, 1874-05-01
that Mr. Kirkland was q nccoasarY witnoas, and
tint lo WAS somewhere in rench OF eomobo]v.

tlat ,Mr. Kirkland was q necessary wltnoaa, md
tint Ao WAS Homow1loro in renoh Of somebody.
WILL NOT M BAoR1F1cED.
Tho father Of Col. Mlooro, who was brought
Investigating Committoo, thIa ovoning, in
oonvoraatlon with a newspaper correspondent,
asated tllat htH hon Is thoroughly fortified with
bo Bacriilccd by ehoplord. without a struggle.
Tho Colonel l1as intfmatod to tho Comm!ttoo
tlaat ho doBros to defond hmaolf agaIuBt hlH lato
partner, md 1t Ia understood TINT lio will bo
given M opportunity to stato his caao Tomorrow
morning.
It iB officially announced this evening TINT
Kirkland will bo in attendance aud give lila
eyidonee tomorrow, having beon captured to-
day in Now York, and IL now on route to this city
IN charge Of two dooctivo otllcorH.
HEa1AnKAnLE CIRCUMSTANCE
IN connection with tho Do1olyor Il n1oOlolland
CONTRACT business was developed th!s evening.
BY oarcfu examination Of al tho facts. It Luis
boon ascortanod that tic Doard Of Public Works
found no fault with tho ma.lnor in which the
hrm executed the contract or tho utter worth
tGsaness y, o. tho samnos preserving process. tl-
dolfnoa was allowed to go to protest.
SECOND co1No1pEOE.
by another singular COINCIDENCE, all this COM
plaint WAS for tho t1mo hEshed up the momont
DoGolyer d MoOloand satisfied tho holder Of
tho paper.
BT1LL ANOTHER COINCIDENCE.
By still another remarkable colucdenco1 tho
Board Of Public Works lid not nnnul tho contract
until h, 1he a SECOND batch Of notes, amounting to
tractors. About tho tino DoGolyer died, Jon-
kine took his placo. and Doolittlo Chittonden.
and Farwoll woro brought to tho front.
WHAT rARwELLs INFLUENCE wAs WORTH.
, The first two possessed no influence, and 1lr.
Farwell's lettor was troatod with disdain, but a
Personal interview between Charley anl tho
Governor resulted In the immediate removal Of
the contract,
Ito fhs Associated Prss&1
GOV. 8lIEIltEHDh TESTIMONY.
WASHINGTON, Ap1il 30.-In the District Of
Columbia Investigating Committee this morn-
ing. Gov. Shepherd wns on tito stand md sub
mittod Six lotters. bearing OIL tho DeGolver Il
AlcClolland contract. It appeared from his owl
uence that William q: Moore partner Of Gov.
Shepherd, without liis knowledge. Interested
himself In procuring contract md was offored
portion Of the proceeds Of tho notes given by
Cl1fttondon and Kirtland. Tho Governor; upon
learning the fact,
AT ONCE DISSOLVED HIS Dus1NEeB RELATIONS
with Moore, wl>icl, ho announced In tho morn
ing pnpcra. 1t also appeared that Nlattingly, Of
counsel Tor the District, lind an ntnrviow with
kirtland. Gov. Shepherd said Gov. Cooko camo
70 him md said t!iat tho Hon. R; 9. Parsons
WHO wanted contract. WitueHs told the
Governor That Tho friend could nut
in q bid, but tic award would
20 decided upon tho merits Of tho pavement.
ment 6otors tho Board Of Public Works rognril-
ing tue Dalolyer 1, Mcclellan pavement, Con.
Garfiold spoko 10 Witncss and said he wns en-
p'oyed by Parsons to reprosont his (Parsons)
interest in the DoGolyer patont. Ono or tho ar
Eumenta mado-by Con. Garfield was that tho
Board OF Public Worls ahouId
GIVE THE WEST 4 SHOW,
inas1n11ch as majority Of tue contractors wore
Eastern men. Tho contract was finally awarded,
but tho work not ns being done aat,sfactori1y, it
had tint 1nonoy had boon paid to secure this
contract was by q lotter from ex-senator DooIit-
tlo to Gov. CooAo, Aug. 10, '73. giving tho
amount paid, md stating that h1cOlolland cain,-
struetcd him Doolittlo) to defend tho notes il
Aucd upon, and it not to ille a bill to cancel
them, On tho 25th Of August, rs,
oH1TrENpEN WROTE TO B11Er11EHD,
referring to the notes having been nut in Doo-
littlos hauds to defend, aud arku Shepherd to
oxtend tho contrnct aud nvoil trouble Shepherd
loplled that If suit WAS to bo entered the board
would would 20 most willing to haye the caso brought
I. boioro tl'o courts: onthc Cd Of September, Q.
agreed upon bo given to NfcClellard or tue notes
returned. Shepherd replied tint tho Board
knew nothing Of tie matter, and ho hoped TINT
II tltao parties had matlo any payments to out
side jobbcrs. tAoy would 1ccoyyor it by s,,it.
Shepherd Rad when ho heard Moro kuo,y Klrt-
land, he vent to him and Raid, "D,ly they sav
you know kirtlnnl." He suid, "YeB; he was IN
officer in 6cottH 900 during tho war;" I said.
" You didn't tako my money from him 2" liz
said "No." lie said That Kirkland had offered
him, part Of tho notes, but ho had declined
to hnvo anything to do with tl,om. uo
said Kirkland wan going to put tho proceeds Of
tho notes to his credit i'll New York, but llo had
never touched tho money. WitnoaH testified
TINT ho had never acon Calvin, Brown, or Kirt-
land to his knowledge, and said 'Ono tny
was going up to my private office When Col
Moore hailed mo and aaid 'AccL, Cl,ittot,dou is
lero. Wo aro going to give him contrnct.' I
said: hayo nothing to do with it. 1t is mat
tor for tue Doard to determine Tho case III now
before tho Board, aud arguments haYo boon
made concerning it,"
Q.-You had no inti1nation from auy source
that Moore was interested in this contract?
A. No, sir; not from any source. II had
quick. Tho first time hoard that Moore
know Kirkland WAS tic morning aftor
Chittcnden gayo bis testimony before this Com
mittoo. I had no doubt thoro was any plan bo-
tween these partios Moore was my lifo-long
friend, and ho waB tho Int inan in eho world I
thought would tolerate a pro position from Klrt-
land on account Of his rolutions to mo a,ld my
relations to tue public.