The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-20

4 NAANM 4 SUI Nh AAN ANA NAH" NAANNAAN
Did you get an order for S20.65 at one
time2
don't know whether l did, or not.
Witness said he paid Beddall & Bro. IS
cents each for panes Of window glass 1922
used in the Raven Run building. McGrath
had sworn that he paid 40 cents a pane foI
glass Of the same size. Mr.. Whalcu wanted
to know the reason for the difference, but
witness said he didn't know, only that he
had been charged the amount.
Ten pounds Of putty you have in one OF
these bills. How much % pound did you pay
for it2
Three cents 1 believe.
Your bill says Ten pounds Of putty 80
cents
Well, I guess I paid cents a pound for it
You have in your bill two locks. What did
you pay for them
Twenty-Five cents each, / believe.
Your bill says 80 cents each.
Well, 1 guess paid 80 cents each then.
We're you ever called upon by Thomas r,
Flanagan, or any other member of the School
Board, to explain any item Of either Of these
two bills ?
No, sir.
You charged 81 per day for working at the
school house five days?
Yes, sir.
Did you work any harder there than at the
mines2
No, sir,
Yet, you only got Sips a day at the mines ?
Yes, sir.
On cross.examination by Mr.. Mari witness
said he did not charge extravagant prices be-
cause he was working Tor the school district.
Joseph Donlan next called, but failed to
respond. Order made that he appear in the
morning.
Frank Garvey, r. H. Cox and NJ. Donahue
also called and failed TO respond.
John Hanley responded when Mr.. Whalen
called his name. Lives at VIM. Penn. Miner
by occupation, not a carpenter. 1 did work
for West Mahanoy township.
Did you ever get an order for the work you
did for the school district?
Yes, sir.
Did you put in bill for the work?
Yes, sir.
You never got an oder and never endorsed
an order?
No, sir.
Mr.. Whalen /: I produce order No. 1853, Nov.
Z, 1896, for S11 for repairs to the VIM. Penn
school. 1t is endorsed John Hauley, per
p. J. F." Mr.. Hanley who made out this
bill2 asked Mr.. Whalen, producing a paper.
l don't know.
DO you know how much that bill is2
No, sir.
Do you know it was for S1O.O5?
! don't remember.
If your bill was S1O.O5 and you got an
order for S11, how do you account for that?
I don't know anything about that. What
/ sent in | got paid for.
Then if you sent in a bill calling for SlO.05,
that is all you got?
Yes, sir.
Who gave you the money!
some times p. J.. Ferguson.
Where2
Some times at his house after the meeting
of the Board.
Witness said he never gave any of the
money he got to the campaign fund.
Upon the conclusion Of the direct examina-
ton Mr.. Wadlmger moved that all evidence
regarding a second bill of Sl1 upon which
Mr.. Whalen had conducted the latter part of
his examination be stricken out, as there was
nothing in the indictment concerning it,
Judge BechteI granted the motion.
Joseph Beddall called to testify in regard
to orders issued to Michael Cary, Sr. Mr..
Beddall lives at VIM. Penn and is employed
as bookkeeper for the VIM. Penn Coal Com
pany. He said the amount charged against
the township school board for coal delivered
TO Michael Carey, ST., between September 25,
1896, to Mar. II, 1897, was S65.O5.
Witness said on cross examination by Mr.,
Wadlinger he never issued coal orders &c
Carey written on pieces of blasting paper
He could not tell whether John H., OF John
NJ. Hughes, other clerks in the Office, had
issued such orders. The prices of coal change
at times.
J.J O'Neil was called. He testified tina.
he was time keeper and clerk in the Lehigl
Valley Coal C~Ompany's Office at Lost Greek
Between Sept. 20, 1896, and Mar. 20, 1897
there was purchased by the West MahanoJ
Township at the office SO tons Of coal to tn,
amount Of Sl44. "A.
The examination on coal purchases was
directed to show how much coal was pur
chased for the West Mahanoy Township
during the lime Michael Carey had the con
tract for coal hauling.
William Buckley, of Raven Run, outsid,
foreman at Girard Manor cOlliery, testified
that from Sept. 26, 1896, to March 10, 1897
West Mahanoy Township was furnished will
$40. SO worth of coal and that was all tina
was furnished Mr.. Carey during that period
M. A. Noon was the last witness called yes
terday afternoon. He gave his place of resi-
dence as Lost Creek and said he wasa brOthe
of School Director Noon, one of the de
PENDANTS. He did work for West Mahanoy
Township, or had some of his men do it,,
Mr.. Whalen There was an order, No. los
drawn in your favor on Nov. Z, 1896, TO
$3.50 for labor and material, did you reoeiy.
that order ?
1 couldn't answer that.
Look at the back Of that order (pape
handed witness and see if you can tell frou
the endorsement how it was
Yes, sir,
Did you ever have that order in you
hands 2 (No answer.)
How is the endorsement
M. A. Noon per p, NJ. NoOn,'
Who Is Nj. A.. NoOnf
That is me.
Who is p. NJ. Noon?
My brother
= He is a member of the School Board ?
Yes, sir.
Can you say whether you actually II
a ceived that order yourself?
cannot give an account Of that p~articull
+ order.
= This bill reads Lost Creek, Pa, Nov.
/ 1895. West Mahanoy Township to NJ.
4 Noon, DR.. Work on packing old books f'
shipment2'
Yes, sir.
. S2.5O2
Yes, sir.
Witness stated that the books packed we.
n old school books and he had been ordered
do the work by his brother, the Soho
Director.
II The witness said the packing Of the booI
was done by his brother-in-law, Thorn
Foley. Witness could not r~ecollect haviI
received an order for SIS 33, dated Jauuai
Il IL, 1897, and could not tell what work he d
in that month. When shown a bill he re
y Ognlzed Ii, but could not say whether or n
he received an order for the amount of ii
bill-S15.33. His brother paid him q
y money. The witness was not disposed TO a.
init that his brother, who is School Direct
n Noon, was a partner with him In she lumb
business at Lost Creek and only lid so aft
IL resOrting 20 many e~yasiOns and after M
NJ Whalen warmed up to the examination.
e. When court re-c0nYened this morning NJ
~ Noon was called to the stand for crosse
or animation by Mr.. Wadlinger. Witness sa
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