The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-24
SUES FOR sl85,ooo.

"a "HeellnS Alan GOcS AFTER Big
Money Mt Columbus via the Legal
Rontc-Claims He was Dcrrauded
blythe Great Southern Hotel People.
a suit was filed In the United States
court at Columbus this week by ". ].
Mccain, Of Wheeling. formerly a resi-
dent of Columbus, against the Great
Southern Hotel Company for s1s5,6l5 SO,
claimed to be due for extras in the cree
ton of the hotel and theatre. The suit
was filed by Attorneys W. P. Robinson,
OF Wheeling, James C. Tallman, OF Bell
alre. o., II. Cleveland, Of Cincinnati, and
Danford & Danford. OF st. ClaIrsville.
The petition, which covers fourteen
pages, was drawn UP by Danford s.
Danford. and contains thirty-six items,
in which 1t Is claimed the hotel company
is Indebted to McClain In the sum
named. ne
Mr.. McClaIn said this is but a fore
runner to Individual suits which Will be
filed against members OF the hote! COM
pany and others, whom he claims are
indebted to him In the aggregate sum
OF about 100000. The charges will be
brought for alleged conspiracy, collu-
sion. fraud and libel. and the suits will
be filed as soon as practicable by Mr..
McCiain's attorneys. After filing the
suit in the United States court. Mr.. Nc
CLAIM left for his home In Wheeling.
In an interview with the Ohio State
Journal, Mr.. Mccain said: e.
II Intend to file several other suits,
but they are not ready to file yet. When
we do file them there will be Individual
suits to the amount OF 81 100000 against
~, al n1J 81 1,,t .l
others. including an ex-judge, whom, +
have been advised, Is liable to me for
100000. But we will not talk OF those
suits yet, although they will surely be
filed In time. The Great Southern Ho-
tel Company owes me the amount that
claim. and I propose to fight for 1t and
get 1t. In other words, l fully expect
that Justice will be done me.
THE contract for the erection OF the
Great Southern hotel and theatre was
signed October {. 1894. and amended
March l, 1895. for considera ton OF
s345,009. That was according TO plans
and specifications amended and changed
at that time. The hotel company deci-
ded afterward not to build according to
the amended plans and got me to wait
until they secured n set OF new plans.
The new plans We're prepared and FUR
nished by piecemcal. one floor at L time,
with the understanding that the differ
ence In labor and material from the old
plans at schedule Of prices in the con-
tract was to be the price to regulate the
difference by.
THE building was largely complete at
the time n full set OF plans were made,
and the opera house portion OF the
building was entirely complete. then
figured the difference. The new set OF
plans differed In thirty.slx Items from
the old set, aggregatlng nbout 100000.
The board OF directors refused to allow
the difference at the schedule prices and
proceeded to take possession OF the
building. diScharglnG me as the con-
tractor, without pay, and then proceed
ed and finished the building themselves
according to the new plans, with all ex-
tras attached and other extras besides.
Now they have been trying to collect
the price OF those extras from my
bondsmen, and have been making this
attempt for two years.
This Is about the way the matter
stands, and that Is the reason expect
to win the suit. The contract was sign
cd by order OF the board, Nicholas Schlce,
president, and Jared p. Bliss, secretary
The thlrty-six Items in the suit placed
on file at the office Of the clerk OF the
United States court Tuesday cover the
entire ground and are very Gomprehen-
sive.
I'm regard TO the Individual suits in.
tend to file through my attorneys. win
say that they nre for conspiracy, collu-
sion, fraud and libel, and that they Will
be sensational. Ny business In Column
bus Is finished for the present and l win
return to Wheeling tonight. I will be
In Columbus ut Intervals for some time.
however. in the Interest OF the action
brought to-day and those TO follow