Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-07
THE WHOLE THING "a HOLE. -
The Last Witness Before the Tunnel
Court . Spicy One.

Court . Spicy One.
THE WORK RUsHED--AND sLIaHrRp-rxspRcroas
WHO SAW BAD WORK poSE--LucAs WANTED
MORE NoNEY-sAID HE HAD TO DIVIDE WITH HE
sUPERIoRs-PAcKER M'MARR PAID TO 90 AWAY.
When the reading of the recoed was con.
cluded this morning the members Of the tun-
| mel court Of inquiry adjourned to the sdjoin.
ing room and assumed their military garb, to
be In readiness to hear the testimony Of Thos.
Tyrren, who had just arrived from Chicago 10
appear a. the last witness before the court.
At II o'clock he took the witness chair, and
testified that his occupation was that of brick.
layer. He asked permission to make state
ment before testifying, but was told that after
be had answered the questions to be asked, he
would be allowed to make statement.
He said he worked in the tunnel beginning Q
year ago from last Christmas. He left for
Chicago in the spring of 1887. He was again
employed in 1883, and laid the first brick when
the work was resumed. He was discharged in
July last. During his FIRST term Of service he
worked for several weeks 40 journeyman and
later as foreman, being employed by Mr.. Emery.
Durlng the second term of service he was en-
ployed by Palmer & Brennan and was employed
IN Champlain niue shaft west.
HOW THE WORK WAS RUSHED.
The work was estimated at from 125 to $50
feet month. ct was q kind o. nip and tuck
to see which gang would do the most; once $40
feet was DONE" The brick work was fair. In
answer to q question, he said some Of his own
work was dad enough" An q workman he
laid brick everywhere, and 80 foreman oc-
casionally laid bricks.
he DONE" BAD WORK HIMsELF AND THE IN
sPEcToR WAS LOOKING AT HIN.
The brick work could have been done better,
he said, as brick was sometimes laid dry. II
confess that il was done; done some Of it my
self. and the inspector was looking at me-" The
Kendalls we're foremen Of the bricklayers and
ers,
Witness endeavored to make statement in
regard to the last mentioned but was held in
check by the court.
THE PACKING JUST THROWN IN.
GLOW was the packing doneS'
THAT was thrown in, judge-just the stones.
Once and q while bucketful Of plaster was
slobbered over the top" Lucas was inspector
while witness was at work during the first term
OF service.
Was the dry packing seen by Mr.. Lucas?"
"Oh, yes!''
CONVERSATION WITH INSPECTOR LUCAS.
Ibid You have any conversation about it
with Lucas2"
Yes, sir, we had frequent quarrels.
wanted it one way and he wanted IL another
was sitting on the bench one day with Lucas,
when he said he was not getting enough money
out Of the job, and told him that he was
worse than Doodle alderman. and had better
60 to Quackenbush and fix it with him. l got
mad and said there should be no more stone
laid without cement At another time Lucas
said he was not getting enough money out Of
it, as he
HAD TO DIVIDE WITH HIS UPKRIoR oFTIcER;
he would not say whether it was or was not
kerlin." Emery never directed them to slight
the work.
THE WHOLE BUSINESS "A HOLE"
In the second term of service witness worked
in the Foundry branch shaft and Rock Creek
shaft. The packing was dry. There were a
few holes left; couldn't say how many. There
were holes in Champlain avenue shaft. When
asked how many. he said:
''Well, judge, I'd cal the whole business a
hole, for only here and there were patches
OF work, and that was only smothered over
with mortar"
On the Champlain avenue shaft Lucas was
inspector during the day and o Brien at mig hit.
Witness worked couple of nights as foreman
but, in fact, O'Brien was foreman, aud took it
out Of my hands"
''Were there any cavities?"
''There was cavity in the first section.
Lucas went home one night, and went home,
best he could" In the morning we found the
cavity, and
LUCAS TOLD THE PACKER HE OUGHT TO PAY
SOMETHING
for letting all that labor go. On the Foundry
branch Mcnamara was inspector, and he knew
the packing was dry. Witness knew Of one
cavity, but he was only there week; could
not say that McMarr knew Of that cavity
The work that witness was discharged for was
Witnessed by the inspector.
The court did not want the witness discharge
in the testimony yet, and took him back to
Champlain avenue shaft, where he said Lucas
saw bad work done. In the Foundry branch
Brennan was present part of the time, Palmer
had charge OF the Champlain avenue and Rock
Creek shafts. Witness
TOLD PALMER ABOUT THE BAD WORK.
II asked him." said the witness, "'who's this
man O'BrienY
..'Oh, he's all right he said, I put him in >
Palmer would occasionally say that there was
good amount Of work. Palmer and Brennan
seemed to be racing TO see which gang would
do the most work"
WHY rYRRELL WAS DISCHARGED.
"why were you discharged?"
"For doing bad work. Col. Kerlin and Lieut..
Townsend discharged me. They wouldn't
listen to me. tried to explain that was not
responsible. told Kerlin that could make il
hot for him and Palmer. had repeated that
Lucas had told me he had to divide, and :his
caused the trouble with Kerlin"
Did you know that any Of the inspectors re-
ceived money from the contradictory"
LUCAS CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
"Only that Lucas told me he was not getting
enough to let the work go as it was going. He
Qucas) got meerschaum pipe from Brennan
once, but that was kind Of q Christmas
present"
About the foreman witness said that Lucas
told him that he had acted as foreman and got
more work done than was ever done before.
PACKER MMARR GIVEN MONEY TO LEAVE TOWN.
McMarr, q packer, was discharged by Col.
Kerlin for work that he did not do. He had
done bad work, however. McMarr said he was
going to make it hot for somebody; he was 90
ing to tell the whole story. He was given
money to leave town.
"Where was the crows nest?'
1T was dangerous place east Of Champlain
avenue shaft, about ], 900 feet"
THE crows NEST.
"There was q tremendous cavity left there.
They worked there all night, when they thought
there was going to be an investigation, 10 that
the work would look good"
As bricklayer witness received no instruc-
lions about the work. He knew good brick
and good mortar. There were no ms -uctions
to do good work or bad work. He . told to