The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-02

whose duty it is to examine and supervise
the acquisitions that come from the heads
OF city institutions. was responsible.
Ar. Graham WAS asked II ar would be
willing To go to the Auditors Office and
help Mir. ScEuurmactor obtain the vouchers
wnicn The Republic had secured. and
which Mr.. Schnurnachsr explained he had
not been able to frd. Mr.. Graham replied
that he would not 20 So
But if were in your position l would
get Them lie continued. The Republic
has found them once. ana has printed the
facts that they showed. II has already
done just what you want me to do, ANA Il
iufthsr examination would prc1uce no adj
ultiouai results"
The City Counselor insisted that he had
made. an effort to ind the vouchers. but
mad been unable to secure any Ca.a by
which they could be located. and thu Audit
or HAD been unable to IND them TOR him.
Mr.. Graham replied that The Republic had
printed ali the data that was necessary 10
a very rapid access to the desired vouchers.
Mr.. Graham declined TO detail a Republic
reporter to assist MIR. SchuurEacher. stat
ing that he deemed it iuadylsabIe 10 employ
The Resources Of the paper IN an iENaStIga-
ton that would not be under it's control.
Attorney krum asked the witness if he
knew anything OF the charge that spGtum
cups had been purchased at an excessive
price. The witness answered that ne re-
inembered the charge that had been made
ny the Grand Jury report. and added, in
answer 10 other questions, that If the
had been committed in the squanderiuE Of
the city's money. whether the sum thus
S4uandsred was 10 cents or SlU.C1O.
John G. Iebens. an editorial writer on
The Republic stan, was questioned as II
several! editorial paragraphs that had APP
pearcd in the paper in reference TO the
charges against the Supply Commissioners
Office. II. was especially questioned con-
cernlnS one which stated that any citizen
could, within an hour. discover for the City
Counselor the vouchers which he said he
could not find. Mr.. Lebens stated that ne
was the writer OF the paragraph, and that
his meaning was that any citizen could get
the data from the files Of The Republic, and,
with that assistance. soon locate the Vouch-
erS. Nj. LebenS declined TO he that citizen.
however. tn City Counselor attempted TO
get MIR. Lebens TO furnish MIN with copies
Of The Republic containing TN data under
discussion. but Mr.. lebens declined to do
so. saying that the CITY Counselor could
set the Information as easily As he could.
Il would suggest that the vouchers could
very easily be located" said Mr.. Lebens.
COPIES OF The Republic which contained
the articles under discussion could be So
cured, ana the dates Of the vC'Chers. what
they came from. and such
other data learned. \ request could then
be made upon the Auditor :or the vouchers
issued upon those dates and for those In
situations, ana the vouchers could very
easily he secured"
Mr.. Lebens was the last witness Of the
day. Various dates for the next session,
We're discussed. rut finally il was decided
tn hold If on Thursday, Siay ~. at . y. m.
when Attorneys Blair and .fpurdsn prom
tsed that Grand Juror Cook would be
present.