The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-06
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
MORE M INK IND ERfUDuLENT PiS
FbgES.
Crooked Postal Matters -ENaminat'"aW
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Crooked Postal Matters Examination os
I0wcIIs ltOnhsnsrn.
Mondays session continued.
JOHN DAILY
has resided here since he was three
years old is u ston ccutter, has worked
on United States buildings. had worked
on the Customhuusr in 1873 for about
three months. had some difficulty
about the pay. had to sign blank pay
| rolls, received ~ 80 a day. knew thoy
were filled 1T three dollars. was geuer.
ally paid on signing. but sometimes hat
to wait saw the paN rolls hlleu Tor
| three dollars before the Grand jury IN
this city: about ten OF twelve stone cut
tors were employed at the same tlmc as
witness one Of them. Mr.. Burke, To-
ceived only two dollars Il day and was
put down on the pay roll hs canning
| three knew that he was entitled 10
more than he got. was thus led to be-
! lieve that something was wrong was
| summoned before the Grand jury ~ y
witness has not been approached hY
any one relative To his testimony before
1 tins committees, has worked ~ all some
! thirteen or fourteen months for the Gus
tpmiousc. heard that kurshcedt 4
/ Hicuyenu nad the contract. was pad ~
them. was Pail ny the Cu5tomhouse
only once. ut the time uf the election of
tDey were paid were Government
pay rolls. one of the stone cutters.
| Mr.. Jannny. nude a kick about
getting more pay. ne got SlD,
after he got the money he was dis
charged Col. Morsr was Supetintcud-
eut Of the tustpuhouse. ana ht. Synhtr
| his assistant there were men put 70
work by tncm on tho luildinE. I'hlllp
Boron to. me he WAS put down on the
rolls for S3 day. and ouly received
~ -.
john GIBBONS
resides in this city, has been here four
teen years is Il stouc-cutter hHd worked
On the Cnstnmnouse in '73. "a and ~
| il 1873 got - 80 n day III 1874 got ~
and ~ so. IL 1875 ~ and ~ 25 signed
blank pay rolls at Messrs kursheuit a
Bicuvcnu's shop: saw some OF the pay
rolls before the Grand Jury last month
they were for t3 "A day ior each month,
! whilst hn had been earning lIom ~ -
~ 80. identified the pay rolls perIetcly
in 1873 there were iiftonn OF eighteen
| men working, some earning rs hlgh as
! ~ 50 saw the natncs of two other men put
down ut 33. who only got IN reality W ~
! Messrs Kurshecdt 4 Eicnvrnu' lore
man said il was u contract Job but they
| failed to show u contract: they had
none. Witness further stated that 4
compromisc was attempted between the
employers. Mcssys. kurshccdt 4 Bien-
venu. through AIR. Walker. their lawyer.
and Mr. Mckinley Gibson, the stone
cutters lawyer. Messrs. kurshcedt x
Bienvenu thought the claim too large
aud allowed it to slide.
GEORGE HERoN
Hves on Fourth. street; has been here
thirty wears; Ia stone cutters has
worked at the Customhousc. com
menced in 1878. worked forty one days
that year: worked about five months in
1874, was paid $3 day; in 1873 got
SO 50: signed blank pay rolls: saw them
again before the Grand Jury saw every
body put down at 50 day his wages
were correctly entered. Witness only
saw one pay roll. and that one was right
SO far as witness was concerned.
PHILIP BERoN
worked on the Customhouse polishing
the marble in the hall was engaged IN
1874 and discharged six months later
was paid SO every five days. signed the
, pay rolls blank again saw some OF the
rolls before the Grand jury, his name
I was credited with 80 day saw three
pay rolls all crediting him with 81 {
, day. No one has offered witness money
, not 10 testify. There were somo sixt,
men at work for n time at wages rang
| ing from 81 rs to - u day. Witness
was hired by Mr.. Hannah, foreman Q
Messrs. kurshcedt x Rienvonu. Some
az the pay rolls were signed ut the Gus
, tomhouse. others at kurshcedt X Bien
venus store. the money WIS alWaN
} paid AZ tac -tot'.
cEDB,- Er&oN
recalled. stated tlut ee would soua
times work Elt tUa ahpF. -ontrt,uts Il
the Customhou#e.
!, JoHN TANNN
!. has liyod hero seven years u nl..thle
: cutter. was cmptnNcs! ut nt4 TIA /" ~ tn
! Gustomhousc in W. received WAR an
81 d Il day, signed pay rolls in blau
, form for his wages, saw one in th
! Grand jury rootu Che roll was filled Il
, at St u day for 1874, when witness wa
only paid ~ demonstrated with MI
Hannah. the foreman. and refused t
receive money settling his account a
two dollars Il day, and finally got. on
/ compromise. rs additional salary. 21t!
: making his salary S3 day. Nohod
, approached witness relative to his tcs
+. timony before the Grand Jury or tn
Committee witness was discharged
i though for cXacting three dollars a day
b The pay rolls signed by witness wer
: Government pay rolls, brought q
Il Messrs. kursheedt 4 Bicnvcnu's stor
D to be signed is under the impresso
I that the money obtained on the pa
9 rolls from the Government went t
1 somebody else.
I On motion Of Judge New the Con
] mittcc adjourned until Tuesday morr
. ing at 10 O'Clock.
i The session Of the Congressional Com
! ! mittoe opened ut hali-past 10 o'cloc
d this morning.
7 MR. f. A. WoOLFIEY.
Clerk of the United States Circuit Cour
knows Waldo T. Todd; knew fror
q rumor he was Il Customhouse employed
: four indictments are pending agan'
d him in the United States Court for cor
: spiracy TO defraud the United States
% two Of them are duplicates Of I'll
n others; Todd was not arrested; he
supposed to have left the country. Pa
rick Harman was employed III I'll
fCuStomhoUSe there are two indie