Omaha daily bee., 1893-05-17

institution, and held witness respOnsioie'
The objection was sustained, ana the
court adjourned until o'clock.
Suspicious of the Coal vouchers.
At tho opening OF the afternoon session
Major Post again went upon the stanu anu
was asked by Mr.. Lambertsou:
"Who made out the coal vouchers when
you checked"
~ he coal company, | suppose answered
the witness.
ut was the same with the flour, was it
not2"
About the same way
"You don't know when the daily bills came
with the goods2'
"Only as the report showed"
you commenced weighing the coal In
January, 1922
yes. sir; the superintendent was dissatis-
fled with the mine weights"
WAS there anything to arouse your sus-
picionsw
''lhe large amounts; possibly had some
thing TO do with the natter
Have YOU any knowledge of the amount
of coal charged during July, lS0l|
''Only what the vouchers show.
"Why were you suspicious of the April,
1891. billsr
"The large amounts"
"What did you do in the mattcrl"
ut was not in my province to do any
thing"
Don't you know that 19l tons OF coal for
December, 1890, was excessive"
II don't know as that was the amount"
"Did you see these vouchers before they
went to the boardw
~ did"
when did you enter the amounts on your
bootsf'
After they were approved"
Were they received from month to
month";"
"Yes. sir"
What did you do with them'"
I'VE discussed them"
"You thought there was steal in them"
~ never said So"
"Did you not say that you had sus-
picionsf'
81 testified that they aroused my curl
osity."
they aroused your suspicious"
II don't remember" answered the major
Mr.. Webster entered q very vigorous pro-
test to the line of examination What sus-
picions the witness had did not count.
"After your suspicious were aroused, why
did you not weigh the coal instead of wait
ing until 1922
''That was the business of the superin-
tendent"
''Did not the fact that there were 74l tons
Of coal used in November arouse your suspi-
cions2"
81 do not know as that was the amount,
sir"
'Do YOU know of any flour having been
II don't know as any -four was ever
weighed"
"Then, as understand it, all that you
know about any flour or coal having been de-
hVereu Is from WiaC lnlorlnaiion you gaiheu
.sVes sir that,s ~ Sow as re,nemher :,
now"
Taken from the States Books.
The second witness of the day was c. G..
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Iui 1uppies a. Cte nos pi'nt , was oiieieu III
., .xtehoe nc anu , uuilIseu .u MS Wus W SNOW
.hae que mem ipcrs VI inc legislature hne" oi
'he shoroaRe.
Hopkins tells OF the ConVicts' Labor.
Dan II. Hopkins, when he went on the
- stand, was asked If he heard the testimony
OF George Coy, who testified regarding the
cell house. The witness had not heard the
testimony This brought the cell house
matter before the court Hopkins was war
den at the penitentiary at the time when
Dorgan was building that cell house
Glow much work would the convicts do
in day2" asked Mr.. Webster.
"About two thirds as much as citizen"
''Would these men stand around and
watch yisitorsl"
''No sir; they would not they were not
allowed to do so"
what kind of men were selected to work
on the cell housel
Good, strong, able bodied men, so far as
know; we got as many stone masons as we
could find; there was nothing in the story
that men who could not stand the work
were turned over to Dorgan."
"You were there on behalf of the state
were you not" asked MIR. Lambertson, on
cross ss-examination
Eyes, sir; that Is true"
docs not the contract allow tho contrac-