Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16

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sunday, ana maakG Il coat him teft times
the amount 81 the fee BILL
Paul o. Reymann testified concern
ing the dispute between Colts ann enc
w. & r. G. company, concerning the
Baker street property.
The letter referred to in the testi-
mony OF Chas. Schmidt, was offered IN
evidence. 1t is as follows
Wheeling, w. Va, Nov. 70, 1897.
Anton Reymann,
President w. & E. G.. Motor Co.
Dear Sir:-I am informed that your
man, Mr.. Schmidt, has been telling
around to certain parties in this city,
that your company intends to try 10
get possession of lot No. 8 at the cor,
ner of Mccullough and Baker streets,
now belonging to me and my sister,
Mrs. Mary L. Wagner, an insane per-
son.
By condemnation proceedings,l nave
just beaten the city in their attempted
condemnation, and l am sure that !
can beat you and your company, should
you undertake to get the property IN
that way. l will sell you what part or
the property / think you need, 'ior the
purpose of getting around the corner OF
Mccullough and Baker street, say 70
feet of the northwest corner OF the
streets, and run parallel down say 90
feet on Baker street, that will give you
strip of ground 25 feet on McCollough
street, running back Sc feet on Baker
street.
The price, $50 per foot, measuring
from Baker street to Mccullough,
amounting to $4,000, and to which you
must add $167.64 for the lumber, me-
chanics, and my time, paints, etc., max
ing $2,96764 Or, l will sell you the
corner measuring 25 feet on McCol-
Tough and 25 feet on Baker street, D.
a parallel line from Mccullough street,
for $500 and $167.64 added for the
building of the office, etc. Should you
reject this offer, and put my sister ana
myself to any further expense, l will
own and fence up any property at Full
ton, W. Va, and through Whlch your
motor line runs, and runs without nav
ing the right Of way, and compel you
to move your track, and l Will 40 al
in my power to prevent you or the
Park Association from selling peer aI
that place on Sundays. In selling you
either of the propositions, you must
understand that you are to give 10 the
city a pavement II or II feet VIDE, OH
the south 25 foot line l sell you, and
the city will give you the present IL
foot pavement north of my present
line. Yours respectfully,
w. J. Colts.
Mr. Kirchgessner testified that ne
owned a piece of property at the corner
of Baker and McColloch streets, ana
that Colts offered to buy it for sou.
Colts told him he wanted it to prevent
the Wheeling and Elm Grove railway
from going through it. HE SAID ne
wanted to make money on it. he re-
fused the offer and afterward sold the
property for $500.
Clerk Hornish, of the Board OF PUB
lie Works, was called. Some time IN
1897. he testified, Colts came to him
and asked for warrants for Bishop Don
ahue and for the Wheeling and Elm
Grove railway, both of which he re-
fused. Witness stated that he had
made affidavits upon which warrants
were issued for Colts for trespasslng'
but admitted to Col. Arnett that the
courts SUBS luSnl!y uSCiuOo eLeNe VAN
property belonged to Colts.
why did you refuse to issue the
warrants"
because the Board of Public Works
had given a permit for the construction
of the steps, and the platform on NC
Colloch street was allowed to remain
there with the consent of the city,.
Louis Bachman, brother OF the
complainant in the case, testified as to
a conversation he overheard in front
of P. Welty &Co.'s liquor store. Colts
said the Catholics had no more right to
obstruct sidewalk than anybody else,
and the Bishop was taking too mucn
authority for a stranger. Colts then
pointed to several drug stores and said
they were selling liquor without a
license and that he could have them
arrested
Charles Bachman, another brother,
related several conversations with
Colts, in which Colts declared his in
tention to go to Wheeling Park every
Sunday for the purpose of indicting
the Association for Sunday selling.
Colts also told him that ne was going
to have the Bishop arrested for ob-
SITuClluS LIE SluC ain, tudC IC was
going to put post in the middle of the
w. & E. G. track at Fulton at his prop
erty: that he was going to have the
saloon keepers indicted for Sunday
selling. Colts asked witness to see
Kirchgessner and buy the Baker street
property for him so he could make a
pot of money out of it"
Charles Henning, clerk of the Cir
cult Court, was called. He testified
that Colts has suits pending in the Cir
cult Court against the three members
of the old Board of Public Works and
against three police officers Of Wheel
ing.
John Anderson, constable, and one
of the defendants in the barratry cases,
was called.
did you assign any of your fee
claims to w. J. Colts ?"
Eyes, SIR