, 1874-04-07

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| Coo1sc-I don't know. have mislnid It,.
Wiiaon---At tho time you received tho chook,
Public Worlsf >:
Wllgon-What other sums Of money havo you
| received from 8trong7 .r ~>'
Oooko-Threo or four hundred dollars will eo7or
bill over received from TINT sourcc. I think the
| aorvlcos I rontle!oa him wero worth %, 600 Or
| &5,0Q0 ThiH wltnosa also admitted that, while
| he *as mombor If tho District Government, ho
had aotcd as counsel for tho four or five con-
Tractors under the Bonrd OF Public Works. -.
| ii THE ASSOCIATED rnEss NEponTa.
t. Tho prompt action Of theagont Of tho Western
| Associated preFs III refusing to receive tho ono
aidod roporta Of the District inyontlgation eont
from here by the Now York Ass9oiatod pross,,
| Bpcoal Reporter, has arcady produced good
fruit Tho report furnished tho New York as
aiatant by tho Cork Of the Board Of Public
Works has beon discontinued, and another re-
| porter has boon detailed to attond to tho busi-
ness from this time forth. Tho newspapers of
both tho East and Wost arc likely to receive i'm
portant reports Ut the investigation by tho Also
| cintGd Press.
f1b ths Associated Press.1
. ATTORNEY COOKIES TESTIMONY.
WASHINGTON, ?; e., April e:-Iho District In-
| INN A. Cooke. attorney for tho District Of CO.
! lunhin; WIS examined with reference to check
having been given to him by Samuel Strong,
1ndgo Wilson, and at first appeared
INCLINED TO DE OoNTUMAoIouB.
Finally, ho testified that in June, 1873, and prior
to that time; he was attorney for Strong; thatin
tie month Of Juno he went into Ils hts olico and
found on his table check for 81, 900, In inyor OF
| William a. Oooke and A. L. Brown; That no Hont
for Brown and stated that he would hare moth
mado . similar statement. Me subsequently
asked Strong why the check Was made Jointly
and Strong replied that ho was di]atory III rela-
tion to somo details in bis business. and that ho
| had L. IL La. -.
told strong that Brown Ind rendered no service
and ho would dooline to receive tho chock.
Strong said. "You can DO what you pleaso. with
It" and witnoss laid It aside; Il has power been
Of Washington. Witness further testified that
the cheoK might bo among his papers.
Judge Wilson asked witnoss whether ho bad
any conversation with Strong In which he asked
for monoy for hia legal 8. ryoes plior 10 receiving
The check. Witness rop1iod TINT a fow days be-
fore tho check was loft in bis Office. he had
| ASKED STRONG FOB MONEY;
that he had attendod to his afIaira as attorney
since 1870, and he Thought Strong reasonably
| owed him $1,000. Witness WAS then asked un-
dor what Inv ho advised the Board ct Public
Works to accept chattel mortgage signed BY =
his advice upon decision Of tho Supreme Court
that a married woman had tho absolute right to
control proporty acquired by her prior to mar
1iagse; that On tho DE- Collier and Mcclellan con
as security on materials and machinery
used by thom in tho completion Of their
paying contract that in aocepting tho wife Of
2. 2. Evans as security gu the contract Of 4or
s4oo, 900 in property In her own namo. Witness
denied that tho Board Of Public Works had in
fluonced his action With reference to any decl-
s p to o Fs %ie hs skse soea
that be drew tho original but 1t WIS
amended By a committee Of the Legislature ;
that ho WIS present when 1t was being enrolled,
s,,5k Ill
that it bo returned for correction. He did not
think tho bill ,wao aligned BY Gov. Cooke when
ho discovered this error. He testified TINT 30
much of Claggots Testimony as charged him
with drawing al tho bills for tho Legislature
was untrue. but he stated that he did draw a
good many bills for tho Legislative Committees,
Ut their suggestion.
! Judge Wilson asked him whcthor since tho
tatiou had boon had with him aud tho Board Of
; Public Works with reference to furnishing pa:
pora called for by tho Commission. He replied
that Of all the conferences a. which he wau pres
ent GOV. Shepherd waa emphatic that all papera
oaled for should be promptly furnished. VIII
son requested Witness to furnish the Commits
aion with draft Of the sewer bill Us originally
drawn by him, and as subsequently amended BY
the C0mmittae.
ENoou TOTEM,
attorney for Strong, was next examined, and
stated that he knew Of no recont arrangement
having boon entered into between Strong and tha
: Board Of Public Works with a view to settie-
meut that as an attorney for Strong lie had en-
tered suit against the Board for money due to
his client In reply to III iuterrogatory by Sem
ator Allison, hobort Ohristy, OF couusol for mo-
morialiata, indicated that they could conclude
their case within two or three days on all points
except those which had reference to tho COLI
, tracts Of Do Golfer and Mcclellan, aud before
, entering into which thoy wanted to examine E1-
Gov. Cooke, md certain nonresident witnesaea
who had boen summoned, but who had not yet
responded.
Adjourned.
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