, 1879-05-17


they couldn't pct work that WInicri'
II don't know. Homn men. you know. ara
very cauttous about RolnE to work. They don't
lko %ts"st t" york. Es,, Laughter: d,d ,,o ,ow
| The end Of tho jobl'
~ know t,lat to hc tho fact"
"l1ou't you think the fact that tho !ob was
nss1ls tss II s"d t' hsa "oeh to do With 'At'"
"Wasn't II found, when A1s. Hilt made Ills
design, that sotne Of the porticoc21ers pregous-
Z cut could not 10 used hs sucf',Vn went Into
~ know they were worked In"
Now, wcrnn,t those tho stones you spoke Of
as bo!ng reIcctelf'
No, can't say tl,at.n
"Now, as e, 10 the sawnE: YOU wore required
amount OF saving was unavAiiablei''
"!reported wl,at | thought was untvatlabte.n
"Now, What portion was unayatlabfcaH
considered ono bed on these stones tlat
wore sawed tDu thick as unavailable. The otller
bed could bc used to SONIC oxtcnt."
II point was tikcl where cl!sel might
hnye been used, was TINT under Psusstng's
II don't know TINT II ras."
air Lackucr succeeded In drawing out tho facs
THERE wAs Douni.H cusoK or THIS SAVING
nuatnHss.
The Inspector Of Material first inspected tho
stone, nnd then tho witness, In the process Of
cutting. examined Il, a,,l reported to prusslnr,
who was thus enabled to COMPARE notes viii,
tho Inspector. PrusalnE usually asked witness
his ornon on stSek In thg sasly gart ot
men made good time. Then tho ttmc foil of,
and they didn't do a fair days work. Besides
Richards, now dead, witness bad reported
Oats, Wilson, cuslck, aud others for excessive
time. A large proportion Of The men reported
for discharge wcrc kept, after slight suspcn.
sion. 4 man named Nicho1, for instance,
pended, nntl came back wittou. being doekel
for tho time he was suspended Ones there
was an Interview be.Hocn sotno Of the bounced
and Prussag ard pnrlnE, the men were taken
moro idllng,-on the attic story,,;and vitncsa
ier iefo tiat Re S dans n propoes so so so
responsible for 1t any longer, uee turned TIC
td,ess were discharged, md another cousnta-
tim was held in llse Office. Each Of the ting
kecpcrs anvo scaled estimate rs to his idea Of
The fair ttsnc and the men finally resumed work
ness that such mud such tfmu would he allowed
for that particular course, and, II they didn't
co1ne up to the time, he should report them: A
quarter Of days loss OF time might arise from
very guod natural reasons, ali when 1t didn't
70 over tfnt hu didn't report It, because the
Iimekeeptrs Ind certain discretionary power.
II was possible, hut not likely, that Richards
wa discharged ma takon 6aGk Gy te contract
positive that Pr'issing knew ct IL ouco. for hc
said to witness md others, ''Oh, guess you've
got spite AGAINST this trGn.u Pra6adlY this
nun was under AicQueeney or gindelc, who tnay
witness.
s.wnAT's 4 tB1o sQuAnE'a"
asked Mr. Lackuc!, vclS suddenly.
tbs witness, after getting what the lawyer
was driving al, replied tint tile "blg square :"
was square Of large stzs for measuring stonc
Mt Him. H.
"Now, wasn't 1t practice, when tho cutters
wanted the square, to coll put 'biG square, and
tho too!-boy would run and Get tta'f
SNOW, isn't it fact thnt that term 'blg
square, was sometimes used for Another pur-
wi Z in the last days Of tho work think they
[Laughtcr.l have sometimes noticed When ho
Vas coming on tic work that some ono ncarcat
the end ho was approaching would call btg
square. [LauEhtcr.l But # was some time
a You finally found what tho meaning waa.
Now, state nhat 1t was.n
:Thsy meant that pruasfng was coming, I
suppose. After found 90 ous tl!at they hnd chris
only meaning could attach TO It," ...
"Wasr,t II warning to the 'wofkmen TINT
Prussing W. so eonnns' II and that they bud to 20
"Nos particularly 81 that know of.''
~. "De s9n know ns t tlat that was SO or mott"
DO you mean to say It want sol"
~ mean sn to say fiat den xspe Know that nat 9
pIussfng or not"
"What effect did 1t havc on the nena"
"Nonc whatever, thAt know Of"
Further IN the witncas said ho coushered
from what he saw Of prussing, TINT he attended
to his duties faithfully. Occnslonally he went
through the shops.
"n1p HE NOT CONE DOWN ON THE suops In ALL
D1KEcTloNsf"
"Not all at once"
tho witness was too aH'ars.
"Dut didn't TIC conc IN different directions at
different timesa" asked hE. Lackncr.
''Hc usually game from tile uorth:h
"U1dn't he come from tho BUuthth
"lIe came QUO night from the south, md
jumped through window" [Laughter,]
- Wbat did he do that fort"
"Wel,, now, never askcd him what for.'
IMorG 1auEhtcr.j
"What lid he do1'
"Hu came to tho Office wherc wns and told
me tl!at there were two mon loaang down
therc.u
purpose Of coming upon these men unawaresl"
IloY DO know whnt his purpose MAS, II
that was bis purpose It was u yery anall one.n
"lo came sometimes from the east, didn't
hel'' ...
u Not uniess he came Ia boat" Leueltcr,1
"Don't ho so Witty. This court doesn't joiia
the luke..n ...
ss.But tI,o shop was near tic lake, and to come
from tho east ho would have had to come from
The lake or tho rnlLroad track.n
Air. Swctt again deprecatcd 30 much swaft-
meas, and observed that smart people often got
@Dldn't you yourself give the ssgnal, sbic
square, when Fsusang calns!H resumed Mr,
Lnckncr
''Ncycr to my knowledge"
ttYou swear you meyer EnYo that etEnal for
the purpose Of warning the men that trueaiiIg
was eonlngl''
II am willing to stand up bore and swear on
stack Of Bibles that, to the best of my knowl-
edge, 1 nevcr aa!d 'b!g squaro' to warn the
mcn Of hs approach. may have said hlr.
pruesiug.h
"Was 1t necessary to Introduce hint"
"Oh, no; not at alI.'
" Wasn't It to warn thc rnepI'f
"Oh, no. You've got bugbear on that big
squnrc.'
More laughter followed thia sally, and MIR.
Swett again expressed the oplnton that the VIII
ness WIS too smart, Wdflo the Court gaYe a
gentle reminder that hs duty was to auswer
qaest!ons plainly and expcdItously.
Nr, LAckner asked hlIn, further on, II he