National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20


i was 70 vary according 70 location. He said,
FOR instance, for some on the hill he could not
pay me 50 much. That would onlybe 20 cents
per square yard.
Q. How much down on the HIN A. think,
as have been informed, about eight or ten
thousand yards; about that.
Q. That would be about !, 900 for that, would
Q. What elsef A. The whole, is tell you;
the work done, including that, as / am In
formed. Ia 8 900 yards.
Q. What percentage Of that did you payi A.
Anyhow IS; asI say, it was to be from Is to
IS, according 70 locstion.
age on thati A. Because ! WAS to make an
appeal and seek TO get him in good odor, and
continue 10 let him have work.
Q. Did yon continue 10 make the appeal A.
Yes, sir.
: Q. Did you get those contracts for hint A.
cannot say got them. They did not hand Il
over to him, but they gave him further work
he kept his promises, and that he performed
his work properly.
Q. To whom did you make these sppealsi A.
To the beard. They were inclined not to give
him any work; he was not doing his work well;
he was neglecting It. He could do good work,
but he was neglecting Il In some places.
Q. You knew that, and the board knew TT
A. i did not know It when began with e.
learned this Is we went along.
O.. You continued to appeal 70 the board
when he was neglecting his work. Al No, sir.
He promised TO ax It, and he fulfilled his prom
Use. They let him 60 on, and try other work,
and he Z q 1t well; that Is, the sub-contractors
did 10 for him.
O. You say he gave you as fee this $40 ,000i
A. I did not soy he gave Ii to me as fee, but
on account of fees. I have his letter. That
states the fact. He did not state that he was
to give me this 900. He did not state any,
thing of that kind. He purposely avoided
stating that. His theory Is, and he charges In
his suit
o. Has he got suit against youi A. Yes,
sir; he has brought suit. he has not alleged
the agreement in the suit. He simply charges
that have an order OF his, and he hears that
I am going to convert Il to my own use.
By the Chairman: Q. Have you converted It
to your own usei A. No, sir. I never did
make application to the board. knew could
not get money from the board.
q: You have the certificate In your posses
Q. How much is IL FORT A. Twenty thousand
dollars.
Q. It is an auditors eertihcatei A. Yes,
sir.
Q. You say you have not used III A. No,
sir. ---,
Q. To whose order Is that certificate made
payable7 A. To mine; It was understood al
ways. Never until he raised this question in
Januery. It was always understood to be my
property. You see held Il from the 18th day
Of October. II was when he found he could
not trick me out Of ID that he resorted to this
thing. $500
By Mr.. Christy: Q. When you were employed,
In the first instance, you stated that he was in
yery bad odori A. As e turned out. 4
Q. You succeeded In deododzipg himf A.
No, sir; don't think did.
Q. Not entirelyi A. Not.at all In that.
Q. Will ask you this: In pursuance Of that
employment did you not investigate thoroughly
the books Of the Board Of Public Works rela-
tive to his contractsl A. cannot say / did It
thoroughly. ibid enough to see the condition
Of his account.
Q. Did you not hnd the accounts Of Mr..
Evans in very great confustoni A. Yes, SIR
Q. And In great uncertainty A. Yes, sir.
The Chairman. must caution you In the IN
terest Of Mr.. Warden's client
Mr.. 0hristy. Lam not speaking Of the client,
for that Is not injurious to him, but ! rernem-
Der seeing Mr. Warden one day when he looked
tyory much heated and very much fatigued, and
he said to me he had Just come from an examt
nation Of these books. II he viii pardon me
for the betrayal of his cophdence-l merely
= Witness. I do not mean to say the books
were IN great confusion; the trouble Is his work
was in great confusion, and they could not
straighten out the books until Il was put in
better condition.
Q. It was not because you found any confu-
sion. A. No, sir. ~
Q. And you had no difficulty with regard to
examination Of the booksi A. None at all.
Q. It was merely In regard to his work. a.
Yes, sir; his unfinished work.
O. Were you not aware of the fact that Mr..
Oertly and others had reported his work had
been done in very superior manneri A.
was not. - --r-1.,l.
Q. And had allowed him largely Increased
compensation for his work AFTER It had been
done for that reasonf A. / never heard Of Il,
Q. You have interest In that controversy A.
No, sir.
|, d. Nor have you read the answer prepared
by the learned counsel In this case upon that
subject A. Nc, sir.
BENJAMIN p. NIcKERsoN RECALLED.
NV attention has been called to an inaccu-
racy in my testimony. In one placeI am made
I to say in the report in answer to Mr.. Wilson's
cross afilnationeit seems hscross-examined
me about East Capitol street.. suppose he
was cross-uuestioning me about what ! had
been stating with reference to Pennsylvania
avenue; but It seems he was asking me about
East Capitol street, consequently what / said
on that subject applies to Pennsylvania avenue
to work done by DsGolyer & Mcclellan, not
to work done by another man on East Capitol
street.
Then again-I am made to say that Mr.. Dent,
now dead, informed me that he had made q
contract with Mr.. Chittenden for 10000 for
his services, and that afterward Mr.. Chittenden
got the contract. II so stated did not 90
mean. I do not think so stated. Il was Mr..
ment, and not Mr.. Dent. With reference to
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