, 1879-05-17

Mr.. Iack,,cr struck another buRbcar when
10 asked wItncss Y ln d!'!n't grt ono nt Stuet-
ler's men na.,cd Oates to dfaft a. design tor
him, taking Oases frnm ais work during Coy
crtfncnt time, md tirn refuse, subsequently,
70 report Oates for i!l!ng. Chopper said t!,at
Oates did DRIFT design for him ot,ec.-afN'tIt
fiyo Misunderstanding noon.timc, c,--but,f Oates i'a,l
Tie sfhl mt know Of hin IutIng, mud SO hal M
uccaao0 to reptrt him. ll,rte WAS never n
man working un1er htm+ he DECLARED very plain
Mr.. 1.acKncr drew out Tie fact That uitnes.
had bcen discharged by Hurting, hal! been taiset,
back, a,ul was al the building low Al brick
cutter. lie had never Ind my conversation
With the of1!cr brck.cuttera hu was working
This c,,dei tho cross and tttero was no rcdt.
rect.
PATRICK GRIFFIN,
another stone cutter on the Job from July, 1873,
to Decemltcr, 1876, testified that he iad worked
cred that sescn-eichths Of the basement stoue
wcro defecti7e. lie saw them mt III, n.li prob
nbty .onc-hnlf of the present defects wcre tIlcn
visible. Lie was at work whtn tho st0na went
ee atS The oas 't : ;'G,s, NJ. n@ na secye % Ss
tine. Patching was going on At 'iN
titno ho worked on the job. There was n rcgu.
lar forco Of fifteen patctlcrs distributed around
very little or no good. The STONE was sawed
too large, the cour4a OF the saw was 'wtndng,' y
uml It had 10 be cut orcr ngain. Time wnB
wasted In cutting. ffs had told Burltng that he
also told him thut Tiers was exclusive tinio on
the stonc,-four or tye times us much time
spent OIL them a. Wos necessary. Dnri|llE said
he knew Of IT, nirsl waa glan to talk With witness
stone, lie lad anott.er conversation with bur-
ling In Docon,ber, 1876, at Washington, IN the
prcscnce Of u. q. Caullcld, then member Of
Congress. .-
As th's interview was abont to be gone Into,
the Court ordered a snspcnslon for rccess.
On resuming ut 3 o'clock, tile witness had n
chunce 10 70 Tito tho Aforesaid Interview. fla
said he tofl BuSllng Tint the aawtnE was OF no
USE explaining that tho stone alroadY sawed
was w of no benc.1t,-at isast 10 tie aovsrnment.
lie also told Huriing about the cutttnE,-toid
htm, for instance, TINT Oh certain stones four
laEs had been Rpent where only two were rccss-
snry. BusiinE repltcd that 10 knew there was
whole thing cost too much, but how to ret over
1t he didn't see. Ilo Ind beon through tho
tail out az, ot ti!cm' md added a. tn.t
orer the department, nnh how to get rid Of hin
hc didn't sec. Witnesa inferred, In fact. from
what Burling said: tsnt j: wasn't very safe to
interfere with Mills. BurllnE also told him that
IHO UlNH-HltHC63 6ApRnaEA 44VlAAu nsht A4l-
Quccney-had been scnt here, and he ,tBurling)
conldn't understand why It Was, as there were
good enough men In Chicago. Witness sug
gestcd that the dllstory mon should be dis
charged, no matter who got hurt.
cnoss-HxAM1nATIoN.
Mr.. 1wett cross-oxamtncl tl.e artist In cut
ttono, AMI, tried first to gridir.,n him on d cor-
tain alleged leave Of absence which witneas got
along In 1875 to visit n sick brother. Grll3in ex-
planned that ho didn't apply for lcasc nf ab.
sence. butthat thenositl-s1-d tue foreman tl,aen
Alter the brother got better, and got back to
lis business, witness went to Washington. lie
remained with his brother q day or twu.
+" How long does it tnke to 60 to Washington
after you get TO where your Brother vast"
uYou mover went straight, thenl" Laugh.
teri
"No.n
"Wcll, after you got thers, what did you ap-
Applied fur a room" Laughtcr.]
.Wcll, after YOU got the roomln
"WIthln forty.eigkt hours I met Afr. Bur-
" ibid you apply for 4 place to Secretary Brts-
~ II wrote letter to Secretary Bs's.ow."
II told lin what frauds was n. going on hero,
md said knew Of good man for Inspector OF
''S9Si S5id you ' SOY low much you thought your
services would bD worthl'
"Nt,, Dit, | llttn'. intuition aty namo nj NIL"
Griffin gradually explained that ho pu: what
lawyer would call = SORT OF hypothetical case:
complain t,at they were pcrpctratcd under 1lo1~
man. The latscr's nnEo wasn't mentioned. !ie
flnl complained, In letter to fottcr, he,
thought, Of Prussipg. ~; swctt said t was
eonp!ant' ' W Was II lint rrooshan' wns Ignorant
oi tllu naturc OF stoue,-kncw no more nbont
onc-cuttny than witness did about witch
making. Laughter.] IL adn't i:o 5e!nemoer + .t
TINT o wrote Potter t,at j." "tr1?sn nt Wns rs
did wrtc it,nt contrary to Pottcr's instructions,
"Prooshinn' u WIS mn incompetent man, and not
a practical atone-cuttcr. Thu fact vas that the
basement did contain 30 per cent OF detective
stonc.
"A|o't " AZ t.. tts'e :, good deal Of pateo'os'"
-.Which is the most, original stono or patch.
aoh,h replied the witue,s, lauehlng himself,
II Euess there's mpre original stone"
Mr.. SWEET got of long question, aud tho
witness, anticipating, went on to explain
THE METHOD or PATCHING.
The Court told hinl to walt until tho question
was fully propoundcd.
Tho cutter stepped back.
"Ol, come up to TIE stone" said ~. swcet,
cncouIngng1y, "wo'll understand each other in
good tinlc.h .-....
The witness, In Ills remote position, and with
tha reluctance q q healthy dog for poisoncd
meat, sung out, swell, now, I'll 1lst walt, sur,
til you get troo." [a1ore laughter.
The question Of patct,Ing was gono into at
great length, tho witness every now and then
conyulslng tho courtroom by re.nRtkinK, With
his rcil broguu, ~ don't blayo at you,
sur, yet" To mako Il clenrer. Mr. swett nj
ludcu 10 broec!les-.mtehes, a1d tho broth OF boy
showed thut he know u!l about that subject too,
but maintained tilat there was y difference 30.
twecn patches and original cloth, provided the
patch itseit wasn't Of original cloth. Take 1t
altogether, he was clear on ono lining: thut the
baseuent stUre was prettY we'll patched.
Then the iron Ina petroleum spots wore n.
quired Into. and the wttness said bed tlud IS
nor cont, more or less, OF the stont In tho base
tneut that was tlscoored py tlcse spots.
"1low would you liut tltut outin
ny walkin' right troo,",, [l-aughter.1
"Blacls IN your Int, chi"
III didn't ray tlut.h
swell, call IL q summer hats
"You may cali it anything you like, sur"