The herald., 1897-12-17

| about which committees had control OF
the kalsomining work a. stated. When
one of the other attorneys asserted that
the full committees acted, Mr.. Gibbon
denied this, and said: IT have In my
pocket copies of score of acquisitions
which were not signed by Mr.. Conrey.
will produce them at the proper time"
Questioned by Mr.. Gibbon, Axtell as
serted that there was no extortion, no
bribery and no conspiracy for corrupt
purposes until after Webb had secured
from him his undated resignation in
April He admitted that Fred Nelson
brought him that firms contribution to
the corruption fund and that it was paid
In gold.
WEBB HAD TO HAVE IT
]. F. Adams, the late representative Of
the Seventh ward. was next called. He
was asked first about the Rohde case in
which he had secured $50 first and later
$50 He asserted that as he had stated
to Rohde he had paid the $50 to Webb.
He said: webb met me and said:
See here, old man. get move on you and
get some of that money. I want to go
east and have been disappointed in not
having secured that $500 that the board
appropriated
II tackled Rohde and said that must
have some money and he forked over
$50, which paid to Webb. Later got
$50 from him. The understanding was
that he was to pay 500, but as Webb
had got over his pressure and I was
flush at the time only demanded $40
the last time. That was after school
opened this year"
1t was brought out that Mr.. Gibbon, in
his efforts to secure the whole truth, had
gone to Adams house and asked him to
tell the whole story and it was this that
led Adams to again appear.
AS to the Morris money, Adams as
serted that after Axtell had given 1t
to him he had paid it over to Webb.
He, too, had new story to tell and
he told it in most heartless manner,
smiling as if he thought he had done
something great to add his contribution
to the dirty work. 1t was story of the
robbery Of poor teacher of $50. He told
it in response to question If there
were any others who had been
to pay. His story of this in
famous transaction was that he and
Webb had had consultation, and that
Webb had told him that a person would
call upon him, (Adams). and he was to
make a financial proposition to her.
Webb had told him that the person was
poor and not to be too hard on her, but
to get what he could. The teachers
name is Miss Clara Schroeder. She
called at Adams house, and he asked
her a number of questions about her
school, and finally told her that she
could have her place by the payment Of
She seemed worried at this infor-
nation and left without making pay
ment or saying what she would do. Ad
ans did not remember whether she
came back to him In person or not, but
he was certain that her mother had paid
him $40, in two installments of so each.
She had come to his house and given
him the money.
ADAMS POCKETED 1T
"And what did you do with this poor
teachers money!" was asked.
Il put 1t in my pocket" replied Adams
in a tone that indicated that there was
little shame left within him.
He was then led over the high school
janitor story, and in this connection
stated that Mcintyre, who had offered
to pay him for the place, had lied about
him when he stated that he (Adams)
had put McIntyre's application in his
pocket and had not presented it. The
Mcintyre story was published in The
Herald soon after the scandal was made
public.
The attorneys for the defense were as
severe upon Adams as they had been
On Axtell He was forced to admit that
he had lied before the grand jury, and
hat even when he went back to correct
mis- statements, he had not told the truth.
He had appealed to the district attorney, |
in the name of his family and in the
name of his God,' to be lenient with
him and give him an opportunity to cor
,ect his statements before he was al |
lowed to appear a second time before
he grand jury, and even then he had
lot mentioned his robbery Of the teach |
err The INSTRUMENTATION was long
and at 1920 o'clock, the hour
Of adjournment, it had not been COM
pleted. Adams will be on the stand again
,onight.