The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-01


o. that name in New Orleans; Jourdan
O'Ctnnor was told by witness that be was or
oeIed Dy Brown to put a name down on the pay
rolls, snd that OConnor guessed the name Of
James Moran and put il down. BrOEn was not
present. witness says that TO the best of his
knowledge this was in October. Moran's name
never was on the pay rolls before, but was after
wards. by order of R. w. Stanley. Brown called
wltnesss attention TO the fact. When shown a
his hand writing, and that he recognizes he was
paper witness says it, we'll as the signature are 10
wrong IN saying the mans name was James Moran
II Was John Moran. To question witness says
ne Knows that il was dishonest act but that il was
exacted Of him by his employers or superiors
Witness resigned bis Office upon the strength of
the dishonesty of the acts; witness resigned two
months alter; witness says he is going to be care
iul ana not allow himself to be tripped by the at
torney COL Field; witness was compelled to remain
IN oihce In order to live and pay his debts. Wit
ness forged no mans name; the man was an
imaeiDary man; since has been engaged with
Walker q DOOliHe f; their business is pressing
CFickS and pObOHtiHg chairs. Witness objects that
his private aIirs be inquired into. Brown has sd-
vised witness 10 heed Col. Field. Witness being
asked whether be has been employed at all since
his retirement, refuses to answer. TJudge Walker
rose 10 explain that the answer OF witness in say
irg ttss1 herwas employed by-''Walker & D 5oIft-
tie" was meant as ioke. Mr. Joubert ehoua
that The witness had shown come abruptness ia
ansW ering IN his cross examination. Judge Col
lers objected TO the irrelevant questions of the
defense extending his remarks 70 say that
the witness had taken a position that his pri.
vate affairs should not be inquired into that
most any man In his position would have done
the same. Col. Field rested upon the causes for
which cross examinations were established, main.
tanning the right Of the party cross-examinng to
show the credibility Of the witness or to refresh
his memory, and concluded by stating that il was
not inquiring into mans business TO ask him in
what business be had been engaged in since he
resigned from the street commissioners depart-
ment. The committee decided that the question
Should be answered. Upon being again asked
whether he had any employment since he
left the department, witness refused 10 answerl
Witness being shown the rolls of November,
Us that his signature is attached TO it, and that
the name of James Moran on it is, to the best of
his knowledge, the Moran alluded to- Witness
has no control over James O'COnnor, who made
the roll. Witness was supposed to have control
over him, but had none and that was the reason
he resigned. IL was supposed to be the duty Of
witness to know how many men were employed
N the Tenth Ward; that he has had no
control, comparatively speaking, for two or
three months; the rolls were left in the Erato
street depot; for Mr.. Stanley does not know
what is done with them; the street commissioner
has other means TO ascertain the number of men;
by the foremen's reports and morning reports
these rolls are supposed TO be made from the
mo- nlng reports there were other men of sfydlr
IN the rolls; Lynch was one of them; witness
drew Lynehs money and his own gave the
money 10 r. W. Stanley, who ordered witness 10
report the name on the rolls; Stanley had told
witness that he had told Dillon, clerk at the Erato
street station, TO put the name down, but Dillon
was too honest; knows of David Donovan, an.
other man of straw; does not know what became
of the money; witness was or has been in the
employ Of Col. F.. j. Strang does not know that
there was a safe blown open in the office while he
was there; he never was before provost court
in any capacity, except on one occasion as a wit
ness; never, TO his knowledge, had a charge pre-
fened against him while he was in the military
service.
In Clief-Baker told witness he had rented
lot back of town, and wanted all the large stock
in the pound. ss7 should have gone into the pub.
lie treasury on the 9th of October. Baker, riding
in buggy, told witness that Mullgan was hard
up, and had taken his contract too cheap. and not
to be hard on him. Baker went around frequently
in the District. Can't say whether McGinn was
using the Tenth Ward gang. Baker called to see
witness five or six times to induce him to tally with
him in his testimony, should he appear before this
committee. Baker told witness that he had a
warrant in King's name. and wanted it drawn
Knows that Stan ey gave orders to haul city san for
private use Mr.. Notion had distillery on Tchoup-
itoulas street. Mr.. Brown gave witness orders
TO Keep an eye on il, or he Brown would watch
witness, whose orders were to examine whether
they had permit; found that there was none
Notified Notion that he could not run his dis.
tlery. Notion kept on. Brown told witness 10
count the days the distilery was in operation
The fine is ten dollars day for running a dis.
tiery without permit. Brown toldwitness that
when he (BrOwn) was in the internal revenue
department he let whisky sip and that Ford,
one Of the owners, owes him one hundred dol.
lars. Sometime afterwards Brown ordered wit
ness TO close the distiery, which was closed
and reOpened. The object of all this was TO get
the one hundred dollars. To Judge Walker: IL
was at your request that / called at your Office
gave you at your request, an outline of
the testimony to which | would swear. It was in
response to the request that witness gave the
outline. Had not seen Correjolles on this subject
previous to his interview with counsel. To
Judge Field: Never asked judge Walker whether
there was any danger of witness being prose-
cuted for forgery witness wrote ont the outline
for Judge Walker if Stanley had got the lieu.
tensntcy Of the Fourth District for witness he
would have appeared here, if fsubpGlaed; witness
left bis hOuse because he did not want to appear
here witness went to Judge Walkers Office to-
cay, and left note stating that he wanted to see
COrTejolles, and then went to Correjoes's house.
(uestlon-Then you were very anxious to vim
dicate the public in this affair ;
AnS1cer-Witness is no more anxious on one
side than Col. Field is on the other. A pay roll
for September, shown to witness, witness says
that il originally had five names upon it, Of per-
sons used for electioneering purposes, and that
At portion of the pay roll cut of by Brown,
and the bott m with the signature, was pasted to
the top, leaving out the five names. Saw Brown
cut the names ont. The five men were not paid
on the pay rolls for that month. Brown said that
II would not do for that month.
Judge Walker called the attention Of the COM
mitee TO that portion Of the letter Of Jan. T. 1865
of Baker 10 the council, announcing the resigna
ton Of the witness Stokes, and recommending
that the bond of Stokes be cancelled, there being
no complaint against Stokes. Judge Walker asked
that that portion of the letter be made part of
the testimony.
John Houston, S1rO171-Was present at a con-
vsrsaton between Stokes and Wyman. Wyman
tod Stokes to get out of the house (which witness
for there was warrant out for him. |
Witness couobOrated the testimony Of Stokes
concerning the promise of the lieutenancy Of the
Fourth District; heard that Gen. Hancock would !
be ousted before six weeks had elapsed.
CrOSS-erdminef-Saw Wyman aud heard him
promise the lieutenancy to Stokes; TO the best Of
witness's belief the man who is confronted with
him (Morsn) was the man who made the promise.
Saw the man at fifteen minutes interval, by
candle light and in the dark.
The committee then adjourned to Wednesday |
evening next at 81 O'Clock.
RECORDER NsvULR's COURT.-Geo. Plummer |
and Alfred Merritt, the cOlored individuals who |
were arrested for having fractional Madrid lot |
tery ticket supposed TO have been stolen from Mr..
Henry Marks, were this morning arraigned before |
The recorder Of the First District, they having |
been transferred from Recorder Gastinels Court, |
and their case fixed for the 9Th proxmO.