National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20

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s,ornactior n eyv w.. NJ n, eontractsg Yes
cir: and q good many dollars that would like
" IL Se whom. ala Ion pAE NJ al have go.
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q. Paka. ont IN connection with these cen
kraetsl A with the execution Of the contracts
5sud Ire eStablishnelt OF the business. II you
mean procnring the contracts, I say no.
a Hhaf we're the moneys you paid out fori
A. BuyinT machinery, Sc. n
s...,' ~1 sers M have no. pad monsy g
nsrt,es 10 assist me, nor have paid It TO any
body. directly or indirectly, 70 obtain contracts
0 Haye Won been asked TO place auounte Of
,,srsx r Win suy person with rsfSrence- u ths
procuremeut Of contractsl A. Yes, sir.
o. By whom were You asked 70 do thatl A.
ByD. W. Smith. He 4 9 contractor here. Hs
Hives ct wiIliamsport
o, And with whom were You 10 plaee the
money. A. Hewanled that l should place, :
Sasion to decline.
esrT to secure ON nfsre.. t.s.n nsr n
the interest Of Smith and the reasorf / nav
add, beeanse / an Using and treating Lumber
for Smith, ma that he couridered I skould nav
) portion Of Il, and henos be conss 70 me and
aslEs me 10 furnish 9 thousand dollars Of the
four thousand dollars be had that morning
r,1fpeo his potes Cor for the pu9roes Of sscurins
Re sxecutioa nd coutinusncs Of N. eontracs'
q. To whom had he gwen that motel a. To
q. Who MA h,s Isvysri- A, His name WA
.5eifr,es. = :, q = p = = =, :, :
- ID. What was JeffFIsa 10 do fpr thls ~ .o0O,
A. Nv dear sir, Mr.. Smith came 10 ma to nav
Al GOD Of n. and ahsaiuteIv refused snA ~
SAID he had slready gsyen his note 10 Mr.. JET.
fries. Mr.. Jesfr3es Wa a man of far1e fnflu
ence. = :
O. In % uhat1 A Tn kncn him ,;o,h. "a.
s-up'- -N''9 " 'I--'is1 D''1' u ~ s'1e
@. To do what; was that 20 get n contract,
A. No, SIR he had already had 4 contract,
1t was to protect him in his contract IL the en-
s. act idea.
Q. Were you called upon BY anybody else at
any time, to place any amounts of money in
any other plSee than Won have namedI A
It does not occur to me tias have.
Q. Give Us your best impression on that sub
tecti A. That is my best impression.
q. Were YOU ever at any time called upon or
asked 10 place any sum of money, or sums of
money IN the hands Of Henry Is Cooked
No, sir. - -
The Witness. The last question I answered
there, do not know that / got tie proper idea:
them any r1oney. on to advance sny money.
Q. asked you If you had been asked by any
person TO place any fnouev IN apybody,s handsl
4. No, sir; not in such sense as You sug-
--Cest, -
Q. And you never were asked to place any
money in the hands of Mr. Cooked 4, never
was.
Q. Did you ever state that you had been
asked TO do sol A. No, sir. .--r-
g. Or anybody A No, SIR
Q. Have you not stated that YOU we're asked
to place certain sums Of money with Henry D.
Cooke by any member Of the Board of Public
Works or Of the District Royeramentl A. No,
sir; never sid that TO anybody or anything
Ike IT, -
%. Have you not said substantially that Won
replied that you had contributed enough al
ready, and that you had been forced into your
fighting corner now and ron would not CON
tribute another dollar, and that YOUR contracts
had cost you several thousand dollarsi A.
Yes, sir; ! have said q portion of what Won
Stated there.
@. What was It you have saidi A. now
refer to what ! said to Mr.. Quinby, II that IL
the man you refer %; Mr. Quinby called ubon
me, as / said, to have me see him, and with
bis hand behind him. / told him IN round
numbers, and with emphasis, that not only
had got through with that sort of thing, but 4
had paid the last dollar, 1; you please, to the
last 6lackmailer that ever need approach me.
Q: Had you been paying any money to any
blackmailersl A. Well, now, / dent know
that ever referred to having paid any money
to any one OF them.
Q. What had you donei A. say had not
paid them.
9. Whist had you done that made you use
such an expression as that A. Because have
been in the habit Of being called upon every
DAY perhaps IN the week by some curbstone
broker to have me pay him something or do
something for some service that he could DOS
-sibly render me. generally said no, with n
sort Of emphasis which caused them generally
70 leave me. s--
Q. Did you ever solicit the influence of any
contractor in order to get contracts for your
self and, If 80, whose influences did You solicit
4. No, sir. ] have assisted contractors in
every way that were running in nv line, and
disposed to treat their lumber and use my pro- |
cess. have run with that crowd an tbs time, |
"a. Did you make any statement Of the kind |
have asked you about to General Denver, Of
TIL: city, A am well acquainted with Cen |
eral Denver, and have eonEersed With him
affairs generally in this District, and the way
that contractors were compelled to transact
their business, and the injustice there was in
not being paid according to the contract, and
being forced to accept paper that they could
not use, and made 70 sacrifice more than their
profits in shaving their paper, II compelled SO
20 DO:
Q. But nothing Of the kind have been
interrogating you abouti "A. No, sir. might
have said TO General Jsffies, and rather think
1 did say TO him, that had stood Il as long as
] intended TO stand i, and that would peithe-
be satisfied nor would accept Of the promises
70 pay. In other words, Certificates Of indebt-
endless without promise to pay, and without
interest upon my money.
Q. Now, In that connection did you tell
General Jefries that you were 10 possession Of
facts which you would use against the board II
they did not settle with you'll A. No, sir; I
never said that.
! Q. Did you ever tell that 70 Thornton Smith,
or something 70 that enecu You know him;
he lives here in the city. A. know little
Smith.
| Q. He was witness herei a. have not
seen him on the stand; but have seen the tes-
timony OF MI Smith, and suppose ! know
the man you refer 70.
Q. Did you ever tell snythipg Of that kind
TO himi A. / never said to him in language
varying in substance from what have stated
to you.
Q. Do you know why Il has been that Page
could not get this contract for DeGolyer &
sdcCleIlani A. Well, no, sir; don't know
why he could not, for Mr.. Page claimed to me