Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-05-04
Thursday session.

"gObbled" the whole thing.
| Thursdays Session.
| TESTIMONY OF DAvY WILLIS.
| Inc committee met again In secret session on
| Davy willis, bell-boy at the washingto,
| mouse. sworn and eXamned:-restifedt that \
| room II, at the house named gave him a note
| to carry to Mr.. Shepherds store. Didn't know
VINO II was for, but a tall, slim man, with a lit
tie mustacbe, and little whiskers on his chin.
read Ii, and said il was all right. This was
about week ago.
Fridays Session.
TESTIMONY OF x. R. TOWNSEND.
The committee went into secret session on
FRIDAY and examined f.. Il. Townsend, super
iEtendent of property of the Board OF Public
Works He explained the duties of his position.
aud submitted several blanks used by him. An
absua act or the testimony of A. b. Kirtlanl on
FRIDAY appeared in The STAR of Saturday last
Conclusion saturdays Session.
=, AFTER our report closed Saturday, Charles
Ray. contractor, OF Chicago, was sworn and ties
titled that in the fall or 1873 he laid about
$4,000 yards OF the pavement known as the De
Gollyer ~ McClelland on street and New
Jersey avenue, on street. Thinks it cos,
from 81 40 to 50 so per yard. including the ex-
pense OF lumber laying, grading, SC.
=: You do not include in that cost anything
did not pay anything for the original award
1t bad nothing TO do with the original award.
q. State about the character OF this pave
ment, from your knowledge here and in other
places. A. As far as the pavement is con-
cerned in our town. it is a good pavement
IL is considered so; and went over the streets
been laid last eason, and think that IL is in
very fine condition.
Q. You think it Is a good pavement? A.
think il is, most assuredly.
=. Have you counted any interest since you
lald down that pavement? A. We have counted
interest on our materials, and since we have re-
ceived the certificates from the board that have
NOT been paid, that represent money, but which
are not money.
q: You have taken that into account in esti-
mating the cost. Suppose you take out the
interest, and go into the market and buy this
lumber, and do this work for cash, what then
would IL cost to put il down? A. should sim.
ply deduct in that case twenty five cents per
square yard. do not want TO say it is ~ 30
but IL il at least that. II may he - 50, because
there are things that will have to be charged to
the account yet, that went into the cost Of the
pavement, that we could not get at.
r. / understand you to say that the partie.
interested with you in laying the pavement
go yaIds-were Judge jenkins and Mr.
Whitney? A. Yes, sir; Mr.. Whitney is my part
ner, and has been for.about eight years.
q. Judge jenkins was united in interest i'm
THIS matter? A. MIR. McClelland and Mr.. Jen-
kins were the successors OF DeGOlyer & Nc
Clelland. We came here in June, and pur-
chased one-t third interest in tue business, or
rather in the material. They did not have sny
business We purchased one third interest ia
the material they had on hand.
KIRKLAND RE-EXAMINRD.
A Is. kIrtlaDd was recalled and testified pos
ltiFciN Indt ne ala not nave any conversation
with Girten H. Wilcox as to what he with sss!
bad done with the So 90 he got OF Chittenden.
q. Did you have any con ver saton with him
as to what you had done with this So 900? A.
q. None at all? A. No, sir
q. Didn't you tell Mr.. Wilcox that you did
not have the benefit OF all that money. A. No
q. You never told him anything of th.t kind?
A. No, sir, nor any other man.
=. You never told him that you could no.
m VI no he Nna nfs haA 49,
plicsting ersons in high station? A. NJ, SUI
q. Nothing OF that kind? A. No, sir.
q. Did you tell Mr.. Storrs, at the Ebbitt
Hoo sc, or a. the interview be had with You =
Mr.. WilcOI's house, that you could not tell
what became OF thar money or those note
without duplicating certain persons IN higL
stations? A. | never had any conversatioI
with MIR. Storrs on the subject.
He was put through long and severe exam
me ion in reference TO his letter 10 wilcox,
TO hi. meaning, but his replies were about a
at his previous examination.
q, Idyou see George Alfred Townsend in
this city? A do not even know him; nigh
have seen him.
q. Were you not on the street with him Oh
day? A. might have been on the same street
/ am not even acquainted with him. L do no
know him even by sight.
q. Didn't you meet him under an assumed
name? A. No, sir; never met the gentleman,
to my knowledge.
@ How were you going to get from George
town TO New York when you left this city? A.
was going TO take the trip by steamer.
g What line were you going by? A. By the
John Gibson. | don't know what line it is. II
leaves Georgetown early in the morning and
Alexandria at l. O'Clock in the day.
q. Is that the line that carries passengers?
a. l believe not. sm very well acquaintei
with the captain, and always promis u him to
60 on trip with him. He said he wanted to
show me some good fishing.
Witness did not get pass. Hailed the cap
and the captain asked what ne wanted. Wit
mess said he wanted 10 go TO New York, but the
captain did not believe him, and the steamer
went without him.
Q. I want to know whether you had q pas.
On that steamer? A. did not; did not apply
fer pass.
Kirkland said he saw his horses lately in a
stable in Brooklyn. Some OF his horses are in
New York city or at Nyack. He was asked,
" Who has the custody of them" and replied,
presume they are in my custody. amt they:
They are my horses" He was asked il he held
anybody responsible for them, and replied,
Nobody at all; they are my horses, and I take
stableman in charge Of his horses. He was
questioned as to the value OF the horses, ani
asked, "YOu are letting that kind of property
lie around loose, without knowing where it is -
A. Yes, sir.
Q. You do not know where it is? A. [ can
find it, think, if should endeavor to.
q; If you should endeavor to. you say you
could find 1t. You can, then, probably tell IL
where il Is. Where would you go to fiud il, il
you were TO start out on on q vigorous search?
A; | should go right straight to Brooklyn.
a
think so. 1 would find out where 1t is, a. any
rate.
Q. You would not 90 by the way of Richmond?
A. If my throat troubled me much, would go
around that way.
The witness testified that he had no confer
ence with Col. Moore since his first testimony
Mr.. Mattingly said he had no questions to ask
the witness, and Mr. Christy said he could not
tell, but he would look over his testimony, and
announce on Monday If he had any intsrrogato-
ries that he desired to PROFOUND.
The witness then requested tO he in At
tendance on Monday morning.
TO.day's Session.
The eomiuitpee Tas called TO order at q quarter
pest eleven O'Clock.
On account Of the committee not being full
Mr.. Allison announced that Mr.. Chittenden
who was to be further examined, would not be
PUT on the stand until to- morrow morning.
THE NAssACHUsETTs AVENUE GRADING.
Thomas NJ. Plowman was sworn and exam
ined with reference to grading on Masachu
sets avenue done by Daniel Connolly and
about which there was q controversytbetweel
Connolly and the Board Of Public Works: Wit
ness with others WAS on commission to arbi.
trate upon the differences; the commission met
heard the statement OF all parties to the contro-
versy; Arthur Shepherd represented the con-
tractor and Mr.. Cluss the District government;
the commission made sn award.