The sun., 1873-12-18
tholr pay, and the Superintendent took the
money, and paid them.



Q-Did Mr., Genet tel you what money that was when
he brought i 70 you He dd; !. wss less ssn ,ssn
itsi OF ihs, Court House. ,.o, a., ,ru,,Ds
with IT. The spproprston wss run out AID used the
70 &f f@cShan f" superintendent of the Court
House about two years The Court! House 4 a, i2sth
ss @ sn ana s1s or, s" f ss oes: y as
basement. Some ot the walls are carried thirteen feet
have no, been there for nine month. -, -.
you also % building Tsrs house ioT Mr. @
was.
Objection. Mr.. Peckham offered to show that
the money given 10y Genet to Scallon was simply
money being constantly paid over for work on
Genets house.
Mr.. Genet. house and stable cost about sissOo more
or less That Il hnishcd. He has paid me from tO To
t0o0 at time. Very seldom paid sums of several
About tho time that Ger ct told me that Davidson
wouldn't furnish the iron, ordered iron from M
that davidson had declined to firnish iron. never
paid oDonncL Don't know that he has ever presented
Q"winy you swear tina, o'Donncll furnished this iron
9Lco&k & at that b arg zee y1u diG not order t6ni &
know itt saw un ihe papers Gave no receipt for
e@whit az you do Win the money A.-ra,g,i9 r,g,u1
ny @ PoCss @ ss, b, s not ESs & Tc ipI bank Couldn't
q pid you psyn cut 70 the laborcrs IN those bills
Was Mr Genet IN The habit OF p,yins on in large
9' Of ihat sind A-Yes somoIimes nyc.9rnd5ed
Ian rcrs looked to me for their pay
u
Court House and on Mr. Genet's house alternately ?
Q Were there not some men at work on Mr.. Genets
house aud on the pay roll OF The Court House ? A
Q-row much money paid out on that Court
huusr' A-C uldnt say, except what saw In the
WHAT A CELLAR COST.
After considerable questioning the witness
admitted that between two and three hundred
thousand dollars had passed through his hands
Q. what's fair valuation Of that Court House rs II
stsnds-at the most liberal yauat on you could put on
Q-Yon say you gct thi. money from Mr.. Genet and
go money rnS5esr me you S & Snro Iron W.
A.-At his house. thnk. It might Nc two or three
thousand dollars, hemember being short three or four
Kept no accounts Of the moneys on the Court House
c.~The ordinary Wsy - paying men was to send the
thea 20 the Comptroller aud get the money wasntnp
SnSG paid ; %Snsy y9u re
Can't tell.
MIR. Peckham produced bill of se7,OoO for iron
to be furnished and lumber to he delivered. For
iron to Ice delivered there was Si6,5O which
Scallan had received from the city treasury.
q Can you tell me one man 70 whom you paid that
Ss SS S5a keG Win Mr. GSae Sae{ h.
about your testimony IN tins casc' A.-No
QfIow did you come to he appointed superintendent
Of tns Court House? Although Mr.. McQuade aud
q 10 you know Of any sioecures on the pay roll Of
that Court house' A-Ycs, SIR
G,hetP a Heard OF them.
D. Know Of relative ~ Nr, Genet or his
tenlploycd Mr. Ranker a. foreman Genct's house.
Q-Nas he not he chief man In carpenter work on
the Court House2
Mr.. Peckham produced a warrant for s27O0,
for iron. which had been deposited In the York
lie savings Bank, March I, ISL 10 the credit OF
Mr. Genet.
The money to bud Mr. Genet's house passed II rough
ny nl4d-. pal4 The men everJ two weeks paid out
q i the time you built this Court House and Mr..
MI .r,r fi"sS. OF bu1vSss ANA .ores w Mr.
GeHct about the Court House perhaps once IA two
DO you kneN whcthcrs large proportion of ue
payments 'h ne court 9usr went 10 the credit of MI
pos IN the l,rA'.le savings BanS and he'd give me
Q~nd not s2"ro Of those warrants go into the
hlhI' 1i NJ IeL. a.. Hoi, Illnh 80; lh,nA n !
10 Mr.. Waterbury, Nr. Genet furnished la-ge
am unts ~ money "a hu d hls house. Mr. Mshonl
furn' he'd The brown stone. -
q. Was t1crc ever time that man working on Mr..
@engt's house Wa psid from money grn,ned for The
was IA. she'd iasi spring Received 10 none, Tor The
Corrt House for some time before We stopped work
9low ma9y mn n hsS You % andST pay 9crs, A A..
yn m sn S 70 20 & ma snH goa 1R' 6 n,t ne
llor-e have received aoOut $40 for my services
10 Mr. Pee kham- The sinecurists name. not IN
the time books The s!necursts we're ON private slip
HENRY W. GENET TESTIFIED:
street nd second avenue Have resided here thirty.
two YEAR. Am an elected member Of the Legislature.
a'r. ani nov am a member Of Assembly Have been
Common Councilman, Alderman, and County CLERK.
Was member oftle senate when the proposition came
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