The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-25

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may have been absent.
, Mr.. Wadlinger produced the minute book
and the witness admitted that the records
showed he was absent from several meetings,
at some of which the the question of Gal
lagher's salary was acted upon.
When you brought that matter up before
the Board were not you told that if you had
attended to your duties as a Director you
would have known that the matter had been
attended tor
No, sir.
Didn't Mr.. Noone tell you that
No sir. Mr.. Noone never spoke to mo
while I was on the Board. We were not on
speaking terms. / was not on speaking
terms with two or three Of them atthat time.
Is IL not a fact that at the time you made
this protest you were not a member at all
your term had expired ?
Was Il not after June, 1895, you went
there7
No, sir.
Don't you know you missed more meetings
than you attended?
That l can't tell. l don't think so.
When you swore that Mr.. Gallagher was
never before the Board you meant to say that
he was never there at any meeting you were
presently
Yes, sir.
You have considerable feeling against three
Of the members of this Board now, haven't
you?
We amt on speaking terms.
Is iU not a fact that you contributed money
to get these men into law-into the trouble
they are now IMP
Have you offered any money for that
purpose?
No, sir.
Have you said you would pay the expense
to get these men into law?
No, sir.
Have you had any talk of that kind with
Dee, or O'Neill2
No, sir.
THOMAS DOMAIN,
was called and swore that he was a teacher
and had given his institute order into the
campaign fund willingly aud without com
%pulsion.
PATRICK INQUIRE,
of Colorado, was called and said that he was
not positive that he had paid taxes for 1896.
He is a putapsman at a colliery and gets S55
per month. He thought the taxes were paid.
He did not know whether or not his name
was on the exoneration list.
MARTIN M'LOUGHLIN,
, tax collector for West Mahanoy township,
was next called and produced his tax dupli-
Gates and exoneration lists. He said Patrick
Mcclure was exonerated for 1895 taxes. He
5 also said the following generations were
made Patrick Boner, brother-in-law OF
School Director Flanagan; Patrick DOnlan,
: father of the School Director; Thomas Don.
Q Ian, school teacher and brother of the School
Director; Gilbert Ferguson, Sr., father Of
the School Director and one of the teachers.
Harry Ferguson, brother Of the School Di.
rector; Frank GaTvey, school janitor; Bernard
l Griffin, boards with witness brother and
e works every day with a team; Harry and
Peter Joyce we're eXonerated but afterward
S paid; John Mclaughlin, township auditor
for school tax James McDonough, son Of tn,
Supervisor.
Q The witness said he presented his lists o
generations to the School Board in Writinl
and about half he asked for was not allowed
d Patrick Donlan, Gilbert Ferguson, Sr.
+ Carney and John Mclaughlin had prop
+ critics.
$ On cross-examination by Mr.. Wadlinge
n the Witness said that he returned Boner a
being poor, and he knew him to be so. II
has five or six children, the oldest being 10 0
" 10 years old.
y 2 Didn't you state to the Board, in referenc.
: to this and the other generations, that thesa
4 people were too poor to pay taXes2
l had a talk with Director Donlan Oh
that.
y Didn't he call your attention to the fac
that you presented names you should not?
a And didn't you tell him then that thes
people were so poor you were ashamed to asl
a good many of them
l couldn't exactly say the words I said.
Iluu L you lGll ulll II WAS almost lmDOSSf
BILE to collect taxes from these people at tina
time?
Yes, sir.
And was it not a fact2
Yes, sir. Because of the poor times tina
Y year and the mines were working very little
As a matter Of fact Patrick DOMAINS Ia!
was paid by his son, a member of the Beard
/ Yes, sir; there was some mistake abou
u that. His name had gone in and l told hi
son would let the money go on the 1s9
duplicate.
As to Thomas Donlan, don't yon know tina
a his brother, the Director, offered to pay hi
taxes for 1895 and you refused to take it be
S. cause you didn't believe he was assessed
IS / believe that was so.
Continuing his evidence on cross-examina
oil ton the witness said Gilbert Ferguson, Sr
is was about 20 years old, hardly able to wal
and were it not for help received from h
Ar children would have to apply for out-doo
relief. Harry Ferguson is a reckless sort
a fellow. Garvey is IS or 10 years old an
has no means Of support, except the S25
month no receives as school |janitOr for seve
or eight months, and without that woul
N have to apply for outdoor relief. He had
boy killed on the railroad that year and ha
the funeral expenses to pay. Griffon wa
poor. Mcclure has a very delicate wifi
John Mclaughlin has a wife and eigI
children to support and is poor. The pro-
critics the parties own are ON leased ground.
0Hh NELL
ut was next called to the stand and there w,
another stir in the court room, as anotht
av broadside was expected from the Common
wealth, but the evidence was brief and n,
as important as expected. Witness McGrat
tn had sworn that he used four or FIVE bundl,
of palings in repairing the Lo
Creek school building fence. O'Neill swol
he visited the place Tuesday morning am
VI after examining the fence could only fin
three new pailings. He could find no CIV
~ dence Of new paint on the fence. Tie sal
~ he knew Harry Ferguson as a steady work,
and that Bernard Gibbon works every day
a teamster at Packer No. 3 %cOlliery.
On cross examination by Mr.. Mari wine
was asked You are the O'Neiu who was il
dicted for libel by the School Board Y' an
the court sustained an objection made /
Ia Mr.. Whalen,
There has been a difficulty between v,
and the members Of the School Board
/ don't regard il as any difficulty.
nv p j. Ferguson here is a relative of your
Yes, sir.
What is the relation
,er First cousin.
Mr.. Whalen objected to a question as
whether the witness wanted to get his sist
he appointed a teacher and the objection W
sustained.
F. GALLAGHER
was recalled by Mr., Whalen.
La Nd non