New-York tribune., 1871-09-22

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to tIs spssisi ssnpis 81 which the hats furnished On
tits oontzsct ware exsminsdj ess y tsfst0"sS :s =
mesesaI ss1 ssssse.s 49, th.s s's" - an sVs s1
yrsqf hOud iudse The special sample submitted for
their nspsScsspa u .SSut on "a No.
oony a extra St1 " oOny' on and about Of what 70
cali refuse fur worth about one dollar pound max
ing ha. weighing about II OIL that tnis nun HDS 81
extra cony which the BET qaan Ov 20 be- found
S0py pS' Wtb MI 9ed at about ss pound BY
the quantity while with gold at the same race, inI
@ Kind Sss Ss %orh IN the neshbc
hood Of S7 per pound-nearly twice e. I,1ntoj mufnj
that the hats Ia ked g. c. " 14e to lSo seiesrSa
sample Of the hats q dsysGeq psG pS about con-
forms in quality to tho inferior sample, and is worm
about rs cents less than the sealed standard Specn
cation sample that governed the oenVery' ,.
(we omit from the following anidAvit connderaDio
portion which Of importance In this case ana WIN
which We need not therefore cumber or columns now
aver any authorized person believes that the amds"
In any way garbled shall take pleasure In snowns n
from the original that what we herewith publish R'es
all that 10 pertinent to Mr. Murphy The testimony OF
this witness was not obtained in the course Of the ve
tgation of Mr. Murphys case, but In another nVesus
ton concerning knapsack contract.1
MURPHY As A "Go-BKTwEEN."
Edward Robinson. native Of the United States
the City Of by occupation ~ sn1n msnise asd
ths tS saVsrtssms1 Vs4s a issued By ynton Avs
1884 for kpapsscks for the Depot o. army ytb foIn aba
otss! a BIDS va: opened cn Aug. j. 1854 Ny bid wa:
Mr.. Murphy Of the firm of Murphy & Griswold, hat
manufacturers has repeatedly called at my place OF
business and said that he was on very intimate terms
With Cen Vnt0n and hsd an mo
''S 70 S1s H Wy - order de- on %e,", BrsSsr & Co. The
carriage makers on Broad~ay, for 9 carrsegs ~ 49, rs,
.SSr. Sarsfa IL di Mr. o11; Marpsys ost cs he s.s
remarked that you'd not k9se 70 lose anytA'ng Sy
60 Operation snd SoSH trx SG,t NO Il oSss nss, aSGut Tu
about % o' the ssd October, 49, received note from
Cen TG that ss
the time; the next day after receiving the note !
called at Gen. Vintons office for the purpose Of
%y SeinR that we thrown
others % rs at the depot Of Army Clothing and EQUIP
age; Wnli6 was waiting W bto Ocu' SOW
person with him in private conversation; after,
while this person came up to me and called led me ne 5y
something toward the cause Of the Unions" the
reply made was Gen: vi1ton ,anss, had writ my
contract as aforesaid and that I stated I had
contracted for and had most Of the material on hand
for completion of the contract and that unless Gen.
Vinton allowed me to 20 on and fill the con:
tract, would not be able to do anything, as
would suffer great Loss be stated that his name was
Murphy, and that he would talk with the Generai
about he did go and talk with the General % and nd
interview with Gen. Vinton; he said, go on with
the contract !" tie .s1t day Asrphy come to ges ms
Union man, Q member of the Loyal League, and
have always contributed to the cause Of the Union
given in one check $4,000; never. paid and never
will pay any bnbe or bribes to officials in order to
get contracts or favors, but am always ready to
support the Government in proper way.
EDWARD ROBINSON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this I'd day of
February, A. d. 1866.
EDMUND l. KOCH, Notary Public &c.