, 1874-04-19
Kickerson, Of Chicago, Denounces Him
as Dead-Beat.
A specimen of Mr. Chittenden's Free
and Easy Style ofi1etter-
Writing.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

million dollars worth Of pavement. He Was
examined with view OF ascerta lining the cha1ac'
ter Of the work he performed, and for the pnr:
roea Of learning the nature Of the influence ht
used in obtaining such 81 large award OF contracts
The witness frankly admitted that full 20
per cent Of the pavement laid BY him needed re-
pairing. In some instances it would be neces-
sary to renew the entire work. As to influence,
he denied that he had found it necessary to use
any with the Board until late in 1873, at which
:time in consequence OF trouble grow ing out OF
the incompetency of some Of his sub-contract-
'ora and superntendents, the Board refused him
lany more work, and held back money due on the
work completed. In this strait he consulteda
III. COPELAND, 4 CORRESPONDENT
tof the New York Journal Of Commerce, who
recommended him to employ Col ". II. Var
den, an attorney Of this city and at that time
correspondent OF the Boston Post. and a man OF
Influence With the District authorities Col.
Warden Eas accordingly employed on percent
;agc, and through his influence the contracts Of
Evans we're reneWed. Subsequently Warden
and Evans disagreed about the amount the latter
owed the former, and O lawsuit is nov pend
ing between them for the recovery OF $4,000
worth Of Auditors certificates held By War
den as compensation for services rendered
Evans in the above transaction. Both Evans
and Warden made statements to-day, and, when
they had finished, the Committee
RECALLED NH. CHITTESDES,
who was subjected to a further searching exam
ination regarding his transactions with Hunt
angtou, Kirkland, Parsons, Page, Dent, and Par
sentative Hubbel1, who had found out from yes
terday's experience that Chittenden could not, or
else would not tell anything to implicate the
District authorities, evinced q great desire to
know why the witness had given klrtland $4,000
il notes, and Brown $4,000 in notes and money,
without knowing the character OF the influence,
it any. they had rendered him in occurring the
contract for DeGolyer d McClelland. It WAS
really very affecting to listen to the ingenious
questions propounded by the Nevada Senator,
but Mr. Chittenden siAply repeated over and
over again his first answers. Utterly worn out
by their efforts to corner Chittenden, tho Com
nlittce dismissed him. Just he was leaving the
stand
THE FOLLOWING coLLoQUY
was indnlged, in which shows the state OF mind
OF the Committee after their tedious and futile
endeavors to CLEAN some information from the
witness:
Judge Jewett-Before you go, Mr. Chittenden,
I desire to ask you one more question. Where
were you born?
Mr. Chlttenden-1n Monroe County, New
York.
Judge Jewett-Did this interesting event oc-
cur in the light OF dark Of the moon Laugh
III. Ch1ttenden- is a question cannot
Col. Christy-lt must have been during an
eclipse.
The Committen
RECALLED COLI H1CEERsoS,
to his Enow1edre Of Kirtland and Brown. He
said ha tnew the former neTson to he a rccnlar
dead-beat, entirely unworthy OF confidence, and
possessed OF absolutely no influence in any
quarter. 1t was his firm conviction that Kirkland
nent Of The contract for Chittendeu. Witness
won]d not rive Kirtland $40 year for his i'll
f1uence,
Eickereon vas nov: nnestioned nv Jndga Will
son for tl,e nnrnosa If learning That he knew
4of ff~-0 - ''~''''
rrp7Arv p1xa
,yho contro,1ed the iettinc of contracfs II, tha
:vear 1S79 md tho witness had cot as far in his
aa - :,t ..sasa n1u ~ 49, r;aI ~ ~:
Fn3 ~ ba n-on;t;o+a5 .nJ that HnntinG4oo waa
At ;ts baad Fhan MattincIr the attornov If
.Shenhard ;nteTnoscd an oHiicct;on An aTc1,.
,mcnt rcenltci md 1t ,ts conclusion. the w;tness
Drctended that he knew notl1ing Of q ring what
E;ctarann e1G nao aod th;s h;nt throvn mt bv
NTat,;nr1r that ha lad hetter not rn.ta an exno,
.-r-o h1<,+,a Jaairo5 ~ - atvont Ao' '@@
gu n0o 11'0 "'1rou 71,'n1 euscs. c.e.Hrxreq
Ano+,ar ,oa,nher ~ shenI,erd'a statr a no;ev
a ~ ,rouaIu nsnt H. ~ WIFI
snls hnse1nooa 10 eIosS1y 1He Wx IT, Tb T. H. "nste'
W;e u AZ tan 81 e" "s;Ja ~ It'll ~
1ow of mn Io adinister er
1ted chastlsement;
ITO Me associated PTtst1
EVANS TESTIMONY:
MasaE'414S, y. y, ann lo'-tu lhe Ols-
It'll ~ eo'uiaon ~ ~; n;es1I6aalo.. toay ~.
=. Evans, the principal member OF the
EFahs tonc1ete fas1nS company tess1hed that
ne had done Work ~ dhls M @ CITY amount
mE to upwards OF el,9oo0oo' ana ne
iad eettled Win Inc noafo OF rub
Ac Works with tho exception OF S100,0o0,
which was retalned IS . guarantee that the WORK
shon,q pe m kent 10 repair tnat ne hnd empioEed
one ". " Malaen 70 se1tie MS accounts with
eno boafn OF fnpnc WORKS 1or service. he was
70 slse Matuen an interest," IN tnree OF 1ouf
oaochs On ft1eet. ne aaio ne se1ectea Mafoen
% pa1.y 10 MAKE me setuement NANNY 1fom
b;e t;eaqent ha lmpoftun'oes' anu oecause no told
o'N4 ne "
1r;t1, s,,ooa. ,a.l LAD ohEAT ~, ISFLuEScE
',ar pui sl>ecla!!E Jun Masfu-
troduced to Warden in Nh York 1ast 5n,~ ~ br ~