The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-24
CURE FOR INSOMNIA
Trial of the Old Street and
Water Board Drags
YEARLY Along.
ALL APPROVED rBY CLEVELAND
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Mr.. Corbif Draws Out the Fact
That Phil Muldoon Really Did
Some Work.
ALL APPROVED nBY CLEVELAND

Anyone troubled with insomnia would
have found speedy relief during yes
terday afternoons proceedings at the
trial of !, the ex-Commissioners of the
Street Fand1 Water Board, in the Court of
Oyer and Terminer. Dull is moi a sufi-
testimony given.z 1t was all about claims
for paving and grading, resolutions pass
ed By this board and motions passed by
: that and the recital1of long columns
of figures, to each of which, before Clerk
Bouton read them off, Mr.. Corbin me-
chanically said
.iObject."
e~..Same ruling" said Justice Lippineott,
exception" drawled the lawyer, and
the thrilling recital continued.
Mr.. Winfield's plan was to show that
sums paid 10 Contractors Nolan, Har-
rsngton Olmsby for paving and other
work had not been authorized by that
section of the charter (which commands
+naf nronosals shall he advertised. bios
s 80 aa.-.a+, d,,Iv rnodo Re
feceiNSua alus uuis
this was not done. the State
claims. Stbe fall under the
~D n mon - ~ .borga
meaning OIL the "oruS "a thS ehaASe
pertaining to the making of fraudulent
contracts
Ts.~SsasEe ,suS seLgp nos oon
Inc same line ~of eestlmohy was eon-
t:aued this morning, when Mr. Winfield
n-ocaaaed to 6elve into the having claims
Dsts;a,r co.aon raob I'm y,as
OF Patrick j. Conoon. hdeh pHi was
examined, and the amounts generally
were for s3sg or a few dollars less than
s-en ER 81 EE#3 81
$Seo-s
Were any of these advertised for and
h;ds received p, asked. the Prosecutor.
D' .No reoeiS ron,,ed asN Mr tav and he
NONE, repiieu MI. Dooton' aNu ne
was about to resume his monotenous
history of having claims for Montgom-
80, qua Grove s+raats who, Mr. Corbin
again objected on the ground that the
defendants had not been informed in
tra hin of nortionIors ~ tbis Gloss of
testimony, and he, Mr.. Corbin. had no
means of meeting them.
~ Iii .1onr +b;s +est;r,o,vn s.;5. tba
WIN ano" inns teslis' seiu II
Exception" yawned Mr.. Corbin, and
ansSao amaa 80 $1,000
lne auuience resuAieu eheil catAeps'
Every bill sent in by Mr.. P. j. Con-
don during two years for paving, repair
ing pipe. repairing streets and %xcava
i8g @as nI boS o OF u pa sne 5ees and ! II Traced ati
through the claim and resolutions books,
the procedure being topped on with the
for and concluding with the inevitable
objection and stereotyped exception.
When the Prosecutor had finished a few
scores Of these bills he handed each
one to the stenographer. who stamped
them for Identification. This stamp made
a clicking noise, which continued until
a few minutes before noon, when the
Prosecutor said
Take the witness"
CROSS-EXAMlNING MR.. BOUTON.
Everybody sat up straight in the jury
box, men in the rear seats put their
newspapers in their pockets and listened
attentively to Mr.. Charles Corbin, who
began in a quiet lone to ask Mr.. Bouton
to explain tae history Eof a contract
with the city from its drawing or birth
uniil it is finally lodged in the archives
OF the Comptroller's office. Picking up a
bundle of the bills, stamped by Mr..
Nugfnt, Mr.. Corbin asked the Clerk who
thena-eat.-
"At that time" he said, often the
clerks in the office made them out, but
I stopped it," and he told the jury the
practice of handling all bills presented
Auditing Committee and passage BY res
/ luton IN the assembled board,
Now as to these bills which the Board
of Finance returned without their ap-
prevail, why was this?"
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