Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-30

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n sht in them to instruct him; he answered
that he did not. l then told him to re.
ceive no messages from them, and if they
came to lhim again, to tell them if they
had any communications to make. il
must be to me; that had control of him,
and would require him to pay over the
contributions to me as he had ALWAYS
done. This took place in presence of
witness. On that same afternoon he came
over to me in the city, and handed me
letter, of which the following is a copy,
written in the handwriting of Mr.. Joseph
II, Bradley: ..- ".--.
WASHINGTON N. NJ. OFFICE, }
March 7, 1855. {
MIR. WV. DOUGHERTr, Superintendent.
SIR-Until further directions from the
board of managers, who are now organi-
zing their plan of operations, all monies
received by any officer or agents of the sc.
ciety will be paid directly to the treasurer.
You will, therefore, forbear to call on Mr.
Hilton for collections made BY him until
that plan shall have been adopted, Of
which due notice will be given.
Your Obedient servants,
Jos d. BRADLEY, j. NJ. McCAILA,
GEORGE II. PLANT, S. c. BUsEY,
SAMUEL S. BRIGGs, Committee.
What the plan Of operations mentioned
in the above, that they were organizing,
!, at that time, did not know, but subse.
quent events show that it was to obtain
possession by mob law. On the next
day, after receiving the abeve letter, I
sent an answer through the post office,
directed to MIR. Bradley; the following is
a copy: ..-ar.
WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT, }
March Sth, 1855. {
JOSEPH III. BRADLEY, ESQ.
SIR I have received a communication
| signed by yourself and foer others, repre-
senting yourselves as a committee of the
board Of managers of the Washington
National Monument society, directing me
to forbear calling on the watchmanl for
the collections made by him, as you had
ordered that all monies received by any
officer or agent should be paid directly to
the treasurer. In answer, would state
that | am, and always have been, the only
authorized agent to collect monies at the
monument, and am alone responsible to
| the board, the watchman merely recciy-
| ing contributions from visitors, and paw
ing them over to me whenever [ think
proper to demand it. AsI DO not recog.
nize the existence Of any board OF mana
gers, except the one under whose orders
l have been acting, and yet continue to
act, shall decline receiving any insauc-
tlons from any person or persons, except
the members of that 6oard, and cmse.
quently shall pursue the same course in
re)ati5n to the contributions as | have
heretofore done, and will require the
watchman to account to Inc alone for the
monies received by him.
Respectfully yours,
VIM DoUGHERTY,
Superintendent of the ". Nat. Mon.
| On this day, 1 learnt that they had
placed person on the ground the even.
ing before as night watch. I enquired
of Hilton whether he had suffered him tc
go into my Office, or any of the other
buildings of which he, Hilton, had the
keys; ne replied that he had not. gave
him positive instructions not to allow
him to enter any Of them, and also direc-
ted the night watch, Mr.. Barrow Ffere,
to allow him to remain on the grounds
SO long as he did not interfere with any.
thing, but if he attempted to exercise any
authority, to put him off. On Friday
morning | received an order from the
building committee to advertise the two
horses belonging to the monument for
sale at public auction, in order that, il
these persons believed that they hadiany
ljust claim on the property of the monu.
ment, they might have an opportunity to
test the matter legally, by trying to pre-
vent the sale. Immediately n receiving
the order, l went to the monumen5 and
removed the horses to public stable, al
| was fearful that if they remained there
they might share the fate of the three thai
belonged to the monument last June, whi
were poisoned and died. On Saturday
morning carly, Mr.. Frere, the night
watch, came to nay house, and informed
me that Hilton had the evening before
given up to Mr.. Bradley the keys of tht
various workshops and other buildings
On. the ground, including the key Of my
Office. 1 Immediately consulted q mem
ber of the board, who is lawyer by pro
fession, who instructed me that the fac
| of their having obtained possession of tht
keys surreptiti oSsly by the treschery o
.e miserable tool they made use OF, die
not, in the least, interfere with my just
and legal right possession, and directed
me to go to the building, and exercis,
the same authority as l had heretofore
done, and retain possession until force
was used to remove me, but ON no account
to make such resistance as would create
riot or cause difficulty, as the board die
not wish to do anything but retain peace
able possession of their property. Iwent
directly to the monument, accompanied
| by Frere, the night watch, and found my
RI offi:e open, and no person in it; standing
some fifty or sixty yards off against the
stable, | saw five or six persons, anongs
them Hilton. Ientered the office and sal