The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-19

1hc contractors. Experts made cstl-
mate of the cost, with n fair profit OF
yhe "trimmings" which cost the State
s 36,434.f4S.9f. 1t is shown that the
cost of these goods was S1b7hS99.6b.
making the overcharge and profit TO
+ the favored contractors saS6o,3Aa,2s,
These contractors arc John III. SANDER
son. II. B,rd Casseis firm, the Penn
sylvania Construction Company ana
Payne & Co.
IA showing tho loose methods and
apparent fraud practIced by state OIL
Gers. contractors and the architect, the
report sets forth that fully twenty
4 eight csrJohds Of furniture were de-
1iyered to the Capitol after the htlls
for the same had been paid. Huston.
James NJ. Shunakor and the various
contractors are involved In this trans
action.
In the suppressed report eNrGover-
nor Pennypacker is severely censured,
especially for his Joker resolution
AZ April 12 and his Interpretation of
the acts OF 1895 and 1908, The report
declares him immune from arrest.
Governor stuart, after receiving the
renort announced that 1t would be
transmitted to the Acknowledgement
and that suits would be started
promptly to compel restitution and
punish the guilty.
In these suits the commonwealth
wil be represented by Attorney
Sral Todd. James Scarlet, deputy
Attorney General Cunningham, anu
Iohn +, Fox. David T. Watson VIII
he associated with the httorney-deh
era, MS advisory counsel
The Capitol probers closed their ae,
counts. paid their attorneys, cohsui.eo
with Governor Stuart wound up .iie
sffairs of the commission and lelt iol
their homes to-day. satished WIN
their work and confident OF re
coyery of portion of the s''ooo,ooo
maid by the State to the contractors
FOR the trimmings of the "paiaee %
graft" .,ooo to.
sic services as chief counsel scar
,a,.s associate. James a.. Stranahan'
was paid $4,000. These fees. We're
nxed upon after consultation win
Governor Stuart, by whom the attor-
'e Harry S. Calvert, of philadelphia,
and his colleague, Frank Ben. OF
Harrisburg, We're voted $4,000 each ZOE
eAa,r services as secretaries. The lee
~ the Audit Company of New YORK
was $4,000. w
The probers held brief session this
morning TO wind up business ana |
approve a financial statement pre-
pared by tn. secretaries. This shows
the total cost of the inquiry was close
on 60 sci 900, and Will be made pub
lie as soon as the accounts are closed
and the balance turned back into the
State Treasury.
Resting Up Before Prosecutions.
Mr.. Scarlet will spend ten days fish
lrx in Canada before he begins prepara-
Ton OF the papers for the criminal
and civil suits TO be instituted by At
torney-Generai Todd in the Dauphin
County Court against the. "trimmers,
the officials who turned their backs
while these contractors were drawing
millions of dollars from the State
Treasury.
Mr. Scarlet believes these suits should
be instituted with the least possible
delay. in which opinion Governor
Stuart and Attorney General Todd con-
cur. The criminal suits will be instt-
tuted at the next session of the Dauphin
County Quarter. Sessions, which begins
September 23d, and the cases will prob
ably be called for trial at the January
term The civil suits may also be in
stitute in September