, 1876-09-29
AFTERNOON SESSION.

on the stand: Nfr. Ashton told him that he had
paid Ills bill to Pcr!olat, and supposed the whole
matter had been settled.
Mir. Deartlsley waa then temporarily with
drawn, and Gcorge y. Kimberly was sworn:
I1o was Warden Of tho Insane Asylum tn
July, 1874, and was 10 appointed BY the County
Commissioners. Mcssrs. Ashton. Russell,
johnson, Jones, Carroll, aud Harris were
members Of the Board. During 1874 the 1nsano
Asylum and poor.I1ouac were furnished with
groceries by ForsYthe = Co... and With meat by
and certify to ali goods, aua during 1874 he ce,.
sse sess no. no reesived he Witness then .1paed
through Tic Board every month; the senllag 10
OF arcalilstton to the Board: ta reference 10 the
Committee on Public Charities: and Its final a.
lowanee by the BoartI. Wlcn thc goods were
would approve and return to tho County Board
for payment. The bills usually chilled for from
several hundred 70 $1,000 worth of goo'ls moro
than were actually rcceLycd ntd a1n,lng M tle
feas than ela006. lie sometimes certified TO tho
bills In Forsytte's store, and then again at the
Asylum, wlcrs be- llyed. Witness t.l had
f5ss o e s n ses Il pesest ssss o q lid ts not fns% sa
the amount paid him exactly, hccausc the mon
ey Ind come to him at Intervals, but thought
that from J4ly 1s IT, to Jaly 49, he Ind been
HAlu ~ UlilCll Ab E3ip11 III
THE PROPOSITION FOR TIE FRAUD WAS MADE
TO 1t1M DY rERtpLAT,
who said to him that Ae tw!tness) might Is VOL
nuke somo money out of the transaction, and
cent u ills share. The first agrecu,cnt entered
into with him was not carried out Perfolat
would say TO him, at tln'cs when he ought to
have paid him money, tess h9 could not pay 5I iim
to Foeyshc against The Commissioners:
Here Mr.. Tulcy triod to prove Wllut Pcrtolat
Ind tolsl witness rs TO whom nc had paid money
t o Court It 9Yt Us p
also short, the shortage amounting to US muel!
as slgU per month. Commissioners uurrls and
johnson knew Of THIS fraud, and had spoken to
/ him about 1t In July, 1874.
The conversation vas excluded by tho Court
bccausu the witness could not positively fix thu
tfate.
| Tho contract price for meat was fire cents
| ncr pound, aud the quantity sent to tic Asylum
rs per hfl was greater atior July than before.
Tho witness *u5 here shown soma ol thc
grocery BILLS OF tho Commissioners from which
| tho printed head Ind been tOrn oil. lie rccoG-
nized TIC b!s and Thy ha 9scn gtyelt LIT lm W
Ar. Tu1ey hero tried to prove that Pcrlolat
lad told Kimberly that the bills i question Ind
been paid by linn, and must be deducted from
tho fruul fund between witness nnd pcrIo!at,
etc, but the Court sustained all objection, and
held the question incompetent under tho foFe-
noon ruling.
Mr., M: noLnES t,lI,,a ,n.r, ,.,o,ro, =.
had ncen present. wien Eoous Wc[o 1cce!'cu ~
tho Asylum. AZ one Lime INC Cosn1nittee on
Public Charities received the Eoots, and 10 once
refused to certify to certain biz ln svleh there
the shortage. The shortages generally consisted
Ut tic absence Of packages, md also ln short
weight Witness se,tsd 70 bIts ,,"ln wcn ne ne
kncW TIC Eoous nau not ocen uell'e5eut WY
never atoppeu 10 ask ahy qnes.ious;; r,i Ie1!uin.
Ial pa1d l!lHi money o. ti!c stoTc ot to1sStho
W. fcriolat ollered hlhl 2 check lor
s5o0 at onc timc wheA no fclIsea
to receive; Pcrlolat got TUG cheek g easne4 ,et!
aftcrwasa and gave 4lm tle money: i1e had
often ,.net Aahton. Holden, Crawford, Jones'
Russell, and llarrts lt l,erto!ars oliicc. lie saw
Jones thcrc nbout the tlA'o q the !ate inyest-
CATION, hut nothing WIZ hald n his heatl'lg II
relation to money. Holden, McCaltrcy, Anr-
ting, and johnson received tug goods upon one
oce1aton When there Vas shortage u ABOUT
s.au woFti OF eooas. 1He "athcss Lnen, III ny
swcr, to ihe question o. Juror, explained Lat aI
length !ow tio shortages oeclrIea' saying an9.
wten four bar1e'a O. alFsap Wcse oFaeroa 0sllY
two would be furnished, ctrs, wl!lc Io.lf were
pad 1or aha IN many mssahess t.!at tiu "G'snt s,t
Of rackaecs was incfcasca OIL tue plils aoout
ong-t!ld. 49,. .u.,,,. ,...,..... H.,
lie remembered tne i1olt'eh investigation. ~ IL
reference 70 the shortage 10 dry Eooda IL 10Th
anu visitation ot thc commissioners. me ~
after meeting Of pcrlolat McCafscy ana hiul'
Mr: T4ley cndcayorcd.. to prove that at tho
meeting acCatlrey was given soV', ana fl!e ~.
vestigatlon was stopped on ACCOUNT III IL, put
tle eyidcucc WAS excluded III ineonpttent.
Witness continued, stating tt!at fcfloht to!u
htMi tllat Tue trln Of Fors jtslc u 20. Owed NM
{klmbcrly} balance, antl wdntcu him TO Trans
fer It to HIN, 81 l could Eet thy money ana use
Il, promising To nay Il bayk: He t9ld Eorsytass
tho 'fK," account.
Al this potnt certain ---
MEAT ANp GROCERY bills ,,.,
for 1876 were called for. but could not be lount'
whcreupon John Cumlsky was sworn as to
whether hu had produced n!l such bills In hts
possession. lie aatd l1c had, aud tlut t!la bills
had been IN the possession Of tho Grand Jury,
As,d he did not think that MI he EaYe Tho Jury
lnd beeH returned to lilm.
Kimberly continued: Tllo grocery bill for Feb.
rua1y, 1876, llal bcrll shown lin. hY tlc Grand
| JurY,-tllu I'LL llu had not certified TO. He re-
i 1nelnlcsrd tic tins the goods wcra received
, that there WIS asurtagc Of about $780, md Mr.
Tho missing lllcat.btfl allowed III Increase u