The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-15

him | believed / could assist him In secur.
| ing it and advised him to employ Colonel
j. r. HallowellIas his attorney. He asked
me 10 go and see Colonel Hallowell foi
| him and that was all that occurred in that
conversation until my conversation with
Colonel Hallowell.
| Plaintiff:
| @ State the next conversation yoU
! had with Mr.. Wilson relative to this con
tract.
/ A. In company with another gentle
man. Harvey Fleming, local editor OF the
| EAGLE, asked him what the contract was
worth To him. He ia reply asked me
what it would cost TO get it. l told bin
! in reply that it would cost him about $40,
/ 600 The witness here refused TO answer
! the question farther. Thereupon 1t was
ordered By the probate judge that the wit
/ ness proceed TO answer said question
! ANSWER continnedl: Well, he agreed &c
| employ Colonel Haiiowell As his attorney
/ q Have you stated all that Was IN SAID
! that conversation?
! a. No, have not.
@. State the remaining portion Of that
conversation relative to this contract al
! that time.
| A. 1t is impossible to give the exact
conversation.
! o, State It as near as you can.
| A Well. ne told me what he would do
| O. What was thatf
/ a. He said he would see the parties in
! terested with him and let me know as soon
as he returned from Chicago. He left fol-
| Chicago that night.
O. Was there anything said in that con-
versation between you and Mr.. Wilson
relative as TO what was to be done with
that sI0,0
A. Yes.
Q. State what that was.
A While he was away | was TO see Colo
mel Halloweli and some of the councilmen,
aud find out the lowest price the contract
could be got for.
@. After he left for Chicago, state what,
if anything, you did towards seeing Colo
mel Hailowell and the councilmen relative
to what il would cost TO secure the con-
! tract, and who you saw, if anybody, on
that subject?
A. saw Colonel Hallowell and Mr.. Ben
Downing, one of the councllmen-
O. What did you say TO Mr.. Downing
relative to it, and what reply did he make?
A / asked Mr.. Downing what majority
of the council could he got for-how much
money. Il do not know whether that was
the exact language or not, but that was
the substance.) MIR. Downing told me
that seven of the councilmen had an offer
of 5000 apiece, from another paving COM
pauy. asked him if 500 each would get
seven of the councilmen TO vote for this
jasperite pavement. He said he thought
it would. l told him that Mr.. Wilson
would be back from Chicago about the Sth
of March, and l thought the matter could
be arranged 10 pay that amount. L also
told him that | thought Colonel HallowelI
would be employed as attorney. This, L
think, | told him first-if sufficient
number o. the councllmen could be secured
TO vote for the contract.
O. What report, amy, did you make of
this conversation to Mr.. WILSON,
A At what time?
@. At any time before the letting of this
contract.
A. | told Mr. Wilson If be would
employ Colonel Hallowell AS the
attoley for his company during the con-
tinuance of the contract, or that portion
of it, for fee of 81 1000, and pay $4,000 for
securing the contract to the council that
he could get the contract.
O. What did Mr.. Wilson say, il any
thing?
A. Mr.. Wilson authorized me to say to
Colonel Hallowell aud the council that he
would pay that amount.
O. Did you have any further converse
tiou with Mr. Downing about you having
told Mr.. Wilson this, prior TO the letting
of that contract?
A Yes sir.
q. State what that conversation was.
A | told Mr. Downing that Mr.. Will
sou had agreed that either himself Or Mr..
jackson don't know his first name, he is
in the coal business there) would indirld-
ually pay the mouey to the different men,
bers of the council at Colonel Hallowell's
office or some other place on the evening
of the 10Th of March before the council
met
@. What reply. if any, did he make,
A He said that WAS satisfactory to
him.
Q. Is that all of that conversation you
had with Mr.. Downing at that time?
A. / think that was all ut that time.
q. Did you have any further converse
tiou with Nh. Downing after that date be-
fore the council met to let the contract?
A. | met Mr.. Downing on the 9th, IN the
afternoon / think, about 4 p IN. and told
him his mouey was in Colonel Hallowell's
office. We went up to CoionePs office to-
gether, | wont say whether he took the
mouey for two of the councilmen or not,
but il was there for Fritz SchnltZler and |
think the other was john Herrig, and he
either took their money or told them it
was there.
@. State what you saw if anything rela-
tive to the payment OF any money TO Mr..
Downing, and if paid how it was paid, and
in what manner aud at what timet
A. All of the councilmen had got their
money at that time but three. Mr.. Down
ing, took his mouev. Yes sir.
Q. Are you acquainted with Mr.. Will
lam Johnson
A. l am acquainted with two William
Jobnsous
@. What two William johnson are you
acquainted with?
A. am acquainted with William John
sou of Wichita III the council and Will
lam Johnston OF Topeka, Kan.
.. State when William Johnson of
Wichita was member of the city coun-
Gil?
A. He was a member of the city council
at that time. March 1890 | think it was.
@ State whether you had any conversa-
tiou with Mr.. Wilson al or about this time
relative to Mr.. Johnson concerning this
contract | mean Mr.. johnson the coun-
Gilman of the city of Wichita:
A. Yes | had
Q. State where that conversation was if
A. Il was in the city of Wichita.
@ Can you locate Lhe place.
A. Yes.
o Please locate the place of the CONVEX
satlon with him.
A IL was in the Carey hotel.
O. State the circumstances which lead
up TO the conversation, and the CONVERSE.
ton.
A. was in Mr.. Wilson's room and Mr..
Johnson came in and Mr.. Wilson winked
Tor ME, and motioned for me TO get out
which | did. On my return about ten
minutes afterwards we talked while,
aud he assured me Mr.. Johnson was all
right, and would vote for awarding the
contract 10 hun.
@ Did he say anything elsei
A Yes. He told me had hired him, and
had paid him to vote for him
@ DID he state the amount he had paid
him:
A can't say that he did, but in fgur-
ing up what the contract cost him, he
figured him in the same as the balance OF
the couucilmen.
Q. What DO you mean by the balance
OF the councilmeus