, 1879-05-16
y,,co M to q Conversntlon Bc-
tween BurIing, Prnssii'g,
nntt Woods.
=. Object Aimed at l,clng 1iolman's
Removal md PrnsslnE's Ap"
pojntment.
NJ. Coloraa Witness Cannot Be
5haken In His
Story.
.,,riuation Of Messrs. Van 0sdol, 0leaye-
land, and stone-Outter
Cooper.

Cooper.
nj. b,,dre nuisance was at Its ht0llt yestcr-
=. ..mo,nup,-showcd N at Its worst, In fact
VI "a The result wns Tint among thu 'nany hun
ss.tk ,.. ot peoplo who wero prevented from keep
w. ..,ly JnornfnE engagements by getting
~ shs,nrk " a. ono or moro Of the draws, was
,.on.n1 swettt one OF the counsel In the Gus
.rHou.o cases The Court waited awhile Tor
w., st hnt at last directed that tho case go OH
.,bout him, trcre being enough counsel prcs-
~, 10 rucrd the interests ot his client.
y ~. The ninth day Of tho trial. md the pro-
...atno. ware opened when Mr., Doutell rcsuin-
N bts direct examsnatforof
n. L, HOLMAN,
~. .,,AssIstant Supcrihtendent In charge OF
stouecutting' -.....
The witness, In answer to Mr.. Boutcll'e ques-
,,on tod to shat extent the patching Ind gone
vhI,a hs was At tho building. The patches were
m, nm ritb tlsllac, which became soft In time,
nd The patches became very loose. liz renlen-
hrtd nutttpg Ills hand under ono aud 1t came
out very easily.
Ii regard to tho sawlug, the witness stated
tb,t son,e Of It was we'll done, but more of It
o,.r with chscl. The sawlnE In The largo portt-
% stone was about tho worst he liad ever sccn
The saw "wobblctt" or "rnn," because tho saw-
inr FAs not carefully done. 1t WINS to tile
euntr4ctor's interest to furnish largo stone,
btesu.s It saved stock, md he got pay for the
Swing besdcs 1u fact, It would have paid tho
contractor Ii tho muttcr Of saving In stock
].elf, provided he had gotten no pay from
The Government for the saving. The coping In
lie attic, - be bad seen 1t short time ngo, WAS
IN poos condition. Thr stono was scaled, anil
,oma Of II WAS otherwise defective. Heed,
,Iuellcr's mastcr-rnnson, seemed to have con-
Siderable petsoual influence over the men who
worked under him.
NJ. saett, who tad coma In by thlB time, took
10 the c1oas-examlnation.' The witness, In re-
pty 10 bis questions said that tho best stone In
the building uas in tho third story. Tho worst.
4 thsre was anything worse than the attic, was
ID the basement. Tho stonc Improved IN quail
tyn It went up until 1t reached tic nttic, where
Il xas very bad. The stock In the basement
ind atiis would como pretty near tic rs to
bsduess. The first and second stories. and per-
slps some Of the third, we're built when Potter
xnlu off1eo, although Witness wasn't very clear
Hto hat havng left the building in March,
lsa
Nj, Ruo,. want ,oto n,,nnto cros,.eram,na-
A'a w 'ao saolse1' W
sOAAlNa AND rETRoLRuM,
and Iron spots, and succeeded Ia drawing ont OF
The witness the optoion that the present scaling
M not .noarent when the stona VA. cpt. md
a.. ..,.. t,.,,,, ....... So. 49,, ,~.ts,,.
.e,' e has na.esnaa s .sna. ' , @ ..e, .
IA
h,ye cut # out.
IT, s,xtt .na,,, .,,,. ,,,,o 4, t,r,r,, .,, ,,ot
,.N,s . o's"' eu'"o way ;" "5mf ~ set
tae "hness 10 exclude from MA opinion "tHe
hibtts Of the men," but the witness doftly dr.
Glued to express an expert opinion on partial
hrou ~, sss.,.., p A. c'.a:, .,"s ~
onns nm afound' Mr. SWEET asked tae
Hftcesah II he could give an opinion as to the
antiquity Of the spots except from knowing tho
habits Of the men. The witnrss rcnlted that, In
ns opinion, no expert living could do that
t"e "'toess, III answer 10 Iafthef Questions,
s1a ao iuspeeteu hatcTlal lrteGularly-"heu
u9'e "as no regular Inspector ttefe. Just Aow
maeh &t01e 10 lad inspected, A1 lid not know.
l1!nspectLng, le rejected some that was not Of
Uniform color, md soma hs did not reject, for
green MID wet, and this want Of uniformity, lie
cut
"So., II you had insisted on tho rigid rulo OF
Inspection would il have nreronted ti1n erection,
Of The bulldingtn
1T had CONC down tn t1,e strict lctt.r al
The contract. fcar thr hu,ifrr ynl,1d havr ani,
tered, Of cn,1rse thnuvh. I tiidnit kunw thc
espleity Of tie quarry. | should say Tint, II
rejected nil stone ,1ot uniform, In color with a
gVod .anDle. abont ho,t th, .tnnca wo,,]5 hnro
go1eunder.,'
As to tho atone containing, 1rop.snota m t,,e
aurfser, tho witness aid ho rejected Iii eucn
stone except tl,osy In which thu spots could be-
pt oi gatl. % whsrs sis, is,n Rno S rnltIn't woI l
u vas Tor tilcse detects That Pottcr rccon
Witness Ind rrn,lored ths yorjonx t,nmmi.s si@,;,.
Eueh asststonre az he ronId. H,rhr rnnnrt nj
Tue third Cu,nu.IssIon. u hn snIt] ,y,,en is nttun
tian wns called to that s.wns whit WI, ,sn,,3.
al ,traddie." Isniies.] Potter, as iar as III
could make IL out. Was tfcnd.set aralnst III,
ltone, but did ali H., cn,I,d to rnycr Il nntt nrn
teci Ii. f'N
Juror Rttonr asked how
Sr.w,,.,
o4"HpANn of GohoH
~ shaollshed, mud wttileas said the Inspector
1si5ah!c htoa 70 tile office at tln l'uilAl,E.
<c,s Ii hceti counsel for Hill, asked wituess Il III
r,1ls Tu pase Thy eanlplc stone oil thc court+ruoH
,a,lhg, and witness said hu would II II wa
,o'm gu, locked all bright and cluan, anu irc,
t"f nTsse assseese. ,-.--