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10 call Witnesses 10 eon$saao3 - 1oG 49,
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By Mr.. Wilson: Q. What time IA yoa 1nls1
this contract 4. I hnjshed 4 IN Decsmbezs
think, whenSthe engineefs- ys-s-sss Z = =
Q. How long was Il after you haA 1usAea
the contract until II. Philips, tAs eneAhe9,
made this reporti A. ! bslisve u was Q Sew
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conpsction With this testimony It had be(tsr 70
into the evidence that this work was doEe under
an extension Of contract No. 90. Tia contract
itself was entered into On the 18th day Of bsp.
tember, 1871, the original contract. IA e
tension Of the contract, whieA eDbraoes u
grading and macadamixing q board rateA Was
entered into on the 1st day Of July, 1S71
Tia Witness. VIM you Let make En0eAss
statement e You. e ! an n herr a sgasa e
moaths after The work was dons whom I dglsd
the bpn4 f6r mseadAmffng 4hst serest,s and
that - bosdsueas b aeSayssulssse.S
By tie Chairman, B. You vers rsspoesble
for your contfacti. A. Yes, dr; hit DIDN'T
sign 4; TIE street was paved IL mouths besors
By Mr.. Mattinsly: Q. Your bond was s,od
without any surettes, was u mott A. Oh
M. Chrissy. That = not the quest,on; We
Mr.. wilson. We understand. rsee IN lotk-
ing At the bond-Idid not notice Il before-tbat
this is . bond that was printed SINGLE Mr.. Close
or Cluss, whsteper you call him, ysss mem
ber Of the board, and his name = stricken out
and Mr.. Mullett's 3 written In. The contract,
l suppose, was entered into since Mr.. Munat
was member Of the Board Of Public Works.
Mr.. Matsingiy. I presume %, cir. ITO Ne
witness. You were -swosn With uplifted hand.
Do you regard that form Of oath a. binding
upon youf a. lido, ~. IsWssr npoathe book,
but when I put my hand up I regard n o. iii
kssed the book; II Is Just the same to me, sir.
By Mr.. Hamfffon: Q. D8d Col. Magfud9
make this suggestion 20 you about % 900 IN !
Q. Do you know when man y tokingi A.
He asked me right down 70 give him 5000. /
Q. Was he aughingf A. Well, he hAd Q
good face II he got the money.
Q. Didn't be ask you In laughing wsyi A.
No, sir; he was then In . business wav. \
= @. He dA not call you on ono sidei A. No,
sir. -rss-EH.Fe ~E
:. O.. Did you notice whether there was anybody
else in the rooma A. There was only one Of the
men.
@. Dh he speak ont to youi A. No, cir; II
was the same as II was here.
Q. He did not whisper TO youi A. No, dr;
he spoke out TO me.
give him IS, O00 A. Yes, sir.
Q. You took II as jokei A. took it-no,
took II then untn that last time when he
was giving me the check, when be told me to
give the 5000 or the ceeck; then ! thought
Re was coming to the point. Two days before
that when he spoke to me I thought u was 10
laughable way, until he was writing the
check.
By Mr.. Mattinsiy: Q. What was the name
of the messenger IN the room Ct the timei7
A. don't know; there were two Of them; I.
don't know which ono It was; know him when
sec him. E
notl A. NY dear, sir; Il have been there like o
dog at the door trying to see him.
@. And you have necessarily como IL contact
with messengers in that roomi A. Yes, DIR;
and they let me in when they had NO orders;
1 don't know their names, though; / tell you
the honest truth. One Of them q yellow fell
low and the other black. n
Q. Would you know this messenger now II
you should see hima A. No, sir; I couldn't
tell.
o. Was It the dark or light onei A. I can
t no. sen Jou' ou' We o"' VI 'n'ln 'n.' W.
Colonel James A. Magrudsr. wish to msks
a statement, under oath, IL the committee will
indulge me.
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concIns;on of h;s ststcr,ent
The witness Nov. gentlemen. want IN s.v
here that there IA not one word Of tr,Ith from
he e ~ end IN The ststsuentt that NJ chi
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never heard ~ inch ! thing ,,ntiI this inrestt
astion I cnmmenced. When M Gle..on - M
e. me- snS toId me- that PAT Cniiinsn. h.d AID
hat hsa Offered to nav him and make !. -
tisment With him n he vould give me S5. 0OO
: aid WWeIl- that IA yerv singnIsr
A. stsrn:,t n, him 10 make "a snySodv
thss knows PAT .Cuilinane would tnox
ve-v vsII that be vould hsve
eivsn me S5. 600 yery soon. rather than tatins
h .S,.rvsrds In tsks IN AIS nm IN hta ssttle,
ment ), Nov bs come m snd savs AM III.
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1870 n Ma conv.rsstion Nth ma IN Relation
~ this e 600 and the drst have aver heard
of r. M. sines this inyeetieation Commenced:
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