Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-30
AoUEDUCT TALK.
lsy Hhps Ten Theusand Dollar
Xo,e vas End> rsed-how II was 10
h, paid WHIP 1t Fell Due.
.u, of New York City ard State
political Gossip Brought Out In the
ILvrstiR alton.

yrv YORK, April 29.-The Senate aque-
,,o. investigating committee held an
uu sor session yes erdsy. Charles A. Peter
o'- =, Paterson & Co, who is said to be
- partnership with Beck"ith & ouacken-
m whom O'Brien & Clark sub-let
t uu CONTRACT for buil9iDg section twelve
I,.hs ,oueduct, testified that his firm did
III ,or IL per cent. less than the price
m,icn Il WAS lei to O'Brien 4 Clark
The lstter received payments from the
citv snd psid them over to the SUD-
contractors, minus the IL per cent. -
Herpm,n Clark OF O'Brien Clsrk
corroborsted this statement, and sdoed
tS.t his firm made as high as 20 per cent:
y, acme Of their contracts which they had
Sun.Iet. The witness said Maurice b.
T.vrn. John KEENAN, end j. d. Morley
81 each an interest in the contracts.
pIe,n Is now under Indictment with
polIIn NJ. Squire for conspiring to
nss the Office of commissioner OF puolic
.gorks uula wtully and Rcnnan Is under In
S,ctmspt ard in Canada In connection
9TH the Broadway Railway aldermanic
bribery cases.
Maurice D. Flynn testified that he was
an active County Denccrst and supplied
+he department OF public works with iron
tnss DOZEN wears. Since 1875 he had
lawn from the department nearly $780,
mn The witness then told at length the
storv Of now Squire st the instance Of the
Ito p O Thompson had written q letter
.ddrpsssd to the witness in which he
nromised II Flynn would secure the
wdter,s appointment SIS commissioner OF
nnhl;c works, Flynn might control the
p,tronage of the department.. This letter
wss as the witness believed, burned in his
nreseuce, but 1t afterwards turned up and
v,s made public. Various other bits oil
interesting locsl and stste political gossip
we're brought out. Squire, according to
The witness, had used his influence to IT,
6uce General Ben Butler to withdraw
from the presidential canvass in favor Of
cleveland Whether he succeeded or moi
his reward was to be the commissioner.
shin of public works and an interest II
the O,Brien L Clark contracts. The wit
moss and his friends had one-si1th inter
est. He indorsed Governor HIPS SIC, e0t
note the same IS he would indorse any
other, expecting to get his money wheI
returned. The money to pay the mott
was to come from the indorser. III
frs. heard OF the note on February
IS, but could not say whether /
vss before or after the passage OF thu
,sueduct bill. When O'Brien presented
the note to him he said the note was il
behalf Of the state committee.
The counsel for the committee asked
HWss not YOUR share from section twelve
10 90 TO the payment of Governor Hill'
mole, and is not that the reason you with
drew from the sec.ionf"
The witness refused to answer.
Judge Alton B. Parker was next place.
on the stand. He was chairman o
the executive commit ee of the state con
I $780, 900 signed by David B Hill and Jotl
Kennan. The note was afterwards pail
BY KEENAN,. -.--eg--
Flynn was recalled and further testife'
in reference to the $4,000 note. He hs'
told Judge Miller that O'Brien AMI CLAIR
owed s. me debts to the Democratic part
and he Withdrew his share from section
u, to give them a chance to pay it. Tn
witness visited Governor Hill and tol,
him the County Democracy leaders wer
after Squirrels scalp. The Governo
said that II he WAS CON
ViHced that Squire had beel
guilty Of m.lfeasance in office he woul
heartily sign his removal, but the Cover
nor did not consider Squirrels letter sufi
cient evidence. TIE witness said he be
lieved 0'Brien { Clark paid politica
assessments. 1t was expected Of sue
firms.
William Smith, deputy commissioner o
public works under Squire, testified ths
he recognized Judge Miller as the repre-
sentative Of Governor Hill, and as sue
mad complied with 9 number of request
from him to make appointments in tbs
department.
Adjourned sine die.