New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-10
letters marked dnpcates. ard signed George f. Bah

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last forty-eight hours A.-ItOoks like IT, -,
oEWRere are the letters of which these are duph-
o-Uow could man write n duplicate without the
original lettcrl A.-From the field book, suppose.
Q-Now will YOU turn to Mr.. Babcocks ned look ana
show where what he writes here appears A-No VIII
not You will have to get him to do that am not IA
GLOW did you get hold Of that booki AIR. Bah
cock gave It 10 me.
Q-Is Mr.. Babcock in your bureau A.-No. siri
can't tell 70 what bureau he belongs without referring 10
the appointment list ,..,
in the scrap-bookl A-NO, sir.
WHAT BOTTGER KNOWS OF THE sCEAP-BooK.
Emil Botger was then called to the stand. He sad ne
clerk in the Bureau Of Streets He was shown sew
era Of the memoranda IN the scrapbo0k marked "Gupn-
cate" He could not tell in whose Handwriting 'heI
were He did not know who wrote the word "dulhca'e'
which was in different hand.
Q.-Whea did you paste In these papers reIeIIlng 10
those under the duplicates A-sohe u '"''' ''''
0.@By whose dIrections9 A.+-Nobodys directions A.
Q.--Ffom whom did you receive themf A'-from MI
o. Did thew give YOU any instructions A.-No, sir
GLOW did You know what 10 90 VIII ,de,, Cine
oDwere those the first papers you had placed in this
QYo3 received no instructions place any papers in
'N o,p DPTT did Won know they were wanted A
Simply from reading the evidence IN the newspaper. l.
Q.-Where did you get this book y Alt mas Oeeh i'll
the bureau for some years.
The witness said that he had got the letters pasted ID
the scrapbook from various chests in which OLD letters
were kept He shown bunch OF letters III the centre
of the book which pasted sheet OF brown paper
and that again pasted to the scrap-oook lie sald ne
had first pasted them in the front part OF
the book and afterward shifted them He could give no
particular reason for this except mat ne wanted "a @
take them from another scraIrbook When shown tHaI
the sheet was not OF the same al ems as II in
crooked and afterward trimmed II. senator DaggeU
showed him the marks OF scissors AT Ie tGp 81 to ps1 n
He then concluded that he hsd trimmed IL q, Ih1 P
also He then shown the letter dated June IL 1870
He said he had found that in one OF the chests 49,,
Q.-who directed you t. put that in the scrap-oooK'
A-No one told me 10 do II.
Q-COOnel Mooney has just testified that he found mat
letter and directed you TO place It n tne sap Told
docking flushed and suTprsed-Wel lie might nave 'oiu
AN ASSISTANT ENG1NEEE's TESTIMONY
George T. Babcock an assistant engineer in the De
parmen of Public Works. identified letters In the scrap
book as in his handwriting and said he had copied them
on the previous night from leerpress copies of the orig
ina letters The originals he had sent TO Mr. Mooney
He produced the leerprcss copies they were on sepa-
rate sheets of tissue paper He was examined about DIS
Textbook and said that there were only two entrles
which showed that the material OF which the measure
ments were given had been received from Mcdonald NO
other entries mentioned the name OF the consignee.
After recess Mr.. Babcock's attention was called toa
measurement which indicated that of the material
had been removed before the measurement had been
made He said that that and other were the only
instances OF kind in the book and that he based MS
figures in those cases on Information gwen hn py lne
Mr.. MOONEY GETS ANGRY.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Babcock's testimony Mr.
Mooney was recalled.
General Tracy-Have you any evidence Of the mater,
ja furnished by the contractors In the years 81 so and
s3 other than those IN the scrap book
OF the time. / measured it. I saw it all
ONYou ask committee to believe that state
ment do voul Al don't care whether they do or not
with increasing ndignation You have doubts about It,
General Traoy-If have will express it at some other
time. .,, 81. .,,,. uoor, o,d
/ would make you retract it ~
General Tracy unldly)-I don't think you would.
The witness tangriyl-les would
Mr. Payne and some members OF the committee
(mOckngly)-Now, Colonel, keep quiet Don't get eG-
cited.
Mr.. Mooney Quoted down. He was shown other
tifcaes of material delivered by Mr. Mcdonald and he
asked how he knew that the material was delivered He
replied that he personally present, saw the material
delivered from each truck and measured it then and
there
o.Is that true Of all the material delivered by Nc
Donadl A.-No, sir; have sometimes sent my fore
man or requested some engineers TO measure IT.
mentl A-NO sir. | aftcrward measured II myself.
have personally measured all the material that has been
QAt how many different places in this city do you
carry on work. A-sometlme. nan uOze, nul llaeliai
is delivered at only one place at time Dy one person;
Q.-Are You aware that, according 10 your voucher
book Mr. Mcdonald mas received OucIs 10 uc4NcI 70 Tue
city in three years 600 cubic yards OF lime
stone chips Ar the book so states yes SIR IhaVe
pers nallv measured II all.
O.-This book indicating the scrlp-booKl only shows
measurements for 227O yards; what have you got 10
show the receipt OF the rest of the materal A-Ihese
reports from my foremen will show That.
Mr. Mooney went the previous reports Several OF
them showed the delivery of quantities Of limestone but
did not mention McDOnsld's name any name.
Subsequently he was told that after adding
together the limestone Of which the measure
ments were given In the scrap-book, and the
quantities mentioned in the fOremens reports there were
sim 300 yards remaining 70 be accounted FOR lie sad
that there be mistake in the figures or that
some of the forc!nens reports had been md General
Tracy said tnat he would give him until Mondayto ac
count for the discrepancy.
The witness further questioned about the Orcmens
REPORTS. He sad they had oecn made within few days.
that he had just given orders to have them copied from
the original reports.
On What reports do they appearl Ain my quar-
terly report 10 the Commissioner OF Public Works.
O.-Is that the only evidence Al suppose so, eL
cept my books and blOtter5
Q.-DO you know where they were taken 'FRONT.' Al 90
not.
O-Do you know how they were madel Al can not
In replv to questions by Senator Lansing Mr. Mooney
said he supposed that the original reports Of the forcmen
were copied and then thrown away. lie dld not Know
what became OF them.
have made for Mcdonald and Barry youhavc 10 evidence
all your department to prove their correctness A.
None outside of my own signatures
Q-But they don't show 10 whom the material was DC
hvcred. A.-NO, Sir
The committee adjourned TO Monday at IL o'clock.
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