE AGAINST COMMISSIONERS
Judge Pershing Occupied the witness Box
Most of the Time This Morning-The
Lawyers Have Another Tilt.
court Adjourned at Noon.


court Adjourned at Noon.
Pottsvlle, Jan. ia rainy day for the
seventh of the County Commissioners trial
did not bring much of a crowd to the court
/ house. 1t is probable, however, that the
dryness of the proceedings has had some eff
feet
MR.. ULRICH' 5 EXPENSE.
When this item was reached Mr. Ulrich
admitted that he received S3i2 .63 for fight
ing the new county bill Mr. Schalck was
not satisfied with this and insisted on read
ing the items
They we're as follows March l. trip to
Harrisburg, new county, $1,000; March l.
total expenses, new county, S67 40; March 5,
trip to HARRISBURG, new county, $1,000; March
| g, trip to Harrisburg, new county, $1,000;
March 8, expenses, S42 IS; March 7, Harris
burg and Pottsville, $40 90; April 16, Harris
burg, new county, $1,000; April II. Harris
burg, new county, $1,000; June II, Brief in
creating new county, S1O0.OO June Is, trip
to Harrisburg, $1,000; June Is, expenses to
Harrisburg S2.35. Total, S342. .63.
TUMBLING RUN BANQUET.
The next item was that of w. H. Kline for
banquet at Tumbing Run, SIP 40. There
was no dispute over John Joyce's item of
S36 90 for flowers furnished the banquet on
October 0, 1894. The next to which attention
was given were the bills of w. J. WhitehOuse
and William Wilhelm for professional SER
vices. Mr.. Whitehouse's bill was $2OS 33 for
services rendered to B. R. Severn. Mr.. Will
helms was for services to the County Audi
tors. The amount was $780, Mr.. Wilhelm
remarked, "Yes, that's correct, l got it."
PLUMBING CONTRACT.
w. j. Bast's plumbing bill was the next in
order. The witness Mr.. Payne, read off the
items, making total of ST. l2s.s7 This was
a tedious and tiresome proceeding, both to
the court and spectators.
The defense sprung surprise in handing
the witness the contract with Helms and
Woll for painting the exterior of the court
house, which had not hitherto been found
among the papers. The introduction of this
paper seemed to confuse the Common oealth,
and they raised objections to its intro
duction. The court allowed it to be read
and said objection and inquiry could be made
later on.
! The next new paper submitted by Mr.
4 Mari to the witness for Identification was
: the schedule of rates from Architect w. d.
: Hill for work at the almshouse under date
9 of June "a, 1896. This paper was also care.
e fully scrutinized by the Commonwealth,
S counsel.
. The witness Deputy Controller Payne
1 was again questioned as to why he went tC
= Harrisburg and said he was employed by
the Commissioners to fight the Quay county
movement He said considerable of tn,
money was spent over the bar for cigars, etc
at Harrisburg. His bill of expenses
amounted to $142 &c. and he had no itemizeC
account.
Witness said S. A. Losch is the stat,
y Senator from this county and was formerly
member of the legislature.
l. sam Losch is known as having stat
IS reputation, is he mott asked Mr. Marr.
:. Mr.. Schalck interposed an objection t.
&c this examination on the ground that it wa
E. i'm material. The court, however did no
x doubt the fact but that the county had sen
Is good, representative men to Harrisburg t
l. protest against the passage of the objection
e able bill, but the charge in the indictmen
rs was the money was illegally drawn from tn
le funds of the county.
Deputy Controller Payne was cross-ex
amined by Mr.. Whitehouse and said tn
petitions against the new county bills wer
circulated in districts which the bill propose
to cut off from Schuylkill county. Nj
Il w ullcHOuSS lutu uuONtu " slIlkG OUT IN
oil evidence ON the bill for services rendered b
Whitehouse to B. X. Severn, but court denie
the motion.
IN Redirectly examined by Mr. Schalck h
,s testified the bill of Mr.. Whitehouse did Nc
n state the year the services were performe
ID for the Controller. The bill was in tn
ot handwriting of George p. Walker el
ps Deputy Controller. He believed the Sc
an vices rendered by Mr. Whitehou.
he were in defending the constitutionalit
ht of the Controllers act. This was in lS9
at The bill amounted to $3.50. Mr. PayI
a could not say whether the services wei
a. rendered in the quo warranto proceedings
a not He then read copies of advertisement
beginning with April 7th, 1896, published
various county newspapers, including ii
SHENANDOAH HERALD, New York FL
en- gineer, Ashland Local, Minersville Messei
ger, Record, Miners Journal, America
Tamaqua Recorder and Daily Republican
The bid for excavsting called for the T
moval of 1850 cubic yards. An adverts
as ment dated may 8, called for bids on IL
les new hospital, steam laundry, boiler and q
ng gine house and steam heating apparatu
We These contracts were awarded under Il
X, second advertisement on July 20.
We Here Mr.. Wilhelm contended that the b
VI W III - DdSI loI plullDluk WIS lub lowe
under the first advertisement but court sa
at the contention was out of order at this tim
ed Witness went on to state that the AshlaI
be Local published an advertisement Mover
M Der 0, inviting bids for wiring and insul
ting.
Id After identifying the Bast contract (
di- plumbing dated July %, 1895, Mr.. Pay
BY was excused by Mr.. Schalck and Mr.. Whit
house cross examined him and brought o
that the contract was approved by the cou
Richard r. Lewis was sworn. He said
= live in PottsYille and was docket clerk
Y the Commissioners Office during 1894, '05 a.
'96; | kept the time of the witnesses duri
- court time and at other times. know not
ing of the $40, 600 loan, never took any moi
NJ or resolutions to the Safe Deposit Bank
,o any other bank; never got any of the pl
-, ceeds of these loans, and don't know Of an
ei' body that did,
~ Whitehouse Who did go down for tho
d. loans2
is A. don't know, but Mr.. Moser was I
be general one to 90 to the bank,
an O. DO you know Of Mr. Connell going
cd any money!
N A. No, sir.
- Mr., Ryon Were you in the docket room
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