The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-06-23
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Testimony of the Accused-M4
again on the Witness Stan

Testimony of the Accused-M. -
again on the Witness Stane .;.
WAsHINsToN, June 22--Upon the s;orlss
menr rrdrr rrr syafn5ssAef tae& e&tya4et 5IalSs a.5
Fire-proof Safe and Shuttle Company ~ Wiz ~.
he denied the statement made vest ra1.n ~
Mr.. Taylor of the Manly Cooper ~ r. ~
Mr.. Damon said that two repreSentate ~ !. sio i0
aat Wan,y 1eopen S9npany sppsoacne @ lad all
the work they could attend to and = n
ceive proposition to withdraw theil :. =. Ill I'll
ther, that they requested him DAM L4
upon them at Philadelphia. He dj o5i+ions
denied that he ever made any such Ia lo-s
as asserted By Taylar, or any mone
tions. aud ~
Mr.. Hill was then called to the stan suu eA-
amined by Mr. Coleman. aa ro,r
Question-W hen Mr. Taylor first c. On ~
attention to the alleged offer of bribe most,
part OF Mr.. Damon did he (Taylor) asl
ponemeEt Of the test for that reason. snoLa
ABswer-I think not. When he fii yritino
of it told him 10 put his statement he tast
ne nrss reques. s lVI Possgonelnsnt sie by
Representative Kelly in my Office !?
Q-When did you last see Mr. DAM
A-Two or three months ago. a. Con
Odd you inform the Manly CooE ~ dom;
pany that yeu had received this letter
al from Mr.. Damon?
Al think not. Eda the
Q-Maniy cooper company had 1t make
such offer; you gave the matter no fur
aideratIon? 'esrets-
ry. ecreta-
Odd you show the letter to thes 'e'''1
ry?
Q-Did Mr.. Kelly mention to Il ged fo
amount, s4 300 which Damon was as
have offered kter in
A-No sir-He only spoke of the ii
general way. 5er of
Ia reply to questions by Mr. Alex. * the
the committee, witness said at the time faylor
opening Of the bids alluded to by Mr.. dders
yesterday he (Hill) did not request the quite
- retire; they did SO voluntarily. 1t I; he
nkely that Mr.. Damon remained beh Z sta
was about the Office all day. Mr.. Colers mpa-
ted that Mr.. Manly of the Philadelphia yhom
ny and Mr.. Addison, their attorney, top De in
the offer OF bribery was made, woulds J this
Washington on Monday to testify
charge. ~
Mr. New-We viii hear them. Slioned
Mr. Murch was recalled and was Gus fatten-
further relative to his having called The pc ex-
ton OF Mr. Hill and the department to
5stence Of frauds D wit
In reply to question BY Mr. Colems he re-
ness said he came to Washineton al mott
quest and expense Of the stone cuttsrs were
~ the Government Of the frauds which HUI
being committed. He did so notify Nj
and the Commission the
Mr. Coleman then called attention ading,
terms OF the contract for the St. Louis bu Agaue
under which, he said, even more sextral SHINY
prices were paid the contractors for furHznvz ~
dressing resin :ias the 5soRass stone aa s e
to appoint some expert to assist MT. \ to
metz in making the necessary conputatlel is
show to the committee the extent OF the frl' 10
in this direction. He thought if this were 0Ns1t
the prosecution would be able at the e.
meeting of the committee to furnish the N
anjsits evidence. This led to arguments
the part Of the counsel. j.
Nj Thomas objected ID going into a a inv
tigafion touching any other public building
1t woald be contrary to the ruling OIL the co
mittee, which had already gone form TO 7 J,