Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-02-26

ereateing weights. The balance l6. 900 dollsrs
was paid him. more than any man in the
business wOuld be glad to get the job for, Miles
Greenwood, Of Gin. tesli6ss as to The value Of
pipe Of fittings. For these articles Mr.. Lenox
charged over 100 per cent, above The market
price: besides charging for putting up.ss.0OO
more than il was worth. The testimony on this
point is very vOluminOus and overwhelming.
NsrJurgA Asylum Grading biz Of John Gil, Of
Clsrddnd--FraHd. 81. 900.
This bin was for $500. Il is proven that
NJ. Gill did not do over s4O0 worth Of gIa-
ding. at large estimate. Hon. Geo. 7. Bar
nun. the then Steward Of The Asylum, and a
host Of other Witnesses, swear to that fact,
1000 dollars is charged for mems time that
never saw The ground, and 10 many cases there
we're no such men as named in the bill. All is
Abundsntly proven.
LsnOr Heating CoRtrad- Fraud Sc. O97. 10.
Til, affair can be seen by any one to be q
fraud. Mr.LenOx was to put pipe 10 the ksy-
lum equivalent to $4,000 feet Of inch Pipe
He has not done this by over 5000 feet, and
yet be charges nearly that amount as EXTRA
The fraud is as above-uncOntrovertsbIe tss-
timony. 10
Building Contract at NewJurgh--JohH GU Con-
tr0ctOr-Fraud. $50. 566, 80.
This fraud ID proven by the FIRST
.h.to.N. II AusIIa~. - MI q N po.iar
and II. White, Of Cleveland, have sworn 10
facts in n positive and conclusive manner
The Committee have a world Of testimony on
the matter. This fraud is as apparent now as
DAY.
Ira Merchant. Superintendent Of Asylum Bull
ding.
$1,000 e5 has been paid this man. The
r committee have testimony to show him a worth
less individual. He ccnnived with the con.
tractors, and is chargeable with a large pro
: portion Of the frauds.
Furnishing A~Sylum---JoAn GW--Frdud,
1868 9
This was effected By false bilIs-hundreds
Of carpets, tete-a.tetes, chairs, tables, DC, was
drawn from the State. Bills were bought rea-
sOnably and charged to the State at exhorbi-
tant prices. The Committee have the testimo-
ny Of Charles Cist that the furniture was poor
and the prices high-'tWas throughout a most
rascally affair. New York houses Of standing
are implicated. Doremus and N;TOp; YIN.
II, Lee; Peterson and Humphrey are the
houses.
Plum6ing--J Green. Contractor # fraud, ST..
TIC 80.
Grading Bud. Richmond & Co.
This is the whole amount Of the bill. 1t is
proven that no grading was done BY any 10 OK.
coed 200 dollars.
Heating Contract James Lemon fraud g..
Circumstances same as at Newburgh.
Building CONTRACTED. Richmond d Co. fraud,
1894 40.
This is the amount Of fraud reported, 1t
is proven by s. C. Porter, of Cleveland, JR.
Hamilton, we'll known architect Of Cincinnati,
and VIM. Wall, a builder of Dayton all men
emineully qualified to determine the affair.
The frauds in both the Asylum buildings,
consist in charging heavy bills OF extra work,
when It is proven that the contracts were not
fulfilled. by many thousands of dollars.
PlumJing- IL Mel alIOm & Co., Of Cincinnati,
contractors.
The Committee proved a fraud in this mat
ter, offs 450 81, part of which is chargeable to
not giving the contract TO Peter Gibson, Of
Cincinnati, who was the lowest bidder, There
is a fraud proper on the bill Of I ,450 81. Pro-
ven by P. Gibson and Jas. Attlesey. Of Gin
%cinnati. Hugh McCullem made false state
ments to the witnesses. Messrs. Gibson and Al.
llesey but he was detected by the Committee,
all of which appears in the report.
Farnishag--P. p. Lowe fraud 2O3, 90.
This consists in carpeting charged TO the
State but not put in The Asylum.
P. p. loves Bill as Trustee, &C., amounts
to 2,II0 74-The fraud on it is 923.
Shown by overcharging at s dollars per day
when the law says 3-cSarging time twice
charging amounts not payable by Sta Il
&C.. Dc.
REMARKs.-The Asylums were 10 cost but
70. 900 dollars eaoh--they have cost 10000
dollars, and built on the same plans as the e.
Inmates we're made on for 10000.
Total frauds and uselos expen-
ditures on Newb'g asylum, 5i,843 90
On Dayton Asylum, GO, 760 90
Total fraud and useless
expenditures on State
House amounts to 149, 1894
Tile Special Heetion.-Te Facts.-M, RO-
sea Elected.
The poll books Of both clerks OF tie First
ward show that 500 persons voted. The
tickets counted correspond exactly to the num-
Der OF names entered upon the psll books
Both tally sheets signed by the three Judges
aud two Clerks. show that Hosea received $50
votes, Slough, 223. Fisher "a, and there was
one scattering, making The whole 56S-tbe
number of votes cast. The County Clerk and
~Justices go behind the statement made by the
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