The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-14
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80 as 10 save that much In my own
rocket / do not remember how many
masses / had when 1 was elected super
inton1ont OF Public Instruction. re-
member that after ] succeeded IN pass
i,o "a nublic bin I received passes from
alnost every railroad in the United
ctgtes Some OF the roads ] have never
en- While / was a private citizen
hsa masses on the Chesapeake and ONO
a,a Norfolk and Western, and | think
| on the Virginia Midland railroad. The
masses were made out 10 me atter my
election as Superintendent OF Pubic IN
| str,ction | considered them as personal
cornplin .nts TO me as an ofiicial. III the
| covernt p travels on free passes he is not
| q cafnei- and he state is not loser, that
4. time IL I travelled on a pass and
rborged IL up TO the State ] would be
| 80 rouch better of and the State would
Io mat much worse off: but j don't see
v,bv I should give the State the price OF
NV fare because it was given TO me-
Mn. MASSEY PuzzLED.
q You think that is honest, do YOU?
I most assuredly do. / suppose when
,o1 were a member of Congress you ira
veiled on passes and charged up your
/ rnueee TO the State as was allowed by
law. -.
|
rnond and Fredericksburg and you know
| tbat 4hev never issued a pass except to
| t,oir attorneys. ard that you never had
/ a mass over that road. Is not that SO?
! Yes. sir. I never had any pass over
trst road. and ] believe Il is true that
they did not issue any
Why did YOU suppose so, thenF
Mr.. Massey appeared puzzled and did
not answer
statement of the amounts paid TO Mr..
| Massey as expenses during 1891 and 1872,
! ,nade ont bv Judge Watkins, of Farm
/ vile A dispute arose between the wit
/ roes and CAPTAIN Wise as TO the dates
/ Of the items on the statement, and IT
was passed TO the jury TO decide as 10
| which was correct
Mr.. Massey: / think l have drawn less
| than 500 every year as travelling ex-
| penscs during my oi1clal adnllhlslra-
! lion. During the year that Mr. FLOOD
| WAS making the charges against me
drew moro than 500, but during the
| other years l drew less.
! Captain Wise. Let us take 1890 Captain
Wise here showed from written docu-
meuts that in eleven months in 1890 Mr
| Massey drew $500. and that i'm the year
1Sqi witness drew $780, I'm 1880, $3.50; and In
| 1881. ND 10 November. $500 for travelling
eNnsnsos. and that i'm addition to the
above he drew money from the Blacks
burg Military Institute, the Virginia NIL
itarv Institute. the University Of Virginia,
and one or two other colleges FOR attend
ance upon the meetings of those schools
! as au cXonicio member Of their boards.
MIR Massey did not consider that the
| appropriation allowed by law to cover my
necessary expenses referred 10 my at
tendance upon these institutions, and l
| thought 1 had right to collect my ex-
penses for attending their meetings from
| them. Yes sir ! did attend their meet
ings I'm my official capacity.
Captain Wise again made the witness
go through the items OF his living ex-
nenees. which he did from the diary that
| he had with him, until he came to an
| item. interest paid on deposit Cap
tain Wise wanted to know where this de-
posit was made. and tied the witness
down 20 the number Of his deposits. and
the dates when made. Witness became
tangled up, and said he thought there
was another deposit slip Of $1,000 that
had not been produced in court.
LITTLE MxrD.
CaDtain Wise reminded the witness that
while he now says from his diary that
he was paying interest on deposits, he
had stated yesterday that he was without
cash or funds
A. To the best Of my knowledge and
belief, the total amount Of funds that
! had on hand I'm 1850 amounted 10 S.%1.
| My income for 1881 was Si13, and my
| living expenses were sl,2l. Captain
/ Wise here told the witness to read from
| his diary the items of expenses that went
10 make up the Sl,El Half an hour
| was spent ln going over these items, when
| 30 was discovered that the witness had
| given am item for sugar, S2871, as pur-
chased in May. 1881, and another Of $Sl, In
/ August of the same year. This led Cap
| tain Wise 20 remark that the witness
! had testified yesterday that $50 would
cover the entire expenses for groceries in
any one year. Witness replied that
| the time between the purchase Of the
| two barrels of sugar was over year, and
| getting the item mixed up with another
| barrel. purchased I'm June. 1850, he per-
sisted .n claiming that he was right until
| the stonographer read the dates of the
| purchases Of the two barrels Mr.. Mas
| sey al last admitted that he was In error
about the matter. and had bought the
| TWO barrels I'm the same year. In going
! over the items. one of taxes paid was
| found. Captain Wise asked him how
| this item was so small. and II he did not
| pay any tax on the Sl90O that he had
testified that he had on hand during that
| year.
| Wines did not pay any tax on that
] money. Yes. sir. my whole expense for
| board I'm the city Of Richmond during that
| year did not amount 10 over the 800. as
| given TO YOU from that book There
| were two or three doctors attending my
| daughters during that year They were
| SICK much Of the timc. / do not re-
member the names Of the doctors. There
were two or three OF them. do not
see any items of doctors bills in the
| diary kept Of my expenses. ! have no
| item there OF any expense incurred dur
ing my political campaigning for you
ana others for Congress. j was very
much engrossed in politics I'm 1851. / was
a candidate for Governor that year. l
also stumpod the State for you for Con-
| gress. l travelled from Accomac coun-
| ~ 10 the western limits Of the STATE.
nave no idea Of what the expenses were:
dld not put the items down I'm my cx-
pense-book. / do know What my ex-
penses were during the year that / ran
against You FOR Congress. I have no
IDEA now much / spent IN 1881
THAT AFFIDAVIT aGAIv.
During this year had a son in my
ONCE IN Rlchmond-ihe Auditors office
j hat eleven other clerks besides and
caughter was employed by me as clerk
Tor the Board OF Education. II Is also true
that at that time my little grandchild
was in the Miller Charitable Institution
1 hope That YOU viii get this last matter
suticiently aired after a while. and I also
hope that you VIII produce the affidavit"
captain Wise: will do so at the proper
time. You acmittod yesterday that you