The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-30

caDse Mr.. Taylor. the night foreman, did
not allow 81. / do not think MI; Adams
ever saw 81. ] do not know who gave
Towncs the privilege OF hauling coke.
have seen Towncs FORK out COKE, Dut
done know that he got the COKE WIN
Mr.. Walsh's consent, certainly WIN ms
knowledge The coke pulled out or the
generators was carried out altogetner
This was also done at night, because Mr.
Taylor had orders TO have II done. IoWnes
would get from thirty to thirty-hyS Dush-
els Of coke from generator, VIM. hO~
only from two 10 five bushels are found
among the ashes and cinders. rms COKE
IS now burned over again since MI.
Knowles 81 IN charge or the WoIh ne
coke Is now screened ana notnlhg u "aSt-
ed. the fine stuff being USED WIN the
steam coal.
GAVE THE TIEsT INFORMATION.
Mr Miles Jordan next took the Wit
ncss-stand. | have worked az inc Gas,
Works off and on for years, ne SAID
gave the first information as 10 me
stealing that was going on. CONF "a
early In the morning, anout o,"y -, VI,
/ have seen the negroes wheeling out IRON
twenty to forty barrOws OF COKE every
morning and / have seen Townes iork
out from forty 10 nifty bushels OF Nesis IN
coke per day. This had been gong Oh I i''
about q year / am told, before came
here. Townes made from SO TO slZ gay
Of the coke. and when l heaIu lidl
Towncs gave out tickets TOT c9hc IN.
formed MIR. r. II. Boykin. me MN
working here could get a little coke now
and tnen hut very seldom. | went before
the committee at the first investigation
with two or three others but wc Gcne
there on behalf Of Thon. alsh SOoll
after the investigation / was pul OF.
had nlled the place Mr. Taylor has now,
but they would not give IT 10 me alt'I-
wards. because they knew AaI 81, .
what the negroes were doing, ana tuel
feared / would tell on them. uVn
know who cave Townes the privilege, out
/ believe Tom Walsh. Mr. IayloI hcseI
stopped the wheeling out OF coz az.
think he acted under Tom alsh oI ~ !.
AR TbrOckmOrtOn also acted as hlEil1-
foreman Int did not stop the carrying
out of coke probably because ne was
under Tom Walsh's orders 49,, e.,,e...
N~ W m. Timbcrlake made me lo.loW-
inc statement. ! am employer az tns
t,r-,,ss plant where ] shift around
I have seen the ashes wheeled OUT iIoii
fhc generator by Iownes. IL was so.r
coke. sometimes twenty-five on ~ ~
bushels from one generator sun ~
less Ii would have been proper 10 Use
that coke again. MS Het %
limo fu twcnty-fOur hours / hs'Nt sen,
.f.o coke taken from the coal lll, a.
NIGHT Oh one OCCASION. anu i,P53i ~
H. ravlor who said he reported 10 Mt.
yVofsL 1,ut never heard any moro a'o"t
T., H. Tavior went out 20 look lot lnt
,osrn bi,t could not find HIM. 20" We
do NOT get out five or SIX nus",l9 y, 1t
coke The rlaut Wd1 iN 80 49,. Nfr
ZION for porhaps nine months n,ioi 80
tt.,.t. ,oo. Charge Of the works. WhtI'
b.. q ereaf deal Of coke ana on was "aaat
cd The plant is uOW in hISl-clo' IT,
fion and there Is uu more W "a doat
hio /, was well known thal q so ,
- c,i,e went 20 waste ana was c"l
lied off as ashes while the pan, 90 Air
., o,de~ tlr Walsh. as wei as ~
Adams. knew So. but no reiho'y ""
taken.
,rR. WALSH KNEW il.
Al. George wills said: worked IN
che retorf house along with MI, e..
morton Townes carried GU. 1i' .Snd and
sun from the stand, from li'e rrbere
every thing from the geEeIatyiS, =. On
49, great deal Of good coal IN IT, ollv
49, ~ cook notice that he carrleu Ous
tbirt,-ave bsrrows There was no lIe5n
I'm n. because they got IL from ,llo - ~
under the shed, where IL "dA 'l.t H., .oei
trestie. on that day TOwnes GOT llS SV1i
nom The nile. lie used a shovel !
have seen him there frequently Dul onlg
took particular notice that day. ~ We,
uropcr coke and should have beeh usvu
here. because Il makes hrst-class IRE.
I don't know whether Mr, ADAMS hn.M
of il. but Mir. Walsh did, IN taci J nave
seen Mir. a .ams make the men pilhs 'Ae
coal back. Whsr be Jaw IL. nave S'oi
Mr. Walsh standing I'm The door, Wheh
the coke was carried out in an open way
and ho must have known ~. nave
never seen MIR Walsh stop any one roll
Ing out coke. Everybody knew that they
were taking good coke that would burn.
They did not cover UP the good coke
with trash. / could not say whether
this carrying off Of coke was entirely hid
den from Mr.. Adams. never saw them
roll any coke from under the shed AT
night they only rolled from under the
Mr. g. Jordan said: worked at the
fires az the rctort house. ! worked
last winter there. together with Mr..
Throckmorton and Mr.. Wills ! have
seen negroes I'm the employ Of TOwnes car
~ off a good deal of Western coke away
from the piles under the shed. W."
counted thirty-five wheelbarrows. II
was done openly and I saw Mr. Walsh
stand there looking at il and smoking his
pipe ! have seen them also on other
occasions haul the good coke from the
pile under the shed Mr. Walsh was
there an day long. and would only oc-
casionally take a holiday. ] never saw
the negroes take any coal from the shed
Mr. VIM T. Allen testified aq follows.
! am at present fireman az the works
since Mr. knowles Is here. previously
nave been here as fireman for about four
or i've years. was here last winter
and have seen a good deal Of ashes rolled
out rom the generators. and / have seen
as many as four under the shed roll out
lne stuff from the Western coke fhav
rolled out some. which ] would have
liked mighty well to have myself II
was coke that could have been ueod horo
~ the works and IL is used here now
This went on in the dav time. any ono
could sec il. and Mr. Walsh must have
seen TO- The works are I'm tad conai-
ton, ana have been run down I belfovo
that Towncs has rolled out ashes for about
,hree years, put DO not know who gave
him the privilege.
SAW TowNEs TAX. COKE.
Mr. Chastine Hampton stated: am
hilnS the boilers al the water plant. and
nave Deen there ever since this olanf
started. ] have seen rOWncs and his men
take the coke and clinkcrs AWAY. have
seen the character OF the coke taf,r,
away, and spoke of it, There vas q ,,eoi
deal more coke going out then than is
now. The same kind of coSes that Tov'nes
carried away Is used here now. In was
knowledge for at least nine months. II
was done openly, and Mr. Walsh had
more opportunities TO see IL than ] did
Since ] am using the coke / save q bar
row OF coal every shift-abOut 100 pounds
az a time.
Mr. Robert billiard said: I work at the
fires in the Gas-N orks and have been here
eleven years. / have often seen Towns
carry away fine ashes from the stand
coke and clinkers from the fires and
small coAo from the pile under the shed
II was all good coke, and could be used
here. 1 don't know whether Dee was al
lowed 70 DO So but he took il. AID il
was done openly. ] have seen Mr.. Walsh
lCCk at II. but I don't think Mr.. Adams
knew of 1t. / do not think il was done
when he was around. ! do not know
how much he TOOK away during the 6av
Mr. y. r. Mann testified a follows.
an an all-aroUni man at the Gas-W orks
am substitute now but worked steady