The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-02
SWAYNE REPEATS CHARGES
AT HEALTH B0ARD's ISyEsTIdA-
 TIOS sATURDAY NIGHT.

 Attempts to Probe Into swayne's Past Life
 Ruled Out--Mrs. swsyne VIII Testify Ie-
 night when the Hearing is hesumed-
 Driver Doran's Testimony.
 Another large audience was present fin the councilmanie chamber Saturday night at the continuation of the inyesti- gntion into the charges against Health Ofiicer Wright and Clerk Bailey mhde by Garbage Contractor Walter $. swayne. It was expected that Mrs. swayne would be the star witness Of the hearing Saturday evening, but she was unable to be present in consequence or illness and her examination will take place this evening at s:30 o'clock. After n nra.ser of witnesses had been ex- amiped and had testified that they had never made any complaint to the board of health about Swayne and Swayne had also thrown some further light on the subject of the investigation the meeting AdIourned until .S:30 o'clock this even- ing. All the members of the board of health were present. and again Mayor Sargent presided. The investigation opened with the examination of Wit nesses who had been summoned In 10 testify as to whether or not they had made any complaint against Swayne to the board of health. There were quite a number of these witnesses. Mrs. sa- rah D. Hinman of Sl6 Crown street tes- tified that she had never made com plaint or authorized anyone to make one for her prior to May 23. Mrs. Harriet A. Tate of IA Prospect street testihed that she had made no complaint. At torney Ely, counsel for Clerk Bailey, on cross-examination showed her postal card which she had written to the board. Mrs. H. l.. Eager of 145 Howard avenue, Mrs. L. A. Huntley of Howard avenue, Joseph Warren of s6 Ward street, w. F. Batson of 96 Crown street and number of others testified that they had never made any complaint about the collection of garbage by MT. Swayne, and quite number of them added that they had never had any oc- casion to. as the garbage had always been well collected.
 The next witness of the evening was to have been Mrs. Walter &. Swayne, wife of the contractor, who, 1t Is al- legged, was present at the Orange street meeting and overheard the converse tion in relation to the $500 and $200 be- tween the health officer and Contractor Swayne and the latter's agreement to pay him $2O0 on the next pay-day-June g. Instead of Mrs. Swayne giving this spicy testimony on Saturday, Attorney Hamilton arose and presented a physi- clans certificate to the effect that Mrs. Swayne was confined to her home by illness and would be unable to be pres- ent at the hearing that evening. After this had been read by the members of the board MT. Swayne was recalled to the witness stand.
 Contractor Swayne stated that he had taken memorandum of the, com plaints made verbally to him by Clerk Bailey prior to the meeting May 22. He then read off a list of ninety-seven alleged complaints in all parts of the city and stated that the witnesses sum- moned to testify as to whether they had made complaints were included in and part of the complaints given to him by the clerk. MT. Swayne was then turned over for cross-examination, and he stated that MT. Bailey did not give him all the complaints, but that he took some of them from the postal cards on the spindle in the office. He could not remember that anyone else in the office had ever given him the names and resi- dences of the alleged complainants but MT. Bailey, and the latter gave him the majority of them. MT. Bailey, he said, always read the complaints from a pa per he had in front of him. He stated that he did not receive the complaints all at once, but got them from day to day and always wrote them down in the same book which he produced and read from. He was then questioned as to his meeting with Health Officer Wright on Orange street on May 23, at which MT. Swayne alleged MT. Wright demanded $500 from him. He could not remember. how he came into the city that morning, nor could he remember what he did just before and after the conversation, although he thought he went to the board of health to receive his complaints. 2
 Have you your Buildings Journar?" asked MT. Asher.
 "I object" said MT. Hamilton. 'T can- not see how the question can enter this inquiry. It may be fishing excursion, but don't believe the board cares togo on a fishing excursion tonight"
 Mr. Asher claimed the question, but the board thought it was not admis- sible.
 MT. Asher then asked:
 "Eave not the insurance companies declined to insure your buildings and furniture here?" x
 II object to this mode of inquiry" said Attorney Hamilton, and the board after a brief deliberation decided unan- imcusly to exclude all attempt to go into MT. Swayne's past life. The wit ness was then turned over to Mr. Ely, who questioned him as to when he re- ceived notice of the action of the board of May 22, when 1t voted that the clerk should instruct him that unless he did his work better his contract would be taken away from him. MT. Swayne stated that he received 1t on the after, noon Of May B at the hands of mes- senger.
 Robert H. Doran,a driver for Swayne, was the last witness of the evening. He testified that when he went to the office of the board of health the satur- day after the meeting of May 22 he met pr. Wright, who asked him where Mr. Swayne was. Doran replied that he was sick. to which Mir. Doran quoted Dr. Wright as saying: '.He will be a
 sight sicker if be don't come down and attend to the business he prom ised.', That was the extent of his di- rect examination, and his cross-exami- nation Waa confined. to the uuestinn