The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-11-24
Sixteen Charges
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Ifensiye and unwarranted. interfere
with and impede one. james d Hall,
rural carrier No. Il On the Fairmonti
I,city postotfice, in the dis harge OF his
duties as said rural carrier. by stop,
ping the said carrier while in the dis.
charge OF his duties as said carrier. q
l10)g That the said Chart u. Man.
ley, upon assuming his Office as
said postmaster on february 4, 1915,
was handed q slip OF paper contain
ling the combinati ions of all the vaults
and safes OF the said postoffice. La.
ter the said Charles E. Marley In:
formed the assistant postmaster OF
the said Office that he had lost the,
said paper containing the said {combi.
nations, and asked and requested a
new paper be prepared containing the.
lsaid combination The said postmas.
ter did not order a change made; In
said combinations and the same have
never been changed to this time, and
anyone who might happen to find the
first paper would have in their pos
session the combination of, all the
vaults and safes in said postoffice.
11) That he. the said Charles E.
Manley, has often failed and neglect
led to properly discharge the duties
OF his Office in the matter Of prompt.
ly and punctuallyl opening and dis.
tributing the official mail to the sew.
eral divisions OF the Office, such as
forwarding addresses and remittancesi
OF money order funds. i- VI
t12)6 That the said Charles -. Man
ley did on November 5, 1915, use pro.
fame and improper language toward
one Walter ~, Wiley, then an EN-:
!ploye OF the Fairmonti postoffice, US.
ling the following words (..sthere the
Iprofane sentences alleged to have
been uttered by Marley to Wiley are
set forth.) This conversation oc.
Cured in the private office Of Charles
h. Manlcy, in the postoffice building.
assistant postmaster.
l 13) That the said Charles E., Man.
fley has failed and still fails to file
all the official correspondence re.
ceiyed by, him as said postmaster
from the Post Office Department. in
the proper files provided in the Office
Of the said postmaster at the post
Office building.
414) That he, the said Charles =.
Manleys being the owner and proprie:
tor OF pool room, as aforesaid, locaa
TIED on Jefferson street in the city OF
4 Fairmont, permits and allows gamb.
ling to be practiced and carried on In
said pool room by sundry and various
Ihabitues thereof. - "a 3
(15) That the said Charles u. Man.
II 1aXt fc trtJilfr nj m inn
failing to discharge his official duties,
lin this. that on October 10, 1915, the
Hsaid Charles E. Marley as postmaster
,Ireceived from the Post Office Depart-
iiment In the city OF Washington per-
Yemptoryl orders to dismiss one George
I p Cochran from his position as let.
tier carrier attached to the Fairmont
(, postoffice; notwithstanding the re-
\ ceipt by the said postmaster of said
orders on October "a, 1915, the said
4 Charles E. Marley did fail and neg.
l1ect to obey said instructions until
November a, 1915, when he served
said notice Of! discharge upon the said
George P. Cochran by letter, notwith.
standing the fact that the said
Charles E. Manley had been directed
Ito make said discharge .'the day this
Ilettertis received to:wit, October "a,
.E1915. 3, & i 3A3it 4,
s(16) That the said Charles e. Man.
Hey, as postmaster, has failed and re:
fused although requested, to appoint
one Hyson Christie, senior substitute
Ecityaletter carrier, to fill the vacancy
caused by the aforesaid removal Of
George p. Cochran, in accordance
with the postal laws and regulations,
article 4, section 6S5, page 390:391;
the said Manley having refused to
appoint the said Christie for the ex.
press purpose that he is a Republic.
can, and said in the presence OF the
undersigned (Sylyestera Clayton) that
he would not appoint Christie unless
he was forced TO do SO, after having
read, the aforesaid law, the same hav.
ing been pointed out to him by the
assistant postmaster, Wilbur H..
Brand. Isl &, Z KS
The undersigned now herewith files
and asks that the same be read as
a part of and in support; Of the said
charges against Charles E.. Marley,
postmaster, the. affidavits lin writing
sEotS a Howard. FLEMING. Wilbur H.
Z, IlsGEd.. Robinson, John F. Shat.
Ia, ferry D. Burton, II. 4 "a. Cirmo,
: Frank r. Barnes, A.. III sB.l Dudley,
:. Nv: Il. Satterfield. Russell Clayton;
Raymond llaller, Harvey a.. Pitzer.
Charles L. Bartlett, Sylvester Clay.
J; ton. j. W.. Snowden, James L. Hall,
and Walter l. Wiley. 4 Y,
4 The undersigned herewith requests
that the said Charles T. ! Marley be
removed from the position of post.
master. at Fairmont, w. ;tVa..'' "a II.
ig Requests Immediate lnvestlg cation.
When Congressman Sutherland to-:
a day presented the charges against Mr.
ssManley to Daniel 6. 4 Roper he re.
Ilalestel "a prompt and an immediate
investigation. He received no def:
mite, but a rather general answer to
THAT 10 request. Mr.. Roper said M he,
would read the charges and see what
they contained, and would act in due.
thine accordingly u
Y AS to the various charges con.
Iltained I'm the above bill of particulars,
each one is very fully! and Ecomrl
covered in one or more OF the bunch
ofsaffidavits filed. The charge Of i'm.
morality and the use of PRONE Ian.
3'guage to employees are deliberately set.
forth as to detail of action and Ian
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