The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-19

Mr.. Carey, whose team did you use to haul
that coal9
/. NJ. Moons.
Did you hire it,
Yes, sir.
f What did you pay for it2
500 for the term.
Whom did you pay2
p. NJ. Noon.
He is one Of the School Directors2
Yes, sir.
Did you endorse your order2
Yes, sir.
Can you Write2
No, sir.
Then how did you endorse the orders2
My name was there.
Who wrote it2
l don't know.
Who put your name there2
l can't tell. All I know is l never bothered
only | touched the pen. 1t was at the School
Board meeting.
Who was working with you in 1896 When
you were hauling coal2
p. J. Mcclure. 1 hired the team and he
worked with me the year before. / paid him
500 for the season in 1896. / made no con
tract with Noone for the team until after 1
got the contract. l received all my orders
from the School Board and got them cashed,
but can't tell how many l received from
the Board. My bids to the Board were for
egg coal. Smaller sizes were furnished after
because they changed some of the stoves. l
made no reductions for the smaller sizes Of
coal. / can't tell what the coal cost me I
can't remember.
Don't you know there was another man,
Mr.. Thompson, who put in a bid lower than
yours in 1882
No, sir.
Mr.. Whalen then read the following ex-
tracts from the Township order book show
ing orders drawn in favor Of Michael Carey,
Sr., for fuel furnished: Order No. 1879, Oct. 3,
1876, $500 No. 1914, Dec. 8, 1896, $50 No.
goo, Jan. IL, 1897, $50 No. 1854, Mar. 6, 1897,
500 No. 474, June 3, 1897, 500.
ION cross-examinatiOn by Mr.. Wadlinger,
Mr.. Carey said he had made a mistake, that
p. j. Ferguson was not his nephew. Mr..
Ferguson's wife is his niece. There are nine
schools in the township. l was the only bid
der in 1896 and my proposal called for all the
coal and wood the district would need. My
contract was 500 a term. l hired the team
for hauling coal and wood from Noone before
he was on the School Board and the price of
hire remained the same after he went on the
Board as it was before. 1t was made no
higher after he became a School Director.
MIR. McLain, when he was treasurer. used to
sign my name on the back of my orders and
l would make my mark.
Mr., Whalen How does it come now that
you remember, when Ar. Wadlinger asks
you, that it was Mr.. McLain that signed your
orders, but you couldn't tell who it was when
l asked yOu-you said you didn't know2
The witness was unable to give an answer
to this question, only that he didn't care who
signed them at the time.
You said to Mr.. Wadlinger that you didn't
get $50 extra for 1882
Yes, sir.
What were you telling me about that $50
additional and about the night schools
$3.50 and $50 makes the 500.
Was your contract for $3.50, or $500?
$3.50.
If your bid was for $3.50, how was it the
] Hoard gave Won a contract for ETlO
! don't know.
Mr.. Wadlinger showed witness a paper.
which he read as a proposal by Carey to
furnish the School Board with coal and wood
proposal was prepared for him by his nephew,
Michael Carey.
Mr.. Wadlinger Now do you still say your
contract was $3.50, or that it was S7002
That is the one (the proposal read) l got
the contract on.
Mr.. Whalen Was the price Of coal in 1896
the same as in 1895
Yes, sir.
Then why do you say in that proposal that
you ask the Board to take into consideration
the rise in the price Of coal2
l don't know whether there was any diff
terepces, or not. / don't know what the
prices were the year before.
Thomas Dixon, present secretary Of the
Board, called by Mr.. Whalen, identified the
minute book of the Board. He said the
minutes beginning June 0, 1895, and ending
May %, 1897, were in the handwriting Of
Thomas E. Flanagan, the former secretary,
then in office, but couldn't identify the hand
writing Of the minutes Of June ., 1897, or
the statement of the generations as spread
upon the minutes.
On cro-sS-examination by Mr.. Wadlinger
the witness said he was appointed a member
Of the Board on or about Feb, 1897, for the
une1pired term Of Martin Z. Dixon, de-
ceased. l am assistant foreman at Packer
No. 4 colliery.
James f. Gallagher next called. I an a
school teacher Of West Mahanoy township.
The minutes of June 5, 1897, are in the
handwriting Of Mr.. NJ. ], Brennan and the
eXOneration lists in the books are in the same
handwriting. The minutes of June o, 13 and
10 look like the handwriting Of p. NJ. Noone.
Mr.. W%adlinger Will you swear positively
that it is Mr.. Noone's ~handwriting2
No; l won't swear positively. It looks
. like it. 1t is only an impression.
j. Jerome O'Neill was then called on this
I same line Of examination and swOre that he
was acquainted with the handwriting Of Miss
Annie Noone, a sister of the defendant d.
rector, and that he believed that the minutes
> Of June, 1, 1896, were in the handwriting OF
z Miss NOOne.
Mr.. Wadlinger asked if the minutes were
J not i'm the handwriting Of Gilbert Ferguson,
and witness replied that they were not.
All this line Of examination, Mr.. Whalen
4 stated in answer to Judge Bechtel, was for
the purpose Of showing the salary Of the
secretary Of the Board. Mr.. Wadlinger OBJ
3 jected, but was Overruled and Mr.. Whaleu
e then read from minutes Of June 1, 1896, as
e follows ron motion of Mr.. Noone hat T,
{ d. Flanagan act as secretary for the ensuing
i term at a salary of $500. Carried" Mr.
Whalen then read the following as payments
to T.. h. Flanagan on account Of salary
= Order No. 90, Oct, 3, 1896, 5000; order No
d 1850, Nov, Z, 1896, $50; order No. 473, June 3
G 1897, $50. Also order No. d8i, June 8, 1897
to 7. Il. Flanagan for S75 for attending
Q school supplies and truant officer.
S Thomas H.. Flanagan was again called t
the stand by Mr.. Whalen, but Mr.. Wadlingei
a objected, on the ground that the witness wal
one Of the defendants. Objection sustained
Martin E, McLain was then called by Mr.
d Whalen. Mr.. Wadlinger made the same OBJ
lection and it was sustained.
Mr.. Whalen then read entry Of order No
1880, Dec. 8, 1896, pay to directors, or order
4 $50 for directors attending county institute
MoHenry Wilhelm, Esq, was then called
- 10 the stand 10 correct errors between fg
ures set forth in the indictmentand the rea
T. figures on som of the orders on which tlI
No charges are based. He was present at tn.
r. auditors meetidg in West Mahanoy Town
&c ship in 1897. He identified the S75 order is