, 1881-05-14

witness one,t|ltr ot Ct the 1yxt estimate. 10
iIafris WI" Exan's frlends. IL il'e la,tstt @ iad
stcclnrcsl, md thought tIolr tnl,Iconlent 10
become ERnn's frlclltl WINS bcs:ause witness J
was their friend. lic ccascd T., ba friendly with
taIlMt 10 kcep his promises. Tic f!niirl.
story. iSo far ~ Its knnw1e!l 70 exnl!tle.i, not
one dollar was used by Mcfel!l Il Son ~
ti!o coi,trasts md world teii tho cea!nltiea
nt srlne other time, some eex-CnmlnIssioncrs
h1tl bceti ~ SEQ hlin, hHt '':t 0n this business
III answer to Mr. O'Sell', witness said That
EEa |s fE1ax1 ks 10 ,se'a E' aay* ~ S!1,s} 70 sG''
The contr.lets Showed TINT. ltn knew where
tho ,nnlley was going. Witness could moi
TEL! Armstrong atld EEa'i received
ssff tiiat fSr. lei tie t;an,m!ttec' snl,pfe',a
Walkers boukkeepor, Tlos. Dassett. md II
llo ttltt t'!onl what he told witIess last week
they Wn,@ld Iear1l something. Witness could
~ nnt r,ena'n!er , what s.ln,s Ia pa,'l oat: lle
them. 1ic held ol,o t.lore contract and sonlo
mites. Jig considered that ERan owed lin
anoat ,Sw II %9s M tlFongi. !s instr.,,
put through tl,o lIoaftt. lle did not hive the
would hive looked bad.
imnll, Wltiess sntu that ne nsa not KhnW
s,,ii il ,,,, ." T., WI thn tnnE, ,In,,t s h,!
nitlluug,, ti,ey used 10 sny t,at ho wts Il, tha
ring. lie llau tho. resolution restricting
cnnges in cohtrncts Introduced III thu Bonld
In order to
, SHUT orr FOAM FnoM t'; e., STEALING. :.',I -,
could not answer whether Farmer Harms
ever pail him any money.
Witness explained t" Mr. Willett TINT llo
slg'icd the t,on.! Tor Mr: 1laTrls nn =
1Is'hent no, i'I,"'i!ea ea against tne e,o layer
pn.aa p.rsmlo court: III IT. mortKaged his home ~
s!oad @ t2r s7.@ to rAlse money y Tor
teal, Witnoat iaklnR any napefs lr4u i'i,: ~.
Armstrong n'id EEa1' getting ll1l. INTO Thy
Il -! y ~ ts Se ! sq g - q + s!sr ri 80 Z
st st nls money hnGk: ile ktlewi'otl..nE aeont
t!lo Gomty ldlas tor t!lg Iast three ; 1r four
sesss; sesssfs s'' 'o not k'0" who were Ills sue
Mr. nisoeo satd he wanted to cross. g exe,nIno
ING Witness, anu was ElseI nnr'I.sslon To 20
81. l!e y, Mitiless M iepeatet! that Egah Was 70
KY nlth Ss,No I2r us sefHices II KettlnG hlt1l
thG 1po u nreittGct or so OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WITH Armstrong and Egnn 4
tllelr nllce' oh thg strtGt, :tnoo a1ld
IN saloons. Me recetyed 'a N
money wss paid to lin ~ Armstrong &
EEah,s o1ltGe, Dut lae could hot remember
who. by. Witness
rarD 5000 TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
to SECURE Egs,n's election rs nrcl,itcct Of tho
| men were or low nuany there were Of them,
! Thurs were mare tilnil two. lie could m,t
remember tbs amounts paIl, but one Com
missioner rot 1880. Witness knew, bit
lived in the city, ailtl was elected On tho Fire:
| Isrnnf tirknt II, 1871. 'Fhn pnyTnent wns
n,utie il, currency. Witiuss always pnld
Tint. way. The money was drawn from
books ot Jcines ForsytiM i CO. would show
tic amounts, Witness lad not seen tllosc
books in six years, Otto ii. Mntz was tirst
| elected architect Of tho Criminal Court, nild
sss sos4s sSSst st s " foSsE essnty g sa Gns
Witness pnId rs it'll rs sa,0Oo for d vote
on tlle now Court. Iiouse. Tio price averaged
about equal; but Ile eoifd not ro;
ns'n1se %e& ow not a1y st weSs} Sg}o b'9Gs ,Gs e aea
were. liz told Armstrong md Egan wilo
lo pnid the money 10, and counsel co,iid nsk
EgaM for the names. lie paltl $500 nliti
$1,000. EgaM gaye him notes, and l!s phi.
| spread nver year,
THE witness absolutely declined, although,
prasscti in evIry way, TO give tie f,nt1,cs OF
any Of tic men whom ho bribod Or 10 glyo
pronliscd, However, to look up Ills nei,IOrant,a
aud refresh lis memory so fllr as pruciicnbIc,
liz snli lint at TIC tf1,le the GrniId jury. t,t
Which bfr. Storny was foreman, investigated
| the business the Contracts were stolen from
Ills Utllce. Afterwards te nccusetl Arm.
| strong ri taking thcnl, tMI "ifckcd' Ii,l,
and ti1rcatsncI 10 make It Warln for him n
they woro not returned. Somu months att.
erWards they werts returned to Ills office
Afterwards Stolen agaln. aid turned i,p thIs
! time III the ot|lcc Of Leonard SWEET.
Witness was Indictcd-thirtceu times, Soy
oral Of tho Commissioners were indicted witt
him. IIn wns intiictcI ni Re,lernl prlncipleY
Neyer was tried. md neyor would b. liz
declined TO furnish, nMy details rs to who gui
tha S7.E}O. excfpt thnt g, T.. PerIotat WIN flt1t
Of tilo men. Walker was to j,aye llrnwl, tiit
| Si5.0W nxfras instead Of i1instlnle. Witness
book account ct about 5l3,0oo aKans