Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-14
The Postal Contract Frauds.
ENAMlNATIoN OF TWO OF THE ACCUSE
PERSONS YESTERDAY.


PERSONS YESTERDAY.
In yesterdays STAR il was mentioned that
Mr.. +. IngersoIl, United States Com
missioner, was holding, in the afternoon,
an examination in the cases OF Mr.. Kinds
and Mr.. Van Week, for alleged connection
with the mail contract frauds, at which
Judge Fisher and Judge Spen &c represented
the government, Col Cook Mr.. Kinds, and
Mr. Charles Thompson, Mr.. Van Week. The
case OF Mr.. Kinds was first called, but the
affidavit in his case not being on hand, the
case of Van Week was taken up and the
affidavit of Mr.. Woodward was read charg-
ing Van Week with giving Chester NJ. Colt,
clerk in the Post office department, 500,
with intent TO induce him To do an act cou-
trary TO his duty as clerk, viz: To procure
his assistance to w. G Giddings and Others
IN lraudently obtaining the considers. Ios1 81
certain bids for contracts Tor ca,rying the
mails.
Mr.. Cou wa, sworn and testified that
prolos-tI0n had been made TO him TO furnish
:-rtain information for a certain sum by Mr..
Van Week, saying il he could give IL 10 Mr..
Kettle There was 5000 IN IL ah Nleck dld
not mention Kettles name at that time but
said he would Introduce him (witness) TO the
party, and he did SO. The information askel
was as TO the lowest bids on certain routes;
could not say which routes they were.
Nothing was said about division in any Of
the conversation with Kettle. with whom nc
al several interviews; supposed at the
time that the 5000 was 10 be paid subse-
quentls recovered 800 from Kettle; never re-
ceINed any more nor did he expect any more.
thinks ne received the money ar Aman,s:
asked Kettle for money; after witness gave
the Information Kettle put I'm some lower
bids-two or three he was certain got in
Cross-examined-Wss a third-cIass clerk.
MS duties were mostly those of a Correspond
ing clerk. answering letters as 10 the Laws
relating 10 contracts; Van Week said hs
wanted 10 Introduce him TO very nice feI-
low before Introducing him TO Kettle VIII
mes ness asked Il. ior loan, and he tk.D give 10
as a loan and witness received il as such.
Ro -dlrect:-Witness gave Kettle TO under
stand that he would pay il back [By Com
mlissloner-Nitness had access 10 Inc Texas
olds part OF the time.l He furnished the tn
formation foolishly as one friend would DO
for another
>. ". d; Keae testified that he asked Mr..
an leck 10 Introduce him To Colt and rhe
three met at Helmus'. on 9Th street. there
made arrangements; then followed several
Wlhe dinners. Witness got ACQUAINTED with
Colt and then approached him ON business,
and the result was that Colt brought him the
DOCK ana showed him the figures of the low
est rouIes. Witness gave him 500. Liyings-
ton TO Willis and Willis 10 Montgomery, in
Texas, perhaps Paris TO Mount Pleasant, or
perhaps San Antonio 10 Corpus Christi. Did
not loan the money; don't loan money; that
was especially in the terms. Paid IL for the
information received. Colt got I'm all $50.
Van Week was present at the time witness
paid Colt 500 Colt drew on witness for 5000
and witness told Van Week he couldn't see
IL. Van kind of laughed, and said he thought
il was pretty heavy. Witness made nine
bids in consequence of the information re-
ceiyed from Colt. lCertain bids were shown,
81 go, 3l,l3l and Others, and witness said
those were his bids.l He supposed that Nan
Week knew wine dinners were not given
without purpose. The case was adjourned
until to-day at O'Clock.
The hearing was resumed before Commits
sioner Ilgersoll at go O'Clock this afternoon.
the number in attendance being much larger
than on yesterday. District Attorney Fisher
announced that he would not present any
more evidence against Van Week at THIS
time.
Mr.. Cook asked if the United States aban-
doned the case?
Mr.. Fisher answered that he thought the
government had made out pri,aa yacie case,
and sufficient for the commissioner to hold
Won Week for the action Of the grand Jury
Mt. Cook said he did not think that WSy.
and argued that there was no evidence of the
guilt of Van Week The case was in pro-
gress when our report closed.
When this case is disposed of the case of
Jerome j. Kinds, ex-United States marshaI
frauds, will be taken up. There were q greaf
many Alabama politicians present All of
whom seemed TO be interested in the result.
NAVAL 0RDERs.-Ordered-Ch Eugi-
neer +. A. Wilson TO temporary duty In
connection with the trial OF the Tennessee.
Detached-faym master j. Bayard Redneld
detached from the Monocacy, Asiatic sta
tion, on the 26th OF February last. and has
been ordered To settle accounts.
STATIONERY CONTRACTS AvARprn
The board to open the bids for supplying the
Treasury department with STATIONERY con-
tipned their labors to-day. Up 10 D. m. the
Manufacturing Company. OF South Hsdiev
Falls, Mass, legal foolscap and letter nsnS
William Ballantyne, Of Washington, 10. C.
d. lockwood, of Philadel phia. and the Mo-.
gan Envelope CONF V, OF SprIngieid.
Mass, the contracts 70: yeiopes.