The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-11
Which in Some Instances
Are Much in Excess of
Sums Received.
n. ALTMAN, WHO HAD CHARGE
OF THE TIN WORK, DID NOT
APPEAR, AND c. L. FULTON
FAILED TO RETURN LAST
NIGHT-SHERlFF INSTRUCTED
TO ARREST THEM IF LOCATED.

The features of the investigation
by the Board of County Commission
ers and County Solicitor Loftin yes
terday into the alleged irregular
ity in the pay rolls for work done up
on the court house, was the absence
from the trial of H. Altman, who
had charge of the tin work, the fail
ure of G. l.. Fulton TO return for the
session last night, the unsuccessful
search of bailiffs for Fulton, and f.
naHy the issuing of instructions by
the county solicitor to the sheriff to
apprehend these two parties should
they be found; also testimony of men
under oath who had been employed
or the court house that they had re
ceived an amount for their work far
less than what was called for upon the
pay rolls as submitted by the bosses
of the work and o. KID. by the super
intendent The most damaging tcsti.
mony was given in by boys who re-
ceived 70 cents and S1.25 for their
labor as apprentices and whose
names appeared upon the pay rolls 3
receiving $3.50 per day.
Morning Session.
A NJ. Avery. former chairman of
the Board of County Commissioners,
was first called, and after being duly
placed under oath testified that short
ly after the September storm Tax
Collector J. S. Roberts called his at
tentiOn to damage being done county
records by water leaking through the
cupOla made defective by the storm.
Inasmuch as this immediate repair
was necessary he ordered same made
through the deputy clerk.
testified. Mr.. Kendall came TO him and
told him that he had examined Jhe
cupola and found it in a much worse
condition than he had anticipated,
whereupOn he instructed him 10 go
ahead with the work, but 10 have 1t
done as cheaply as possible
Mr. Avery stated that later On he
saw men at work On the gallery. and
he stopped them, as he Shad not ~
thorized that work, all he had du-
thoriZed was TO repair and paint the
cupOla and thai he considered was alb
solutely necessary at that time.
The matter later came up before
the board and he told them that he
board ordered the work completed
When the bills for this work came
in, Mr.. Avery said he was displeased
and told the board so, and at shat
time the discussion LASTED until near
" u O'Clock at night. Finally mo-
ton was made that the bills be paid
as presented.
At this period Of Mr.. Avery's testi-
mOny. County Commissioner Stewart
arrived and took his seat Mr. Avery
paused long enough to invite MIN TO
correct any statement he might make
that was not absolutely correct. as
he was as much interested in probing
into this matter as any one else and
he wanted to present the case just
as he remembered it
Mr. Avery then stated that ne hesi-
tated in his own mind about signing
the warrants. but later on decided 70
do 50 inasmuch as they had been
passed upon by the board
UDOn a question asked by County
Solicitor Loftin. Mr.. Avery stated
that no contract had been made, and
that no agreement had been made
with anyone. except that J. D. Kendall
was employed by the County Commis-
sioners at $500 per day to superin-
tend the work He knew nothing of
any arrangement between Mr.. Rem
dal and J. T. Long, or Nj Kendall
and c. l. Fulton. In fact. nothing
more than what Mr.. Kendall had said
in open meeting TO the effect that
the work would come TO about $500
When asked by the county solicitor
if he did not think that $4,000 was too
much for the work performed. -Mr.
Avery admitted that he thought tt