New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-02

ferent clerks. We did not have any regular
pay roll.
Q. We're there only sixteen persons en-
ployed in the Office!
| A. There were sixteen clerks belonging tc
the office, but there were two clerks en-
ployed outside Of the Office on special duty.
@. How many clerks received this extra
| compensation?
A. think eight or nine.
@. This unexpended balance or divided
up between eight and nine clerks?
A. Yes.
Q. Were those deputies paid who worked
outside of the Officer
A. Yes, sir.
Q. By the State?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. What WAS their duties.
A. | think they went to see after the
gambling houses. to see whether they were
kept In accordance with the law.
Q. What we're their names,
A. Madden and Mushaway.
Q. What salaries did they receiver
A. One hundred and fifty dollars per
month.
Q. Did the clerks all receive their pay in
warrants?
A. Yes. sir; no, not all in warrants; some
received their pay in certificates of indebt-
edness.
Q. How many,
A. Four, think.
Q. Why did they receive pay in certif.
Gates!
A. On account of the press of business we
had to get other clerks, and there was no
appropriation.
Q. Were they authorized by law?
A. No, not that know.
Cross-examined by counsel for respondent:
Q. Did you ever cut up any warrants'
A. have done 1t.
Q. That is not your department however !?
A. No, sir.
Q. Who were the clerks principally en-
gagged in that business of cutting up war.
rants
A. Lennox and Marchios-all had to-two
or three generally, and sometimes only Mr..
LennoX.
Q. Do you know, that the tax law required
copies of the delinquent list to be sent to
the tax collectors; and were not extra
clerks necessary for this purpose?
A, Yes. he had all the delinquent lists
copied and sent to the collectors; all that
could be accounted for.
Q. That was great job. was it not,
A. Yes, think it lasted five months.
Q. Was it not for this purpose, that he
employed extra clerkss
A. Yes, sir, think so.
Q. Were these two additional clerks
(Mushaway and Madden) employed under
the gambling law
A. Yes.
Q. To go and see that the license was
properly paid!
A. Yes, they had nothing to do with the
internal affairs of the office.
@. Then they were employed in the ma
ture of detectives upon the gamblers?
A. Yes, they were special deputives.
Q. Under the law the Auditor was au-
thorized to close up those gambling houses
that did not pay
A. Yes.
Q. 1t was his business to see to that2
A. Yes.
Q. Do you know whether the law provided
any machinery or agency to see that these.
licenses were paids was any authority
given to the Auditor to employ help for this
purpose2
A. There might have been, but l have
never read the law.
Q. You do not remember?
A. No, cir, do not remember.
Q. Do you remember when these dep.
uties-whether the law provided that the
Auditor should have deputies to accomplish
this work?
A. He had to have somebody there.
@. But from your recollection can you
state whether the law itself designated the
number of persons to do this work?
A. do not know.
The name OF Seth W. Lewis, witness for
the prosecution, was called, and he was
found not present.
TESTIMONY OF Z. LANGPREE.
E. Langpree,a witness for the prosecution,
WAS called and duly sworn by the Secretary.
Examination in chief by Manager Lowell:
Q. What is your name?
A. Ernest Langpree.
Q. Were you clerk in the Auditors
Office during the past year?
A. was, sir.
Q. What were the Office hours long
did you work?
A. Sometimes from nine till three O'Clock,
and sometimes we had to come back at six
and work till twelve o'clock at night. That
was from September to March.
Q. What salary did you get?
&. One hundred and fifty dollars month |
in warrants.
Q. Did you receive any extra compensa-
ton.
A. did,
@. State when that was?
A. do not remember, but I believe l |
have received it on two different occasions. |
Q. During last year, 1869?
A. / can not say exactly. |
Q. How much did you receive?
A. l believe about four or five hundred |
dollars.
Q. Each time?
A. Both times.
Q. How did you receive it?
A. In warrants.
Q. Do you know what appropriation it |
was drawn against?
A. / believe it was balance of the con-
tingent expense fund of the Office. |
Q. It was not specific appropriation,
A. cannot tell exactly the nature of it
Q. Have you ever received extra COM
pensation?
A. No.
Q. Did you ever receive any extra COM
pensation from Mr.. Wickliffe?
A. No, sir.
Mr. Beares Mr.. Chief Justice, l move
that the court do now adjourn.
This motion was put by the Chief Justice,
and the Senate refused to adjourn.
THE TESTIMONY OF E. R. BoEHLER.
E. Boehler, witness for the prosecution,
vas called, and duly sworn by the Secre.
AIRY.
Examination in chief by Manager Lowell:
Q. State your name?
A. E. r. Boehler.
Q. Do you live in New Orleanse
A. Yes, sir
Q. Were you clerk in the Auditors Of
ice last year2
A. Yes.
Q. Are you clerk there now?
A. Yes.
@. What is your salary,
A. $3.50 per month.
@. In warrantss
A. la certificates of Indebtedness.
@ Did you ever receive extra compensa-
ion!
A. No, sir.
Q. How many hours q day did you work?
A. From nine to three O'Clock.
Q. Did you ever work later than that?
A. Once or twice have worked after Office
lours.
Q. What were your duties?
A. Warrant clerk.