National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-03

the time thiHwas sent I'M, A. That is MY I'm.
ders.andng Or u.
By M JexetiS Q. The R-,treet sewer, Feb-
ruary that has the mark OF being completedf
| A. Il has been com ,,leted since February i.
| @. We have had evidence here over and
| again that It was com ,2leted before this WA
made. Two or three wi:pesses swear TO that.
Mr.. Bass. That may be-. Some OF these con-
tracts as to which the wCyk was completed
may have been executed SING that time, and
may bear date. do not spesk Of u at. But
that u not the iufallible indics ton Of t.
Dir. Jewett It Is the infallible hdicatiou Of
il If the statement 70 true. ! do not think II b
infallible either.
Mr. Bass / desire to be clear, secaus,
wanted to know whether there had been 10
many contracts executed since this eonmIttse
vas organized, and 1t seemed TO me that prob
ably there was . Misrepresentation Of thu testi-.
pony.
The Witness. Let me answer You IN reference
70 this last remark Of yours. This Is not By
work but that Of the engineers office.
w, Mr.. Christy. Was this bond, executed By
mrs. Y. e. Evans, executed In the city Of
New York, or IN this ethyl A. In tn . city, 3
took her acknowledgment
Q. When did you do thai A. It Is some
time ago.
9. Were they an taken together or at DIFF
lieye they were all taken together.
Q. Fix the time as near a. Won cam A.
Well, IL Is some time ago.
O. Say four weeksi A. o, yes.
Q. Six weeksi A. Yes.
Q. About how longi A. It has been soma
time ago; before this investigation considerably.
Q. 4 month before the investigation <.
Yes, sir; think even beyond that.
Q. Two monthsi A. think it is I will not
be certain.
Mr.. Christy. desire TO continue the examf-
nation Of Mr.. Wollard upon the subject Of this
book.
o. r. woLLARD RECALLED.
By Mr.. Christy: Q. You say that you were
the clerk, and that all these entries were made
by youl A. Yes, sir.
Q. What was the arrangement between YOUR
father and Samuel Strongi A. He was to have
onethird and Mr.. Strong was to have the her
/ tWo-thirds.
@. When was that business arranrsment
entered intol A. That cannot say. was
| not connected with him at the time he made
such arrangement; that was before 1 went
| there.
! Q. What business did 1t relate to Wee
they partners generally in businessa A. No,
| sir.
| Q. Or in regard to special mattersi A. In
regard to these several contracts.
The Chairman, 10 Mr.. Christy.) What do
you desire to showi
Mr.. Christy. desire to show, II I can, by
this witness that these entries appear fiom the
| OOOh W uHNC Dccu ABOUT the same time.
| or at the same time; and yet . very considers
Bile period OF time Is embraced in this book.
The Witness. will say that these are copies
Of the originals. have not had the book in
my hand for year, l suppose, until this morn
ing.
By Mr.. Christy: Q. Can you explain to the
committee why those first pages were torn QUIT
A. Yes, sir; because it was portion of the old
memoranda. That Is, they were torn out over
/ year ago.
Q. Where are the memoranda A. They are
destroyed, presume. They were mere copies
/ Of what was put here forward.
| Q. Was that the book purchased for this buzz
nessa A. Itwas.
| Q. Look at that page and read the first two
lines of the heading, (handing book to wit
ness. A. That is private account between
my father and Mr.. Strong. samuel Strong to
James F. Wollard, Dr."
| Q. Was that book new when il first came
into your possession A. It was.
Y. And that was the first entry made In that
book! You made that heading? A. Yes, sir:
had the names reversed; had my fathers
name at the top instead of Mr.. strong's. 1
merely reversed them. That is to the best Of
my recollection
Q. Are there any other erasures in that books
A Probably you can find come.
Q. Hold 1t to the light. You can see it. A.
1t is merely running account. It is not
general account.
BY the Chairman: Q. That Is also erased
there! indicating A. Yes, sir.
Q. When was that donei A. presume It
was done over year ago. 1 suppose it has
oeen year, until thls morning. since had
that book in my hand.
Q. Is this book of original entrya A. 1t is
book that we got for this purpose.
Q. But is it the original book, showing
1ransactions from day 10 day. A. Yes, SIR
Q. lou nave no other oooki A. No, sir.
O. It Is not q cOpy2 A No. sir. will saw
that tnat Goes not comprise everything with
regard 10 MI. Strons account and my fathers
we received some oonds ana eertlncates from
the board since tnen, after they had made an
arrangement between them.
The Chairman. This is not the book Wanti
MI; SnEsty. les; ana also the orig1nai DOCK
IN which the entries were made in the first in
| stance:
Inc mHness. Inat you nave. mat Is the
| B. Where are the memoranda from which
you obtained those statements. understood
you to say that you had made these entries from
memoranda in the book, but torn out. Now
what was the object in tearing them QUIT
A. Other leaves were erased, presume.
2. Do you remembers A. Think they were.
II Q. Why erasedl A. / suppose they were
disfgured by neutrality-suspicious. from the
hand, or something of that sort.
| Q. Would they not show more accurately
the statement than nowl A. No, sir; not at
all.
Q. When did you first begin to keep that
book; what season of the yeari A. think it
was in the summer of 1873.
J The Chairman. Mr. Christy, 1 do not think
! 1 would press this unless you expect to show
! something.
| Mr.. Christy. / expect to chow that be has
produced as book of original entries one
made up from memoranda contSined in tie
books, which were torn out as he admits.
The Chairman. know, but we have called
for the proper books, and therefore it seems to
me that this is rather immaterial.
!; Mr.. Christy. The witness says he has not
, had this in his possession for moro than year.
Q. TO the witness.) In whose possession has
, 1t beenl A. 1t has been in the safe in the
/ Office.
0. Who has had access to THAI A. My
father and myself
O. Has Mr.. Strong? A. No, sir.
ihoNi oF 0AoN"A '" LIN Lib
Mr.. Linyille, having been duly sworn, tGsti-
fled as follows:
BY the Chairman: Q. Have you had any con-
tracts with the Board Of Public Works! A.
had some time \