, 1870-03-22
THE COURT HOUSE.
East Wing Invcstigattou-soma
Remarkable Testimony
Ellcitcd.
Builders, Architects, and House.R Rais>
cts on the Witness Stand

The Committee OF AirdRects, DC. enra1ed In
Investigating the east wing of the Corr uo.sa
met yestsrdAJ In Nj. Randalr1 once. There vrrr
present MedkrA Bauman, Gay, and Middleton Of
the Arehitectnrh Investigating Committee; Jpdze
HfadNeL OF the Bar Committee, and Supervisor
Weber. MI. RANDALL WIS absent on account
of sscknesa There WIS some informal
conversation prcv1ou1 to the regular meeting. I,
was 1uSxcsted that the Judges should be warned
OF INC Danger OF holding court In somc OF tho
fpons, especially II they were crowded. tx,x
also proposed to make a further examination Of
the old building. 30 that its Bouoduess cnn,d t.r
pronounced upon.
Ar. Bsuman, architert, eahiolted p1an In which
Heft marked the cap-stones which were dsmAord
No l. on which Is pressure Of 1eo tons !, K,t IN
two places; No. =, pressure lis tons, spAt In two
places, and several bricks brpken; No, 5 pressure
IS tons, split In thrrc paces; No. {, pressure Isl
touh splt In one place, and several bricks b,ukcn
no. 9, plessaN LS tons, split In one plaot. ii
ground p2It cut away. -
AID O'Clock the meeting WIS called to on,er.
Mf. BauMA1 In the chaIr.
stone mason and stone cutter; he ha4i q fuh-con-
Tract nom Nj. BerEennick 10 lay The cut stone On
The outside OF the east wing.
Al this point 1t WA decided to have the ta.tt.
was sent foE-
Nj. Mcintyre dropped In, nn1, in a desutorr
the west wing, and was afraid to remain there a.
ter the screws Wcrc taken out.
', Tue examination q W. kueepter was resumed
The mason WORK oue Inch ont VI rlumt. lie lcvrtd
Il with cement be testetl tie level With survey
r.. svsa vs. IN he Ssssvn, MS VI xs,si lii
ssd9 @ IT s.. aann sn 70 ,svs II A. si
tAhlc Of the old building. Tue southeast corner
settled the MUS 1t hal gone OUT Of plulnb q
qMartsr Of An inch In 1--WE feet There was Ercai
la1le al not :. TIC rodf capins Iic ri ELI ii
ne inside stone; When he Hut up II the fourth
TS1ory S some OF tlie escmen: ash!ar were broken.
~ august be fund the Southeast corner settled.
nc ionnd It from the last water tut,Ie, which WAS
IN tho fourth bscty. Did IT discover how much it
siosy 10 stt. 4 the wall bu!scd a. thste ,ysTs TOO
nanJ prolectlona- The southeast corner had guue
Gut oali an Inch, and he coaiA not gst
hirAght only the corner had eoue CUT The
PltMt rule Is tive feet lung. lie nnishetl Ils wurI
", US!ooet ~ dhat wS after tue c7ack in the
!tecea Of thc upper stories Remained riu11t, and
he sd nSt noilee any defect during the con,trpc-
sith Iron CLAMPS thoroughly anchored sll srsund
The buiiling- He did not Level nay more. Mr.
lsufe tll4 the remainder Ut the leyglllng Tie t1,-
tut III, and then they settle |. lie Iuew no:hinr
tHure ot tie settling. The Iron beams resting Oh
M xaus running nnrth AMI south were not an-
west we're xnehorrd; the toista ruunlnv norm %
ana south ,Issn:,I wsrs bu!l' n The walls win.
!hcn rest on stonf; the cracking Of the rtek near
the principal doorway Is in consequence Of the
luists resting upon them: there ase some tolsts
FIetlng On only three inches OF brick.
.udgr Bratewel! asked him u he remembered
al.t other weakness In the bntllIug
;, witness IN brpsen Enel!sh). My partner. !"
Mr: j. s McInts1c was examined, lie said he
wRs houst-taise7 and mover; was not employed
% INC eass s Wig OF the CGnn House; wss employ-
was not requested, to send any wurkmen to the
east wing u do any sotne snoring up; was never In
the esat wing since the walls were halfway IN:
Tint waa some tine last summer.
To Judge Rradwcll: Ee took out a walt In the
west wing and his men nxed the iron columns In
Eefe none there The whole weight ot the upper
wall rested on cast iron ho1; that was In the
soushxsss @ @rs,om. .n the city part The columns
wall out and let the weight OF the building rest On
the columns, which rested on brick ualld covered
Il IF oe a bcy eo II aFrSt sgn
Put 70 cast trun cap, hut he twttness) declined;
Mr. Rose said 1t was ton far TO 80 to get wroueht
veasn eaR n'de tSn nes esp ahich III Ls u, made Dc
inch ,w sho.t On MI: Roses mcasnrsincat t.
the weight rente.l on the rtvets The hos te1ure NJ
hox; the iron was nnly u OF an tnch thick; the
Frtssure hutged out the eies Of the Inn; why the
whole thing AID not 20 in shc cellar when The ROOT
aftsld the whole thing woald come down. lie
eaid II be was summoned to court mp ssalEs he
Wo1d fsher psy Ais ps Is be e
enough when his scrrws were in, hut mot
| when they were ttken out lie believed
tnsy noT ,se sbanS tns n he
| satl he would chance It; for the safety of the
tnidng And the Ives Of the people he wanted the
inx ncd up; &c put his Tulc in the box and toun'l