Evening star., 1899-03-15

Lamasure. Mr.. Morgan has never made a
pay roll and never performed any other
duties of clerk; no clerical work His
duties as chief clerk are simply drawing
a salary.
Q. What duties does he perform? A If 1
give that In my own way-I wouldn't like
to give that under oath, but-the whisky
Dottle-he works for that more than any,
thing else-keeps one in his Office
.. Well, now, aside from the whisky BOT
tie, what Is he supposed to do? A. Pay tie
employees. These are his only duties, and
the clerk does that
John Larman, c. G. Bollinger, Archie Dick.
Nathan King, A. L. Root and others who
mad been dismissed, he said, for political
reasons Then he. added:
Charles Morgan a son of G. Morgan
and brother-in-lawNof Chief j. johnson. was
appointed as a compositor at $3.50 a day
l,n.,o ne Is s not a comDosltor and never was,
never did days work a compositor, but
Is used as a messenger. Messengers can
not be appointed except under the civil ser
vice rules. as l understand"
Q. Neither can compositors'
"A think that comes within the except
ed class there. There are three in a family.
/ Don't know how they can account for il. ~
Mr.. Balm charged that Chief johnson ha 3
claimed as his own method that Of the sur
race process. which was, the witness de-
ciared. the work of Captain Meredith He
asserted also that Mr.. Johnson was about
the lightest weight of any one l ever saw
there or ever knew there While he was
known as the head of the bureau, yet he
never looked over the divisions at ALL
Months passed and he was never in the
division that had charge of.
Advances to the Chief.
Another witness. Ernest F. Gibbon, the
clerk who made out the pay rolls for Major
Morgan. was questioned as to advances of
money by the latter to Chief Johnson He
said that for at least two years the dis
bursing officer let the chief have pay in
advance. and that at one time the account
was as much as s1,523.
He testified that ]. W. Erwin a first
cousin of the chief also received advances.
Q.-Ard at the same time he was lending
money at 10 per cent month? A.-Well
can't say directly. but 1 think he was;
am satisfied that he was / never borrowed
any myself.
Q.-Is there any one else In the bureau
he advanced money to? A.-No; except to
himself.
Q.-How much to himself? Ale had as
much as two months Of pay. He had about
800.
Q--How long would that run? A.-Wer,
ell of these ran until the examination from
the Treasury Department
Q--The Treasury Department made an
inVestigation? Ayes, sir; they made an
examination and he got frightened and they
hxed IT up somehow or other.
Q--Was this money lent from government
iuhds or out of his own funds? Alt was
lent from the government funds.
-Do you know the reason why Mr..
Johnson borrowed this money? Al have
Eeard ! don't really know except / have
heard the major say that he would send
up and get 800, and the major would saw
1ou VIII make 500 out of this before to
morrow night" or something like that
Q.-Speculating with it? A-From that. T
should say so. '''
Maj. MOrgan's Conduct
=. Charges have been made that Mai.
Morgan is very intimate with some of the
ladies' or the bureau. We ask you If you
know OF anything of that kind? A. Yes,
SIR may say so, as to putting his hand
on tneir limbs and his arm around their
waists. and so forth.
u Were they sitting in his lap? A. Well.
couidnt say. He would have them come
iisnt up close, ana as soon as / would come
inside OF the office they would move.
men they must have been standing
up! A. 1hey were standing up; yes, sir.
". And he would leave as soon as YOU
made your appearance? A. Yes, sir.
y; How many girls can you mention
witncW giving their names?-A can't
Q. Was it common occurrenee?.A.
Well, yes, sir.
Q. He was in the habit of making him
self free with those who would permit this
familiarity? A Yes, sir
Q. Does this occur right along?- A. Yes.
sir.
Q. Up to the present time?-A. Yes. sir
q. The other day you stated that he did
at one time keep bottle of whisky In his
room. and since that time had not done so
A He has had bottle of whisky in
there very recently.
Q. How long sgo?-A. Well don't know
as in the last week or SO, but surely not
later than the first OF this month
Q. Does he give it to the girls who visit
him?-A. Quite a number OF them come
down and get drink of whisky
Q. And when he gives them drink Of