, 1876-01-23

no 6TCH coSyEEsA110N.
THIS reporter frat csl'ed upon gent1smtr
uhoes name it is unnecessary to give, viii
whom he had tbs following conversation;
sDid you have conversation with Mr. Nixon,
Of the Inter- Ocean, upon the subject OF tha city
printing, in which, vhen it was said $1,000 had
been offered, he remarked it had cost him $500
more thkn that?"
II never bud such = conversation"
"That waa tho converaation 2"
'Never had any conversation on that subject
with Mr.. Nixon At Ill. Never spoke to him about
It. 1guess you hare got hold Q! the wrong mxn-
Docs Nixon SAY he had conversation OF the
kind?"
"No, but hoard it outsido," spsxsrsd ths re-
porter.
II never had Any conversation with him to
my knowledge on the subject OF city printing.
might have had, but il I did, it 1as 10 slight
that it passed entirely from my mind"
IF sou ever hAa such 4 conversation. do you
tcnsmber that anything wls said about money 2"
@No, sir.''
''Do You remember that d, 900 waa spoksn Of
u having been o1e1ad BY another pspaz for the
sity printing!"
NO. sir. not By Nixon"
"Did you make the remark :"
at WAS never made By me."
ibid you ever hear that 600 va o6srsd7"
aaked the reporter.
"By anv paper7"
"Dy paper IN this town. for the printing"
SWELL I don't think that ever did No."
"Have you ever converred With any body about
ths city printing. and about the payment Of
money therefore"
"Op yea, 1 crest ueany people,"
"Ana to whom you have spoken abont
THE rATMESr or MONEY!"
II don't know "a spoke OF money. I spoke
to sesersl people and said 1 supposed that mousy
had been paid. guess Ne mentioned money 1t
the time. and that money hAd been paid"
Il don't know"
"Io whom: -
mcnt ! did not say that there VAS Any money
rad that knew Of I merely STATED it il coz
versa''on in = general way"
Did that refer to the Inter 0cean''
Net st all."
did yourself aud 3fr Nixon ever havs con-
versatioo In regard to that contract Of two y4Ars
AEo:"
tion"
did you ever h.ve any convszs.tion of any
shape, nature OF description"
Not 1t all, sir none whatever"
.'hov, vart TO ask question to completely
refute it, MIL xzk question that will compre-
lend the tto1y- Did you over state to ANYBODY
that smother paper hsd offered 81 600 for the
city printing two rearB ago, to which Nix on Te-
piled that it cost him $500 mo,o than that7"
mo. alr l never had an7 such conversation
With Ms. Nixon. I never know what it cost
the Inter- OCEAN to get tho city printing. and
never waa SPOKEN TO On the subject two years
s5o lheard Abuut that tlmo that tho Inter- Ocean
"3s to have the city printing. and that IL all
know. / never spoke to Mr. Nixon On the SUBJ
tall you co."
"Ay question asked il you ever said that
sCcH coSyLnsAT1oS OCCURRED
never sad it. I never told Auv mAn that
soch d conversation had occurred OF course,
hadn't / never made any reference iu al uY
conversation with Mr.. Nixon to thu subject"
Did you have any conversation with any
body connected with the 1nter-0cean on the sub
3ees Of city printing!"
- Did you ever state that anGbody connected
with the Inter Ocean had told Jon that it cost
them S55t0 more than 9l,000?"
never mentioned the a1biact."
4" Did you haro any Conversation with any
gentleman on the Inter- Ocean 10 reference 70 tha
ph7meat OF any monsy It III p
- No. Ii1."
!" Did sou have \ conversation With ANYBODY
10 reference 10 the ravment Of money By the |
%'@e. '~A eA40 %4t3 P!AAL44k
"No, sir. |
81 For anything else 2"
- don't understand what you moan exactly.~ |
Ibid you ever hays anv conversation with INV |
gentlemen about the psyment Of money By tho |
Inter OCEAN, or anybody connected With il.
FOE ANT PURPOSES wHATEyER Pm
II may have had such conversation with
outside pa.tles, but NTH nobody connected with I
he I,.ter- Ocean, II did. I don't recall What it
Tas."
do vou remember Eho the outside parties
gere?"
no. sir. couldnt tell who thu outside psz-
les we're"
Do you remember for what ths money VS.
,2id Z"
What uonoy7"
'*Ey the In:e7-Ocean ~
IL never knea that ths InteT~Oceon paid any
eoner."
- understood you to sav that you had con-
ersatIon about paying nonsy By shs later
}cean,"
~ s.id might havs bad conversation In
efezence to
~HAT II COST
What w&1 R1td in relation to 1t -
," don't fAaollset. Il ni9hs h6f4 baan 4h9 |