National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-11

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o. Whyi A. He dA not sptrove In the Ars
place Of our choice - to where We were gofnl
TO locate the school bui3dlng. We thought VI
were right, and he thought We were wrong.
9. You spoke Of mxking payment on on
Of these school buildings f6f al the work tina
had been done mp 70 that time, and for thre,
months aheadl A. I state this. You will un
derstand me, Mr.. Harrington, that We con
tracted to make certain payments on the Sum
ner school, and Of course We were TO pay for 4
as the building would progress. 50 then whei
man would not be entitled to any more unit
he got the building nearly rooted In.
Q. Then you only paid MIN for the work dom
up to that time; not a. you stated, three month";
aheadl A. What mean to say 10, that w
paid him all that was due him, 20 far - w
knew of.
Mr.. shellabarger. Where are those con
tracts-the original ones, for the construction o
these various housesa A. handed them to thu
truttees.
Q. They arc then to be had, II at an, from
the trustees who succeeded you! A. Yes, sir
for the unfinished building. When my term ex
pired, handed the contracts to the trustees
Just As they were, and fled my vouchers will
the Secretary Of the Interior.
Mr.. Harrington. Let me ask you If Their
was anything due to the colored schools by thu
old corporations at that time, when you LEFT
the boardi
A. For the month of June I had not draw,
my money, which understood was due, as
had money enough.
Q. What do you mean by drawing you
money!
A. As treasurer of the board.
Q. That Is, you were treasurer OF YOU
boardf
A. was treasurer of the colored schoo
board.
Q. what-of the city of Washington
A.. Yes, sir.
Q. And you had drawn all the moneys due
that school up to the first of Junel A. Yes
sir; 90 they informed me ct the City Hall.
Q. You only know what they saidi A. Yes
sir; that IL all. They paid me the money a
they paid the white schools. -
+. Q. You do not know whether you drew your
full ameant or not: you only know what they
told youl A. Yes, sir, that is all. had
always received my money In that way.
@. Your school 70 distinct from the white
schools-there are different boards3 A. Yes,
sir. ..--.--r,.-.
o. Mr.. Wilson being the superintendent Of
the white schoolsi A. Yes, sir.
Q. And has not anything to do with the
colored schoolsi A.. No., SIR. Only the
amount paid to the white schools, and when
they were paid We were paid.
@. Do you know as o matter Of fact that
you were paid every time they were paid, or
whether they were paid every time you were
paid, or is It merely an assumption Of yours
A. Generally when they were paid went to
the Office and they paid me the amount due me,
and, I suppose, they told me the truth. I do
The Chairman. Allow me TO. interrupt one
moment. Dol understand you received no funds
from the new government A. Not dollar.
@. All the funds then that you paid out
after the new government came into existence
were funds that you had received under the old
government A. The funds that received, II
my memory serves me right-Ic can refer to my
record-I did not receive any during the month
Of June under the new government. can
refer to my record and sec.
Q. Lid the funds that you received under the
old government meet all the requisitionson yeu
as treasurer up to the 30th Of june. when you
went QUIT A. Yes, sir.
Q. And left surplus which you paid!over to
your successorsl A. Yes, sir; of twenty.seven
hundred and some odd dollars.
By Senator Allison: Who were your success
orsl You were treasurer Of this boardl A.
Yes, sir; the last of my term. Mr.. johnson
was my successor As trustee, but Mr.: King was
money to Mr.. King, and have his receipt for It.
By Mr.. Harrington: You were appointed, as
| understand, by the Secretary Of the INTERIOR
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Under act of Congressl A: Yes, SIR
Q. Do you know anything about the dis
bursements to the white school board or by the
white Boardl A. do not.
@. Then you know nothing Of it, A. Not Of
the white schools.
@. You don't know whether they were paid
or mott A. l do not know anything about the
white schools any more than I read In the
Mr.. Harrington: We do not want that.
Such statements are not always reliable.
Mr.. Hubble: I supposed the papers were
perfectly reliable in regard to all things.
Mr.. Wilson: never heard them called in
question berore.
Mr.. Hamilton: Not by the District at least
Mr.. Harrington. Allow me to call your at
tcntion to this last check of May 81 in YOU'RE
port. You received from the corporation of
Washington In certifcates-did you receive It
b oertiacatess this amount Of 81, O2s.19a A
Yes, sir. 49,
Q. What did you do with these certifcatesi
A. I deposited them in the bank and drew on
them, and finally discounted them as stated
in the report, placed them as security in the
bank and drew money on them in the Freed
mems Bank.
Q. You have got a note here that your check
of May 81, 1871, of 81, 029.19; that you
treated It in your statement as casha A. So it
was.
o. You call the certificates of the old corpo-
ration cashi A. used.them as such.
Q. How did you use thema A. placed
them in the bank a. security and drew upon
them.
Q. And when in fact was that check of:May
81 paidl Was it paid by the old corporation,
or in fact by the new government? A. can't
tell who paid 1t know this much aboutit:
received credit for it as deposit in the bank,
and 1t was charged to my account of last year.
Mr.. Merrick. Charged up against you on
against me. And that 81, 900 Is embraced as
money received by me.
By Mr.. Harrington. You do not know who
paid the bankl
Witness. What do you mean-vho' re-
deemed iti
Q. You drew from the bank $22 900 when
you hadn't any money there; who paid the
bank what you drew from 1T A. Why, they
had that there on security. That is what they
said.
Q. Youdrew s1s, 900 cash and $4,000 there
a. cash, when you had not any cash there at
all. Now, then, who paid the bank back :
A. They received my certificate.
Q. I am not talking about the certificate {;
Will come to that directly. Who-reimbursed
the bank for the money they advanced to you 7
A. That I have nothing to do with. I don't
know anything about Il.
@. Then you don't know really whether the
old corporation or the new government paid
that amount A. don't.
@. You don't know who paid the bank that
money!
A. I only know just as said there. I left #
In the bank and the bank gave me credit for It..
Q. In other words, the bank permitted you 70
drawi
A. Certainly.
Q. Had the old corporation. any funds in the
bank at that time to its credit
Witness. To the bank deposited In?
Q. To meet this checka
A. Not that know of. deposited In the
bank.
Q. Had the First National Bank any funds to
meet this checki
A. Not that I know of.
By Mr.. Jewett: would like to know what
kind Of certificate It was that you are speaking
of whom depositedi
A. It was certificate from the old corpora
ton.
Mr.. Mattingiy. A check given by the old
payable to the order Of Syphax, /
suppose, on the First National Bank, when
they hadn't any money there. Was II q check
on the bankf (
A. It was o check On the bank.
By Mr.. Harrington. am trying to show-f
the committee pleases--that these checks that
were given tn peHflemen vera Oivan nm the