National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-25

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q. Asa ~ Metropolis rssemens conp.,v.
- thsy any mschinseys - :
IA ~ He1 you any interest," IN the Mserouclas
4 k1mE Ce9.ny! A. had: yss, sir.
IL ~ Whoe other companies m which YOU had
- seress prior TO September I. A. don't
reeoneee any companies; think, possibly,
he4 eome special interest, under an sereemenf-
WITH L. Q. Hflbert. I think thst vas sbouf ~
bnly 0ehee interest had.
i q: IAen you bad special Interest with T.,
= Meern A. Prior to September II
@ 1es. A. don't cay that; I don't recol-
t3eee tsen that interest was acquired.
| g. Then understand you to gay that Lewis
formed These several compsniss that Jon have
menttoned-the two conpa11.s, ,ths Asphalt
Pasi1g Co@Psny, and tho Metropolis Paving
Company "A. Oh, 10. I WIN, ID . fev Vords'
4 sxpa6 ~ connection wish IL Metropolis
4 favne Cs1pany. fhs Metropolis Rsvin9 Con.
4 peny vas osganized before the formation Of the
1 e>oefhesder, or beneAciary. Or ecrpoPstsr. ~
company was formed AFTER, pruhably, they hsl
4 zone ssYrai pieces Of paving-the pavemeae
/ 81 ~ street, Tor instance, and some u,rtioua a.
i fe1DyivaMa avenue. Their stoek Va o01re6
4 ~ - n tne market It from TWENTY-FIVE 10
4 thinY eHe on the dollar. acquired nv inter-
tventJave cent? Tor some Of H. snd thi,t, csnt.
/ for s0meo Of n. y 49,
q Ddyou buy from the same p.rty, Ar
bought from parties I'm interest in that CO..
panyi don't now just recollcct who.
| Q. From whom dA you buya A. I boxeht
| fuR rnadison Smith, think, some, md
bought am not sure-I think bought come
from 1oses Kelly. ss+' -,
@. DID you buy the entire interest from
Nosed Kelly, or . portion oily 4. think
bought his entire interest Ct the time. That
stoek, = say, cost me nom twenty-five to
thirty cents.
q. When was that; were the purchases made
about the same timea A. No, cir; ct different
times; can't fx the exact dates.
| Q. When did you first begin to record the
bustncss Transactions between yourself, Lewis
Clephane and Hallet Kilbourna A. On Sep
tember -, as this book shows. may have
made mem0randums before that. ~
Q. Whist became Of those memorandum A.
don't know really; they are not of Importance;
presume they are tnssome memorandas book
Q. How long since you received that A. I
haven't seen &, I think, since this entry was
made, and l don't recolleet that they Wero
kept In this book-posaihly only paper men,
| orands.
. Q. Passing from your interest with these
terest which you have recorded in books with
any other partiesa A. don't recollect of any
now.
o. Please describe the second book that you
have produced herea A. That Is simply Q CON
tinuance Of this book. That Is the wood pave
meut account instead Of the asphalt pavement
account. -- ~ FzsB -..z..s-
9. With the same partiesl A.. With the
Q. When did this arrangement begin with
youl A. It vas . part Of the same arrange
meut. >, So
Q. When did you begin to keep q separate
book A. When We commenced to lay tho
wood pavement. .-a.--.
Q. How long ago was thata A. I can tell
by referring to this book.
Q. Very well, refresh your recollection A.
About the LIST Of July, ls72, think. About
| that time. Yes SIR, that is the record here.
@. Are these books tina books Of original
entryl A. Yes, sir; these are the books OF
original entry. These are the cash transsc-
tions Of the parties. Our other books are col.
lateral. We have books-time books, and
some memoranda and accounts of diherent
parties, but they are accounts passed from the
cash book.
Q. How long since the first entry was made
in that book A. July 1, think, is tho first
entry. :.
Q. 1872 A. think 50; yes sir.
@. And was made at the time that Il pur-
ports to be mades A. think 80; am not
sure about n.
@. Were the entries made ct the different
times rs the events 0ccurrcda A. think %;
yes, sir.
9. Did you have a book-keepers A. Yes,
sir.
@. Did YOU have the same book-keeper dur
ing the entire period! A. Yes, sir, during tho
entire period. I have him yet.
@. When was the last entry made, A. In
this book!
o. Yes. A. The books are not posted. I
think the last entry there Is In 1S73-the latter
part of 1878.
Q. Have you any record of your transactions
since the latter part of 1879 A. think We
account. We have q memorandum book. I
will explain: had two book -keepers-one who
was In one Office, and one In another. The
lumber for the wood pavement was purchased
by me from parties, and from time to time my
acceptances were given for this lumber, and the
account was not continuous on that account.
This one boOk-keeper, who was at the lower
office, was taken sick, and has not been ut his
post at all within the last two, three or four
weeks, and for that reason the accounts were
not posted.
Q. Let us call the older book No. 1; who
kept that book! A. Mr.. Evans-H. C.. Evans
Q. Your brothers A. No sir; no relation;
only namesake.
q. Who kept the othera A. The same man.
Q. And no other person except II. G. Evans
made entries in either Of these books! A. No,
sir; think not.
Q. Have you had control ofthem 90 As to
knows A. Oh, yes sir; they are all i'm his
handwriting. 1t is all one.
Q. Do you. know Charles Krabbss A. Very
3. Is he in your employs A. Yes, sir; has
been for ten years.
Q. Did he make any entries in cipher of these
booksa A No, sir.
@. Did he make entries for YOU 90 late rs
yesterday evening, or last night, in any book3
A. No, sir: not in any book Of this kind. He
was drawing oG-making some contracts last
night, with other parties, totally disconnected
with this matter.
O. And wholly disconnected with all your
matters Of contract with the Board of Pubic
Worksl A. Entirely %. They are matters Of
private business. "A gentleman from Phfla-
delphia vas here-I would like to explain that.
M. Christy. That h not material.
Mp. Harrington. Let him explain II.
senator Stewart. Let him explain.
Witness. / want to explain.
Mr.. Christy. am quite willing to hear his
explanation.
Z Witncss. There was . gentleman here from
Philadelphia, yesterday, who had important
nearly all day, and last night went to the
oGRee, and agreed that this morning he should
have certain copies of papers, and sent this
young man to the Office TO make them. He
was there quite late making them. have
copies Of the papers, and will submit them to
the committee II these gentlemen want them.
They have no relation to this business at ALL
nothing in the world It II I'm relation to an
interest In the dredging business in Philadelphia,
with which have been connected for several
years; add we were making settlement of that
business, and these were the concluding papers
IN the settlement up to the LIST of March,
Mr.. Stanton. Some spy, probably, who saw
that somebody was at work In Mr.. Evans
office.
Mr.. Christy. II the committee deem Il
proper that We 60 into this matter, We are quite
willing to do It. asked very proper CUES
ton, Think, and one not deserving Of comment
from counsel.
The Chairman. We VIII endeavor to get
along.
Witness. Idon't take any exception to any
thing that was said.y
By Mr.. Christy: Q. Did You name who tho
gentleman vast A. Mr.. Cotton.
Q. Mr.. Cotton, from Philadelphia A. Yes,
sir.
Q. Who were you interested with in that