National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-23
DISTRICT INVESTIGATION
Gos,fia,6od from Second Buds

! " never more tnan tnasis a. 90 nos sni1'
there was, excepting tins: tnat We Were o,er
checked IN eacn OF the banks. VI course, tna
oencI wen. agS,ns. me over-cnec c.. ., ~,
v how mucn were you oyer-cnecKea ~ ~
BANK a. some xSoo,go, think. ~ look
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t,,ied - : cred,, Tor ~, S,nI eas 60 hs,; ~
- a. 49, ~ 'AN -''
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,.,.,,h az 1870, =. evo ~ .s
,.rs hsing nsxpsr. a., he pa, - tha, ua sxr
time Of two hpnarsd snS tsy ~ :. M NJ
thonss nd doiisrs Nv IA Nv, ~, 80. ~ ~
sxnenditure ~ x3aI nm rh,cb q c,,,,,d -,
Ia6 ~ tha rsro-t ~ IsTss t = Al VI ~. =,
Won enter that debit aceins. yon;seiS =: NJ ~ :,
| asts when n was n,sssd N tbs c-sN, - an an
hank Ont of thar denosit vh,cb va, tbsn Tn. A.
/ A Il ufa uhrrT "A F.nk r har
got a bookkeener down there who tsens nj
hools and he caiiad NV s,,srtson - M e.,
IN making mn the renort saws he tHere yor
have CHARGED vourself IN vo,;r racetnts IA, tS
| 1921 400 -. evan % SAYS Htba. havino hes-
made good must be credited IN ME az a matt,
/ of course, must Il notp, He sa,d I've. - am
he credited II OF that date. Itwas iust a. sas,
TO put Il into the renort' = '-'' % '1''
B. Was mot that necessarily brought To won,
| "
| this fund I'm this bank. when YOU had ex6austet
the balancesi A, I do not know that Il wa,
particularly, = :
| O. Ifftwas not. then Won must have drayr
| to the whole extent OF the 1921 900! A. No:
did not draw to the extent of the SBoi 600.
: O. You left the money living In the banI
| without any note of Il. Were You not impor
tuned by creditors all that time. A. Yes, sir
! Q. And yet having this fund there and moi
transferred to any other account A. My bank
book would show. that had not the money
there, at once.
4 Q. But here Is your account of expenditures
A. Exactly; my account Of expenditures Il
there, and my receipts are there.
| q. When you make your account of expendi
lures, do you not put the expenditures at thu
proper date and time that 1t occurs. How car
man keep books otherwise, IL be does not pui
so large an item into his debit and credit account
for nine months after It occurred A. The
books show exactly what have paid and whai
received. go 1~~As ~
| Q. They ought to. A. They do Il. They
shoY what / have received and what has beer
| paid out, and there Is voucher down in thu
Office for every payment made. That ought
to have been credited TO me when the money
was In bank.
Q. find at page 147, of the report of 1873
under date of August 5, certain payments
which would like you to explain the mode Of
william Fletcher for certificates OF indebted
ness of various numbers, $4,000; ditto,
street northwest, extra work, U, 1850; ditto
dinerence 10 price OF brick, $50, and so on
A. About year ago, the board having NJ
money, determined 10 cut up certificates OF tn
auditor into smaller certificates Of 800, 800
and $500, aud made them receivable for specis
assessments on streets.
O. Was that by an act of Assembly, A. No
sir; 1t was by an order Of the board. Thos,
! certificates were signed by the auditor BY thu
secretary of the Board Of Public Works and
myself as treasurer. When E. man came int
the office with lot of auditors certificates anc
asked to have them converted into these eertii
Gates, thew were so converted, This payment
of William Fletcher for certificates Of indebted
| mass of various numbers, $4,000 was those
small certificates. - - - :.
Q. And the FIVE or six entries following Il arr
a
the others. - - >
O. You say .sditto william Fletcherf'' A
Yes: but II saws expressly what for. there
No, those were not: those were the auditors
| certificates, aP street southwest, extra worh
81 ,12s. *" that is an auditors certificate. Tht
ssiO is an auditors Certificate. The S255 D
AN auditors certificate. The IS, 756. 80 is al
| auditors certificate, and the s2o, 9S6 Is ar
| auditors certificate.
| q. And the ss 4sa 4. an spd;tor,s certificate
tool YES IN 1890
| % Then.ynn did not ,,n,so-,rIv On, mn tha.e
! certi3cates into snrns of from Sf00 IN $500
A. whenever the parties asked it we did It.
O. IL was only al the request of the parties
A. Yes. sir,
O. For the purpose of making them negotia-
BILE A. Making them so that they could use
| them in smaller sums and get a better price
| for them. -i' ''.-' rf
O. 1 see an item of the 21st of Augu st
1878, cash paid Governor Shepherd, judicial
expenses TO New York, $3.50. What was that
A. That was the certificate of Governor Shep-
herds expenses to New York.
Q. For what purposei A. / do not know
Mr.. Shepherd can answer all those inquiries.
Governor Shepherd. It was to bring Mr..
Dana here.
Mr.. Merrick. The Board of Public Works,
thee, paid the expenses of Mr.. Magruder to 60
to New York to bring Mr.. Danai
The Witness. No, sir; did not go to New
York. 10 -
Q. Mr.. Shepherd did GOT A. Yes, sir.
Q. That was under q public prosecution
against Dana, for a libel, or something of that
sorti A. Yes, sir.
Mr.. Harrington. I want TO explain Il here
There was no means of payment Of the ex.
penses OF witnesses TO go there; and but so fal
as the public officers were concerned, there was
not dollar of 1t paid to them. They simply
had to pay their expenses as witnesses, because
I would not takeit out of the Treasury of the
United States to pay it.
Mr.. Merrick. This was paid. then. for wit
ness fees.
Mr.. Harrington. No. sir. EXPENSES of wit
ncsses to 20 on in that prosecution. It was /
direct charge made AGAINST the executive of
ficer of the board. I went to New YORK in M,
capacity as public officer. but for that tbert
was not dollar paid, Of course.
NJ M.rriop That q tb,s COCO az Iror
un der SH Mr. Hsrrino s vas nsvn nU
of 5000 on tSe mart of the Roard ~ p,SIi,
Works for vitnssses conveved bv tbesn 70 Na,,
Rv M Mcrr;ck. q Yon said Won maid on,
yor{ 70 maints ain : nrosecr,tio-;' sa,ainst NJ
nsna the editor of ns,,er for certain i;bsllo,,
matter CONTAINED IN hIs naner '~''ON'
Goyernor sbenherI. Ecainst an executiv,
officer az The Roard ~ pnhjic Worts
no certif;cates nntil after The month NJ JuIv
$500 '--eSA $50 .-AO-S- - SN-J