Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-05-24
SENSA1IDS EVIDENCE

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SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE
Given Before the High school Investi-
eating Committee.
The following is d synopsis of the ties
timonv of two Of the witnesses before
the high school Investigating committee.
be given later,
W. d. Mcfarland, a plasterer, and
formerly foreman for Dan Mckay, tes-
titled as follows: Architect White had
asked him to see Trustee A. 7. kellison
and ask him TO come to his office be-
fore he submitted his plans to the board
under the pom de plume of Rex" AS
he wanted TO show HIM the plans. He
also got him to send a message to Fred
Wright, another school trustee, through
a friend o fhis, carpenter named Savage,
to come to Whites Office. Witness was
in Whites Office when Trustee Wright
aud Savage were there aud saw White
show him his plane and explain 10 him
that bis nom de plume would be Rex"
Kellison had told him that he and
prentiss had talked over the 'R"X" plans
This was all before the board met
to pick out the bet plans, under the
suppositlon that they were not ac-
9ualnled with the architects true
names. Witness had demonstrated
with White over being made "a tool
of, and White had said it was the
only way to get bis plans adopted, and
that William Roberts was rustling for
he Jones plans.
DAN M'KFvzIE'S TESTIMONY.
Dan Mckenzie of the firm of Leuchars
Il Mckenzle, stone masons, testified as
follows: Mckay came to see him and
asked him to 60 TO Architect Whites
Office and fix up the speciticatiors 'or
him (White). as he did not know much
al Out stone work. Witness and h's
partner went up to Whites office and
dictated" to hlm the specifications for
the stone work, ana maze e)me alteTa
tlons in them, They were Typewriter:
don I remehhel whether this was before
or after the c~Untract was let to Mckay
| The object OF these changes was to give
Mckay an advantage, Competing con
tractors wuulu be shown the other speci
i@icalion. This would give Nc 'ay an ad
t vantage. There would be no compuri
!. son Of plans. The reason he talked tni:
, way to us was that we were to furnisi
MIN the stone from u quarry.
= 10 regard t. the circumstances Of on.
I putting IN d Ind On the contract It wa.
] ps follows: One day after this time
came doWn town and found my partne
and Dan Mckay sitting on the steps 0
the Collins Lepley block. McKa,
wanted US - put in d bid on the hlgi
/ school building. | did not see any sons,
in IT, because We were not able to do tf'
work. He said that Martin StrassburI
. We going to put in a bid and he wanted
j us to put in one. | said the bid Gale,
for a . 100 certified check and we couldn'
do it. Finally w consented and put il
a bid for $C',JC0. We put in
common check on the First Ma
tional bank. Inc bank was close(
at that time anG not doing busin, -
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y FAY put in his bid a check on the Gas
cade nank, ! saw him writing it AM
satisfied myself it was like the check W
had in. We got our check back again
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