Evening star., 1899-03-15

where my desk was. and I always spoke to
them kindly and talked with them kindly in
a social way. j j O.
Q. Did you sit down with them in the
waiting room? "A. Sometimes 1 did.
HQ. And chat with them?-A. Sometimes
did.
q. Ever become quite familiar with them
there. in conversation and mannerAA 1
suppose L did-no not undue familiarity, so
far as | remember.
Q. Did you ever put your arms around
them "A No, sir; never.
Q. Sit down between them and get pretty
close to them?-A. l have sat down between
them-I have sat down between them, but
never IG did one thing that anly lady or gem
nave sat down just like any gentleman
might be sitting down in the seats.
v. Ever put your hands on them?-A. No,
one occasion = :.
-. Well what was that?-A. Mrs. D.
at one time she was sitting this way Gllus-
traing), with the foot across; her slipper
was all united and the string hanging down.
L said, why don't you tie your slipper a
lltue more tight and people will think more
OF you" l said. They ought to be taken
on and thrown out of the window, such
things as those" And she says II bet you
% you can't take them off," and said, "I
bet | can. If wanted to- Well, that was
an mere was about that then-about the s..
ana take them off?-A No.
q. Well, go on and finish your story-A
-Four or five days after that she says, You
are going to lose that So 1 said. What
can take my sliper off," and I said, well,
l guess will lose it, And so, we sat there
nttie bit, and she was sitting just this
way Hliustrating), and l was sitting right
100 took my hand and caught the slipper and
nlrted 1t off; and they all laughed, and that
is ABOUT all there was about 1t. It was a
piece piece OF unthoughtfulness on my part; it
n ma hot =
lust on the spur of the moment.
Y. IL dfd not occur to you, then, that 1t
was very undignified position for a man
but 1t was unthoughtful At the time there
was nothing in the world intended, no more
than that 1t was just little piece of fun;
out there was no one there except the
guides. The other guides, 1 think, would
bear me out in the statement I make.
.. You say there was no one else in the
room at the time? A. don't think there
9. No other employees of the bureau be-
sides the guides? A. No, sir.
=. No strangers there? A. No. sir. I re-
member that Immediately afterward / went
was something sad-perhaps they were
Kind Of laughing, and 1 went to Captain
King and told him about what had done,
and ne didn't say anything, only he said
something about her some way or the
other, and said: We'll captain, 1t was
little piece of unthoughtfulness. and 1 am
sure l didn't intend anything, and she
didn't: it was just merely piece of un-
thoughtfulness on MY Rart< it isn't neces-
sary to say anything TO her about it."
That Is the last l eyer heard of 1t. That is
all there was about it.
More About Mr.. Castle.
Mrs Annie E. Philppt was called and
stated that she thought MIR. Castle was
fond Of woman in, the, bureau She told
OF their being together great deal in Mr..
sullivan's room and the chiefs room.
When she went inifhere, she said, they
would slip out andJgo tinto another room
very often. She described the woman as "a
very pretty little woman-smart little wo-
man. A blond" " u
j., Mrs; Julia Shields, WHO had charge OF
4 the charWomen in the day. was the next
witness, and she testified that she had seen
Mr castle frequently waiting in different
places in the halls for the woman in ques-
ton: She said she had seen him kiss his
nand to her and had been told by the wo-
man that Mr.. Castle had given her great
many presents. Mrs. Shields also stated
mat the woman confessed that she had sat
in his lap at her home, and the witness be-
iieVed he had similar. relations with other
woman in the bureau
Coiored Assistants Discharged.
concerning the dismissal of colored
iemaie assistants. Nathan King, former
captain or the watch, testified that many
OF them had been dismissed without any
good cause. :
y. Is 1t your understanding. If you have
any understanding on the subject. that
lney were dismissed on account of their
coior! A | don't think there is any pos
slpie doubt or that. from the fact of way
appointments were made Immediately fol-
lowing them.e They were dismissed In lots
OF nve to start with. and they couldn't get
,nem out fast enough. and they increased