The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-13
INCONVENIENCE OR LACK OF EXPERIENCED OF THOSE I'M
CHARGE PROBABLE CAUSE 0FsWH0LE TR0UBLE

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CHARGE PROBABLE CAUSE
" is5 the general opinion OF the
public that one Of the greatest and
most glaring fakes that I. was ever
'perpetratcd in this cityswas the, sen.
sational story to tile effect t.tliatssoms
dastardly" criminal had attempted
to blow up and destroy the3citysWats
Serlworks plant and kill the m en- al
the pump station.
The imaginary s.fiendr was com
pared to a man who would attempt
TO wreck a spassenge train because,
he had been put or the train by the
conductor atisome time in the past. 1
u was alleged That the gate had
.tI' been y closed down sa tile night time
while the pumps were Sshut down
andithatWhen the pumps were start
led 7at 8 o'clock 10 ext morning ttnei
damage was done. a q z
This story sonnded rather sfishy,.
but it was the only, substitute that
would answer the purpose of its cir
eulators i'm lieu Of the orig iginaljarSdi
much bigger fake that was fcirculat4,
adSe earl Y sattlrd by morning to the CT
feet that thess dastardly " rascal had
blown up the water works with dy.
Mantle. N z; 81
The West iVirginiani stated jsatlrg
day, and now insists, that if5anyE Of
these criminal acts were done that
the guilty person should at once be
apprehended and severely punished,
but on the other hand we lield out,
the probability that It was the result,
Iof Aan accident, or carelessness, on
the part Of those in charge Of the,
reservoir and that .theerySisithe best.
one that can be advanced.
We have strong. evidence to 5refute,|
every charge that has been made,
and support thisi theory.
The greatest damage that has been
done! !iss not the financial loss to the
city but tile Election upon a mem
beft ofsone of tie bestsp pioneer famis
lies of. the community.
7 Why do tile insinuatorss not come
out openly ii and plainly and say who
they iiiean2s u Il. \. 4.
Why. do they SANDER him by In
situation? y II
Why do. they not put the man they
suspicion and practically accuse or
the crime under arrest and let the.
courts investigate the case?
Why doSnot5 they stand out In! the
open with their slanderous and II.
Ilbelous accusations?
& The w est yirginian stands for:
Justice to all and its stands for sim-
pie and emphatic justice in this
case2
II there Is any person guilty on
ed. but we do say if there Is no.
| ed, but we do lot 81 there Is no
gr6und for this accusation that the
|insinuations should not he. let goSun-
a1lenged!
The most plausible theory d this,
whole affair IS that Il was an acct
dent similar to- q number Of others
|Ithat have ehappened In the past at
the reservoir.
In the first place this gate was
| mot shut down during the night time
and the pumps wereSn not stopped.
We have Il from Two reliable Wit
nesses that the engineer at the
pump station stated TO them that the
pumps have not been idle for three
weeks, neither day nor night.
Tilt being the case, the accident
happened almost simultaneously
with the closing, ofsthe gate and that
was at eight O'Clock in the morning.
and not at night.
The facts are that there had been
trouble there for several weeks and
the line was 1eating. 1t was getting
worse and we are informed that the |
trouble was again reported on Fri
day evening before the accident hap
pened and early Saturday morning |
Spominick, the man who does the
work on the water lines of the city. |
sent three of his men there and they
were at work on the job at $3.50 Of
the morning the accident happened.
an hour and half before 1t happen