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the stone could be made acceptable Dy tfe'1@

took oot r., ua5a t IT course. enter into the es1i-
mate, With picture OF the pul.u.nE, t,a ;,rns ~
nninted mt to the jury the chimney caps, uras'
mullious, tic corona course lns .;..a a' Rad hccn
wasteI> Tic estimate was Oh eight honrs, ~o1"
,,cr dov- and was what be consiacrcu llpctat'
Tie actual time spent in cutting tnese
1 677X days, und the estimated tlnG t1aL
ttrse heinr 0l9N days. The actual time spent
~ .arvin,s was S'5lOA davs and the estlmaIeu
time. 2255 days. the excessive time oei's o'o
days. The total excess OH cutlhs 4iu ,thn1o,
was 1,539 days, or 5oo per ecnt = '''' "A9'~
'' !.What was the total cost OF cutting and carv-
;ntr the third and attic story"
!. # was s35S, OBS. q, ~ replied the witness.
uNow take out the cost ot attenuaus laout;
and the cost of altering stone' ano "nat "ou'o
). 1T t. would be s316 o47.59."
"And 5i6 pcr cent Of that would bea"
"Just SITE, 1857
"That ia, II the same percentage conia nape W
run through those TWO stotles, eao' "oaAo ~
the total amount"
uWhat is the total cost OF labor, percentage,
md ,; sysrything else on the third and a'''S
SIT It is s51o,2e5.34.n ..
s.Now what was the cost of adapting the
stone cut for the old plansa"
"You obtained that from the books2''
ayes, air. Tksy show what 1t cost to adapt
sTai:s that from the total and It leaves y the
net cost of tho stone-cutting, does It'll" = AZ
"Ycs, sir, $685., ,4i269. ..,.
"How many cubic feet IN the third and aEt'c
Zone hundred and three thousand two hun
dred and forty"
"What would be the cost, then, per cubic
foot!" 80, :
"Now, whataTas the cost Of cutting and cary
ing in the first and second stories!"
sand the total cubic feet?"
AIt WAS 20G 16i.''
TAT a cost Of how much per cubic foota"
"Threc dollars aud half" .:
"Anl shc excess per cubic foot in the third
und nttic stories over the first and second7"
"One dollar and twcuty-throc CENTS"
| "Taklng the number OF cubic feet In the third
and attic stories, lo3,2 240, at an excess Of s123
per cubic foot, how N much 5 does 1t make!"
Mr. Campbell didn't care to ask Kalstrom
anything further.
identified one OF the Day-ro1ls, made out during
| the time these ehimneys, etc, were cut, aud on
| which the men got their pay. Kalstrom, In Ger
tilying to it, made himself responsible for the
statement that the men had performed fair days.
work. This was something Of point for the
defense, and counsel, ENCOURAGED, tried to make
another.
Must you not first establish a ratio OF the
! cubic measure to the surface measure," he
asked, after some Introductory work, before
you can make calculation that is worth any
| thing?"
II don't know that it is necessary" was the
reply: - -. s,. ..o
| ond stories is Of grade with that on the
third and attic!'' asked MIR. Campbell, to clinch
/ the matter.
"No, sir,' replied Kalstrom. "1t iR palmer"
| Mr.. Campbell then introduced in evidence
I PoTrKR's INSTRUCTIONS
to the Superintendent In charge Of stone-cut-
ting Enclosed BY Burling in a letter to Holman
of Nov. e. 1S75), the letter to Holman COM
| planning, among other things. that some OF the
| stone furnished By Mueller exceeded schedule
| sizes, and the reports OF the various investi-
this, he said he wauted to call on
| Mr.. Harris. as soon as he had made
| out some computations, and suggested that
after that was done, an adjournment be taken
| some more documents to offer. By sdiourulng
he could get them in proper shape, and thus
| save time.
The Court said he intended to 60 home on
the afternoon train, and would adjourn early to
| do SO.
t.Can't you close todayg" asked Mr.. Reed
| Of the counsel for the prosecution.
s'1t isn't possible.' replied Mr. Campbell.
POTTER AND HILL.
~ understand" said Mr.. SWEET, " that the
is closed SO far as there is any evidence that
would tend to implicate Mr. Potter. II that Is
| so-if there is no further eVidence-I want to
| make motion. II there is any further eyi-
dence tending to tmplicate him will not make
| 1t now"
ii want to do the same in regard to Mr..
Htll," said Mr. Reed
I'VE have some letters vet,"' said Mr. Camp
bell. "and some witnesses"
tsDo you claim that there Is anv further cgi-
dence inculpating Mr. Potter:" asked Mr..
tThat is rather OF leading question" )" re-
piled Mr.. Campbell. 1--WE shnil read some
more letters correspondence between Wash
Eau .rient,'' responded Mr: SWEET; "~e'll
hear it all. then"
After some little waiting, Mr. Harris came up
to the front with slip Of paper IN his hand.
and, in answer to Mr. Campbell. said that tile
1or the new Custom-House was $685.
H Hauling, sss,ss5.4o % the i total for a saving n.y.
S130,57215; the total for stone-cutting labor,
the cutting contract for tile basement, which,
however, does not figure in the case, 81 900.
II suppose jury und counsel are ttreu," OBJ
served tile Court, as Mr. Harris concluded and
fair weeks work. We will now adjourn till
| Monday morning at II o'clock"
The jury and counsel, having been cooped up
for SIX days from $3.50 a. N. till l p. NJ, aud
from .. m. to :45 p n., appeared to be los!
in wondcrnent and speculation as to what, if
this was 0nlv q fair days work, real, good,
hard days work would amount to. Glad OF q
release over Sunday; however, they stayed not
upon the order Of their going but vent at once.
The motion alluded to BY Mr. Swett and Mr..
Reed will, it is very commonly understood, be
in the Shape of an application for the release OF
their clients, on the ground that, as they clalm,