The Sunday globe., 1901-06-02
"TEN PER CENTERS.' }.
The Bureau of Engraving and
Printing Scandal.
JUICY TESTIMONY IN FULL

Trade Among Their Fellow CLERKS ana
Stood In with the Boss on Tho "0Ey,
Nice Reading for an Honest Public About
Their Servants (p)-MOre Coming,
The investigation into the methods
and manner of Conducting the Bupau OF
Engraving and Printing created at the
time much interest," owing to the scan.
dals developed by the Congressional
Commiuee.
The investigation bre particularly
hard on Mr. Castle, and certain widow
tuen billing and coong was fully shown
up, and every effort has been made to
keep the facts from the public.
The sunday Globe in TINS Issue deals
with that pant of the testimony elected
concerning the "trn per centers' in the
department, and inasmucu us we have
come into possession ut the testimony,
The Globe will rrgale It's readers nom
NAtAS ~ 'AlN WIN o'AlN Ju'Ng NA'l"N'9
on love, pccuutiuu, and general cusscd-
ness ia This important department Of the
Government The following is given
verbatim tom the record:
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. examin-
ed. stated as follows:
q. You are down in the storeroom?
A. Yes, sir.
With Mr. Beech?
Yes, sir.
Mr.. Harrison, we want to know if
Mr., Beech loans money out at 10 per
cent.
Not to my knowledge.
Did you ever borrow Of him?
Yes, sir.
Did he ever charge you?
Never charged me a cent When
get tight and want money ] go to Dr.
beech and tell him that l want s. un-
til the 1st or the 18th, and he let's me
have it, and never charges me cent
DO you know that he ever charged
anybody?
No. sir.
He loans money?
Sometimes; yes sir,
You never knew him to charge any.
body?
No. sir.
Did you ever borrow any money Of
Mr. Erwin?
Yes, sir
How much did you borrow Of Erwin ?
/ borrowed $40 once
How much did he charge you?
Ten per cent,
How long did you have it?
Quite a while.
Charged you a dollar a month for it a.?
Yes, sir.
Or did he take it out of your so and
give you nine? When you borrowed
did he give you 50?
No. sir; he gave me so.
And you paid him a dollar a month
Yes, sir.
How long did you have it?
] used it about eight or ten months,
Did you give him a pay receipt?
No, sir.
A note?
No sir. He just took my word for it.
Then you had to go and pay him a
dollar a month?
Yes, sir.
DO you owe him anything now?
Yes, sir.
How much do you owe him now?
He says that it is another man that
has got it, and the other man has been
to me once or twice.
Is the man named Henson?
That is right,
When did he first come to you?
About two months ago.
You borrowed more than that $40
of him? How much more did you Dor
row?
Well the first time / borrowed Mr.
Erwin had a son here; he wasn't work
ing here, but he come to see his papa;
and he said. DO you know anybody
that wants to borrow some money!
wanted $40, and / said, What do you
want for it?" "I want 10 cents and
said, "All right, I will give you IL
cents" Then | used that money, and
afterwards ] wanted SO more; so the
how wasn't here, and ! went to Erwin
and asked him If he could let me have
so and he told me, yes. He said II
wasn't his money, 1t was money tha
belonged to somebody else. ! got tho
money from him though.
How much did you pay for that?
Ten per cent
You have been borrowing from hin
ever since?
No. not since then.
You have paid him?
gave il TO this other man. Henson
DO YOU pay TO Mr. Erwin now?
No. sir; to Mr.. Henson.
Where is he; on the corner o
Twelfth and F?
no: ! think il is a young man tha
keeps his place up near the powe
house: not that man at the corner o
Thirteenth and F; that is another MAJ
named Henson,
TESTIMONY or j. y. HUNT
in. HUNT, examined, stated as FOL
lows.
Mr. Hunt, did you ever borrow an
money from Mr.. Erwin?
Yes, sir; ! did. / got some none
from him; ! got some money from hir
about February or March-along there
Have You paid IL yet?
No sir; ! havn't paid it yet.
What does he charge you for it?
Well I have $40. and / pay S3
month
You pay SO a month?
I, pay SO "A month; yes, sir paid tha
ND to the first of June, and then
heard that he sold the business out
b hts money business-to somebody els
and ] have never heard from him, an
D. + don't know about 30. wouldn't kno'
i, him If ! saw him; he didn't send m
! any account of it, and Mr. Erwin di
70 not say anything 10 me about IT,