The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-26

metre was Dr0keD3 anQ couldh Ifesta it.
Ireported 1t. + heard, too. that Mr.. Pryde;s
and Mr. J. 81. Knowles's metres were also in
the same fix. Mr.. Gregory was then the In
srector. He ordered the metres to he
changed. [Here shows evidence in the books
that the metres were then ciiihSed.] Melton $
changed 11th OF March. 1870. Dir. knowles's
was changed the same day, but no statement
made OF its condition. and Mr.. Pryde's was
also changed tile same day. After that, in
April, the state of the metre were taken, and
Mr.. Melton's bill being small no bill was rem
dered. In May, 1870, Pryde, Knowles, Mel.
ton, and Mccarthy were reappoInted under
the enabling act hlessrs. Pryde, Badkins,
and myself were in the Office and retained,
and MIR. Pryde appointed First Assistant In
sl,ector. After that was taken off the street.
Messrs. Badkins, Knowles, Swcetnmn, and
Mccarthy were then put on the street work,
and Mr. Schatfer and myself put on slate work.
In 1870 remember going TO Mr.. n. Green's
house, and turning OFT his gas He came to
the Office afterwards, and said if it Was not
turned on he'd u...~
PUBLISH THE NAN
who owed him bill in the office.
Mr. Kelley (1nickly): Who was the man !:
Answer: Nj. Emmett Knowles. On that
i
turn on the gas. l did so. That bill has
not yet been paid, | think. Alter that we
went on with other wards. We would 20 to
man some times and he would say such and
such man in the office promised to pay for
me, and the gas wasn't turned of. Up to the
Investigation this went on. / must say in JUS
tice to Mr.. Briggs that none Of his bills were
presented against him. The bills were pre-
sented to me and paid his proportion ofthem.
Mr.. Bargamin told me recently that there was
Il man in the Inspectors Office who said that
if he was discharged he would blow on
others in the Office. This conversation was
held because / went and asked NIr. Barga-
min if the old employees were to he reap-
pointed.
[l'he witness here detailed about having
looked for the delinquent list for Madison
Ward in 1871 in order to make out BrigGs's
bill and find ont how much he owed But
The book couldn't be found, aud this was the
first he knew it was lost.]
STARTLING ERAsUREs SINCE YESTERDAY.
During the examination of Mr.. Denegri it
was necessary to have the order-book from
the Inspectors office. Upon examination.
the witness declared that he was sorry to say
| that the figures in the book had been altered
since yesterday at O'Clock. Witness called
on Mr.. Mccarthy to assert to the truth of
this; which he did. Mr.. Denegri here &C.
counted for himself from yesterday, and said
| that he was out Of the office until this morn.
ing, when he saw that some of the figures
had been erased and others substituted. 1t
was, said the witness, only yesterday, when
| wanted TO see the similarity between Mr..
Prydc'S and Mr.. knowles's figures, that |
took the book out and called Mr. McCarthy's
attention to the fact. l was then sent out OF
| the Office, and did not come back until 6
O'Clock in the evening; and this morning it
was when. to my surprise, j found these
| figures changed.
Mr.. KELLEY: Whose figures are those which
have been rhanged!
Answer: think they are Mr. Prydc's ori-
girally.
DO you know who altered them:
Answer: No.
Has Mr.. White bccu in the Office since yes
| ierday 7
Answer Not that know of.
Mr.. Starkc here takes the, book and finds
several alterations, the figures originally
having been written by Mr.. Prydc, hut who
altered them could not he ascrrtained.
at o'clock the examination was conclu-
ded for the day, but will be continued again
this morning.
In the testimony Of Mr.. Crew on Tuesday
the following words appeared: Mr.. Pryde
ut once found the bill and paid it. Got the
Inspectors receipt, and the gas was turned
on The word Inspector should have hccn
Treasurer.
ALMOST 4 FIGHT.
When the investigation closed l1r. Dene-
gri was standing in The Husting:-Court room
rs Mr.. Pryde came down stairs from the Gas
Inspectors office. Mr.. Pryde at once ap-
proached Mr. Denegri and accused -iim seve-
raj times of having changed the figures above
alluded tc, stlying at the same time that two
or three witnesses would suhstptiate the
| fact that he had tccn seen with the order
hook twice since Tuesday afternoon. MIR.
Denegri denied positively the Charge, and a
| fight seemed imminent for IL time. but the
gentlemen parted without blows. II ii pro-
babe that the Imtter will be further in
| quired into during the Investigation this
morning.
The SOUTHERN Cross BROTHERHOOD AND
THE CoSCoRrIA SocIALs.-Messrs.M NJ. erncr;