Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29
AUSTIN.
Congressman Ssyers Says the Third
Auditors Ofliee Is Hard al
Kerk On Texas Claims.
sub.CoBtrector Wnkes Receives Letter
Charging Defects In the Oapitel
Building and Demanding
BlackmSil.

Spectalt the Gszstte. J
AUSTIN, TEX, Jan. 2s.-A telegram |
from Congressman Joe Sayers to-day to
Governor Ross, says the Third Auditors |
Office is hard at work on the Texas |
claims and that the allowance to date Is |
sS42. 900. Sayers says nc time Is being |
lost in auditing the claims.
The sensation here to-day Is letter OF |
man calling himself Henry G. Miller TO |
Gus W;lke, sub-contrsctor on the new !
capitol, charging defects and other |
things and demanding blackmail. The |
letter speaks for itself:
AUsTIs, Tex, Jan s6, 1888
Gus Wilke, ESQ:
DEAR SIR-I take lioirty In writing |
you az ain. II you don't throw this in the |
waste basket before you finish reading 1t,
I'm very confident that it will not please |
you. Ineed money. I ana going to have |
from you in the wsy bride, and II the !
information l possess haven't value to |
you, or rather my silence, I'll ,
Just give 1t to the state, just
TO see you sufer or the
sinacat rather. knowe more eoout your
doing than ever dream and the work on
the stone ore granite from second story
up Is sotch and you knowe it, and lie
prove. I just mead one thousand I'VE
hundred dollars and no! 3 cent less. PsoS
pie think you very sharp and smart, Dut
don't call blufiDg and trickery SO.
don't intend to insult you, but want
to speak my mind plainly, for belesve
you took me for fool that time asked
interview with you about Pages doings.
But that was only ruse OF miae to git i
conversation With you, and l can Judge y
man by his talking. For mud yaa,
have not been raised IN
Texas. have seen something
iorlhcomming on the 30lh OF the present
month letter will be given to Gov. Ross
and the Dispatch, and If you should nap
pen to bribe the Dispatch can have slips
printed that will answer the
same purpose. (rhere's more
| then one way to kill a goos). will In
clude q copy of the letter to Governor
Rsss. 1t is IS follows:
ss::ss4ssss5sssIHxsER TO GOVERNOR ROSS.
Gov. Ross:
| DEAR SIR take great ll0!rtp In
| writing to you on matter that concerns
the state capitol building as you being
J the Gov. Taxes es your business you OF to
| know what is gong on a. the building.
! Seipg that Won have published Mr.. Pages
letter thought my in
formation would come 10 rather
hsndy 20 contra iict his statement,
for when he wrote that Mr.. Wilke had
something to DO with il. Wot it is will
let you knew latter. Mr.. Page is known
10 well for him to be taken at his word
| AS TO the statement, it is this:
"l, That are patches all over bldg CT
cement of shellac.
SO. There are nineteen granite blocks
broke ir two right ABOVE the: WINDOWS
and the Joints of the upper peeres come
over the crack. L. is done by WeiySt
and poor machines and nothing elses
"S. There sre at leest two sills broken.
81. Granite hss bin broken before u
has bin put in. They pstcn it with soIAs
kind Of white substance. WHAT it IL I
don't know, ont is broken again IA the
same place.
"5. That the arch In the part OF the
! building is caving IN to ouch q degree
that 1t will soon be dangerus to DE around
if. 1t Is already cracking the stones In
the lower part. l can show
YOU at least s CT 10 cracks
that you can stick small
knife blade In. Won't take but small
earthquake to send the whole thing
tumblipg down. That Is alone enough 70
condemn the building, for il was through
Door workmanship and In too great q
hurry.
"6. That there is cracks on the corner OF
the cornice on the Quater rounds, and the
pieses will coon fall ont, for nothing
whatever is holding them but little NOR
.ar and lesst Of cement.
"That's ali l wish to write concerning
the building. l just want to interest you
SO In case you want me to tell you in per
son about anything CONCERNING the build
ing You could tell me whear could speak
to you. The next thing is to
prove what l saw. In the first
j zpiace furnish me with good architect,
swinging scsffold snd two good laoorers
: Itcsn be done in week snd without
y tdiargento shy body. One thing, that If
that I'm not doing This for the love o.
Texas, but to set even With The SUB
contractor, as he calls himself. Yor
can tell by the copy Of the letter 1 write
him. That is all this time. Hopping Il
hear from you soon. Yours respectfully
Address, HENRY ID MILLER
"P. Snow Mr.. Wilke, all l have K
SAY to Won is that you mead not try to SEE
] lOI you Cahs koAA liz Ses Va I've
know q great deal more about the build
T Ing then have written to the Gov. In
mot bluffang, for lie take me oath that In
ksstelling the truth, as you'll find ont to YOU
sorrow, for Ill do you all the harm
can but Ill do if, with truth, or net at all
don't intend staying here anyhow, SO
don't care what the people will think o
. me for saying what / will, and anoths
thing, I'm not the only man you hav'
br!bed, for know q little about that
Who they are you'll iud at the examina
ton. I'll also send a copy inst like In
+. writing to you to the Governor, so tina
= you can't make any trouble; for II yo1
: do I don's care, for Fr
r disperte. I migh. as well stay In Texa
K another year as well as any ether place
= You can give Page what you please for a
8 care, and mad you don't want so
fooling. He and me are the only person
that knows of it this fur. Yours,
n. s. MILLER.
: ION the s0.h. After thst 1t will be to
: late.
nI aP. S. Wrap the money in plain p,pe
& and give IS have q
recsei you, IS it misl
not do any good to have them suspec
I entepd leaving IS soon IS reaceaye
e and no sooner u. {. ID.
d "That IS Just what I'll write to ID
Ross SIS il stands above, lie swear it.
"HRNKY G. MILLER,
"C.re Capitol Hotel. Austin, Tex"
NR WILKES STATEMENT.
H.