New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-27
THE FRERET SCANDAL.
SEVERAL MORE WITNESSES EXAMINED.
"MoNEY IN 1T" FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE SUPER
WISHING ARcHITEcT's oFFIcE-MR.
FRERET's INVITATION TO
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Washington, Jan. 25.-There were three witnesses
examined at this mornings hearing - tho Freret
investigation, all Of them employees Of the supervs-
Ing Architects Office. The first OF them was George
ii. Atkinson, a draughtsman. He said that he was
engaged In work on the plans for the Lowell Mass,
and Charlotte, N. c.. buildings, for the contractor
He was receiving about tho for bis work that
he was paid by the Government for work done In the
Architects Office, 81 an hour lie said emphatlcally
that he did not think tho work done outside OF tho
Office was as well done that which was dono In
the Office.
James e. Hosford the next witness, was evidently
willing enough to testify. but seemed TO find difficulty
in grasping the questions OF tho committee. He
was the employe of the Office who had a contract
made through Mr.. Barry. one of the witnesses ex-
amined last Saturday. Undcr the arrangement with
Mr.. Barry, these two and Mr.. 6lmonson another
empoye Of the Office. TO share equally tho profits
OF the contract after expenses had been paid They
had divided up the work evenly, he thought. Mr.
Barry had made tho bid for tho contract the sug
gestion Of the witness and Mr.. simonson. Witness
estimated the expense of tho work at s400 but when
Mr.. Spooner began to figure IN these expenses ana
TO obtain from him the Individual items that made
them up, Hosford strained the limit at s27o.
Mr. Pasco went little out OF the line OF the invest
gntion IN asking the witness whether he had ever
been asked to contribute to a campaign fund. and
Hosford replied that he had been asked to contribute
Ho had been asked three times. and three times he
bad refused. Finally he said, I" It was put in such
way that I voluntarily contributed"
"To tho campaign fund Of what party" asked Mr.
Pasco.
The Democratic party" was the reply.
The third and the most interesting witness was
Henry Adams, expert In heating and ventilating.
Mr. Won inertia, the chief draugbtsman, had suggested
fD la m
contracts on the outside II he could get any else
to put in the bids for him. Witness had asked
friend Beadenkopf to do this and the latter had put
In tho bid for this one contract Won Nerta had
asked him TO put in bids for Others but he and Beaden
kept had talked the matter over and had come to
tho conclusion that IL was not honorable,
and he had refused to put in any moro bids.
In the afternoon Otto simonson, the man who,
with Barry and Hosford, had had the contract for
the Bridgeport building, testified. He said he went
TO Mr. Barry, who was friend Of his,' and advised
him to put in bid for the contract, which he did.
Under Mr. spooncrs questioning, he said that he had
known this friend Of hiss one month, and had seen
him twice in that time Mr.. Barry had beer intro
duced to him by card by Mr.. Thompson, an engineer
in tho employ of the Supervising Architects Office.
Mr.. spooner asked him II men in the o1ice ever
went 10 rstciass architects and asked them to take
contracts Mr.. simonson replied in tho negative.
c. w. somervllle was the next witness He
testified that he receiving % so day In the ofice
OK the supervising architect. He said that he was
the hcontractor under Mr. Bogue for the prospective
Detroit building Mr. Freret sent for him, and asked
him TO have some friend OF his outside makn the oid
This done, he satd with the Understanding tnat
II was necessary that some outsider should MAKE the
bid 10 evade tho law. Mr. Bogue was friend OF the
witness who asked him to put IN the bid Tho price
Ho wrote out the bid, and Sr Bogns copied and signed
it. Witness paid Mr. Boguo go