Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-30
A sTATEMENT



Fort Worth. Tex. June 90 1893.
| Editor Gazette:
Willie mp to this time have patiently
borne all the Misrepresentation an
INSCRIPTIONS malice heaped upon our
firm and myself concerning waterworks
matters without once rushing into print
10 deny or protest, and while such would
continue to be my course except for the
fact that human endurance has n limit.
the article in this evenings Mail makes
| II incumbent on me, IN justice to the pub
lie, my friends and myself land my
epnloyl7ll 10 enter This protest
Mr.. Hamilton. whose remarks are so
deliberately quoted in The Null, was II
suh-coniractor under Macarthur BrosJ
while the work of constructing the new
wntcrworks was IN progress. He was
engaged In hauling cast-iron pipe, stone
and other materials, from cars to the
various sites of construction. During
the course of the work he stated TO mo
that certain quantities Of material had
been delivered At certain place, and.
having previously had no reason to doubt
his word (hayng, however, exercised
the strictest surveillance over him
paid him the amount he claimed was
due.
\ short time thereafter he. finding him
self comfortably ahead NJ US. on account
Of being overpnih on the ton referred
TO, exultingly Jumped the job telling me
in tho presence OF tive or SIX witnesses,
that | might employ any one | --
pleased TO carry on the work.
Immediately after this he sued Ne
Arthur Bros. for over 5000 dumnEcs
On the ground Of breach of contract.
This suit being carried 10 the United
States court, was dismissed on some
| techncaliiies, aud after a lapse Of five
or six mouths he again sued, through a
new set of lawyers, IN the district court
for SlGOO The basis Of his suit this
time WIS a direct claim for a balance on
necomlt Various items of work for
which he alleged never 10 have been paid.
amounted to about SllO0. The remuin-
der $500 was the amount of a certain
check. issued April ~ 1892. which was
Saturday and a general payday on our
work.
Mr., Hamilton testified that. at my sug-
gestion, he received this check from the
| hands of Mr. A. G. Torbert mot Joseph
Talbot as stated in The Alnil) for the
| purpose of bribing two South side alder
men to Dust Captain A. w. Scobc and
| CITY Engineer Kerr from Office. That
| failing to make the arrangements" with
| the two aldermen, he got Mr., Jim Moss
| to 70 with him. and returned the money
| 10 Mr.. Torhcrt in Macarthur Bros office
the next morning. (Sunday morninc)
Moss swurc TINT az the time Taunton
| got the 5000, Hamilton employed him
to 90 and bride Alderman 'rilcr with
| part of the money to vote for The award
| Of the waterwOrks contract 10 Macarthur
! Bros, instead of making the award
TO Wallace Roach 4 CO.. who were also
striving for II, Tie witnesses were I'M
| der the rules aud Moss had not heard
Mamilton's testimony
MARrHUR BROS. WERE AWARD
Ed THE CONTRACT DEC. S. 1891.
FIVE MONTHS BEFORE THIS
CHECK WAS ISSUED,
As to Hamiltou's testimony, 1t Is n
| matter of common repute that Captain
| Scoblc had aud knew that he had what
| puny assistance could give him To-
ward his reelection, which occurred at
| about The date of The disputed check
As to Engineer Kerr. | had never had
| any dealing with him whatever, not a
| siuglc communication from him until
| April ~, and that communication was
simply concerning the condition Of a
street aud was signed by lin as city
| engineer and NOT ms engineer charge Of
| waterwOrks- for at that time Captain
| Scohlc and Engineer Halves were joint
| ly In charge of The work Mr.. Hnmil-
| ton had evidently forgotten that my
row with Engineer Kerr occurred
| some months after this time Il may
| also be well TO state TINT Hamilton gave
| q formal rrceip, for $500 at our office
| Which is in evidence In the case
| All Of the statements above made COM
| corning the testimony Of the two wit
upsscs can be verified by consulting the
| suit
Immediately after the TESTIMONY of
the two mon had been given, four mon.
| all well known aud respected In the com
| munlty testified undcr oath thar HAM
| ilton's reputation for truth and yerncity
~ thus community was entirely had aud
that he was not 10 be believed or trusted.
| They were MIR. CubcrtsOn of Strnfon 4.
| White, Mr. w. =. Marshall, president
of the Panhandle Machinery and luz
nroycmcnt company lohn Martin. the
| well known blacksmith aud Dave Smith
of Smith y Bnrlun, contractors. Martin
testified that Moss. who swore as to
the $500, once said in Martins shnp
that Hamilton WAS a 49, liar.
CDuisel for Hamilton commended that
because we, viz, Caps 4 cnutcy and |,
had proponnded an interrogatory to Mr.
Torberl mow in Chcagol concerning
any possible payments of money to him
| 10y Hamilton. IN advance of trinl nv
several weeks. we showed knowledge
Of some such payment To this. for
| Beckhnm, counsel for Hamilton, cnvh
the first iutlmatlon that any
of us had OF this matter, 10 Mr.
Ndpps. about two weeks before we mo
ponnded the inierogaiorics to Mr.. ,for-
bert
| In view Of all the above. and fccllns
that MY dealings for Macarthur Rros'
with the city. the public and the mon
who have had business with us. hnv,.
heon of such n character rs tn cansc ND
no discredit, ] leave them all to decide
as 20 Tie justice anil truth " the attack
andc mon my i1iegrliy Nv such men MS
Hamilton and Moss, whose testimony
given IN cnnrt, and that Is now
recorded IA the stenorrnplic rr-
ports Of the trial Of the sniu