The record-union., 1893-02-22
HART INVESTIGATION.
THE INQUIRY Is RESUMED AT SAN
FRANCISCO.
Chairman Matthew'S Gets Somewhat
.Restless-The Harbor Commission
Suits-That Money.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2l.-The legisla-
tive investigation of the management of
the Attorney-GeneraPs Office was resumed
this morning at the City Hall. The in
vestigation thus far has brought out the
TACT that the Governor and nearly all
the heads of the various departments
OF the State have complained that the
Attorney-General has neglected his duties
and has thereby subjected the State Off
GERS to much annoyance and serious
embarrassment. The investigation In
Sacramento yesterday was principally
confined to complaints against Chief
Deputy Attorney-General Layson.
The Assemblymen who constitute the
Investigating Committee are Mathews.
Tindall, Mack, Kahn and Simpson. The
prosecution IS conducted by r. T. Devlin.
while James Budd, Frank Stone. General
Barnes and the Attorney General himself
are IN the interest of the defense.
Ine investigation was to have been
commenced at II O'Clock, but it was half
an hour or more thereafter before the
committee got to business. Chief Justice
Beatty OF the Supreme Court was pres-
ent part Oh Inc time during the taking of
testimony.
John II. Miller, the attorney. was
sworn. He testified that he had been as
soclated with Mr.. Langhorne in the suits
against the Harbor Commission to mako
good John Gray's defalcations. He did
not know personally what moneys had
been paid direct to General Hart. He
looked up the records of the suits, and
found that on July Il, 1891, in the Philins
case, 81, rs 81 had been paid to the Attnr.
ney-General; on August l, 1891, in the
Blandlng case, S6,60I o6 was paid: ON Oc
tober %, 1892, in the Knight case. 50. 404 36
was paid; on November %, ESQ., Ouacl[-
enbush paid to Langhorne q Miller 81 .l2O.
TINS Is total OF II sol a that passed into
the hands OF the Attorney General.
On cross-eXamination Mr.. Miller did
not know whether he appeared as an at
torney OF record in the suits or not. He
did not recollect the date when the cases
were dismissed. The witness also test;.
fed as to the information he had given
the Ways and Means COMMITTEES of a
former Legislature. The firm OF Lang
horne ~ Miller presented bill for s., 900
The witness said he thought the money
should have gone into the harbor fund.
lie had heard that Mr.. Langhorne
thought the money should have been
paid TO the general fund.-
Chairman Mathews cut short this line
OF investigation by saying that the com
mittee did not care to know what fund
VIZ AiAOhSJ OOlOilSGl W. w nat IlGV
wanted to know was whether the At
torney-General had received large sum
OF money and had kept it indefinitely.
Attorney Stone said that the theory of
the defense was that there was such a di-
versity OF opinion asto the fund to which
the money should be paid that even part
ners in the firm of Langhorne 81 Miller
differed.
Attorney Devlin announced that the
committee desired to know how the
money was paid to General Hart, whether
by check, in gold, in currency or other
wise. If by check the committee would
like to know where and when it was
cashed and what was done with the
money.
w. II. Knight, who was Harbor Com
missioner. testified that he had paid Cen
eral Hart on October q, 1892, a certificate
of deposit for S2, 404 on the Peoples Home
Savings Bank
Attorney Devlin wanted the Attorney
General to go on the stand and testify as
to when the money was paid. General
Hart'S counsel refused to allow him to
testify at this stage of investigation, and
recess was taken until 1:30 O'clock.
The committee were promptly on hand
at the hour set for the opening of the
afternoon session, but there were no wit
nesses present and the Attorney General
was absent though his counsel were in
attendance. There was a delay OF twenty
minutes.
Deputy County Clerk Allen produced
the record in each of the suits brought to