The San Francisco call., 1898-03-16

tempt, obloquy, disgrace and shame, and to his (plaintiff's) damage in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.
 Wherefore, by reason of the premises and the damage thereby, plaintiff pTays for the recovery of fifty thousand dollars damages and costs of suit.
 A. H. JARMAN and EDWIN A. WILCOX, attorneys for plaintiff.
 In explaining his reasons for bringing this suit Mir. Jarman said that he felt 1t to have been his duty to do so, not only in his own defense but as matter of principle in defense of the ticket on which he was @ candidate. He said that he considered an assault on any one candidate an attack on the entire ticket
 Mayor Koch, who occupied the May or's chair at the time the steam roller was being negotiated for and also when it was actually purchased, confirmed transactions connected with that ma chine. He declared that the roller was not actually purchased until May. lS9i, and that Jarman went out of office in April of the same year. He added:
 T don't believe Jarman would com init any dishonest act in the Council or anywhere else. I always found Jar man straight in all affairs that con- cerned the city"
 In speaking of the circumstances that led to the suit James w. Req made some significant and important admis- sions. He made statements that should induce the Grand Jury if it has any sense of it's duty and means to per form it, to call him before that body and ask him to make a full and detail ed statement of what he knows.
 'I never said that Jarman got the money" said James w. Req to The Call correspondent. What l said was that $90O had been divided among some members of the Council, as the roller could be bought for 5000. It was of fered to me for S3O00. The price paid was s390O. I knew nothing about the transaction when Jarman was in the Council. Jarman was on the com ,nittee. and spent $1S0 of the city S money in examining into the proposl- ton to see whether the machine was good or not. But not until Jarman was out of the Council and the Council was to allow the money for the steam roller did I become acquainted with the facts and that there was a commission In It.
 "An I ever told about Jarman was that probably he could explain where this $500 went, as he was great econ omist. The inference was that some body got it and perhaps Jarman could explain who. l know all about the transaction, but I never said Jarman got the stuff. If necessary to protect myself I can prove more than some one wants to have proved"
 When asked why Jarman shorlld have become angered if he was not charged with taking some of this $500, Req answered:
 q told him positively that $9o0 had been paid to some of the Council and that some people said he had received some of it.''
 On being pressed to tell all he knew relative to the bribes which he alleged had been paid to Councilmen for the purchase of the steam roller. Req de- clared that he got his information from the man who paid the money to the Councilmen, but he declined to give this gentleman's name.
 You don't want me to bawl anybody out. do you?" were the words with which he concluded the interview.
 The case will be tried before Judge A. s. Kittredge in Department 3.