The daily gazette., 1875-06-30
FIRST EDITION
THE INVESTIGATION.
The MysterU of the Sir Dollars
Explained.

TEMPORARILY APPRoPRIATES THE
LITTLE MONEY Mr.. HYDE REPREsEN-
TED BY CoUNsEL-A TILT BETWEEN
JUDGE PICKELs AND COUNSEL, ANDA
VICTORY FOR THE JUDoE- FUHTHER
TESTIMONY.
The great investigating COMMITTEES
resumed its sessions in the City Coun.
Gil chamber, last evening, Mr.. Adams
still being absent.
Chief Engineer Hyde was again pre-.
sent, but on this occasion was repre-
senlcd by his counsel, L. @. Bradford,
Jr., Esq,
The cross examination OF Mr.. James
Dandy was resumed and the witness
further testified as follows:
gave Mr. Hyde the six dollars on
Saturday, and the second Friday after
he told me he had bought cigars with
the money; / did not then know how
the discrepancy occurred between the
amount drawn from bank and the
amount of the pay roll, and only ascer-
tained it eight or ten hours ago.
Here Counsel asked witness in what
light he regarded Mr.. Hyde's action in
relation TO the six dollars. Witness
declined to answer, and Mr.. Pickles
sustained him in his refusal.
Mr.. Bradford thought the question
was proper one; if witness regarded
Mr.. Hyde's action as questionable or
dishonest, it was his duty at the timo
to make the fact known to tho proper
authorities, otherwise he would not be
doing his duty. lie deemed the charges
against Mr.. Hyde the result Of politi-
cal conspiracy, and If he was not al
lowed to attack the credibility of a
witness in his efforts to disprove these
charges, the investigation was mere
farce,
Mr.. Pickles said it was Mr.. Danby,s
duty to turn the surplus six dollars
over to his superior officer, Mr.. Hyde,
aud not TO inquire what he did with it
He then ruled the question out Of or
der.
Nj Bradford appealed from the ru
hing.
Messrs. Pickles and Under cod still
objected to the question.
Mr.. Lynch was satisfied tn allow the
witness to answer the question or not,
Us he saw fit; he would rather, how
ever, see the witness evidence rebut-
ted by direct testimony than by ques-
tions attacking his credibility Mr..
McMenamin thought likewise.
Mr.. Pickles ruling was sustained.
Mr.. Danby's examination resumed
After Mr.. Hyde said he bought cigars
with the six dollars he did not say he
bad placed that amount in tho bank
account; | paid or all the men on the
pay roll whom it was my duty to pay
was very careful to verify the
amounts paid to the men with the pay
roll.
Witness was here shown page OF
the pay roll book, and asked If he knew
it to be correct; he said not as he saw
all alteration on il. He was next shown
copy of petition sent to him by
Council, asking an examination into
Irregularities in tho Department, which
he acknowledged and said he had NO
intention or desire to withdraw 1t. He
SAID Dir. Hyde held him responsible
for certain money, which fact alone
induced him to send the petition to
Council.
/ did not know at the time l; sent
my petition that Mr.. Hawkins had sent
one; | asked Mr.. Candy for an investi'
CATION before petitioned Council, but
he refused it; have heard no declara
tion made by persons connected with
the reservoir relative to the removal OF
Mr., Hyde; never made any request
or suggestions to any person relative
10 such change; have never heard
any such suggestions made.
The pay roll for the week ending
April 18th was here produced, and Mr.
Dandy made the following statement
in reference to it;
l went to the Clerks Office, this
morning, and examined the check
book, and on the stub marked April
10th, noticed a mistake in the figures
the pay roll of the Water Department
was footed up &l76.12 with $36 charg
ed to the reservoir; l went TO the
Treasurer's office and got tho pay roll
fsr the Water Department for the
week ending April 18th; l found the
column was added up inside with tho
item of $50 included, making tota
of SIG. 10; on the outside it was writ
ten s148.12, with the $50 added, max
ing total of $1S6. IL; l saw here wa
where the mistake of S6 occurred.
Dir. VIM. Nj, Candy here stated thai
the mistake occurred by wrong ad
ding up of the pay roll by him.
Charles Burton. Jr., examined-An
Registrar in the Water Department
Mr.. Hyde did not pay me the SO sur
plus money; he told me he had spen
1t but its equivalent was always read,
for the city or whoever 1t belonged to
afterwards asked him how they mad
out with the pay roll, and he said the,
were in SO dollars; Mr.. Hyde made n
secresy about this matter; told hin
would look over the books and sc
where the mistake occurred; he sal
he did not know who the money be
longed to. Here another discussion
arose over the same question whicl
was objected to in Mr.. Danby's cross
examination. The question was agai
ruled out.
Henry G, Mahaffy examined-I ha,
some cigars one afternoon, given m
by MIR. Hyde, which was said to hav
been bought with the &c. remarlxe ~