, 1881-05-14

more When l!c fn,lltt put wfIat kind oY irtti,
no was. Tho 81 5N wns brought 10 witness
olo. md witness bsItuycl Armstrong pald
!1tin tho 500 also. E4an i'avcr paid him any
1'iic witness explained Ills course In tic /
advances lto was Erceii nj tiio business.
Armstrong and EaRHn. catnu To his iintise and |
store t"Ketler, n,any tt,ngs. lio asked how
ils wns tn Ket his ll,t'ney buck, anl i was TX
frntn contractors. liz wl.s tnIt tint III cOlli |
illakc $4,000 0ht Of his investment. iie saw |
now l,ow i was y be 'iole, hut dl.t not SEQ
there waS i1Iorey, tt, be made in different
ways and ),e WIS to l,aye II third Of It nil,
beth Of Tug, commissions md the stcallngs.
'fhe only thing ,'lent,nncl an which per-
tiio cit-sions work. 'ille i"aniMtions af.t
hrick-work wero not mentioned, lte did Int
innko nne tUllnr out gf tic cnt-stonc lln
i,,a fa,'s d, n ''s etrts rt ht hs ,a sos Eo"
III Ut tlo next meeting. It wis arrMllHeh
ssin!i!t llva tllo stnna! coaltfact.
Witness said l,s held
SoTEss1GNEfl l,y ARMSTRONG AND wALKE,,
a1id would bring them next ttay. Tho Cons-
attelMl to then. WalKor wns to pay iitm
96, 600 OF cof.titior tifat Ito wnsta not expose
Egat. lie Thought tlle sccnntl cnntract WIS
u the 1t !. nn,ldwri9tnc Of Nlr Nsnrdsley. who
Fursyti,o 4. TO-. Tint llr,n were then large
piIes e tl!e eSte',t Of sloo.3o psr yeas.R W.T.;
ness thonght The man who iirst brought
Of arclittect WIS rllonas jtonergan. then n
slncel to witness for tho first time o,i tho
oia !,t,an Gnirtllcnse s!cps but te could not r..
GiM lho pians Of tiie CFiminai Court
Building. Witness got hin tLn Job
~ nrctllteet Of tl!at building aud OF tl1o In;
strung and Ega1l were tfen fn partnership.
Botwccn tho Criminal C0urt job md tho Mp
po'tltincnt of EEan as ,arcllltcct Of the Court
ltouse, witness i,ua about two hundred liz
teryfews witt. tho partners.
The witness c!aiinctl to lavo had written
contracts with thrce or foNr other architects,
wllom he decifnGd TO ns,,,le., These, hn snitl,
l!e took ~ blind. for gu the thug ~, was
and EEa1l. Some Of tho County Commits
si0llcrs objected 10 Armstrong because Ills
record as III, architect WIS bad. Commits
slongr Schmidt was one of these, but ho
Commissioner rurlneton here intcrposed
will the rtniark that tic witlless rather mis-
understood the scopo of thu Investigation.
It was Intended to cover all i1atters relating
clusiyely to Afr. Egan.
In rop!y to further questioning Mr.. Periolat
said he knew
ALI. ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE rI.ASs
for which Egnn Rot Sl5,0o0 extra. It WAS Mt
stl sun %tness vas s to !sye ii a sSoo o. T,s Thsse
chnnges were llrst tNtked nbn.lt when lie first
got acquainted with EEnil. It. WIS rebre-
sfntea to ,n h1 H., tat nSr ,herS % Mo%1a h. ny
f1t1k1lH tAa nrfrfhnF tnNntInItHH
10 slaaoso builinE. n' 'IIss' Ths cri@tn"i In ILL.,
Court building was only 4 stepping-stonu.
had been n shoemaker. lIe dill not know OF
his own knowledge TINT lIe WIS III architect,
for he llerer saw him put pencil to paper. Ilo
did not know It Egnt .was nn nrcllitect or
not, and d!Il not thlik tint lle uver prcparcd
were copied frum a building III LO,ldtl,, Eli
Ellnnd. An English drnaKlitsinan III Egan's
oilice got them np. and told Witn,ess that this
very little business with witness, but II tic
Bearlsley, now with McKintiley, Gllchrist
4 Co.. they could show tint Egnn WIS ut
times: Beartlsley knew wl!en tho money
HAa drawn from tho firm and paid.
Witness sul'l lIo got ST. 5og Ut tho .St5,o00
extra. Tho money WIS Iaid To- him BY Air.
eleven persons: He lid not Distribute ono
dollar. Certain parties would not trust
Egan to draw tlle money, so Iltnsdalo drew
it. ic Objected to tell who the other men
hour after 1t was received from the county.
lilo lln1 no notes or papers concerning the
grant contract, mover hnu any, a1ld never
Ind anything to do with the ,change. Tho
COMMITTEES were getting this thing all mixed
,MItuesa explained that he wanted to talk
THE CHANGE OF PLANS,
and did not want to answer OIL other subjects
Just theii' -, This clainl hung fire six or seven
S28, ,9o9 clas'n thr2agl. was too large, 10 he
cut 1t down to $1,000 and got it through the
board. Armstrong ind Esan knew ls well
II b. 4 qspy % to m ts 1?sX 1NsX WI e sif wtsss ss s
that lo !Yas consulted about, the sss, 600 prop.
osltlon, but thought 1t would not work, mid
cut It down for that renso.i. Ho tlltl NOT
noar n ba EHES9 Es coaa ss' WI ts far a nsfS M Sa 1
Y. Ilu did not remember tito name Of tle
English ,draug!hts!nall, and did not
know whit ,ad become Of lIlm.
isste - viii tsss S 81 s @ sSs
JosepA Hogan, Sexton, Cox lsrt's. Oh
SECOND Thought Ito dld it.,t t',snk llogan was
mixed up In them. Ills lust trgnsactlnn with
N@fis @ Sa se xoe yalfoss pa,sr, D VI %,s o si! II!
Held and would protluco ii tllo morning. Al!
this was after Egan, gut tho Job. l1a hull
papers from Harms which lle would MT thull
describe, Mur would llo sny II he would pro.
dMco them ut nl!. 11u llad no papers rrn,n T..
j. Sexton, and meyer had my. Nor Ind he
any papers troul Cox Hros., IND they ,hoyer
paid him. any. ln0!lYy. Tlleir job, lie
remarked parvlithotlcaIly, w1s q littlo one.
ile would answer further with rcKntd ID
Sexton at sanie other tiiae. Tho Committee,
hau got lttn under oatl,, AMI hB WINS not
going To sly unless ae could remember.
Walker >fas TO pay him tho $3.50 for Egt.sl
keep @ iro hs trasnctons
spector Of tho building for anybody.
Dlr. ShottAll next took up tho examination,
aud porlolut said tlat
| UTTu IT. slATz
was awarded the first prlxe because there
| were three Or flur GerNlnls Oh the Board
who Insisted on soma rights for lin. Ono
reason that Matz was not appointed
architect was that ho got drunk OLE
night and talked too loud, aud the
Colnlnlsatoners got down 0n him. Witness
.f.-t 81.