The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-18
TAooMA's $1,000. 900 SCANDAL.
Attorney Coreli Explains His Relations
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Tacoma. Dee II Special-Ncry little
progress Was made today In the Sl.Na. 10
damage suit Of the city against g. r.
WriEat and the Tacoma Light and Water
Company. Considerable time was taken
up With gAe cress-eNafnlnation of Attorney
Harris A. Ccren. Nhcn the examination
was finished the city placed Harry Low.
formerly ia the city controllers Office. on
the stand.
Mr. Low was asked abou; a certain
schedule OF personal property and real es-
tate furnished oV the company for the IRE
and water committee 10 estimate the value
of What was TO be sold 10 the city. Witness
said the schedule was died with Controller
Slaughter IN duplicate. ami that Dee and
Mr. Slaughter checked them over TO see II
they were exact copies. The original was
thereafter left IN the Office and ne rerneEn-
bered going TO the safe and taking 10 out
and giving il 90 a member OF the commit
tee that was carrying on the negotiations
The city claims this schedule never came
back
Judge Parsons offered 30 introduce in
evidence a copy OF this schedule. The city
objected 10 the Introduction, on the ground
that n was not trse copy OF the original
After some argument a copy az the gched-
uie was brought up from the clerk $ orfce
which had been used in the pipe suits, and
introduced.
Witness Low. replying 20 the questions
OF Judge Wickersham. said he remember
ed reading items in the schedule of GER
tain pipe in transit TO the city, and other
pipe that lay on the wharves here. He
was handed the copy Of the schedule in
evidence hut did not find the items he
saw in the original
Deputy Controller Arkley testified to
having punctured with a pan the original
document while II was in the ONCE. lie
did not Identify tho copy as the lnstru-
ment marked by him.
Chief OF Police smith was placed on the
stand. The city attorney endeavored 20
draw from the chief an account OF his
visit East when he interviewed the manu-
facturers Of the pipe claimed 10 have been
shipped around the Horn 10 Tacoma, and
intercepted at san Francisco. The court
ruled against this evidence. however, AZ
being he8rsay.
Ex-Councilman r. Steinbach was then
put on the stand He was a member or
tho fire and water committee that made
the famous "cooked-up'' report. His tes-
tImony was barely begun when counsel
for the company objected TO Il as incom-
petent. and not connecting the defend
ants with the transaction. Court adj
tourned until tomorrow at 10 O'Clock.
when the arguments on the advisability
OF this evidence will be heard.
Cross-exam nation this morning OF Mr..
Coreil was continued by his law partner.
Judge Parsons. II developed that Mr..
Corell drew up the deed to the city after
he left the council. in the summer of 1898,
Mr.. Coreil said he coneurrcd in tho report
OF the subcommittee Of the council, which
was TO the effect that the price asked by
Mr.. Wright was several hundred thou
sand dollars too high. Witness said the
councilmen relied on Engineer Herring
reports for information as 20 the value Of
the plant and sources of supply
h4f fraff "A in
any way whatever by his partner being
employed by the council He had no
personal knowledge OF Judge Parsons
employment or as 20 his compensation.
and did not know until some time after
what compensation his partner was 20 re
ceive.
He said: II presume il was some weeks
after Judge Parsons was retained ! was
Informed ne was 10 receive 500 for his
services on the ordinance but that the
light and water company was 10 pay tho
bill and not the city"