National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-23


a. How do ouknow there are such ACCOUNTED
A. know be could NOT lay down wood pave
meat without lumber
Q. How DO you know the acsolnts have not
bssn s:,tlsd p ~: xysnsl 4. VEL 4, jud 9:
put on my books. should have known some
thing about 1t. should have seen the bulls.
/ I have vouchers for the other thfngs. LIDO NOS
know anything about that iumber-bill at all.
have told you the extent Of my knowledge IN
regard To IT,. -
q. II you had those vouchers, did not you
know the amountf A. ! have not the vouchers
for the lumber.
10. You have Just remarked that they were
not reported to you'll A. No, sir; stated that
had not the vouchers for The lumber.
| Q. You have just remarked that they were
reported TO you. A. have the vouchers for
the other charges-these other entries.
@. Then, II they have not not been reported
/ to you, do you know anything about themS A.
do not know anything shout them.
Q. How do you know, then, there are such
sccountsf A. know that he had dealings
| with those parties for lumber for wood pave
ment; know they must be entered on that
book; the memorandum was put there 20 that
| they need not be forgotten.
@. Who is j. G.. Moore & Col A. Lumber
dealers. believe Mr.. Moore resides In New
York. "a
Q. Who ore ,. G. James q Col A. Parties
Ewho reside In. Boston Fr
@. Have JON ever had any communication
| With theml A. Ineyer have had.
Q. Have they written In regard to their
sccountsf A. ! do not know anything about
that, am sure.
@. Then really you do not know that such
accounts do exist A. have every reason to
believe that such accounts do exist. I do not
know u, because did not see the transaction.
| O.. II these accounts-these entries were
made on the same day, would it not be natural
that on taking them from the blotter that you
would enter them In this book In the order in
which they stand in the blotteri A. Well,
there may be instances In which 1t was not
/ done so. know Of some instances where they
were put on to the cash-book and were after-
ward put on to the blotter, in order that they
might not be omitted In putting them into the
| Journal.
! Q. You know Of some instances in which they
are put on the cashbooki A. think there are
Few. When the book was first started,
especially the asphalt book, they were charged
directly on to the book, and then It was after
ward concluded to put them all on TO the blot
ter and put them on TO the cash book.
Q. Were there any special instructions given
to you about keeping these booksi A. Not that
I know Of
Q. If there had been you would know Il,
would you noti A. think / should.
@. You think there were nonei A. Yes, sir.
Q. During the past year there would be upon
| an average three or four entries during week,
and sometimes two or three dayl A. Yes,
1 sir. :
Q. What would you be doing in the mean
timer A do not reco,lect. do not know
that would Be doing anything.
q. You are very confident you were not
keeping any other booksi A. I kept no other
books. ASIDE
u Witness. Mr.. Jewett, n you VIII allow me,
| will Just make one correction here. You asked
me how much month got for my services.
/ supposed, from the question you asked, you
| thought that was an exorbitant price for so
little work. / viii state, In relation to that,
| that should have said 81 ,200 q year, which
amounts to tho same thing think the agree
| ment with Mr.. Evans was that he should give
| me so much year. Probably he did not
know what the extent OF the work would be,
| and, as ] suppose, he does not care much
whether was employed every moment or not.
Q. Who were E. B. Warner & Col A. Men
dealing in composition and coal-tar over in
Georgetown.
@. Did you have charge of all the books of
j. o. Evans & Co. relative to these various
contractsl A.. All in these books l said, be-
fore there werc other contracts, Mr.. Evans
had contracts with Mr.. Llnyille, believe, to
lay some pavement, but my knowledge only
extends as far as this asphalt pavement CON-
pany goes, and the wood pavement here is con-
cerned. It was shown in these books. In con-
nection with this-in relation to this matter
except the ledger and payroll.
Q. Where did you keep these booksi A. At
the Office on New York avenue.
Q. Is that the only office that Mr.. Evans
hadl A. No, sir; he had another Office on
Pennsylvania avenue, where It Is now.
Q. At the same time that this Office was
going oni A. Yes, sir; he has had 1t for q
number of years.
New York avenue oflicel A. This paving bust
ness, and no other.
@. In relation to this pavement reported to
youl A. Yes, sir. ,.---
@. All the papers were kept therei A. All
that know of. had reports about it. kept
them all there.
Q. Did you never see the accounts of lumber
A. No, sir; I had no account Of lumber.
Evans lumber business was carried down to the
other Office. He has been largely engaged In
the lumber business previous 10 this company's
organization, in any shape whatever, for the
last ten years. 81
Q. Did you keep an account with the Penn
sylvania-ayenae Office Of any kindi A. No
further than might have drawn checks down
there sometimes, when they reported It to me
to be entered at once up there. There were
no book transactions between the Offices at all.
Q. Have you no papers connected with this
work of the asphalt paving company and wood
payement3
Tn, Witness. What papers do Won refer to-
to the vouchers
o. Vouchers would be papers. A. Yes, SIR;
there are vouchers. They lire OF Mr.. Eyens'
Office. go
Q. ANY other papers A. No, sir; none that
know Of. There were no contracts, or any
thing of that sort. have not any of them In
my possession.
Q. Did you have any bank books there A..
Yes, sir: the bank book there.
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~ a. had charge OF u when We were up At
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