Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-03-03

left the specifications open. / have
plans and specifications in my Office to
| fill in; the details are not completed. |
can draw in the lines and make them
| conform with the demands of the Board
OF Supervisors. ;"
Mr.. Williams asked the witness If be
| knew who wrote certain document in
this case presented at the at the last
meeting of the Board, to which he re-
| piled: 81 saw in moment after com
| ing here that | was caught in ambush.
And know enough about military mat
tiers how to act under such an emergen-
cy. l knew that Colonel Boyce was set
| ting trap for me. | felt as thaugh |
had been surrounded. | knew that all
the stuff had been aimed at me. l de-
| clined to say anything about the matter,
| for did not know what else mightcome.
l thought perhaps they might accuse me
next or numbering my father or poison
| ing my mother. | was determined TO
say as little as possible. and did say
but little. | was mad and excited, and
had forgotten all about the note. l did
not try to look at it. If | had seen 1t
| / could not have told who wrote 1t.
| Without my glasses / could not have
recognized my own writing from Chi
naman's; so declined to have anything
TO do with it, as l was not going to be
caught in trap.
In answer to other questions the Cen
eral replied to Williams: "You have
| the evidence as it was taken down at
| the last meeting, look at it if you want
| to know all what testified to. l heard
Mr.. Mott talk about the 500 note.
Hall agreed to give him the money il
his plans went through all right"
In answer to the queation what he
knew about the contract? he replied:
II said knew nothing about the paper
| you tried to show me- l don't remem-
Der stating that l knew nothing about
the contract. was mad then and did
| not propose TO say anything about the
matter. | talked toMoit about the note,
but why talked to him is none of your
business. We are free American citi
zens and can talk when we please and on
any subject we may choose.
In reply to the question if he talked to
anyone else about it: / don't remem-
Der. heard that Boyce was setting a
trap for me, but had but little compre-
hension as to the nature of the scheme.
did not consult Mr.. Morgan in the
matter. l heard that charges had been
preferred against me and came here to
see about them. l was much surprised
| and excited. l never did thing in my
| life / am afraid to have sifted to the bot
| tom.
The City Attorney said: II you
thought you had done nothing wrong,
why were you SO excited?
~ xuhfoh tho (.anaral ranltad. IN
and ask my Creator why get excited?
l don't know. l was working for love,
and Mott for money. | stand in for
my friends; there is not an cleo
| ton that passes that L do not as.
sist my friends, and spend money, too.
| have never performed an act in my life
that was ashamed of; as to my being
afraid, l have participated in many
battles and have never shrunk from duty
or been afraid. My record is part of
the counsry's HISTORY, and | never pro-
| pose to be struck and not strike back.
R. c BEATTY
| Said: / am in the insurance business and
my office is close to Halls; l saw Mott
go into Halls office several times before
| the Jail plans were adopted; talked to
| Hall on the subject; understood Mott
was friend OF his; Hall gave me to UNI
| derstand Mott was assisting in getting
his plans through.
| JUDGE MORGAN,
In answer to an inquiry by Judge Fitz-
| gerald, said: l heard conversation
that took place in my office during Feb
ruary between Furrey and Mott in re-
gard to the jail plans; Furrey came in
! and said he was Motifs friend and al
ways had been; Mott asked him good
many questions about his (Furreysl CON
nection with the jail plans; Mott said
that he (Furrey) had not told him any
thing about the plans and what he had
done; Fnrrey replied that he had looked
| for Mott and wanted to tell him all
stated that Colonel Boyce said, ''Fhey
were not after Mott, but Bouton."
A. N. HAMILTON.
To Williams-I had conversation
with Mott on the platform of street
car. We were joking about the Jail
sensation. ] asked him few questions
in joking way, and he said, 81 got $500
from Hall, and I'm going to get the rest
of it," Mott-There were dozen men
ON the platform at the time, and l am
not so foolish as to make such remark
In Joking way | asked him for my
share. He replied that there would not
be enough to go round. l related this
conversation to DIR. Sinsabaugh. He did
not ask me if it was joke. If he had,
/ would have told him that it was all
said in fun.
SUPERVISOR KINDS,
In reply to MIR. White. said; Mr.. Hol.
comb came before the Board and gave
his testimony; l had talk with him
afterwards, and referred to his appar.
ent listlessness or indifference when he
gave his expert testimony regarding the
| Jail plans; during this conversation he
had no hesitancy in declaring that Halls
plans were decidedly the best; l did not
| know at that time that there was any
interest between Holcomb and Hall.
Adjourned to . P. NJ.
Afternoon session.
W. j. BRODRIoK
Testified that Hall confessed to him,
when he took him to task upon his
failure to meet his obligations to Mott,
that he had "prevaricated. He (HalD
had not meant that she had the money
in the bank" but that money was in
the bank" Witness asked Mr.. Hall if
that was not the statement he made to
him, and Mr.. Hall repeated that he
said; 1.-THE money was in the bank"