The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-16

affiant that they had enough members
Of the said committee, If they could
get affiant to. assist them, to put said
Furbee and Lehman out as Chairman
and Secretary; that they wanted to
get a new Chairman and new secre.
tary in the places Of said Furbee and
Lehman; and that they just lacked
one vote having enough to do IT.
Affiant further says that on the fol-
lowing day, to-wlt March 23d, 1909,
he again met said Thomas w: Elem.
Ing on the same street, who said to
atfiant, that his brother, a. Howard
Fleming, was over in his (satd Thom.
as w. or his sons A s Flemirs.s Of.
,ace) and he thought he (said a. How.
ard), had something else to talk to
affiant about, and asked affiant to 90
with him to said Office; that offiant
went to said office (being the same
office where he had the conversation
with said Flemlnss on the preceding
day), but said A, howard was not in
the office when atfant and said Thoni.
as w. arrived there; that said Thomas
W. then called for said a. Howard at
the postofftce by telephone, but a.
Howard was not at the postofficc eth
or; that a few minutes later said
Thomas w. called said A. Howard
from the street, and he "a. Howard
came into said office and stated to affl.
ant that. he had better job to offer
atfant than the chief Of police or the
guards place at the penltentiary eth
or; that said A. Howard, then propos.
Cd to aftfant that he take job as one
Of the city mail carriers at the Fair
mont postoffice; that affiant stated to
said FIemlnss that he doubted his
ability to pass the required exsmlna-
ton; that said A. Howard said to
affiant, that he (atfant) could pass al
right: that he saldto affiant, "you can
read and write can't you?" and afflant
assented that he could; that said A.
Howard then replied, "weII, we have
some on now who don't know any
more than that and we got them
through" that said A. Howard fur
tner stated to atfant that he had W.
II. Brand there at the postoftlce, and
that said Brand would fix affiant up
alright, fix out atlantis papers for him,
and put affiant through the exanlna.
tIon; that said A. Howard said to af.
Rant that. said Brand had fixed out
papers for others that way, and got
thsm through, one Of whom he named
to afftant, whom atiant knew and who
Is one Of the present carriers at said
postotfice; that afttant was led to be-
IIevs by the statements Of said A.
Howard Fleming that If atfiant would
consent to act with said FIemInss In
their scheme and UIan to throw out Of
office the chairman and secretary Of
the County Republican Executive Com.
mlttee, and in this way aid them to
get control Of the county orsanlla.
tlon, and help them put In a chairman
and secretary agreeable to them, that
said Brand and said A Howard FIem-
Ing would so arrange the civil SER
Vice examination that there would be
mo doubt about aHiant passing the ex.
animation; and said Fleming Ok:
planned that the assistant postmaater,
Nv. IL, Brand, had fixed up the papers
for Others and they had got through
alright; that saldA. Howard Flenilng
insisted that aftlaot take the said said *.
sp,tnstlpds ana q 4 ssay NJ artoh a.. i county,
and stake sthe lob3ot mai carrier tibls
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