The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-26

Your committee find that the State Printer |
acted properly in executing said work, being
so instructed by the Secretary OF State.
Mr.. H. W. Green, printer, appeared before
your committee on subpoena.
Every charge brought by this witness,
Green, was disproved by the evidence OF the
experts, Messrs. Stith and Walker, as well
as by the contradictions and presentations
Of the witness himself when subjected to q
close examination.
Your committee believe that this witness
Green. was procured to give the evidence he
did, as proof Of which it Is only necessary
to quote portions Of his evidence given under
oath before your committee.
Question-Mr. Green, under what circum-
stances did you obtain information as to that
book Legislative Documents OF 1857 about
which you have brought charges OF fraud
against the State Printer before two separate
grand juries
Answer was there with it. saw it. /
was working on 1t.
Question-So that whatever knowledge you
may have of what was being done In the
DEMOCRAT Office was obtained while you were
employed there; you got your knowledge
there?
Answer-As q workman did.
Question-As workman you did Z
Answer Yes, certainly; there's no use de-
nying that.
Question-How came you to bring charges
~ hn toka Drtp fha
prices charged for this work?
Answer didn't bring any charges; the
bill was brought to me.
Question BY whom?
Answer-That's private matter.
Question: insist upon the witness answer
ing the question.
Answer-I can't recollect.
Question-Cant you refresh your memory?
Answer We'll, If you don't pavt 10 use this
against me in q criminal prosecution, I'll tell
you how got it.
Answer-I have no desire to prosecute you.
Now, even after this assurance that he would
not be criminally prosecuted, the witness
lodged for full hour the question which at
first he had promised to answer. Further on
during the investigation the following oc-
Cured:
Question you furnish evidence before
the grand jury that this book Legislative Doc
uments OF 1879 does not contain single page
of minion type, and because OF long primer
being used the State Printer made many more
pages than should have been in the book?
Answer-Well, my opinion Of the matter is,
that the law of 1856 sections 1857, 1853, 1859,
2611, 2612, 2613 Revised Statutesl was never
conformed with, and it was not the intention
of that act to have the reports OF committees
printed, nor any such trash furnished to the
Legislature; this is my theory
Question-Is that your real opinion before
this committee?
Answer-Yes.
Question-And upon that theory you would
base an accusation Of fraud against the State
Printer?
Answer-No, SIR, L didn't do IT.; other people
had something to do nith ii.
Thus, twice had the witness almost cate
gorically acknowledged that some other
pers ons had taken hand with him against
the State Printer. When being closely
pressed the witness sullenly set at defiance
the authority of your committee, as Is made
clear by the following extract from his evil
dence:
Question Mr. Green. who instigated you to
the prosecution of the State Printer?
Answer-Myself.
Question-Did you not swear before the Third
District Court that Ii the man who instiga-
ted you to do that had not the courage or
the manhood to come forward you would
not name him?
Answer-I did.
Question-Give his name?
Answer decline to do 80.
Your committee, In view of the fact that the
examination Of this witness disclosed his
splenetic and malicious motives, and that 1t
was mainly on his ex parte evidence that two
grand iuries had reported charges Of fraud
against the State Printer, that from begin
ming to end his testimony, as well In his man
ner as in what he uttered, created strong
impression that he had acted the role OF
swift witness before the grand juries for
WHICH PURPOSE OtneTS hdd plOCuiou Hiiu'
Your committee, as aforesaid, were extremely
DESTROYS of forcing the witness to disclose
the names Of his accomplices; the more 80
because every statement Of this witness as
to the alleged fraudulent charges In the bill
of the State Printer, were proven to be I'M
true by the concurring dispositions before
your committee of Messrs Stith and Walker,
of the Picayune and Mr.. Barrow, foreman
OF the DEMOCRAT job printing Office.
Your committee, therefore, pressed the wit
ness Green. He, when cornered fatty refused
to give the names Of those who had induced
him to thus swear against the State Printer.
When your committee brought the witness