The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-02


FUEHRING'S ADVICE.
After the bids were received he and Ken
nington went to l26 East Washington street.
Rust called Fuehring out of the store.
Remington asked Fuehring If he was not
going to help him make his promise OF
$500 month for the campaign fund good.
Fuehring. the witness said. told Kenning-
ton to so home and go to bed and stay
there three days and keep away from the
courthouse and he would make money. He
also told Remington to leave him alone.
Early this year Remington told the wit
ness he would have to get 10 per cent OF
the sprinkling payments for Logsdon for
the fund TO re-elect Mayor Bookwalter.
Rust went to Fred Fuehring and told him
lit was the same old story
And what did Fuehring say?" asked Mr..
We'll, he says, We haf goot cement side
walks in Indianapolis and We can walk on
them: but we don't have them in Michigan
City"
Rust said he met Remington on Feb. .
on Delaware street, the courthouse.
Charles Roepke was with him. Kenning-
ton said he was going to cut the Notings
and Furnas out of the work because the
Noltings were not good workmen and there
was no use of giving Furnas work when
they could do IL themselves and get the
money. After the bidding Remington asked
the witness If he would ''sel mis- wagons
or stay with me-. The witness told him
said he would get the contract. The wit
ness replied that he could not work for
the price bid (sl5.S0), nor pay 10 per cent.
Remington said if he didn't make 20 per
cent. he wouldn't collect the 10. The wit
ness told him to count me out" After the
first bids were rejected witness saw Ken
nlngton at the haymarket and Remington
said he would get the contract. AT another
time Remington told the witness the time
for making the contract was near and he
must come up with the dough-
KENNINGTONS PLAN.
Mr.. Noel labored hard to ascertain If Ken
nington had told the witness how he intend
ed to get the contract without being the
lowest bidder. The witness seemed obsti-
nate in avoiding direct answer, but finally
said Remington said the competition was
getting dangerous, and that the contract
must be secured. He proposed to secure it
by raising a campaign fund.
Rust testified that he had contributed to
the fund that Remington collected from
the street contractors for the campaign
fund of the Democrats in 1901 He said he
paid twice The first contribution, he said,
Remington told him was to be paid TO
son of Charles Mcguire. The second was to
go to the Democratic committee. He did not
remember how much he had contributed.
He and Fred Fuehring went with Kenning
ton TO the headquarters of the Democratic
committee in the Stevenson building They
remained in the hall and did not go inside.
Remington went in. Rust admitted that
he and Fuehring went with Remington to
satisfy themselves that Remington did not
put the money in his pocket. He also said
that Remington was tricky"
He said he went with Fuehring to the In
diana Trust Company's safety deposit
vault, but Remington, who went with them,
would not talk to Fuehring in the presence
of Rust, and Rust had to go to another
room. Afterward Fuehring told him Ken
| nington had said that Logsdon had come
down and only wanted per cent now.
OF VARYING POLITICS.
| Rust said sometimes he was Republican
and sometimes a Democrat. He voted for
Bookwalter in his first race and for Ma
| guire in the last campaign.
On cross-examination Mr.. Matson asked
| Rust where he had made the affidavit
which had been one of several on which
| the charges had been based. Rust msun-
| derstood the question and began telling
| about signing the affidavit of noncollusion
| at the Board of Public Works office. When
| he understood the question he said he made
| the affidavit at Charles Martindales Of
| flee. He said Fred Fuehring took him TO
| Martindale's office. The affidavit was made,
| suit Martindale told him he might as we'll
| make the affidavit, because if he didn't the
| grand jury would require his testimony.
He only made the one affidavit. Fred Nolt-
ing was at Martindale's office, he said.
] Rust said he knew nothing that would
| lead him to believe Logsdon dishonest ex-
| cept what Remington had told him. He
| said ''the thing looked funny" He said he
| don wanted the money for the campaign
| fund that the statement was true. He had
not changed his opinion. He said Ken
| nington had always been honest with him.
The investigation, Chairman Wynne an
nounced. will be resumed next Tuesday
/ night at 7:30 o'clock.