Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-27

work 100 years oid?'' asked Robinson.
Il might have aa4as6 they were thousand
years old In s5dRrng way" replied the
witness. mo
The inspector admitted he told Mr. Rob-
inson that the s&esping done by Lilly &
Robinson was bettsp than that done by Mr:
made a complaint 10 Mr.. stutier that had
not been promptIys attended to and the
fault remedied. Ihffeply to question from
Mr.. West witness said stutler had not tried
guilty" said thee. witness I'D TESTIFY
Inspector Barrick was the next witness.
He said that Mr.; Rusk had some old men
and some grown boys on the work in
Georgetown under him. The old men were
efficient and theedriSers were also, except
occasionally aflA~srthless young feiiow
past five years. 'heesaid. he has complained
to the superintendent about the horses and
mules used on the work. He said he had
orders from Mr.. Stutler to send away any
away any lazy OF incompetent driver.
Did you ever receive any gift or present
from Mr.. Rusk asked Mr.. West
None at all believe he did give me
cigar once: replied the witness.
Witness said that last fall some or the
drivers told him their wages had been
raised from Is cents a-day to 81. He said
he had never mentioned the matter of driv-
ers' wages to Mr.. stutier. The inspector
stated that Mr.. Stutier. had never tried to
shield the contractor in any complaints
made by witness. -
Mr.. Barffek said that he had been accus-
TONED to getting the money from Mr.. Rusk
with which to pay the men on pay days as
an accommodation to the men. Mr. Slut
Ter. ne said, had never ordered him to do
this, in fact had not spoken to him about
it.
Mr.. Henderson,. a former inspector about
the markets, but now employed in the as
acin no y. n
a poor horse on the work. He telephOned
Mr.. Stutler about the horse He said he
also called the condition OF the horse to the
| attention OF the Humane Society agent. and
the horse was removed by him about one
Stutler
Mr.. Henderson, said he tolerated poor
service for few days on promise of bet
torment. He said he did this on his own
Judgment and not at Mr.. Suffers sugges-
ton.
Book Thinks It Over.
The next witness was Gustav Boock. in
spector Of street cleaning about the mar
kets. He said horses employed on the work
by Mr.. Rusk had been taken away occa-
sionally by the Humane Society. The
drivers, he said. were not always satisfac-
tory. He said they were mean and talked
back to him. During the early part Of
last year. Book said he complained to
MI Stutler about the horses and mules
about once a month and after that his
complaints were less frequent. He said
he also had occasion about two years ago.
during brief period. to report drivers
about once a day.
Book said that MIR. StutIer told him he
made more complaints than any Of the
other inspectors. Mr.. Stutler said the
other inspectors wouldn't have such COM
plants to make,'' said the witness. The
inspector did not know whether Mr.. Slut
Ter tried to discourage his complaining Or
not: he said he would have to think it
over"
asked by Judge Cole as to whether or not
MIR. Stutler had told him to send away any
poor horses put on the work by the con-
tractor. .:o--
Book testified that he had been in the
habit. about two years ago, of getting the
! wages OF the men employed by Rusk on
pay days and burning 1t over to the en-
ployes of the contractor. During the past
year. he said, he, had not done this. having
had instructions from the superintendent s
office to stop the praStice
The last witness Ofzthe day was Inspector
c. O. Rockwell of 500 X street northwest.
He has been an inspector year and has
never complained of a horse mule, both
being good One man, lazy, dis
charged. Mr.. Stutler telling him whenever
he had man who wouldn't work to dis
charge him. The oldest man he had was
about sixty-fivet years old but not inefi-
cient. He once had three boys. despite the
fact that an order had gone out to employ
| no one under twenty-pne. One of these
was seventeen. He told them not to come
back another day. They didpt.
At first, like other inspectors he said. he
| got the mems wages. Later Stutler ordered
| him to do 1t no more. 81,
| The hearing lasted until shortly before
rs o'clock last night. when it was an
! nounced that session would be held be-
| ginning at 1890 o'clock this morning.