National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-02
DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
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kindg a Nc. a.. A. not t,,tn]r theree wa any
/ such Agreement between ma
% Then what intarest IA Wffeor hawai- A
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o. You A mot recollect Nh at interest he had,
A. No. Or.
. q. Werc these transactions 90 common with
j Won that vou- ara ,nahIe IN remember THANH
| X No. ar. they vere not v,ry common. -
a. Did You keep any books. papers, memo
randa, or anything of the kindi A. No, sir:
kept no books and had no bookkeeper.
| O. WHY mott A. did not think IL neces-
ssry. u - :, = 80 :
1 O.. You kept no memorandum of these tran
sactions1 "A, None at all.
| d. Why mott A. For the reason that did
| not suppose It was necessary.
O. Iwish to refresh your recollection q IT.
tie further. awashlngton, d. c., August 0,
| 1873. In consideration Of valuable services
and oae dollar in money, hereby acknowledged
/ as received from Gardner II. Wilcox, hereby
assign and agree to pay, or suthorzs to be
Il lQ.
rom the proceeds Of the first $4,000 square
4 yards OF pavement from the sum Of 81, 0oO, and
| 20 cents per square yard out of the 50 cents
| per square yard to be paid TO me upon all other
/ pavements laid BY said 0'Conner q Shanley,
or assigns, In accordance with the within agree
j ment, and said O,Conner & Stanley are hereby
authorized to pay TO said Wilcox, or order,
be allowed and paid him, and deduct the same
from the amounts agreed TO be paid 10 me on
the within agreement or contract, and payable
1 in the same funds ut the same time as received
by said o'Conner & Stanley on said contract. !"
Do you recollect any such agreement as that
A. l do not remember. How much was there
awarded to themi
o. Twenty-Five Thousand square yards. And
this Belgian pavement with reference to which
! called your attention moment ago A. I
/ do not remember signing any such paper as
! that. ife
q. Do you recollect making an agreement of
| that kinds A. No, sir.
Q. You did not make any such agreement as
\ thatf A. LIDO not remember making any such
agreement. Did sign any such paperi
| Q. Well, am not answering questions now,
| sir. A. do not remember any such agree
ment. ~
o. You did have negotiations with Mr.. WIZ
coz, did you, In regard 10 this thinga A. Well,
he was interested In small way In that do
~ ts,ueshocl WHAT
Nas TO do anything.
Q. Whom was he representinyf A. / do not
| think he was representing anybody.
Q. Did you ever have any conversation with
him in regard to thsti A. know his family
very well, and know they were struggling
along here, and he did not make anything out
of the other contract.
contract. suppose he lost what money he
bad in it. That Is the only interest he had In
it.
Q. Did you use him in any way, or have any
| arrangement with him by virture Of which ne
was to render any service in procuring this
contract for O'Connor g Skanleyf A. No, sir;
I do not think he knows . member of the
board, or anybody connected with themi
/ Q. Well, sir, that might be. A. I do not
know anything about that.
/ @. Did you really pay him something out OF
this contract A. think he had contingent
interest in 1t; I do not remember what.
/ O. You did agree to pay him something out
OF what you received A. I do not know
\ whether was to pay him, or not.
Q.sWho was to pay him II, You did mott A.
| I do not know that I was. had forgotten
almost that whole transaction.
I O. Was not what be was to receive to come
out of what you were TO receiyei A. do not
know that I was to receive ANYTHING. I thought
something
o. What was Reed 10 pay youi A. 1 have
forgotten the terms of that entirely.
O. You do not know ANYTHING about that
A. No, sir. It was in the neiehborhood OF
about ifty cents.
@. Fifty cents Der SQUARE yardi A, Yes,
sir,
@. He was simply furnishing the lumbera A..
Yes. sir. -
o. And he was to nav Won fifty csnts A
square yardl A. Yes. sir: In that neishbor
hood. I think.
/ o. Do You know what price Reed was to get
| for his lumberl A. No, sir: there was reg
1 Mar pr,ce here. do not know =
| o. Then. accordifiy-to this attainment. Reed
was to furnish the lumber at the usual price.
BY that. do you mean the regular market
pricc1F A. Yes. air: that or the urice that
other Contractors were having. He has stated
the price TO me. but have forgotten,
: @. Then he was to pay fifty cents square
i yard In order to sell that lumber ct the mar
ket pricei A. He procured those contracts for
/ 0'Counor and Stanley. II he got the contract,
they were to dothe work. ne was to furnish
the lumber, and he was TO. pay me so much.
That is about as near as can get at it, ac-
! coriing to my recollection.
! O. In this agreement which you say you
leiened, l find this paragraph, aAnd whereas
Albert B. Kirkland and Others have been in
strumental in securing for said O'Conner &
] STANLEY the awards above mentioned" Who
were the othersl A. I do not know what that
\ refersto unless II was to Reed.
O. ssOthers" is more than Reedi A. Wilcox
had contingent interest In that, think,
II o. What was wilcox's contingent INTEREST,"
A. I do not remember.
O. What was his interest fort A. That do
| not remember. He was trying to get con-
tract here for himself; and If he could get a
pretty GOOD contract for Stanley and the other
man he would come In. He Withdrew his an
4 oticatiop. or something of that kind. think
/ that was the fact, so that there would not be
too many. >
| o. win read the whole of this now-"that
whereas Albert r. Kirkland and others have
been instrumeutal IN securing for said OConper
& STANLEY the awards above mentioned, and
laid The foundation for other work In the Dis
trict of Columbia.n Now. what Foundation
had Won laid for other work. and what other
work was ia A. do not suppose that I read
that. -. -
| O. Sir, A. have no reeollectionof what Il
vss At all. = -. .'''-''D''-
o None, Exeent that a. was To ret fur-
thar contracts =" %
O Won sav' over vour own si0nature. that
vo,i have laid the foundation for other work IN
me Distr;ct Of solnmfial A. what Is that. an
agreementi
%. This is a written agreement which you
AZ vo,, sioned and which I rad tn Won IN full
Pssy YOU signeo, auu Hnicn Isao oyou ~ luii,