New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-23


never made or used gan machinery know consider,
able about IT, nv estimate Of tho depreciation based
upon It's being sold in the MARKET and NOS the value OIL
II TO the men using 1t.
gunmaker; have been such all my life, except nine
months that worked in q machine snop inc depteca-
ton in gun machinery in use from carry IN lso 70 July,
1863 would be from 80 TO 20 per cent? To Keep achef
In repair 80 would require great numOor OF
meR probably twenty; where the factory Is suppnsd
with toos il would need seven or eight men, may DC
more. I mean small tools and milling machinery, Dus
not engine athes; If the business conducted ~ the
day and the propretors agreed to keep up he Tools
would require twenty e or in a t6, sa bs
I'D the tools; il IL conducted N that way In TINS es
Establishment it would require about three men to keep
the tools up.
| Crossexamined-1ft the guns not made by piece
work Il would require from twenty-five to tlrtyh ,e
men where they turn out fifty guns day never sod
anything but separate parts oil the machinery Vi oil
establishment. :, ,,.,
| William Thompson. sworn: examined by defehdahts
| counsel-I am macbinlst and tOolmakeri nave oeen
since January, 1916; 1 was engaged IN this lat,ory
prior 10 the FIRE in July; on that day was IN the Arm
ory within Is minutes Of the time u was SET Oh nIei
commenced work there in August me iear oe ri
remained month"; was away until the following Iyp
ruary then went back and remained there uhtH tle
factory was burned; / knew good deal Of tne cona
ton of tools and machinery; in the hrst place tne lvs
were got Up tho expense OF the company unu tue
was nearly ready 20 with, and then II was 10, ny
the piece 10 about six different parties TOOK ~! yo
on the verbal agreement with Mr.. Bean, the slperln
tools making any additional tools at my own expense,
and they furnishing the stock and MATERIAL that was
the with the rest 1t was tne way ~ "'yn n Wv
rpndR VI all the parts completed up 20 the hTst OF july
| | first commenced contract for piece WORK on i3,h
April 1863 and continued nntil the hie 1rnhat," ~
have a memOrnndum Of "hsIl eAPeeeeu =" iN@A' Wv
tools for my job. - h
O. At what prices did you contract for IN yonr VOTE
for the parts for labor and hnishingf A. Inc UP par
was lOc; trigger part, 2oic; trigger Gc trigger part
or er.ketoh &C.; barreLspflng Jo.i ketch'rV'Ihs
| lie here were the actual prices paid me. ~
| Henry d. Slower re.called-Reiers To the light bs
mt in evidence Yesterday headed ." William W. Mars
Ton bought of the StO7er Machine Coz these were hOs
lie bin, paid these merely invoices that We sehu
with goodsi when coz to settle receipt gwen
in tho receipt book and settlement is thea mace ac
cordng 20 the understanding at the c0mmenceDent "a
the trade; sometimes take Of ten per cent when
would not appear the lnyoices these were nt pau
"a they are here, W. sold and delivered ten mining ma
chimes at S2aJ piece which received pay Ior thflg
were five milling jaws cent at S-V eaen' ioA' VI ""''
| we're returned and $50 credited ,s,
| O. State the aggregate oI mono! !Vu ie'e'''u' a.
So $50 81. ,..d
! o. DO Won know whether the statement You produced
cOmpehnds oil the items II these esIS pS ot ad or
Retircs to compare the bills and bis lis These eight
bills are on my list but differ In amount; tho eisht
invoices do not include all we supplied.
/ Cross-e1amined-The bill Of March p, leo2 screw
at6es s6yl was paid; the bill Of February a. so2
engine lnhe feet bed. &c. go vas nIt pil s, Is .
there; $3.50 was paid instead bill OF April g. loo-,
milling machine and carriage, s279 was PAID the cart
rge was paid as separate item; the bill Of Apfh ~
l,62 was all paid except the Jaw -, a.,
i o. win YOU say there n deduction on any Of lle
articles named in these eight bills except The feet Oe.
reduced from s225 TO S2J0i A. cannot Nonu ng'
swear TO these at all until went through tleai NM
ing machines can he worked without jaws Is usua
thing TO put jaws in do not know wnethef Mais'o''
put on other Jaws when they returned mine $500.
O. 3y Juror. understand you to say that ne cos.
of milling machpes s21j; old that lncude the cor
Of delivery at the factory A. No sir ltesltd .s %
what the machines worth not the extra cost Tor
freights, &C. ..,.-. ,o.,or.
day did You reflect about my question to you aS 70
vonr ALLEGED couyictionl We're yoa sentenced TO
nav A fine and be imprisonedi a. was not to my
o. Do you know Charles h. selgwieki a. DO,
very well; know he gougcd ne out OF slomo az tHe
Fort. while another lawyer gouged me 0ut oi 800,
o. You got ont through Mr.. Sedgwek a. NO sir'
Re.diIect.-Q Tea US what you mean by MI Seds
wick getting money out Of yon while ia the orr. a.
As | stated the other day. was 10 washington 70
tectiny fraud in the Boston Maynard and reporting
il 10 the Navy Department; came home from W 4sh
ugon with Mr Baker; he kept me three or iour gay 8
and started 10 go with me TO see an oucef AT te ss
Yard. ~ he said; had nice oNerSoal Whlcn now
would be worth $685. he said be had none aLa ucr
rowed mine; when We got 10 the Navy ara was put
on tug aad sent to the Fort tic next week Mr. seusi
wick came down 10 me- he said that be had my re-
lease in his hands the Saturday before ana .s. bAe
went back aud told Capt. Fox some very nara
stories / had said in regard TO LIN =
when rcycr said one word against him
q IN
that; that he (Alr. Sedgwick) seen on sunday
night ana Secretary Wellos and tho release
taken away because had said something abont capt
Fox; aud afraid should enlghten them IN regard to
frauds that had taken place. they thought 1t better TO
keep mo there where would bo perfectly safe and out
Of the way; he said would be there only few days
that they wanted to ascertain how much khewi Jonn
H. Cheeyer had power Of attorney from me, connected
with nv interest IN the Stoyer Machine Coz Sedgwck
vent 10 Mr. Cheeysr, knowing be had power OF
attorney and collected in all Of him e9,oOo 10 pay
Government officials TO help me to sei all right
d. " Porter, lawyer, knowing that i
u was coming out any way, came To uo
4 Fort foi the purpose OF getting bonds for my appear
auce in the Henderson and said to me. shan
have 10 have about So 900 TO Xix these naval officers
oy these officers" said that looks 10 me as II II was
pretty rsngh Saddle. "I am your counsel and have
done considerable business for yon and yol know VIII
not do anything wrong Pace tie money Al my I1hus
and III expend il II necessary ard Il not viii pay
It back 10 yon" said wanted an agreement 10 that
= effect and took In d few days L was released
WITHOUT any more ceremony; ana after lew weeks !
bega 10 ask Mr. Porter where my money had gone to- ne
said he was not prepared TO tell me. He said he wanted
10 give part Of il to Mr. Wilson, VINO was Assistant
District. Attorney at Washington, and had al these
matters; he told another party that ho wanted part
OF il 10 20 10 Capt fo1 in roundabout way; he has
rot my money and came % The conclusion That was
put there t6 oc eeced by one was kept in the
Tort i've months and four days. .,
Alnsworth Brown re-cahed-TestIed that the list
nrodnced by Mr. Stoner was exact transcript from
ho books Of the account Of Mr. Marston that the goods
there named all delivered TO Mr. Marston charged
10 him and the account settled on that.
ON cross-examinatiUn he said he knew only ny the
books could no, tel whether tho bills shown had been
peid or not, except by the books.
OF Tho eight bills produced 4. Not TO my knowledge
James Hay svorn--EIamined by defendants eoun
scl; O. You ore the gentleman named IN connection
with the MaripOsa maticr' \. Yes, sir.
o. There was a sum Of 5000 shares OF stock which
were purchased by Gen Fremont at SIS y share. as
stated by him 10 YOU remember that facti A.4ics,