, 1879-05-11
tho shape of dimension stone, the sides being fas-
tened tnne1hec lF a connie Of u bier bands passing


around thu whole. When the bands were looeencd
tile ..covers came OF, and the remainder Of the
hox was supposed to .h aawn W or Sni sn5
after the block was sawn; claimed tnat ne was al.
lowed for saving SO much as the Government had
pad rhs sam t;a Mas vonesf We're ii whye
lie hod been pnid for stones whose faces had not
been worked. This was 4 mistake and The over
nayment was refunded in tho settlement
speak for itself on that subject. The block might
be admirable illustration to the lu5y' no"eSe1'
OF the way this stone was manipulated. ::
Mr. Boutel. devoted the remaining por1'9n o' tne
session TO reading the correspondents in to
the subject OF the hauling. It was very voluminops
fore Adjournment. When the Court si.niled that
he might suspend for the present, Mr. Reed got up
and said he had Just received note from
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH,
stating that he Hseed) had done him ,nJns.,ee IN
his statement the day before. This statement vas RS
to the effect that Mr. Smith was the asent OF inc
Western Associated Press. and that al dispatches
from here ethe, ecsa nnf his
note that he was NOT the person who sent the dis
patches, but merely the General Manager,
sns n aseasss, een ass':n GSa: sfas m
be did not think Of rchecting on Mr: Smith In any
way shape or munner, and had no sueh intention
whatever. Mr. Smith WAS his friend, und he re-
gardtd him as vary h'gh-ninded anu nonosaoie
man. ,.t.... :. aho,t..
Il
ed Mr.. Hoync, rising to his feet and exhibltin. a
deal Of feeling in his tone and look, - dissent
from thnt statement. lGreat 1aughter from t!s ne
for year by telceraphc dispatches and hts articles
:sBut he says he didn't send them, - interrupted
And have such man 1audcd hers in this
court" continued Mr.. Hosne, trying to complete
The Court, however, interrupted him with the
remark that it was unnecessary TO make any more
comments, and Mr.. Hoyne perforce 1es'sted.
canrt hsvop reconsIdered its intention about quit
ting at l for the day. and rcmasSfn" that tnef
might ret over good deal OF ground during the
afternoon.
On reanmfng at O'Clock, Mr. Boutell renewed
bis reading OF the letters, the correspondence sub
mitcd Involving the dispute US to whether Mnel!el
cars into the Twelfth street yard and then, Et-
ter cutting. back into the wagons subsequently
Potter refused to carry out MueEleF's contracts.
which Nnlrtt had allowed him. and refused to pay
lin, the money Oh his claim. The subject was re-
fcrred to the Secretary otthe Treasury and finally
the contract was made. relattng- to the naullne.
After getting through with the correspondence up
wtnded wi epistie, Nj Boutell said that the attempt
ed carrying out Of the orders contained IN tnose
letters WAS -
PRODUCTIVE OF 4 DISPUTE
between the Disbursing Agents Office here. and
there WAS ano4her controversial correspondence.
voucher for S:} CAT 80 which he considered imper-
feet, and ubous which he asked the secretarys
advice. (The voucher was subsequently straight
ened ont md ordered paid by the Secretary
Finally the correspondence was brought down to
the time of Potter's advent, and Potters lette:s
really appeared to bear out Swctt's position, -tha
Potter was continually fighting Mueller, both IN
regard to the patching on the buildtng; and his
claim FOR hauliug. While it was favorable eorre-
spondcncc on Pottcr's aide OF the case. it By no
means made out u good case for Mueller
While the reading wls going on, the Court 8sked
the Jury 1t they found any difficulty In understand
ing. One OF them lodged the question by saying
they could shear very WELL aud another thought
it would be good scheme it the reader. when he
announce who wrote It. Mr.. SWEET Thought this
would be good idea lie had chance soon after
wards to try it himself, for Mr. Boatell
couldn't hold up all day, and was glad enough 10
accept Swetts olTer to relieve him awhile. The
Grss thing SWEET struck WINS twenty five page let
ter from Mueller to Potter in support of his ctaim
1t was fully rs technical and fully as lacking in
lnterert Us anything that had gone before. in fact
much more as Its length exceeded that Of any
OF the jury tagged somewhat, and every one OF
them looked as II be wished somebody would
shove the clock forward -.
At 3:35 the Court mercifnly directed Mr. SWEET
to suspend, us several OF the jurors wanted to 60
home BY the O'Clock train. ~
Mr. Campbell nude the horrible suggestions that
there only three pages more to this brief COM
munication.. NJ
Mr, Swett said he was willing to read on but
train was train and it wouldn't wait for anybody
The Court said the three pages could be read
Monday, since the jurors were now anxious to
leave, and accordingly he ordered an adjournment
until to- morrow morning IT IL o'clock