Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-02-23

furniture and carpets which he furnished cost
between fifteen and sixteen thousand dollars;
the board deducted TED 70, 10 ehsIs which could I
in the carpets, amounting in all 30 shout 500;
witness me assured and charged for carpets before
they were cut and put on the floor; the board
allowed such measurement, by which witness
lost 80 yards of carpet; has received the full
amount OF his bill; had quite time getting the
money; witness voted for the a 600 900 loan act;
Morrison building; the law prohibiting members
Of the Legislature having contracts had nothing
to do with witness selling furniture to the Dis
trict government.
WHICH CITIZEN?
Question by Mr.. Green Were repeaters or
fraudulent votes cast for you at the last cleo
ton?
A. do not know.
Question by Mr.. Crane:-were not voters
brought to the polls and answered to names not
their own to vote for you?
A. do not know.
q. Did you ever hear so?
A. saw it 80 stated in the Citizen.
z. You never denied it?
=, A; No, sir; II had attempted to correct all
the lies l saw in the Citizen 1 would have had
my hands full.
Mr. Roosevelt &c ditor of the New York citi-
,,nl.What Citizen do you refer to, Mr..
A. A paper published in this city BY the gen
tleman on my right-pointing to Mr.. Crane.
Mr.: Chandler-You are quite sure it was not
the New York Citisen, MI Mcknight?
A. Yes sir. Laughter
MORE ABOUT THE MORRISON BUILDING.
Witness resumed:-Furnished the legislative
hall also; did not get more than his goods were
worth; If he had II to do over again would charge
more; sold the goods at a fair retail figure; had
nothing to do with leasing the Morrison build
ing; the building was unsafely guarded, and the
10 chairs could easily have been taken out of the
back way; knew nothing about what was cut n
OF other bills; never furnished a mirror for the
morrison building, although the Citizen said so;
tG fur tctl In .s&.
zens with furniture now. ITO MIR. Crane j
Will furnish you too il you give me the money
before deliver the goods.
J. g. Ndylor sworn:-Is a carpenter and build
er; fitted up the Morrison building; cid not do il
by contract; was employed 10 60 there and tit ii
up suitable for the Offices OF the District gov
eminent; Mr.. Shepherd was the principal m An
who gave witness the job; never works by the
day; was authorized to fit up the building under
the direction of Mr.. Searle; furnished all the
material and labor; dsbursed all the money.
and made cut his bill against the District of
Columbia, charging in it all the bills which he
paid to other parties; ell bills came thrOu Oh
witness; charged a commission for doing all this
business, but ii was stricken ont by the Gov
ernor; did not RENE mber the net amount of Mr.
Shepherds plumbing bill; thought it was be-
tween six and seven thousand dollars; did not
think any OF the bills we're high; there was an
immense amount of work done there; charged
no commission on Mr.. Shepherds bill, be-
cause Mr.. Shepherd is q personal friend;
is balance due witness up to September 9Th;
witness had employed A. h. Browne to aid him
In getting bis money; he said a. he was men,
Der OF the legislature he could not collect the
claim unless witness paid him a retainer fee to
show that he employ ed him as a lawyer; witness
gave him s25, and was to give him ten per cent.
OH the amount; witness went to Mr.. Browne be-
cause he believed he had influence with the
gentlemen in power; subsequently got Judge
Fisher to assist In getting the money; had made
- bargain with Judge Fisher; Mr.. Browne
stopped when witness employed Judge Fisher;
did not know il Mr.. Shepherd had received his
pay in FULL the fire proof vaults in the old City
Hall are very small.
Fisher he (Judge F. said he would share he fee
with Mr.. Browne.
BY Mr.. Rooseyelt.-Never saw Mr.. Shepherd
at the building except when he would come
there TO see how the work was getting on; the
total amount of all the bills with MI. Searle
was about Ss4 900; some OF the bills were dis
counted by Mr.. Eaton, of the Freedmen's Saw
witt ess lost a 600 on the job; never saw dis
honorable act in Mr.. She pherd to the extent of
one farthing; has always been friendly with Mr..
Shepherd except once: had little difficulty with
him and that was settled; "t was a private
affair and witness did not wish to speak Of it."
Mr.. Graen.-Did he not nearly kill you once?
Nj. Williams.-we are not investigating as
nit and battery cases.
The witpt ss.-The difficulty we had has all
been settled.
wHATMR. RHINRHARDT KNOWS ABOUT FRAUD
p. IT. Rs,n,t TLnsT I voT.NS: T., A..
\
rooh,) was swOrn:-ls Chief Clerk OF the
House OF Delegates: saw a co,Ored man attempt
ing to vote in the 10th district at the first cleo
ton, and heard 1t charged that the man had ap-
neart q at the window and voted previously in
the day; did not know il he had voted before; at
the last election saw two men vote unlier false
names; they gave names not their own, and
which were on the registration papers; did not
not know how they voted.
By Mr.. CIane:-WitneSs had declared that
Mr.. Mcknight was elected by fraudulent voting;
made the declaration on general rumors; knew
nothing of his own personal knowledge.
By Mr.. RoOsevelt:-It was the custom in this
city fer the republican voters to 60 to the polls
In body; was not acquainted with the men who
were contractors under the old corporation did
not take very active part in the last campaign;
witness made O canvass of his district at the first
election, knew exactly how the election would
go; at the last election said he believed Nc
knight was defeated, just before dark; never
saw Mr.. Magruder draw q warrant in favor of
Mr.. Dickson, the democratic Representative:
had heard that the Board of Public Works paid
money to secure Mr.. Dickson's election; Mr.
Mcknight was rival candidate to witness some
time since; witness stood at Mr.. Magruder's
table on the day previous to the election; saw
Mr.. Magruder draw an order in writing for
800 for the 22d district; saw an order drawn
for Mr.. Mcknight at the same time; did not know
what it was for; did not know whether it was
from political fund
Adjourned until Monday morning at ten
O'clock