New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-19
TELLS Ills STORY.
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Trenton March 18th Voorhees, investigating
Committee sat till oc,ocl this afternoon Ihe
nrobc was sunk deeper into the methods Of the
Old Democratic ring of corruptonists. The com
mittee continued going higher up until the
name of Ex-Governor Leon Albeit was handled
in no uncertain way. Such other Democratic
lights as ex-Assemblyman James Moylah' ol
Hudson County, VINO was the "archltect III
charge Of the building Of the new AsSeho!
chamber in 1892; eX-Assemblyman james -"
Lanning. who secured the contract ior oui'"
ing the Assembly chamber and MAJOR MiV"a''
Hurley who supplied all the coa' Us, a. w
State House during the Ford regime an"
had a finger in the Assembly chamber """'''
were also dragged before the puohc
The committee began business pTo''PuE "t "
O'clock Mr. Corbin. the counsel recalled Mullins
e. Co.'S former boOkkeeper, Eugene Murphy I"
the witness stand Before examining Mr.. Murphy
Mr.. Corbin Informed the committee that he de
sired TO call attention 10 several checks OF
Mullins & Co besides he four missing lie
,bon mentioned several checks drawn by John
Mullins Il Co, to the order Of self. Cash
o,d Mullins & Co." agGregating in all s5.99'. on
,bo stuhs # some of these checks was the name
or,,,d " and on others were the letters F., B
al, O -" and the like and 10y comparisons with
hills maid Mullins & CO. about the time when
,besa checks were paid Mr.. Corbn found that
tho aggregate amount showed almost exactly ~
nor cent Of the sums Mullins & Co received from
the state He called attention to numerous otheT
checks made out to John Mullins. John tde1-
stein" and Cash" aggregating about $4,000
which. he said had been drawn and cashed' ont
with that the record Of them ended
Mr. Corbin asked Murphy II he had examined
tho nersonal ledgers Of Mullins & Co. over the
production of which Mr.. Mullins narrowly es-
caped going TO Jail. and. receiving an affirmative
answer. Mr.. Corbin inquired If the checks ne had
inst mentioned had been charged 10 any one
The witness said they mad not but the money
had heen drawn from the ledger. as mentloned
by Mr.. Corbin.
"There is a missing book the committee ordereu
brought here" said Mr.. Corbn
Here it is" said Mr.. Mullins, and ne prouuceu
the book. ,,-
81 desire TO. use this book" said MT Coroln'
"+or one purpose only. TO show that accounts are
marked transferred to the mutilated book ana
not TO this one. The first ertry here was MADE
March "a 1894 This was after the mutllauon OF
the books"
COAL BILLS FOR THE CAPITOL
Mr.. Corbin continued follows:
The cost supplying the state house nS YIN have
n2epared s;atement of The cos. of fuel for & sse
/! !fss st, S. ssn ss1Es sIf @ ss' s. sss
sl2s 81 ID iso 90 "a 5 !, a in % S You S viii 81 observe that
The syerass per FST year be fTSm ySar rs 2 to 20 M M n
elusive the average was N.l22 a year Yet me en-
iarsed building was occupied in 1872.
Mr. Corbin thought more coal was necessary in
the latter years than formerly yet the contrast
was so great as 10 be startling. He could not be
lleve that such quantities as were purchased in
1890 1893 and 1894 were required TO heat the Capt.
tol buildings
William Let's was then called to the stand and
said that he was a fireman at the State House.
and was employed as fireman fourteen years
The testimony continued follows:
Q-where is coal delivered? A.-some at the
0SSiS 0SHow Own much does the bin hold? A-About
o0po DO you receive the coal? Al did.
Q-What was brought with the coal? A-Stuos'
"55cn o'1oid YOU keep the stubs? A.-Only for day
or two then they were taken away by Engineer
QEwho furnished most Of the coal? A-Major
Q.-Was the coal good? A'-some OF II was very
Odd you complain 20 any one? Al did' 10
o.-what did he say? Aft rs bad send 1t
back There Is no commlssion IN us. H.. - ,i,.,a
willie SMDid you send any back A-'eS' '0' "'''e
continued
Yes. sir
The witness was asked several questions TO
show how much coal burned. and he ex-
planned that the average consumption while the
Legislature in session was five tons a day,
and two tons day at other times with three
months when coal at all was used. He
emphatic in saying that coal furnished by Hurley
was bad.
DESTROYED STUBS BY FORD's ORDERS
Chief Engineer Thomas f. Boyd swore that he
had destroyed the coal stubs. after keeping them
a few weeks. and approved the bills sent by
Major Hurley. by Ford's orders. The coal re-
ceived by the State was never weighed except on
Hurley's scales. II required nearly four tons Of
coal a day 10 run the electric plant and heat the
State House.
The next witness was William :. Darcy book
keeper for Major Hurley. His testimony was in
part as follows:
Q-Have you got the stub books for the years
1852 and 1893? A.-No sir They accumulated 50
~o;-oh, they dd eh? Wei. where are the stub
v9s1 v91IXtIad the mice would eat them up, jsss too?
A-oh; no; we burned theIn up. too.
sa,e hoSse you Stubs for coal furnished the
Q..Those that the mice didn't eat you burned?
A-Yes. sir.
Q-Who tod you TO burn them? A-No one; !
aid IL mysel the same as always did
Q.-I)o you keep any other accoun,s1 Yes sir
Q-Were there any other accounts that the mice
a'e. or you burned up? A.-Yes sir; the Arsenal
public schools and other places ' ~ '
Q-An the public accounts eh? A--Yes. sir
Q.-Do the mice bother you much now Darcy?
A.-Yes. sir: they do. "' N'S
0-Ever set any traps for them? A.-Oh. yes
9.atc 9-C.aattch any? A-Yes, catch some
ate them. too. a "' ''''e
Q-What! the mice ate your Ueiobtso And ,b,.
80 tc 0il.y record you had TO transfer 10 your
SS.u.T DookS! you found your coal welcome AT the
SUI fiouse every day? A.-Yes sir: that was the
UIi; 70 sem some there every day 80 no time
MONEY PAID FORD WITHOUT WARRANT
Mr. Corbin called ex-Assemblyynan James