National Republican., 1874-04-01

II The Chairman. Mr.. Chnsty, the witness
lust before this one testified that this whole
been adjusted, and that be had only been paid
! about $1,000 upon n. Now, q seems to me
ithat Jon are pursuing this inquiry perhaps
fniy ss far a. 10 b necessary under these cir
! tcumstances. s---.-.,--s .
Il Mr. ehristy. II the chairman WI ALLOW me
70 explain, ! vill say this: desire simply now
70 show by this witness that this examination
that they instituted was Of the various persons
against whom he had brought these charges
and that they simply procured a pdrts afdda-
vitt. am not criticisfng now their conduct in
doing this. simply desire that the facts
should appear that Il was tried subsequently
ny the board upon these "a pars ahidayits. IL
this witness knows Of the action Of the Board
Z Of Public Works upon that matter---
\ Governor Shepherd We will produce the
original papers In regard to this case.
Mr.. Christy. We VIII be glad to have that
y done. --'.-sN
The Chairman. This matter is certainly sus-
Mr.. Christy. That win save MS, Of course,
from the trouble Of verifying these several let
tiers. n't.as -iaiS tf .1sa7 .
Mr.. Harrington. We WIN bring everything IN
tomorrow in regard TO this matter. s7-sf
/ BY Mr.. Stewart: Q. Had you ever been super
4 intendent of any public works beforei A. No,
u @. What was your occupationi A. Locomo-
tive engineer for the last thirty years. oT5-
@. This was the first time you had ever
charge of work of this kindi A. Yes, sir.
i Q. Are you in the habit OF getting intoxi-
catedl A. / do not think am. Do I look
like man of that description o.
Q. How did It occur TO these mento organize
this conspiracy to get you Tight Had YOU
given any evidence that q conspiracy Of that
kind would be likely to be suecessfuli A. II
you knew the parties as well as 1 think know
Them, you would not have asked the question.
I Q. How did they make this discovery What
Suggested to them the idea of getting you
tight; A. Probably the same idea as getting
anybody else tight; to get them out Of their
biasl and then they can get them to perform
acts which they could not If they were perfectly
sober. l'.''E -
o. Do YOU think they would have tried that
on anybody A. think they would If they
thought they could accomplish III If not that
way, they would have taken some other way.
Q. This was about the middle Of January
from the first to the middlef A. From the first
to the middle.
q. And at the close of the month you were
discharged A. Yes, sir. Ha 3
| Q. You do not know anything about the
action further than you have stated to the
board on the subject A. do not know what
action the board took. ss -- BE-
/ Q. Mr.. Willard told you not to drink with
them any more, or have anything more to do
with themi A. Yes, sir; they did not want to
catch them any further. f.-
@. Would you like to have trusted yourselves
in another interview with these partiesi A. At
that time could have trusted myself with
them with perfect propriety and safety.
Q. Have you anything, Mr.. Aattinglyi A.
No, sir; nothing.
TESTIMONY OF HENRY WILSON.
Henry Wilson, sworn by the Chairman, (at
/ ha 0f ~,
Q. Were you on this payroll of the R-street
sewerl A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you do any work therel A. never
did days work there.
| Q. Who put you on that roni A. Wiley, II
suppose.
Q. Did he pay youi A. He did not.
| Q. How do you know you were on that pay
rolli A. Wen, had to go to Mr.. Strong's
house every Saturday night to get my wages.
l was working,at Judge Cartter's, and I had to
go to Mr.. Strong's office every Saturday night
to receive my pay.
| Q. You did receive payl A. received pay,
but no pay for R-street sewer. was working
on house; was not working on sewer.
| @. You received pay from Mr.. Strong there
Saturday night A. Not every Saturday night.
he only paid me half of what he owed me.
He was always pushed for money. He owes
me still s18.
Q. You were on the payroll and working
CiSCWucIcts n. Les, BIZ, L WIS on Lne pay-rOH
and working on Judge Cartter's house. II
| Q. Were you near the sewer at alp A. No
where near the sewer.
| Q. At any timei A, No, sir.
Q. Where is Judge Cartter's house-how
far from the seweri A. do not know exactly
how many blocks OF. I am stranger here in
the city.
@. Some considerable distancel A. Yes, sir.
Q. Do you know of any one else who was on
! the payroll who was not at work. A. No, sir.
/ know nothing at all about the payroll. III
happened one night In the Office and saw my
name on the B-street sewer-book.
O.. How did you get your name on therei A.
/ did not get my name on there.
Q. How did you first ascertain 1t was therei
A. Twas in his Office Saturday, waiting for my
Q. Were you working for Mr.. Strong at this
titnei A. Yes, sir.
Q. At Judge Cartter's housei A. Yes, sir;
1t was different job from the. sewer.
O.. You went to the Office every Saturday |
night to receive your payi A. Yes, sir.
Q. And sign this pay-rolll A. No, sir.
Q. You signed no PAYROLL A. No, sir; II
signed no payroll at all.
Q. But you received your payl A. re-
ceiyed half my pay every Saturday night.
Q. What was done with the balancei A. He |
promised to pay 1t in time. He only gave me |
enough to meet expenses.
By Mr.. Mattingly; @. Was Mr.. Strong doing |
repairs on Judge Carriers housel A. Yes,
sir. E 90
By the Chairman: Q. How long were you on
this PAYROLL A. cannot say. do not know
how long was there.
Q. About how longi A. I could not state
how long they carried me on it, for never had |
q chance to see the payroll.
Q. How long were you at work for Mr..
Strong on Judge Cartter's housel A. was to
work there from the beginning of December up
to the ID day of January. .aas
Q. A little over q month"; A. Yes, sir, q
good deal over month. do not know; /
might have gone to work there in the middle
of October
/ Q. When did you go to work. A. Some
where IN that neighborhood; say from the mid
die of October or the LIST of December, to the
LIST of January, the Sd or I'd day Of January,
1874.
O. Did you speak to any one in reference to
this subjecti 4. No, sir: not for some time
afterward. / met the inspector. was not ac-
quainted with him at that time at ALL saw
him, and went IN to demand my wages. Mr.
Strong told me 10 go down to the office, and 1
would get receipt down there, they told me
that they did not have my time there, that my
time was kept on Judge Cartter's house. /
told them had seen my name on the R street
sewer work. 1 told them had never worked
out there, and that they had got my time there,
and would like 10 have It, so that could get
away from the city. 30 came out of the
office and saw the inspector, and Ispoke to him
about It. He pulled out his book, and then he
says: 40, yes, but never saw you out there"
told him "No. had never worked out
there" @ E
Q. You had no conversation with any other
partyl A. No, sir; except the inspector.
Q. When was thisi A. This was along about
the Sth day Of January.
TESTIMONY OF N. @. oRDwAT.
N. G.. 0rdway, sworn.
By the Chairman: Cat the suggestion Of the |
counsel for the memorialists.)
O.. What do you know Of the Board of Pub
lie Works procuring some ground on Pennsyl-
vania avenue for public buildingsl
The Witness. Do you refer to the ground in
front Of the marketf
The Chairman. Yes, sir.
A. know that an arrangement was made
between the Governor and the Board of Public
Works and the market company, by which the |
front grounds between Seventh and Ninth
streets, on Pennsylvania avenue, were leased
BY the market company to the District author
tiles, for the purpose of building q District
building.
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