, 1879-05-31
Mueller Continues and Concludes
His Testimony.
Tho Rest Of tho Day Is Given to
His Clerk Mills,
Who Turns Out to Be the Last Wit
ness Tor the Defense.
To-day Will DO Occupied by the Testl-
mony In Robutta1.


In response to Ms. Swctt's questions, tic con-
tractor sail TINT he was worth, before tsc wctt
into this Custome1fouse business, sl.825 900.
or this amount 81 ,00o. 600 represented the value
OF quarry AMI machinery, raflroad-trncks, loco
motives. md hoats; s4oo,ot0, lila Front strecs
(Cinclnnati] mill, falhes, etc.; 0,0o0, }its mn.
chinery; 100000, stock OH hand, Quarrcd;
<2l5, ,0O0, bis dwcll!ng-llouse In Cincinnati; anl
$l5U, ,000, ha Now York mill and machinery. For
good measure he threw IL. his houses In New
York, louso IN Brooklyn. and a lot In Cincfn-
natt, without assigning any valuo to them. For
the Front street mill lathes. etc.. c was offered,
he satil, $500, 600 cash In 1919. When he bought
The quarry hc wasn't worth over ~, 600. All he
had ,nado since grow out Of tho quarry.
Mueller tried 10 explain, bit It was very hnr1
work, owing to his unfaniiarity with English,
That, owing to defective atonc-settihg In the
frat, second md third storcs Of tho new building
here, tic workmen wcrc Obliged to cut off more
stone, after saving, than they would otherwise
havc bcen obliged 10 cut had the setting been
MI right, In other words, the stone-setsng anil
not the contractor was to blanc for th[s extra
cutting.
Mr.. Campbell cross.cxamIncd, md put The
wltncss-lcfcndant through n course Of qucs-
tions regarding Ills financial status at vnrlous
LltllESs hIiQHE uEHGl kLlIIt,S{ 1AAE1IGt
satd he built raroal from the
Ohio River to tho uunrry, before lio
made this routract to furnish stone for tho now
building, ut a cost Of $4,000. a locomotive
nude him shell out $l3, 600, and cranes and cars
cost him someth!ng more. After he entered
Into tho contract. he apent nbout $500, ,0o0 On
tho punrsy-'n buying ",tsavclcrs," making al!
his machinery and cars hcavfer IN order to 0et
out such large stone as was required for the
building, etc. The parties who offered him The
$40U OU for the Front street mill wanted 1t fur
rolllng- mill, and ho supposed II was Just al
uuoA for rolling mill now rs II was then. The
quarry mud machinery wero mortgaved for
about $100.000.
Mfr. Campbell ilivel Into 's
THAT sAw1ao QuEsT1oN,
aud Mueller expiained-wtth nurc succcss this
tima-thut tho stone was sGt In tho courses
thicker than the plans called for. III other
words, while the stone was saved to Il proper
thickness, the worksncn filled up the joints with
SO much mortar that, when It came to settIng
tho top stone ot coursc, that stone had to be
cut OF go as to mako the hight Of tic conrao
correspond with the hight US put down tu thc
"Whnt you mean" asked Mr.. Campbell. after
getting the full drift Of IT, "is thnt tile men put
In teo much mortar and eement'"
ssYon mean lint they nut in moro than an
HYes.n
$50 when they came to the nppcr stone in o
courss, they had to cut 1t thtnneri'
snow We understand thut,n remarked Mr..
| Campbell, "nl,u, when the Jury examine the
building, l want them to rive careful attention
and see i They can lud thu mortar" fsnlilcs.
The witness cann down from thu stunt, nHl
I Mr., Strotk stuuncI him on the way, 4 brief
| consultation tuok plncc.
"Do you mean what you said1" askod the
lawyer In Qt undarf0ne.
Mueller explained that ono Of the forcmen
| told him about tl1fs stone.scttt1'g pceutiariLy
"Ob," sud sir. Swctt, looking up, s'll,ero is a
mistake about this. lie says the forcman told
| him so.h
Mr.. Campbell askcl to have all The testimony
on this point stricken out.
| Mr.. Gwett, To Set tile matter right, nskcd
Mueller how 1t was--ff he understood this from
| one OF tile I1e,,.
III measured the stonc," replied Mueller,
"one day, and saw It was sawed to the Thick
ncns tl.aL It should b.. Then askcl ,Lo furu.
nan wha: 10 Sut It down for after That, mud he
Wr!l.n said Mr. SWEET, NJ suppose, al oyj.
dence, II should 70 out"
and 1t went out.
4. q. MILLS,
| who, without flattery, may be said to bo The
brtins Of tlie lefeuse, the snan with tue clear
est head. anl tue ereatcst facility In e1pressln4:
himself, of the whole crowd,-wa tic next wit.
ness catlra. lto sail bis family lived iu Wusil-
inEton, mud he cAlled that his home. Il. 1Stl5 be-
beca1ne clerk In tlc Office Of tte Third Auditor
q ti,e @ Treasury. After that he went into alul'
nln!nihg until Marcll IL, 1874. lie theu went to
Esw @ iorK IN! % was as g@nEagca @ 10 business Of h.&
own untm Mnr 30 ls,s when by eays up h:
employ, IN pursuance Of service routract lnad.
some days previous. Mills explained Vi
Architcct'a o!lce. 1t was the practice d
ictter.writer is,aatlesj, to dle,ats ictter'
tu Ills stenoarnphcs. Succeeding Supcrysl,,.
Architects Ind not, he believed, followed i,
Mu1lct5s footsteps In t!,as respect. Nor
tsns n.a.tcss-slM not 70 to tho supervisor,
Architect for revision. Otllers did, and Mulct
woni's frequently retnrn then, tu the clerks 10
eosIeGtiou. corr When he resigned hla position +
ar0aoit, accompanied by u leave Of abse!lce To-
tnree months With pay.
ar. Swutt rend tlIa documents, az we'll as
sstter from Mu!'stt-a hitter that anybo.,
paEu nnt lIalt long. AZ this tlmo Mills suit
ilu iIan't thu retnosest ilea of golug into Muel
!er's employ. lie then expected to rennln 4
New York. his nat9o city and now he wishe
Mr.. 6watt asked him to give tho rcasous VIII
tlc Government entrrei Into
TuA lb-pnuRxg CONTRACT sYsTEN.
The Inv prohibited. he said, expenditures I
excess Ut tho appropriation. sllllett was
determined opponent ol TIC lump contruct ayl
tenn, because under It und under tts pruysio
1f the law he hAd TO- walt too long to got
bniltaing asarted. llo therefore favored III
days work System. hut the Ureat reasun t.
thu adoption of tho l5.pcr-ccnt contruct systeI
Mas thr provisions allA workings Ut tic Etgh
Hour laM. Tho Government considered that I'll
cxtra TWO huurs' work obtained under ten lou
II day, anl the fact that ths contractor woui
l'asu to furn.h !anl, sllvds lab.lr, uni matcrsa
= would more than pay t0r this IL por eunt, Ha
= = the cutting been DOM ut Cincinnati tts Gu,
!. ctntnunt would haye gotten two hours tlu
: 1noto work out ot ttss Meut as@l tha cutth
a an exception to tic general rule iu tat on
y eight hunrs aaJ was required hare nrnol
+" st0,ic-cutttgs, alnt the Government had to co
!. iurtl to this private rule. iia liu nut rerole
:, Aurller's gettlMg lhts contract, ct,-lIun't remet
: Der him ttsnt far hack. Ito Ind 10 rrrollectIt
= | Of having arpwn tho contract; hut, ID Ii
. initials wcro .attaeheA to II, ho Was rcspoustb
- tor it, lle hud nothing to 10 vii, issuing II
- advertisements, au,l no hnl ncqrr ilnii any i