, 1874-08-06
THE HOSPITAL LOT.
Visit Of hggricvcd Commissioners to
hlr. Matthews.
Ro Declines to Qualify Any Of His
Statements.
And They Depart with Many Threats.
Commissioner Lonorgan's Opinion

Lonorgan's Opinion
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VISIT OF THE roMMTgaIoNERg.
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"t' N'atsHe"a' oi uoHp''".@1o' ia''o' hae Go'
nlH'ael! into Hofape. Ha mas PROVOKED THO
County Doar1 to an unoonscionabio dcBroe.
Yesterday afternoon at about o'cloex Commits
s,o,ora As,,ton f,rawyo,d .tonex aud tTo.tirr
,,o rno,, n, ~. .,,. .,,,,ooa. -, ,nl.rg,aw,,,n
sa'ea upoa s'nl ,of s,o 'hfpu1o o1 lu'efv'o"'nb
HIN IN roga1a 10 tho otiafGoa laio'y a1aoo ~ l'
concerning tho hospital lot. Tho interyiow WAS
a very lively ore,
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IL. Co.. .x s ..ls IT.
""a ~ t"ss ~ o.'u ti'o 'onfe1'"''oo' A4o
al'Ee" Will considerable hcat-
Did you authorize tho published atatoment In
regard to MT connection with this matter, sir?
Mr, M.tthows-f,,t vo,r nu,at,, in more
,.nsar,,a ,'aa,,,o 49,. ' ~, Ia .,,, S.s.a.i - +.
"euoA'sA".ao'o ~. .',a ou~po' "nu "4H ano"ot
Mf' 'ASl'ton-oo you menu 70 ssY tnas eTer
met you In your Office, aud lnado tue arrange
mopt for money, as is stated by You2
Mr. Ala.tllows-You put yu,,r question In s,1ol,
a my TINT oaruut answer It polut blank. II Ia
not fair nor an honest question.
SIr. AH ,to1i-Ia II trno as nsHortod and pub
ltBl,ed, thai entoroa INTO All arrangement with
yuu III rosasd to the Aospital-lot business?
about tho published etatomcnt Is this: Tho ,n-
to, REV occurred In your olco, not III mine.
DIr. Ashton-Ihnt ss auHiclont, bir. shall
call upon ron to BuLstantia;o your assertions. 1
will give you all yon want to attend to In tho
wav Of burineHs very shortly.
blr. Antthowh-PicaHe do, air. There ia moth
ing would liko botter than loSal investigation.
.MR. CRAWFORD.
blr. Commissioner Crawford hcro took up tho
eoug. Io was worry bcElgaront. Ho washed to
knav II the BALDWIN lut ,,lll chnHe Was not an
Aonost ono 10 eyery particular.
Mr. MatthowB-No. elr; it wAs fraudulent IN
almost every particular.
A1r. Aahton bore put In word again. Ho
wished to aHts ii over he had been in Mr.
Matthew'S office QToiil,g uoney,
h1r. Masthess-Yes, sir; aud the notcs are ont
for tho purchase. Ono OF them III for g7,500,
and tho othor H for &3 900, and tho latter iB de-
t,oB.tod iu tho Citizs,,s Dul,k, on tho corner VI
Audlson and LaSaile ntro.ts
,l,o bank in company with Mr. alatthnw's ol,.k
Tailed to lrluG out tho cl Of. III; @. b er .l.od
tiut tho check was somewucro amuug tne papers
Of Tho bank.1
adn. nEnr1xa.
ono Of tho commissioners, who alono apre rol
to bo houest iu LIS actlon, nore asAcu how lhe:e
could l1aye boen any money IN tho operation,
tho rurchaso OF tho Bast.in lot.
nIr. SlnttllewH-On tho surfacc everything IL
plain. Tho IN, stery il how to 'go 6lck' on
lot rise IT, value Homo 1l5, ,00u III ttlrce tlayo?
Ajr. uerling did nut uudorslaud how that could
have boen..
A1r. Commissioner
JOHN JONES
hore put in word. lie asked: Did over say
anything to you. either explicit or implied, In ,e-
gard to tie purchase Of tho lot7
Mr. Mattle~s-f fes, air, you did. What was
the reason that you advocated tho purchase Of
tho Baldwin lot after it's p1ico lad been raised
aome $l5,GD0?
Air. Jonea-Simply becnuso it seemed to be
Tho only ono offered. We did not haye a choice
OF several lots. l thought. and had right to
think, that It was tho boBt purchase that could
be made. Do you wish to accuse me- Of oor-
rup,,on in ths mAtter?
hlr. Masthowa-.Woll, I know nothing person
ally about you, but know that the leading
mombers OF tho Hoard were to hayo 10 much
mouey. know how the $500 wns divided.
A1r. Jones--Do you think have anything to
do with it,
A1r. Matthews-Yos, sir; understand you are
to hayo $1,000.
Thin WAS the end Of Nir. Jones' remarks.
AauroN AGAIN. ...
Mr.. Aahton-Do YOU mean to say that I prom
issl to make yose for 81, 3,5oo?
A1r. Sfatillsws-No You told me that ali buei-