National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20
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efnor had saM 70 me: "whstever Interest you
may have, or Warden Is going 20 nave Sr1 ~: ~
can On q crest: Won can do something fof him
.thsre' % - ,ome such general remark es thai
4 tho3oht 7 vns ohliging the Governor. have
ri1ee found reason 10 belieye that was nos,
agreed to give him that interest,", pu. sAlo
dior that Won must 70 70 work ana eettte toose
.ccounts OF mine with the board"
b. Tosi said thAtte Wardeni A. Yes, SIR.
b DIN the presence Of the Governor A. No,
a,r.xafuk uct-I had nothing -uhategef 10 say
n, BE Governor. i believe did protest, and
esd y aid not make any money, or much
something like that. said nothing to the
IoTeEneg on thai OCCASION or any[ OF herj occa-
sion that I can nav call to mind tn reference
. Mt, Warden. or TO my relations with
Mr.. Warden, or the-PaF Iwas to give him.
AL came out nom that conference, howsser,
- ended in giving YOU an interest 10 thai
Vi0fk, and ven most 90 to'work and do some
thR4lfor u. i had Ct that time fequidtion
foF S00.OO0 before the boardg aAftern o long
couserencs between the Governor and M. ,La5,
che auditof, the Governor approved my reguisi-i
tlen- think I.wePtrst once with that ap,
proved regulation 70 zee the treasurer, Colonel
Msarudsr BE put me- OF 60 many days that
turned that over into Mr.. Warden's hands
for settlement, and he obtSfned suditor's Ger
HfcStes; for Tie most, n nos for al Of them.
s70R thst ! told bimI would give him 81 900 ad-
Saitlonal, which did I I subsequently, gave
Asm. a, 0c0 more, either in seWerLbonds or
.an15terS certificates I canot tell which. II
think that is correct; %, 900 In all: AT one or
my visits here, shortly sfter that Mr.. Wagaen
called my sttention to- the fact that o party
who was suing me was about 10 Issue some
Gorts OF process on the board 70 stop any
11rthef payments 20 me, and, II memory
ssrTes me correctly, (and would like
to reserve the right to correct this, AFTER look
ling aksmy papers, he suggested that at once
ighd 7eyeiyD01y else WHOM r 7u&ed-sHJb body
hFheInI owed anything 20, in the District, or
ans ftiend could trust with ORDERS and to put
them In his hands, and he would 60 down be-
entered on the board, so As to preyent this at
asehmept from annoying me. think that was
lhA occasion OF my giving him the order for
10000, to the best OF my recollection, said
10 Aim, 81 DO not want you TO collect THU, /"
md he replied, jooulArly, athere was no fear
setf 60 your order" Some time along about
Shk middle of January, think, telgrsphed
Ind wrote, hin-at all events wrote him
either telegraphed or wrote hm-to send the
prdet to rue. He replied, much to my surprise,
That the order was his, and not mine, and that
I % undefBtood It, and refused 10 give Il. On
: fecetptQf bis letter revoked the order on the
1boefd living Mr.. Warden the riehtto repre-
eeut me with the board, and replied TO his let
tbfi stating my surprise that he should claim
tEaS properly, TO dispose Of itwithout my con-
bent. THAI q about the result Of my connec-
ten with Mr.. Warden. u - lrszgT EF2Es srEl =
p l9. Do you know whether Mr.. Warden got
lh9 twenty thousand dollars or mott A. do;
he I'D gst Il; be got the auditors certificates
Euf It, c.| - ~ F7E.r7 81 gH-FT r7-r
hsSessDo you know what he has done with
tAfae eertifestesl A. dc not. %, ales g7s-a
:. 9bDo you know whether the money has
been paid on those certificates or mott Al do
no think it has, Ny attorney has issued
sone sort Of process to prevent tbs money
betne paid on tbs certificates: vie 81. .
> o.HoR long since that Was donei A. cannot
tell the. mts, but think somewhere about
Lmouth ago may, be mistaken about that:
advised my attorney to get II at once. VIM
Chat ten thousand dollars of the auditors GER
. fi6cates was paid to Mr.. Warden In December,
~ think about the middle Of December, 90 that
my order 10 revoke that order Of his would
only have stopped any way, ten thousand dol
1arsi Ga '.'''a s-- 2 E.'-=
Q. He aid reeeive ten thousand dollArs. A.
Yes, sir; that was the first knew Of that.
Q. What was the nature Of the controversies
between you and the board which made it ne
cessarJ foS you 20 get somebody to assist you
IN making settlements with the boardi A. I
think the principal controversy was that my
: accounts had not been properly sttended 70 BY
my representatives. Bills had not been rem
aered, Measurements had not been given In,
Ind other contractors had their measurements
and bills given in properly. There was o good
E1eal of uncertainty SIS to Whist did Il had
BOT properly come before the board. That Is
khy impression about il. .s-r ..----rr,--v
, O. Was there anything between 700 and the
nrd hat IN IN Arw
sorf A. Only as 70 the quantity that had
6 lone. : -.
Q. That was Q matter to be ascertaincd by
measurements made by the engineers depart
ment, was 1t noti A. Partially so; not wholly
so, however. Ali the contractors had 10 do
some work outside of their contracts, Is ] had
to-extra Eork-additional work.
Q. Would not that be q matter thst would
come under the supervision of the engineering
department OF this District A. Now, / cannot
tell you that, sir. In my case, II It was to come
under the engineers department., It did not, |
and was informed that had neglected my |
duty in not presenting to the board bills for al
such work. -a. ..h .H
@. You say that there was O long conference |
between Mr.. Lay, the auditor, and the Governor |
IN regard to some CSC, 900 worth Of work. A. |
That Is the sum. l think It was $50, 900.
/. Q. Was you present at that conference A.
/ was, part Of the time. .. .....r~egT
a. The Governor wished to be thoroughly |
ssstished, so far a. ! understood It, that the |
Ebperd owed me; as to the amount the board
EFas Indebted TO me, and what amount Of my
work had been audited BY Mr.. Lay.
Q, Mr.. Lay went over the books and exam
: 9. Was Is determined from the booksi A.
Eek, sir; suppose %. DO not know that.
DO not know how Il Vas determined. de made
. statement 10 the Governor that there was sol
fnueh due me on the measurements them In.
! Q. Wen, there was no occasion for the SER
vices of M. Warden to settle matter Of that
bort, was tbers7 A. There was an occasion
3or some one to be here In communication with
the board, % have proper bills rendered.
: Q. You were here yourself were you noa
A. Oh, no, sir. was here ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
Q. I thought you were here when the con-
ference was going ona a. That b the truth;
ISut It needed some one here, (doingt the amount
fwork that / contracted TO do IN connection
9th the boar, e seems, about all the time.
Q. Now, what other employee did YOU prom
le profits beside Mr.. Wsrdenl A. ] promised
bnditionsny-
E, q. To whoml A. Profits Of one-eighth In
1erest, to Be divided equally between Mr.. Bull
lard ADD Nh. Foote, Of New York.
10. What were the conditional A. That they
Would faithfully, energetically, and economl
cally administer their departments.
}. g They were employed In doing the work.
a. les, sr.
}. Q. mean, were there any other persons
outside Of these who were engaged on the work
.ltself, who were imployed BY you for any pur-
pose, other than Mr.. Warden1 A. Nc, SIR; do
not call to mind single instance where there
O. What b the name Of this bookkeeper
that you say b now on the seal A. Mr.. Nit
chell.
/: on You say that be has been herei A. His
father told me that he had been in attendance
here for some days, and at last got excused. |
His father shipped his furniture BY o vessel
AoEn to Maine, and young Mitchell went with
It.
q Whre are your books in relation to your
work In this cityi A. presume they are in |
bis safe, but don't know.
"a Do you know when he WIN returni A. !
have no definite knowledge as 70 that; probably
within two weeks.
] q. Did you ever at any time have any per- |
son engaged 70 assist you in procuring contracts
IN this cityl A. No, sir. .TE
Q. In what way did you procure your con |
trSctd A. Ny nrst contract, In 1871, came
after m application to the board for contracts,
and ffter some members Of the board had come |
10 Men York and examined work that had |
Bone there. -rtsa .-i1H