The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-13

last Taggart administration, and had to go
to the Grand Hotel three times to see Tag
CART. Furnas offered, if the witness would
use his influence with Logsdon and the ad-
ministration. to pay him one-fourth of the
profits of the contract. and said this one
fourth would run from $500 to $500 year.
and that Middleton would have no work
to do except to cash the check that FurnaE
would mail him every month. Middleton
said he replied that he was not Charley
Stuckmeyer, and did not want to fill his
shoes; that he wouldn't make any effort
with the administration or Logsdon to in
fuence them. He said he asked Furnas if
he was not old enough to know that this
was knocking at the door of the peni-
officials. Furnas said he was not talking
to an Official. Middleton replied that he
wanted him to, however
He said he told Furnas he could probably
get the contract on facts and figures"
but not to talk to him any more about It.
Furnas on that occasion urged Middleton
to use his influence for one-year contract
USE OF FURNAs,s MACHINES.
Furnas came back In four or FIVE days
and urged Middleton to use his influence to
secure the insertion of language in the
specifications that would require the use Of
the Furnas machines. About a week later
Furnas met Middleton on Massachusetts
avenue and asked him IL he thought, If he
and Fuehring bid, they could get the con-
tract on facts and figures Middleton
said Furnas never. offered any other con-
sideration than the one-fourth interest in
the profits which he mentioned at the first
meeting.
After the publication of the charges Mid
dleton went to Furnas and warned him
against stirring up matters, as he Middle
put Furnas In an ugly light. He said he
told him he was the last man to bring I'D
such charges. Furnas told him the Fur
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mas blood was pretty x thick ana had been @
thing through. He told the witness to "dfg
away" Furnas said Logsdon had called
him up by telephone and cursed him about
some street water standpipes.
After this visit he read in the paper that
Ftlrnas had told of the visit and the paper
AGAIN trying to to an5
told him he should not have dragged him
into the papers.
MIDDLETON CROSS-EXAMINED.
John 8. Duncan. who has all through
the investigation not participated in
the examination Of witnesses. cross-ex-
amined Middleton. Middleton said Furnas
had never been at his factory before and
had never been at his house. Middleton
admitted that he did not say to Logsdon
before the bidding that Furnas would bid
on the work, and that if his bid was the
lowest he hoped it would be given consider
alton. He also said when he went to
Furnas the first time after the publica-
ton of the charges he told Furnas that
no one except himself and God Almighty
knew of what Furnae had said to him.
He said he had not told Logsdon what
Furnas had proposed because he thought
it would do less harm II he kept 1t to him.
self.
The session ended with the introduction
of assessment bureau records showing the
amounts paid during the years 1900, 1901 and
1902 for sweeping and sprinkling Louis
Zeigler, a clerk in the assessment bureau,
testified that there had been only a few
deductions In 1902 for rainy days on day
sweeping and none in 1901 and 1900. This
brought Mr.. Duncan In again and he pro-
duced number of reports showing pay
ments for portions of days in January of
1901. 1t was explained that these were for
the irregular snow cleaning work and not
the day force carried in the spring,
summer and fall. The records also showed
that between July q and Nov. /, 1902, the
Marion County Construction Company was
paid for twenty-four sweepings of Ohio
street, between East street and Arsenal
avenue. Fred Fuehring testified Monday
night that the street had been swept only
sixteen times.
The investigation will be resumed to-
morrow night.