, 1876-08-26
THE STONE JOB.
Mossrs. johnson and Periolat Hear
Some Plain Talk.
The Intimacy Between Iscriolat
and Commissioner Tabor.
Taking Testimony Preparatory to Ask
ing for an Injunction.

There was very little that was new OF exciting
In stone circles yesterday. Tie lappicst Of those
WIN had taken part in the strife Incident tn ct-
ting the award fur thu nrw Courthouse ~erc
rcEiolas, Wa1kcr, and McSeti, mil tile sat1dcst
we're thusc WHO hal regarded the County Hoard
as an honorable bndy, und gDnc fntn the fight
TN thu merits ri their stone aud bids, and Onlv
foun'l ont their mistake when they saw that
they had hccn bcatcn Sonc except the "Ring"
and the successful parties were satisfied with
the result, and they. even, were not over de-
lighted for the that all sl.ics rgpursnf
inlunctions, suits damages, etc. grcctedthcir
Gurs. IN the forenoon must Ut the stone men
and thriF hangcrs-s'n nude tile Tlyuli their
headquarters, and at times their arguments and
disputes we're bolstesous In the extreme.
Among the crowd, at one time, wcsc
rERIot.Ar AND COMMISSIONER lotl*soNt
nnl they nttracted = great deal nf attention.
They, were approached by Michael Haley, anc
NJ tho ka,slstune men, who felt Outraged At
the treatment he had received in the mnk3ng Of
the award. lie first addressed himself to Perl.
olat. and succeeded in driving Him frntn the
saloon BY refreshing hts tnctnory about What he
fl'eriolaf) had tnfl hin somc weeks agn, the
drift of w1lic, was that the contract rouh only
he ha'l BY buying It, and that It would nut he
IT. it,.,n to o. any que .' 1ntii he WIS ready:
johnson anu gave HIN tonEue-lashng tllat he
can never forget. The conversation was very
exciting, and ut times II seemed rs II Johnson
tI,ukl mt gct nut unscarscd. 4 part Of thu ex-
change Of u'urtes!es, Ia worth repeating. Mr..
Haley felt outraged and wante0 to know u
Jollnsnn why le !ia.l been treated as he had,
and the conversation rns about ~ fo!lows:
sn.a ! "a !: Mr; +, llalcy: ""h5 hase been treated
.You Sect replied johnson, "wc wanted 10
build of limestone mid ilad nlways so III
"Thcn, why did you put us to the expense Of
paying your why all over the Northwest to look
ut our sandstonc guarrfesf'
Dh. well, We were invited"
Tile dialogue was continued after this manner
for q few moments. w1lrn Haley became TX
ricd untl threw s.,sne force and ircetnc.s Into
his rcn.arls. Said he. ".onsoi,, thr reasotl
you lid not treat us fairly Is, that ynu arc
thief; you lave mol gut M honest hn}r In your
i!ea,l; YOU area seou9lrel, dirty puppy, und
The last rc.llarks were enforced and cmpta-
SIZED by Mr. Haley shaking his fist In Juhnson's
| favc, aNd the latter turned upun his heel and
| slunk away, inatcsthg nu disposition to resent
what l.ad been sail, an no anxlrty 10 hear any
evidence rs to the truthfulness Of Thnt hau
been sounded in his cars.
! After the excitement lad somcwhat subsidcl
cut and hear the whole story, had
| 4 TALK WITH MIR. HALEY
in reference to stone nattcEs IN general. That
! grntlclAn wus found rcat1y to communicate
] un!y d part Of what he satd lc knew about the
WY ~ which the award hatl l'gc,I made tu Ed
viii Walker. What lie would say was his YER
sion Ut how Commissioner Tabor la1 been
| worked uIun and Induced to vote with thu
"lsing." uesa!d he met Tubor, SOME weeks ago,
one evening at the Burlirk House at little vino
anl central figure. He lad n talk with pcriulut
durins the evening; It WIS Saturday, und only q
few days aftcr thu Commissioners visited tl,t
Aux sablc 4uarriet. Perlolat told l!tn that Il
thu Court-llvusc he must put up the money
nud that even then he cnl.l1 not RET the job aut
lit (pcrlulat) was ready, ctc. At the meeting hi
noticed an intimacy between Periotnt and Tabor
upon the latter the in'propricty Of hia having
such associatLons, hut Il was all IN vain. fo
when t!lr coinpuny scparatc. periolat aud Tat'o
left together, arm IN arm. Beturc leaving, how
to It's house the neSt day., Sunday
ut 70 o'clock, aud they would reaso,
together mid see what culill be donc In the
CGurt-lInusc matter. He called on I'erlolat
at the appolned hour. but WI dismissed q ti
bc seen until after I. o'r1ork. Haley then wen
to church, where he mt ChArlcs Mcdonald
whom he askca to acconlpany him as wltnGs
IN his proposed interview. He reached TIL
reriolat ,nanslun 4 little utter II o'clock, an'
found Tahor and Pcsio+ut In the garden In clos
consultation, md agnin All Interview wRs Dc
nca HIM. lie tried to ret the interview he ha'
| been EHStteu To llafc Ut lateF AOur, ltlt VII
aguin unsuccessful, for Tabor and Pcriolat, Ii
later learned, hail zone of tnEether and In proc
u tic fact lie kucw they were subsequently seer
| prowling asu1nl a1n0ug the saloons of til
south und West Sides In u highly spirltua
mood.
The story Of Mr.. Haley, It will he seen, zoe
to estahlis! but nl!e fact, alll that IL the rcctn
!nt!Ilury between Tabor nnd pcrlulat. But u.ll
Ing to Ills story ~
which layc come to the rep4.rsorial car, anl ar
| mutters Of rerurl ulso, lis Importance Ii in
vrtusc.l somewhat. Prior TO Tahor's iultn,ac
with perlulat he repeatedly expressed his pref
ercncc for the use uf sandstone in the Cunstrut
ton Of t1u Courthouse, atid tie Sunday I
question was the tluy before tlc vntch In tn
board tn build u limestone, which ar. lluley
bis statement faifrd to cull utte,,t!un IL ur t
reneinfry.
In the afternoon work was commenced l,y til
stone tne,l, headed By Aid, Ba!lar1 und Snttl
to frame ..........
4 PETITION PoR An 1SIuSCTlOS
against tho County board cntrrin.: !nto cor
| tract fur the CURT llousu work With MeScf
alessrs. Ballard, Smith, Orleans, fialey, III,
utE,ers, made statrtnvnts to the attorneys ell
played IN the matter, ulleglu. fya1'l tu Il,
making VI tlle award, nll " which arc Fati
hare bGrn sufficiently conclusive tn base the ii
| junction upon. The charges af fraud arc snl
to law bcrlI tlesr direct agallst Ct,mmtsstuns
CArt,lI ttun any vi his associates, hut their e
lnoi,y will be taken tn4luy, mud the nluril.tl
: sired document, It IL expected will he really
! BE- 1uid before the Board ut It's TEXT meeting.
IS IT THE MAS1
| n The Editor Q| The Tribune.