The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume], March 17, 1899, Page 2, Image 2

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COTTS IS HELD
ft
To Await Action by the Criminal
Court Grand Jury, on the
CHARGE OF BEING A BARRATOR.
Colonel Arnett anil Mr. Ryan Made
tlic Arguments In Behalf of the Accused
man, While Ex-Congressman
Peudieton Presented the Casci of the
Prosecution, and Denounced Cotts
In'a Scathing Manner.
Yesterday afternoon, in the criminal
court room, the barratry hearing in
which W. J. Cotts ilgures as the defen- ]
dant came to its conclusion, and Justice
Greer decided to hold Cotts for action
by the criminal court grand Jury. :
Mr. Cotts gave $500 bond for his appearance
and was released. Colonel ,
W. W. Arnett and Mr. Richard Ryan i
argued the ense for the defense, and
Colonel Arnett's plea was one of con- (
siderable strength. For the prosecution,
ex-Congressman John O. Pendleton.
made the best specch of his legal j
career; his denunciation of Cotts' meth- ,
ods was severe and unrelenting .
ijiry.uKnuui, una il was not to ue wondered
at that Mr. Colts at one or two !
points squirmed under the mercllos3 Are
directed at hlin, and protested by word
of mouth. The arguments were heard !
by the-largest'crowd that has been Inevidence
since the barratry hearing began.
.Next week the barratry proceed- J
lngs against J. 13. W. McCulley and '
Justice John G. Haberfleld will be heard
by Justice Greer.
Mr. Pendleton Opens. .
In opening, Mr. Pendleton said it was
a line showing for the people of Ohio
county that In but one former instance I
had there been an arrest for barratry. He
then read the language of the warrant
served on Mr. Cotts. Barrator was defined
In law as a common mover of suits
and quarrels, whereby discord and disquiet
arc the outgrowth. There are two
classes of charges against Cotts, the
stirring up the tax informer suits and
the bringing of the suits in courts having
no Jurisdiction. Proceeding, Mr.
Pendleton showed the Illegality of the
tax informer proceedings, and alleged
that Cotts, McCulley and Bird entered
into a conspiracy with certain justices
of the peace and dragged citizens before
them.
Mr. Cotts, he said, likes law suits, and
bought up the John Anderson fee
claims, and entered suits to collect some
of them. Here again citizens were
dragged before the squires to enforce
illocral claims. T^pcrnllv. hr? !H thorn
was no foundation for these old. stale
and unprofitable claims. Cotts did these
things knowing the justices had no Jurisdiction.
Mr. Ryan's Remarks.
Mr. Richard Ryan opened for the de,
fer.se. He claimed a barrator is one
who is not interested in the suit; otherwise
every banker Is a barrator. Cotts
has won every suit lie has brought in
the courts of Ohio county, does that
show he has proceeded Illegally. Except
in the tax cases Mr. Cotts has been
directly interested, and there Is nobody
except Mr. Pendleton, who has testified
I19 was connected with those cases; he
was only the clerk of Bird. Cotts had a
right to sue Bishop Dcnohue; he had a
right to protect his interests in the McColloch
street lot, and the "Wheeling &
IClm Grove Hallway\Company and the
Reymann Brewing Company are the
barrators in this case If there are any
such. There is no act in this state covering
barratry; the only authority is
Blackstone, and times have changed
since Blackstone's time. Mr. Cotts had
as much right to buy the Anderson
claims as a bank has to deal in notes.
There Is no evidence Mr. Cotts collceted
any unjust claim; the only unjust claim
was that of J. A. Henry which was not
, collected.
Col. Aruett's Address.
v-wuifi ??. . ^\rneiL next spoKe lor
the defense. He spoke of the manner of
the instituting of this charge of barratry.
Bachmann, he said, had been
ruled by feelings of malice and spite.
There Js 110 element of barratry Jn this
case, and he challenged criticism of this
f assertion. He* believed he could convince
the court of the truth of his
claim. There was one case of barratry
Jn this county, and the judgment of the
lower court was only sustained because
the appeal was not taken within thirty
days. So there is no conviction on barratry
In this state. In New York and
Pennsylvania and some other states
there are statutes on the subject; In this
state there Is none.
So far as the case of Cotts is concerned,
there can be 110 barratry. He
read from Mayo's Guide at some length
I11 support of his position. There is. no
barratry where the accused sues In his
own right, even though the contention
is groundless. This disposes of all of
the-cases brought In Cotts' own name.
Anyhow, any citizen has the right to
assert his own right* as Mr. Cotts has
done. The speaker said the reason the
case against Clenmns was. not set at
the last term of court was that he was a
candidate for office at the time. .
As. to the case of Bishop Donohue, he
should be prosecuted if lie violated the
law. The law was.violated in the putting
down of the steps at the Cathedral.
In the Sloan <ase, the accusation was
with foundation, said the speaker, and
cited the law bearing on the matter.
No court can assert any citizen cannot
prosecute a just claim, and the ease
against Sloan was a Just claim. In
every litigation instituted by Cotts
there was cause. Barratry Is the stirring
up of quarrels between other people,
the act of the busybody, and tin-re
is no such Instance in this case. Such
a thing is charged /ri the tax informer
cases, but he would dispose of that accusation.
But even if suits are encouraged
between others and the motive Is
not for gain, there is no barratry.
As to the tax erases. If a man acts conscientiously
he Is not guilty of barratry.
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by law of the state to protcct the Interest
of the state; Is such a course of action
barratry? Why, such a proposition
Is absurd, said the speaker. Here the
man's cupidity is aroused by the law
Itself, which holds out to him a reward
of five per cent, and there can be no
barratry. True, the tax Informers
didn't go about It the right way; but
did tboy pursue the wrong course intentionally?
Of course not. Everywhere
2lse, said the speaker, tax Informer proceedings
have been applauded by the
press and public; he knew of but one
reason for the hostile Rpniimonf hr?tv?
that a stranger brought the proceedings.
Mr. Cotts was treasurer for Bird,
ind says he would have received more
compensation if the proceedings had
been successful. Cotts first met Bird
through the latter entering Information
against him, and later he had become
Bird's employe.
As to the Anderson claims, said Colonel
Arnett, any man has the privilege of
buying claims as an investment. Everything
"Jim" Cotts has done is not deserving
of commendation, but we are
not trying that question; he is the judge
of that and so long as he does not go
outside the limits of the law he is entitled
to protection.
There is no case In which Cotts did
not proceed In his own right. Where,
then, Is there barratry? He did not attempt
to stir up strife between other
persons, and unless this is done there
can be 110 barratry. There must be an
improper motive at the bottom of It, too.
With Mr. Cotts, there was no Improper
motive; he had the right to assert his
proper claims.
Mr. Pendleton Closes.
Mr. Pendleton then closed for the
prosecution. Justices of the peace have
no jurisdiction over fee claims or tax j
informer claims; no attorney except'
Colonel Arnett had ever contended j
otherwise. As to barratry, he cited an
English opinion In support of the claim
that a man can be guilty of barratry .
who Institutes suits In his own name. I
As high handed a piece of villainy as
was ever perpetrated In Ohio county is
the Sloan case. We all know It is illegal
to collect more than 6 per cent Interest,
yet Cotts and Hosenauer compelled Sain
Clnnn In niv t1?A tho m??~ *tl A ?r1
they had him arrested by a Justice of
the peace on a criminal charge. Was
there ever a Shylock who exacted so
much from a creditor? Hasenauer knew
he couldn't collect such a claim, and
sold it to n. peddler of broken down
claims, what did Cotts do? He was
guilty of the worst type of barratry, of
blackmail of the vilest character, by I
arresting poor Sam Sloan on a criminal
charge. This was one of the tricks of
Mr. Cotts.
Then there Is the Joe Green case.
Tears ago he had a case which he won.
Mr. Cotts acquires the alleged Anderson
claim. Cotts goes to Green and says he
will have him indicted by the grand
jury unless he settles.
Next comes the Clarke-Bachmann
case. Cotts hears there Is such a claim,
buys the claim, tries to collect it. and
then goes before "his convenient justice,
John G. Haberfleld," and swears out a
warrant against Bachmann. Isn't tills
stirring up another's claim? Cotts testified
his lawyer was a liar if he said he
owned this clnlm. It will turn out.
though, that Cotts owns the claim, and
that his lawyer told the truth.
Isn't Cotts a common barrator?
Doesn't he make It a business" of buying
other people's claims? Doesn't ho
go around harrasslng people trying to
collect these claims, which the constable
has held five years not daring to try
to collect them. Cotts said he had been
connected with Colonel Arnett five
years; the speaker wondered the colonel
hadn't become more corrupted than he
had been by such a connection. (Laughter,
during which the justice rapped for
order.)
The Stlfel claim was Instanced; here
was a claim, most of it outlawed, all of
it paid before, and these pecple get $15 |
Irom this reputable firm because they ,
did not care to enter into litigation over
such a little matter. Isn't this barratry I
and the stirring up of strife?
And then there are the Henry and .
Hillman cases. Execution:; Issued at I
the instance of Cotts and posted at their
places of business. Isn't this barratry?
If not, the speaker never heard of barratry.
' The speaker congratulated the citizens
of West Virginia that they have
only one William J. Cotts living by such
barratrous proceedings.
Then there Is the Egerter claim. Here
Cotts tells Leir.er he wants to'make it
hot for Mrs. Egerter: that claim was
bought to get oven with somebody, with
Mr. Reymann, we are told, said the
speaker.
Next comes the Bishop Donohuc case.
He not only persecuted Bishop Donohue,
Sam Sloan, Joe Green, Harry Bachmann,
but In addition he writes a
threatening letter to Mr. Reymann?
say* lie will stop a railroad in Fulton
and Indict the Wheeling Park Association;
all this he will do unless Mr. Reymann
buys his little piece of ground.
At this point Mr. Cotts and Colonel Arnett
Interfered, but were called'to order
by the Justice. Mr. Pendleton read the
threatening portion of the letter from a
copy of the Intelligencer which he picked
up from the table. Too much association
with Mr. Cotts, said the speaker,
has given Colonel Arnett wrong ideas of
the law in this case, and the spectators
again laughed.
The Informer Is the vilest of beings In
Ireland; yet we are told that the tax Informers
should be respected In tblff
community. The speaker then criticized
In the most severe terms the tax
informer crowd. Cotts uays he was
Bird's clerk; on the contrary, said the
speaker, he was the "head devil" of the
whole aggregation.
This man should be held to the grand
Jury of the criminal court to answer
these charges of misdoing. An example
should be made, and In the future honest
citizens should not bo harrassed by
petty, malicious law suits.
Colonel Arnett asked the Justice to reserve
Ills decision so he might look Into
the law he had submitted In the course
of his argument.
Justice Greer replied that he had
given tin? evidence careful conslderatlori,
and that he hud secured from lawyers
hooka of law bearing on ttio matter
at Issue, which he had Investigated
thoroughly. Ile had found this court to
be Only a court of Inquiry, and after
mature consideration he had determined
to hold the'defendant, requiring him to
give bond In the sum of ?r.()0 for Ids nppenrancc
before the criminal court to be
there dealt with according to law. The
decision of the Justice was received
with equanimity by Mr. Colts and his
attorneys, who signified their Intention
of securing his release under bond.
Mr. Pendleton asked to have the hearing
of the barratry proceeding against
Attorney J. IS. AV. McCulley set for next
Tuesday, and that against Justice of
{he Peace John (j. Ilaherfleld set for tlx?
following day. The Justice ruled lie
Would set these hearings later.
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MUCH OPPOSITION
To Appointment of Female Principal
for Clay School
CLAY COMMISSIONERS WON
For Their Choico After a Gallant
Fi^ht, at Board of Education Meeting?They
had Selected Miss Latterly
of Akron?Dr. Jepson Advised
Strict Conformity "With' Vaccination
Herniations hy Principals.
The death knell of female principals
was forecast at the board of education
meeting last' r.Ight, over the appolntI
ment of Miss Loretta Lafferty, of Akron,
O., to the princlpalshlp of Clay
school, made vacant by the recent
resignation of Miss Elizabeth Clohan
, now superintendent of the Girls' IndusI
lrln.1 Homo nf Knlonv Onltn n
ensued on Miss Laffcrty's jippolntment, ^
j which went through on a vote of 11 to 7,
but the opposition shown to female
j>rlncfpals bode 111 for similar recommendations
in the future. Another lm- '
portant transaction at the meeting was
the communication >from Health Olllcer !
S. L. Jepson, relative to the vaccination i
of school children.
Superintendent Anderson's monthly
report showed the following school sta1
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Contre 3? 278 37 h'j| 73
Webstar G34 SOS CI D*Ji 140
Ritchie W7i 7JG CS 91 245.
Lincoln 1711 147 12 9l| CI
Total <Csj:CT JCl OljlEc
The committee on public library recommended
an increase of $3,000 on the
insurance held on the library books. The
insurance at present is $7,000, and it was
54,000 until last September. A rough es- j
timate values the books at $20,000. The ]
board passed on bills totaling $235 CG (
submitted by this committee; but re- i
ferred the insurance feature back to the i
committee. j
Mr. Schaub offered a resolution callinpr
for the introduction o? stenography
and typewriting as elective studies in i
the second year of the high school \
course. The resolution was referred to :
the committee on teuchers and schools.
The following communication from 1
Dr. Jepson, tho city health ofllcer, was i
read, and it speaks for Itself:
WHEELING. W. Va., March 1C.
To the Board of Education: .
GENTLEMENI desire to call your attention
to rule 109 which provides that no
pupil shall bo admitted Into any school In {
this district who cannot furnish satisfactory
evidence that he or she has been vac- (
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gUMStetoly Ignored cxccpt when small pox
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tha country, and especially 1A cities not
very far from us. The latest official reports
show that the disease Is prvbont In
Pittsburgh and several places above and
below this city. During the past few
weeks there have occurred about 200 cases
in Cincinnati, liw In Columbus, laO In
Cleveland, 250 In Washington City and
Alexandria, Va? COO in Norfolk, Portsmouth
and Newport News, Va. The disease
prevails to a less extent in very many
other niacin.
F?r the above reasons I respectfully urge
that the principals of theschools^be direc.ed
to enforce rule lOil rigidly, and'that they
bo instructed that they have no right to
at any time Ignore this rule.
Very respectfully,
, S. L. J EPSON, M. D.,
Health Ofllcer.
Miss A. B. Wilson, public librarian,
presented the report of the library for
February.' It showed a total circulation
Df 7.12D books and periodicals, of which
5,211 were fiction, 394 history, 330 history;
average dally circulation 309;
imount received from tines $12.
Mr. Ford introduced a resolution providing
for the taking of an inventory of
:he public library, with a view of ascertaining
the need of Increased insurance.
It was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Maxwell, the superntendent
was Instructed to enforce the
vaccination rule.
Miss Florence Ames, of Jacltson,
Mich., sent In an application for the
position of superintendent of drawing-,
vhich was accompanied by testimonials
ind her photographl Miss Ames* appli;atlon
was filed until the hoard shall de:ide
on creating this office.
The Clay commissioners reported the
eslgnatlon of Miss Elizabeth Ciohan
ind asked for the confirmation of the
lction of the commissioners In selecting
Miss Loretta LalTerty as principal of
-lay school.
Mr. Noble stated that it was his belief
ind of other commissioners that male i
principals were superior, hence he |
noved to refer the selection back to the ,
:ommittee.
Mr.. Jefferson said Clay commissioners
lad also an opinion. He paid warm I
ribiite to Miss Lafferty's abilities. Mr. j
Jefferson wanted to know if a crusade |
igainst women had begun, and he said
t was too late in the nineteenth cenury,
especially in educational work, to
alk down women principals. Continu- |
ng, Mr. Jefferson said Clay had had a
vnmnn nplnoln-iI '
>ne of them. Miss Clohan, was the peer
>? any school principal in the city.
Anti-woman principals might think
hat a man with a strap and cane was
he proper person to strike terror to the
learts of bad boys, but on the other
land was woman's tact and finesse. In
;chools taught by women the average of
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^afferty's appointment.
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ought to be men, and he was followed
by Colonel Miller, whose chief comment
was on the haste employed by Claj
commissioners In making the selection
The vacancy occurred at 10 a. m. anc
was filled at 4 p. m. the same day, consequently
the commissioners were censured
and criticized for their haste, foi
it looked as though it was done to shui
off other applicants. Further, Colone
Miller said it couldn't be denied thai
one or two male teachers were useful
In a school, nor could It be denied thai
the board had appointed women tc
nearly every position in the schools.
Replying to the charge of haste, Judge
Cranmer said he had opposed haste ir
the selection. Five or six applications
were received, and it was apparent thai
Miss Lafferty's credentials far outshone
the others. She presented credentials
from school boards and principals ir
New Philadelnhin_ Beavor nnd Tniortn
and it was shown also that she had
studied in Europe. It was the Judgment
of the other commissioners that
they act at once, and Judge Cranmer
acquiesced. The judge charged the opposition
to "some soreheads," juid he
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selection back, and should it do so he
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on them, the commissioners, Mr,
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would resign. Not to appoint another
another woman principal, would mark a
return to mediaeval times. The Judge
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to woman.
Mr. Schaub opposed the selection for
the reason that lie didn't consider it
necessary to go ouftide the city and the
state for a principal for Clay district.
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1 commissioners, said the board could
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women principals In other of the ward
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> needed the appointment. Dr. Hllircd
i made a splendid argument, broad, libi
eral and full of pith.
Another opponent to woman prir>
i pals was developed In Dr. Birney. Ei
would like to see the higher graia
taught by men. A few years ago. siii
the doctor, Washington commission
talked of getting foreign talent ton!*
the standard. That year the tfadreBs
llocked to the West Liberty r.en^H$
school to better educate thcnwsJva Bg|
Mr. Dudley Intimated thai a stuijiK
the class averages would rracundto'l'K^
i credit of women principals.
Colonel Miller said there had
, good deal of buncombe, far fetchiiK*:
arguments and hlghfalutin* talktocn-gg
ate the impression that the
in favor of male principals werenttukBB
ing woman's abilities and he waselKs
them set right.
The vote to refer the controversy it*
to the commissioners with instmdaH
to report a male principal, resultei & lr|
its defeat, 7 to 11. The appointmectdre
Miss Lafferty was then confirmed
viva voce vote, much to the jubilitfciM
of ye commisloners from Clay.
"CITY OF PITTSBURGH" |
And IierTrlp to Xcw Orleans and
turn are Exciting Interest.
The new packet City of PittsbctfH
and her approaching trip to Neff
leans and return are exciting consitefrM
ble interest in this city, which
heightened yesterday by the arrival tig
Mr. Alva L. Voegtly. one of the
clerks, who will be in the city to-&fB
and to-morrow to book local people
siring to take the New Orleans trir-^llj
is located in the McLure house
temnorarily.
The big alde-wheeier Is now nt Mi-'lg
ietta, but will pass up in a day or tT-||j
for Pittsburgh. She leaves rittsburjt^
on the trip to New Orleans next TufrK
day afternoon, and leaves WheeliJS^gj
same day at 10 p. m. ,E|
The City of Pittsburgh was buin?*B|
Marietta and is of the following
sions; Length of keel, 1194 feet; -er?.[%
over all, COO feet: breadth of heaay E
feet 6 Inches! width over all,^ H
Inches; depth of hold. 6 feet 2
lowest part; aid** wheels 32 feettn^M
ameter, 14 6 inch bucket. She has rgg
length cabin with promenade guarcJ m
way round, sixty state rooms in ?. |gj
cabin, twelve on intermediate ok
thirty-two In texas; total number M
berths, 22S; also observation ro?ro^
ward of texas; pantry and kiU'n^'3
most improved modern outfit:
shop, bath room?, hot and cola j
stationary wash stands, electnc . ^
and call bolls In each state ro?? ^
This boat has Fcotcn marine w.the
same as used on occnn aru
vessels. There are three of then;, ^
of the following dimensions.
diameter by 14 fet 6 inches ions,
two furnace Hues of -10 Inches in
eter, mid ninety 3*4 Inch retuir ^
they are constructed of marine w,
S. steel. Two high pressure en*
26 3-S Inches In diameter and
stroke. She also has steam l-*u ^
lower deck. The cuisine Is r"'', 3 ^
nil respects. Meals are furn she-1^
carte. Each stateroom Is
stationary wash stand, hot anu j
tercd water, electric llpht?* ^ ;
call bells. Mnln saloon is IlgnKj*
seven very fine electric c,,laJ; \
with Japanese trimmings, ;u?? - ;
lated nnd kept cool In warm ?'W! *
with electric fans.
lie Fooled f ho Surgeon* ,
All doctors told Renlck I fj
Won Jeffercon, O.. after suf/crlng j
months from ltoetal Fistula, he
die unless n costly operation ?>is_ Pformed:
but he cured himself vflts boxes
of Bucklen's Arnica Paly*1
surest Tile cure on I'urth. anJ tR? .j
Salve in the World. L\? cents a W*-f
bf Logan Drug Co., drr.Rglst.
ATTEND tlie storage S?le ,,f llcU>"''
hold Hooils lii-ilay. ...j,
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Thonm?'wclectrto Oil. IVrlW"' .
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