, 1889-09-26

IEsIMONN OF J.. l., SWARr5.
am member of the fire department.
] took the trouble to inform myself
where some of the goods went. | saw
toad going TO Major Waters house in an
express wagon and followed it in bug
gy. The load was hauled from the relief
tent 10 Major Waters residence. The
goods were put in Il wooclshed The load
Consisted of two or three cases of canned
goods; a couple of gunny-sacks full of
something; the gunny-sacks had the ap.
pcaranCc of u smooth surface; appeared
as III they contained sugar, rice or goods
Of that nature; the sacks were abont
2 feet long and about l6 or Is inches
wide. Ii looked to me as ii there was
some meat in under the seat of az
wagon;l saw the wagon loaded ut the
tent. Waters was there and gave orders
to take the load to his tent. This was
during the first week of tbs fire; IL may
have been Friday or Saturday, If am
not mistaken. The ''soup-housen WAS
going them / cannot give the exact
value of the goods. Major Waters gave
instructions at the tent when
the goods had been loaded to
take them over to his house.
This is the same load / made com
plant of to Mr.. Cannon. | was stand
ing at one of the doors Of the tent when
the goods were loaded, at about III O'Clock
in the morning. There were four or five
other express wagons and other people
on the outside of the tent. Inglis was
sitting at desk. Do not know that
Hayward was there. | was told, when |
informed Mr.. Cannon and the other
members that were present at the com
mittce headquarters, that the goods were
charged to Major Waters. | might have
made the statement to the gentlemen,
that by Cd II Major Waters got some
goods proposed to have some myself
afterwards got some goods myself upon
An order.
MORE LIGHT.
A. Moon testified: 1 drove a wagon
part of the time when the relief supplies
were being distributed. | hauled some
supplies to Major Waters house. Waters
told me to haul them there. put the
things in the wagon the major was
there when | loaded them; he told me
10 put them in his woodshed. When |
returned he gave
which he took from the tent as my pay.
IL was good-sized ham-weighed about
fifteen pounds. I took the ham to the
stand where all the express wagons
stand and somebody stole it from my
wagon.
Cross-examination Waters and an.
other man who was working around the
tent were present when | loaded the
ihings, which was Just before noon |
told Waters that my folks were poor.
Waters gave me the ham because |
asked for it. l got some other things
before | got the ham. somebody handed
the things to Waters from the tent and
le handed them to me. ] saw man
making an entry on some books as
MIR. Waters got the goods. DO not know
who the man was. did not see the
nam TINT Mr. Waters gave me charged.
DO not know that Waters told the man
old Waters that ii he would give ham
or hauling the load | would call it
square. The conversation us regards the
condition Of my family occurred prcyi-
o,'s TO my hauling the goods TO Waters.
do not remember OF Waters Offering to
,ay me. l told him that If he would
give me ham for the hauling would
call it square. hauled goods to some
poor people. Most of these paid me for
The hauling.
TESTIMONY Of v. PoHLMAN.
drove an express wagon at
Ii.h Ihe time supplies plies were being de-
No. 7. l hauled sack Of sugar from
The relief rent to Major Waters house.
There were about 100 pounds in the sack
Writer'S told me to put II in n hole left in
his woodshcd. Nobody paid me for the
hauling. Waters told me 10 charge II 10
the relief committee. ! had a load TO
take over TO poor lady, and the sack of
flour was on this load. II WAS for the
hauling of this load that Waters told me
10 collect charges from the relief conf
alttcc. 1t was between II and o'clock