The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-08

roll was blank. saw IL filled up In The
| Grand Jury: cnnnot read ana write
WIS paid In 1874 and 1875 Ia Mr.. Moss 4
Office In the Customliouse In 1873 wai
paid ut Kursheedt a Bienvenu's; worked
extra hours; was promised extra pay
never got 1t.
CORNELIUS DAILY.
Lives In Mississippi; Is u stone cutter
began work ms such In June, 1874. on
the Customhouse; was paid ~ 30 a day
with the exception Of November, 1874
when witness received W.; signed. three
blank pay rolls each time he signed
one month when tho investigation ol
Kinsella was going on the pay roll was
filled mt "a so when signed saw pay
rolls before the Grand Jury filed ut $3
was always paid by Kursheedt % Bien-
veBu, except in July. 1875. during the
investigation, when he was paid by. the
paymaster In Mr.. Moss office, fret
worked ifs-~JInc, 1874, Tor Kifsheedt Y
Bienvenu ut their yard; was transferred
to tho Custolnhouse; made an
affidavit before Commissioner Craig
was asked by Mr.. Hannah. Kur-
sheedt IL Bienvenus foreman, with
n young man named Burke, to swear
that | had received 50; he told mo
that the swearing did not amount TO
ANYTHING, and that il would obige him.
Swore so to please him; the next day
found out that 1t was important, and
changed my testimony. Hannah prom
ised him work II he would Withdraw bis
affidavit For two weeks, In June, 1874.
worked ut Kursheedt II Benvenu's
yard. signed pay roll In full that
III ,nth also. wns not vt work on Gus
tomhouse work during that time.
EDWARD BURKE
lives here, Ia now u cotton marker !,
worked on the Customho,ise rs marble
polishcr: was paid ~; Was discharged !;
taken back ut III 10 u day then again
Mt ~: signed blank pay roll saw some
three pay rolls before the Grand Jury :
they were filled out ut 80 day; Mr..
Hannah told witness not to mention
that he was getting less than $3, be-
cause we would get into trouble, we
promised, DAILY and /, with u man
named Malone, but swore that Tonly
received 81 rs and ~ q day, Human
reproached me for not swearing to re.
ceiving 70 day this was before Special
Agent Kinsella. was paid In Kursheedt
Il Bienvenu's office. except ono month !;
during the investigation, signed filled
puy rolls and was paid Ia the Custom.
house, the blank filled up in July md
signed In Superintendent's office WIS
exactly like the blank rolls witness
usually signed, is under the impression
that the pay roll was filled out on nc
count of. the examination that WAS going
on In Mr.. Kinsela's office.
LOUIS puNEKY
was employed in the Customhouse in
1873, "a aud rs fluting columns; In
July, 1876, was asked by Mr.. Hannah to
swear before Mr.. Kipseila that he WAS
getting No u day. refused to do SO WAS
getting W so u day. q man named Ma
lone swrre he was getting $a; .tlgughn.
his wssa not gettiag 10 sIgned bIAn X pht
rolls; saw them filled at ~ before the
Grand Jury. When engaged III work ct
the CustonhotIse would work outside
also. and sign pay roll for u full month q
work in the Customhouse signed the
pay rolls sometimes at Customhouse,
sometimes at Kursheedt IL Bienvenu's
shop.
AMBROSE FLrTCHtNeEH.
Worked as stone cutter on the Custom
house, In 1874, about u month or SO; was
w 75 II day signed the pay rolls
twice. never saw the pay rolls after. ut
that time workmen were paid every two
weeks. did not notice whether the
blanks were filled.
THOMAS TULHAM.
Lives here Is q carpenter; worked In
1874 about one month for the Govern.
ment; was paid 81 rs u day: signed
blank pay rolls saw them again before
the Grand Jury; his account was right;
was paid by the Government was en-
gagged by Mr.. Harmon; was polishing.
PATRICK QUINN.
Was O polisher at the Customhouse
~ nd
one month after was paid $1 rs day
signed blank pay rolls saw them again
before the Grand Jury; did not notice
how his account was filed out: was en-
gagged by Mr.. Hannah; WIS paid In Mr..
Moss Office, never got his money the
day he signed the pay roll once had to
walt two weeks for L.. Witness was
then dismissed.
Mr.. Gibaon then stated that before
going any further it would be
well to know whether the commit
tee was Investigating the business
Df Messrs. Kursheedt II Bienvenu, or
the conduct OF Federal officials, and
that In justice to the parties
TINT they be subpgnaed and
requested 60 produce the contract nl
lnded TO in the testimony Of the wit
nesaes. The Committee concurring.
subprnaes were ordered to be issued
The Committee then adjourned to
morning at ten o'clock.
Thursday Morning's session.
KINsErLA's TESTIMONY RESUMED.
The witness rehenrsed his testimony
Of the previous day, and as he did 80
produced the vouchers. His statement
shows that all the certificates were false
and fraudulent. He knows this to be fact.
Reads the certificate Of J. G. Dyche's
statement that the Si6 barrels OF
ETC., referred to were falsely
made by him. That Switzerland, OF
Holloway Il Co., came
10 him to make an expose Of
the matter; that 1t was not
Intended to ship said goods to
that the whisky and tobacco
referred to as being shipped to Mata-
noros were never shipped as certified
Holloway & Go. had told
him that they had made arrangements |
with w. p. Kellogg to carry out these