Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-11

OF small sum down. He was to raise
$1,000. A few days afterwards, Mr. King
testified, he went to see Mr. O Sullivan
ana wanted to borrow 5000 from him for a.
few days until he could make arrange.
ments to get money from his sbrother-in-3
law who lives in New z ork.s Mr.. O,SuI-.
Ivan could not raise the amount for him
but promised to see him again in a few
days. This he did on June 10th, when
he was loaned $50 and a few cents for.
a few days. ST deposited" he went on.
$3.50 in bills in the American National
Bank and kept the remand er-about Sc. -
That afternoon. or the following day,
with his two children he went to New
York city. While there he saw lis
brother-in-law, but he could not borrow
the amount needed T55
Curtailed the Note.
81 came back to Richmond" he con-.
tinued, "and went to see Mr. Sullivan,
and told him that I couldn't pay the
money back right then, and executed a
note for the amount, which was due on.
July 18TH
On July 18th, he said, he curtailed the.
note s1O0. and renewed it with note for
ninety days for s41o This note is still
unpaid. The first note, he showed, was
kept by Mr.. OSullivan in his safe, and
upon its renewal it was turned back to
him when the 500 was paid.
When asked about the contracts that
were given out in June, Mr.. King said
that on the evening of May 18th, when
the Street Committee met, he noticed that
there was a similarity in the bids, and he:
remarked to City Engineer Cutshaw that
he thought them too high, and that the
bids should be held up and investigated
a G IN q To "a hat off for
the talk with Colonel Cutshaw, he moved
in the meeting of the Street Committee
to defer the consideration of the bids until
another meeting. After the meeting, and
in the interim between it and the next,
he said he had seen several contractors
who advised him that commodities had
advanced in price. Then he was satisfied
that the prices were not excessive, and
he went to the City Engineer and told
him he thought so. After this he made
no objection. and the contracts were
awarded.
mined.
On-cross- examination by Mr.. Richardson,
Mr.. King repeated that he. went into Mr..
O'Sullivan's store to get the money about
the Sd of June, but he did not get the
money until the 10th. He insisted that
the money was paid him in cash by Mr..
O'Sullivan, and that it was all notes, that
he deposited in the bank. He said he
could not recall the time of the day, but
thought it was about O'Clock in: the. af-
ternoon. He said he did not give SO'Sul-
Ivan the note until he returned from New
York He testified that he did not make
a payment on the house because he could
not raise the money needed to make It
with.
''Have you checked the money out of
the banl?" asked Mr.. Richardson.
ct have checked out most of it," replied
Mr. King.
elbow did you get the money that you
paid Mr.. O'Sullivan?' asked the, Gem
monwealth's Attorney. to which Mr.. King
replied that he got the money by accu-
mutation, but that he could not remennber
how he paid it-whether it was by check
or in money.
Mr.. King swore that he kept no books
and made no entry whatsoever of the
transaction with Mr.. O'Sullvan.
Did Not See Guide.
He denied that he had seen Guide on the
day of the alleged payment to him. He
asserted that he had never had any busl-
ness relations with any of the contractors
except for city work. He never had a
transaction of any kind with any Of
them. Pressed by Mr. Richardson, Mr.
he had no transactions with Guide, Gasser,
| or Weinbrunn, and that he could not re-
member ever doing any business with
them.
Here Mr.. Richardson endeavored to in
troduce a check dated in August 1900,
which was endorsed by Mr.. King. but
it was ruled out as being not relevant to
| the case. - 81 47,sia
Mr.. King denied that he had a7conversa-
ton with Mr. Gasser about his bids in the
! past twelve months. He said he could
not recall meeting him frequently, and
only saw him on the streets OCCASIONALLY
He denied ever being at his house; said
he never had telephoned to him. and that
he (Gasser) had never been to his (King's)
house, except when he came there some
time ago to look at a sand wagon which
he was thinking about buying. He adj
| mitted that Guide, in passing his office
had dropped in upon several occasions,
but denied that ever a word concerning
city work was talked Of during these
visits.
Colonel Cutshaw on Stand.
Colonel W. E. Cutshaw. the CITY Eng1-
! neer, to whom Mr.. Gasser made the
charge against Mr.. King, was the next
witness called. He was questioned by
| Mr.. Carter as follows:
you that any other person was getting
| money from him? ;:lssssks 80
A. He said hing and others.
@. To whom did you think he referred?
A. I don know who. but judged that
it was other members of the Street Com
mittee.
A. He said he was tired of paying out
| money to get contracts with the city and
when asked how long this had been
going on he said for several years. I
asked him why he didn't refuse to pay
for the contracts and he said because he
could not get the contracts without doing
| SO, and he could not afford to; have his
teams standing idle. I told him that it
was wrong, and that it ought to be ex-
posed. When he lell me it was with the
| understanding thatshe would give me his
charges in writing.
@. Did YOU think that Gasser meant
to charge that other members of the
Street Committee had been taking brides?
A. Gasser left me under that impress
sion. understood it that way very
| clearly. This was that there were other
members of the committee in the same
fix as he claimed Mr.. King was.
Colonel Cutshaw testified az that Mr..
Kings sta tements concerning his CONVEX
sations with him at, the meetings 5of. the
Street Committee at which time the bids
were deferred were substantially correct
except that he did not remember the