, 1874-04-17

NO" xork. The first bill OF material forwarded
to shepherd by this Company, for nino cases Of
nafa"aro, "as dated Sept. 25, 1871, and a,nouut-
cd to s1,o4758. Five days aftor tho bill waa
received, Shepherd rendered an account to tho
afeabusy Department on this material Of $2,-
zoa'oA ami 1t waa settled, and moro than yoar
altor"ard copy was sont to tho Superintendent
Of tho building in Chicago, aud was 'ontored on
Lib books. In addition to this tho Government
paid tho 10 Per cent profit on tho markod-up
price, Bill No. q. for copper nails
ana Screws, was rendered Oct. 80, 1871,
Tor sl,00so5, and on Nov. rs, 1871,
Shepherd turned in his voucher for 91,244.29
There were six bills In all, and all Of them wore
marked up In this manner, except bill No. +,
amounting to s70o.74. No traco Of the copper
included in this Bill cnn he found, and, II It was
ovor shipped from Now York, 1t was never re-
coived In Chicago, or used on tho roof of tho
hlarno Hospital. In addition to these littlo
Irregularities, voucher for 7,100.72 was paid,
aud was signed by A1ullott without boiug sont
to tho Superintendent for ILLS approval. Tho
number Of squares Oh tho roof upon which the
Government phid royalty was at first measured
as VI, aud, by subsequent measurement, was
found to bo 1o1, upon which tho Government
paid the additional royalty. Tho amount Of
money involved in this opolation is small, but
whon 1t ia considered that tho Shepherd -Mullett
ring haa boon doing this roofing many years,
and is atfll doing 1t wherever public buildings
aro In process Of erection, H. thore ia fraud in
fraud In others.
Tho Governor OF tho District Of Columbia not
only shines as patont-roofer, but ho is also a
plumber and q gas-attor. Ho Inns plumbing
shop in Chicago. ono in st. Louie, ono in Gin
cinnatf, ono whorevor q Government building ia
in process Of erection. Suppose, for instance. it
is necessary to mako aome plumbing ropairs iu
tic Post-01lce at Portland Mullett, without
any advertising, givea the job to Shepherd. Tho
Inter chips his mon mud materials from Waal-
ington, and opens plumbiug-shop In Portland,
md tho Government pays tho fares Of tho work
mon aud tho freight on tho material. This mr.
rangemont for carrying on roofing, plumbing,
and gas-atting for tho Government Ia 30 oom-
photo, and must bo so satisfactory to Shepherd,
who has tho contracts, aud to MuIlett, who let's
the contracts, that it HocmB almost pity to
brcak It up, to lift tho covor and let
tho public look into this warm and snug
little nest and SEQ tho golden eggs hatchod in 1t,
but the blame lies ut the door Of Shepherd. Ho
IN bart pnrsoro o,,3 rorrt E,rn, ..,I
tho DoGo1yor Paving Company. and Brown "
moro quiet, especially Brown" It Ia Unlimited
that Boss Shepherd has known Brown si:,co
infancy, md that he has high respect for
Brown" and will have as 1onr a8 ho {the
DoHB) lives. In fact, this attachment is 80 m,1-
tual that 1t would hardly be possib]o for Shop
herd to quit this valo Of tcarB without fatal con-
sequences to 81 Brown" It is further intimatod
also that A1ullett thinks as much Of Brown
| as he docs Of Shepherd, and TINT le never lots
Shepherd have a contract without sigh Tor
y Brown" Brown" also Inns tho samo pc
cunarisies as Shepherd. He also marks
up bills and makes mistakes in measuring
squares. The DoGolyer Paving Company knows
"Brown" just as we'll as it docs Shepherd.
Count Fosoo knows "Brown" also. Without
"Brown it would be impossible for Shepherd
to got along, and without Shepherd "Bzown :"
would become ~roater mystery than ho is nov.
Considering the remarkable ligature which biuds
"Drown" aud shophord together it is little
curious TINT "Hrown" appears alone as Tho ro-
! clpient Of $4,000, and Count Fosco's note for
| $4,000 more. out of tho famous $4,000 paym :.
It il to be hoped that, before tho investigation
| is over, the testimony may take the quotation
marks away from thrown" and lot uB know
who tho anonymous and mysterious friend Of
| Shepherd is.
| It only remains to add that the roofing opera
tions ct Mullett L Shepherd were exposed by q
Committee Of Congress in 1872, ct the instance
| OF Gon. Farnsworth. Instead of taking my fur
ther action, however, the House Of Representa-
tiyes officially called tho attention Of. the Score
tary Of the Treasury to them, and there the
| matter ended.