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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1900
Page
1
A committee of five members is appointed with full power to investigate the Griffiths hole issue. Accounts cannot be checked. Chairman Robinson will confer with Mayor Fleischmann on Monday.
The Cincinnati Board of Education met in a tense session to address the defaults of former clerk George R. Griffiths. A delayed quorum and somber atmosphere marked the gathering as officials and citizens focused on uncovering facts and implications, pledging to pursue accountability despite potential harms.
President Weidner explains the four members found a $1600 discrepancy in the books traced to a clerical error. The board votes to audit with City Auditor Millikin and permits expert accountants to examine receipts, checks, and stubs.
Emma A. Van Liew pleads guilty to manslaughter for throwing vitriol at Miss Alice Hammel, receives a ten year sentence to the Ohio Penitentiary, and is taken to Columbus. The case links Miss Hammel to banker John Van Liew and highlights a famed Ohio crime.
After the president's address, Mr. Keller proposed a resolution noting discrepancies in accounts of George Re. Griffiths, late Clerk, and arguing against hiring expert examiners to avoid extra city expense. the substitute by member Robinson was voted down.
The Board of Education held a special session amid Expert Stegner’s testimony from City Auditor Millikin’s office. He urged a fresh set of books from Griffiths term to enable a thorough investigation, revealing how tuition fees and other revenues were reported under vague headings and not separately disclosed to the County Auditor.
Beautiful widow and officials in Princeton, Ky report a death with unclear cause. Coroner Frank Merrick faced a divorce petition listing allegations, depositions hint at forged signatures on checks to slums, leading to warrants and Merrick’s arrest at his home two days after the filing.
Mrs Emma Van Liew, sentenced to ten years for manslaughter, arrived in Columbus from Van Wert with Sheriff John Webster and her husband John Van Liew. She then disappeared as if the earth opened, while a guard’s son was mentioned in connection with the scene.
Information from private sources confirms favorable bul letins on the Czar's health. His Majesty’s condition has improved enough to promise a certain recovery, according to the report from St. Peters burg dated November 30.
Washington report notes Representative Bromwell of Cincinnati and Representative Burton of Cleveland critique the ship subsidy bill. Bromwell urges creation of independent tramp freighters to boost American marine reach and revive U S trade routes abroad. He supports oleomargarine labeling and favors large war tax reductions, while backing possible Nicaragua Canal legislation.
Mrs Van Liew pleads guilty to manslaughter in the attack on Miss Alice Hammel. The Hammel family and prosecutor accept the plea to end the case and spare further trial. The crime left Miss Hammel badly burned, dying after five weeks of suffering.
In Lexington a telephoned report from Dr. J M Logan says Gibson was seen passing through. About 150 coal miners halted work to help search while Chief Yost and Sheriff Field widen the hunt through woods. Gibson reportedly heads toward Wilson Creek in Carter County where relatives live.
A Paris despatch reports Oscar Wilde has died in the Latin Quarter from meningitis. He expired in a modest residence after entering the Catholic Church on his deathbed. Wilde had been living in a hotel on Rue des Beaux Arts under the alias Manmoth.
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