, 1877-04-18
AFTERNOON SESSION.

AFTERNOON SESSION.
GHoRaB \. ADAsts.
Al the opening of the afternoon session Mr,
George u. Adams was placed upon the stand. 11o
tesded that for sixteen years past be had been en-
Kngcd A. \ contractor. in 1877 he wss Interested
In bid pade for furnishing gravel for the improve.
nneut o: Fifty .hSth street. or Pavilion parkway.
The bid was made BY bis brother, II. T. Adams,
and witness had a hAts.intsrsst In 1t. Ii
wsa bona lido. Witness spoke to Cornell
and Gage nbout the work, and they
tbut especially 0agc) said that tho Com.
mastoners felt under obligations 10 John Mccaf.
fiery. to whom they owed good deal Of money.
To his knowledge the bid was never withdrawn,
and his brother said that hs had ns1cr authorized
its withdrawal,
Mr. Iferrsek read from the Board records stato-
ment 10 the cdect that tho hid was Withdrawn Ia
October, 1879. Counsel offered in cyidenca tho
bids Furnished By Shepherd and AeCaGory II the
time.
The witncas further stated thst year later bid
was pat In By q Mr. Stevens, IN which he hstd
greater thtcter, which waA s1ao rejected. witness
offered to Rlvo bonds. Hc had gravel. pit, which
q Ht,. 9ccai,err. but 10 nnderstood that berry
vtsi,ta a,t, The pits .nd Judged s,stsaly y to ths
a.h s, aad Il sshsr q .he.s LII soea or
opinion cinders lsld aud rolled wcrc worth 1t That
rFiss axel for etass wss sbont eostest ss one. ne.
although II he had bsen asked 10 supply tho gravel
esss s' ,ifS as sn dsa i fss sss
esvens sid VA. s.. IS Or y. o. md nav wi'ness e.ieu
9tsd t. ,al m.ss f1 d,y Pfoat !. ths.e aSaIes
John sseCafefv. and tho Hoard Of Public Works
uaed 1t and pronounced 1t good
Col. Thompson. after c!0ss.examfn!nE The viii
Rs eonaet ~ raE 's Ss
Elm. produced letter from the witncss' brotslor
rssa o os a IT. s sSes
in saytnx thai ho had not Withdrawn, for that was
his brother. signature, and the date was Oct IL.
% quality q .he gravel apd ths w!.nea. Stood
ageLesa T. 1y everybody except tho pfopflsto1s ot
JASON II. snErIEaD
identified hls signature and hla BID, which no
thought was bona adff. an4 which ile no aoubt In
ha.s f!aps. sssR w.
II xeitns out afara possts fvr .ana Would %oaia
nei o'no: The Woodruff pit (Adams) had vein
is,tick Isanerty romsmbered the adoption Of tho
Park act aid received no bsnedt thereGy. Did not
buy sny |und between the tlmo Of the passaga OF
H. Ms,c ss ~ No. IL SSaopSa Ss Hy tho people Il
n sonuneon With Joha ceaisSey. .s Sss dssaoa S Sy
that Individual & tho morning session. Ne1ef re.
an asns Of sss sa o ssg ss
; en- n.1s III .sss ,ss,ys aGq,E fss
s S sut s not e sG.easy ss ss.
fsss.sd y NJ: Tras.dell, III. vltes,.:..ta That
10 thought certain person tHnnantedl said that ho
speclaed prizes, i being premi'ci tnat ha
iii s which Id eesn pa..ea spS II sss Les,saals
The man named lid uot take the ''nptiou, " hu
supposed, because tho pFico was too high. iLaugh.
MR., Q. G. WICKER
sam, raI'ed 10 intaonee the Judges oi sisttlon ia
disposition Of such fund waa offered to I'd SAlo.
lnon OF barney caulacld. md believed the whole
It i'i sf sn sei:s thy T: III ea b. % sts f.:
favor of ihs bi i'd % isr !. he knew. liz eiso. "
wsie psid ior ,hs!r work. bat psr.on va. olseG
to vo!s or to influence tha election, ~ far ~ wit.
son., lie said that ha got mo Atkins contract
leg.lmatsly tn C!nsinastI and further deel!nea 10
he got Il frotu Wstsht or Atkins, or anything csa
sseIs y s1sspt has hs got It By eon4s"s OF tia
uen. Rewett wanted 10 know II Cot. Thompson
acknowledged thu paper ~ being the original enn-
Coi. rhompsoa said shat hls eontsn.,en was that
Nj. T1uesdsl, said thnt II anything Of Ibis kind
y s;ain:s ,as 'as a, na'sss s'''ny would ''n'a
Judge. Danlsvy Understood that ths eoatrae. WAS
snnuiled By contracts since made. In auswsr to
elt. Ka'ss. witnass said that he wsa not attotnsy
fos Mr. Eaton, but actca ~ his friend aud adviser.
E.ton bad several stsotneJ*.-JudRe Gubb!ns,
Was.: hs asaesa a,os sns Hsass. e:
Latter repaid him when to got his mogsy from tho
nfhRF n r. 4 In fnR
hla fsmlly IL Iowa Thought that hs had 70 -.
an5:y ss :9f s S' s1'ss I'd
found 70 b. tndot.ed by James Il. stsubsrty aad
drawn q ths Nations! lIsak et ce@@sics. '
Phillip: tract to the Commissioner for -. 600 Al
acre: lie and ais. Kerr had been asked 10 make
written proposition TO good faith and hr ccnsented
lion thu tsrn,s oHored wers nut acceptable, wit
AZ: r. offered to xss 4st.e!.lm dosd 10 u: Ksrr:
i sacH 4 En-,
aftsiwatds, ''they" being nowso and Cornell, Or
possibly Gage. Thought he still had possession OF
tho paper. and felt certain that one Of The tom.
mlsa!onuf1 mentioned handed It back 10 him 10 thu
Kcpuhlic Lifs|nsuranco building: Fslt .ars thst
did not take It s.'ay from Me. kales' othce. and
was eaually satlsat4 shas he psses gsvs Nj Kaiss
~ ". Kalst-Ths Eeason wtpesA made alf.
fstsnoa qi $500 per aero bet"csn thc psics Tor =
Su!f' claim snd shst 1oF wsrransea decd was that
he believed tho Conmisteunsr* n1scr ~aRte I
Warrantc& from Kerr. They were. In bis opinlou,
detee,nin!d 70 msks something out Of ths Phillips
mssts,a and 70 share II With beeAwtta and Kalea
WITNESS owNEp AN lsTxRE.r
IN Kesr's claim. sometimes ous fourth aud AQme.
kttt's Interest. AUD silt did so. md Intended to
~ had male "a sEtssmsnt with Thomas :. Dob;