The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-28
KINK
IN BRIDWELL'S
PECULIAR TALE.
H. w. Nichols RepudiateS Off,
CiaPS Explanation of Where
the Money Went.
THROWS MORE LIGHT ON
IRREGULAR TRANSACTION
BUT BOARDS MONEY PAID TO
BRIDWELL is STILL UNAC-
COUNTED FOR.

It is now up to George NJ. Bridweu to
offer some further evidence as 70 what he
did with $5l.75 refunded TO him by II. W.
Nichols, who. through mistake, was paid
twice. Mr.. Nichols was on the stand be-
fore the board of education last evening
and told a straight story.
At the last session Of the investigation
into the affairs Of the buildings and
grounds department Bridwer admitted
that H. ". Nichols was paid the sum OF
sol. % twice for work in drawing plans
Of manual training buildings last fan,
and that he had returned the entire sum
to him through Mrs. BridweN less =
cents. He had kept the money and sought
to explain this by saying that he had
paid Nichols s54 in cash for work done
and Nichols had also received a check tor
the same work from the board. The
explanation was somewhat involved but
in conclusion Bridwen stated that Nichols
still owed MIN $50 on account Of the
previous Overpayment.
Mr.. Nichols last evening told At length
now he had come to be paid the $5l-la the
second time. He had done considerable
work for the board and Bridwel usually
paid him. Sometimes it would be several
weeks before he received his pay, and
once # was thirty-seven days. He was
paid for drawing the plans of the manual
training building and later received a
notice from L. p. Judd that there was
some money for him at the office. de
supposed that this was an allowance by
BridweH for some DAYS overtime, and he
went to the office and received the check
When he went home and compared the
amount with his books he discovered that
he had been paid twice over
Board Owed It to 6ridwelI.
Here is where ] made a mistake" ne
said. Il should have taken the check
back to Mr.. Judd. but I had been doing
business with Mr.. Bridwell and took it
to him. l said, Mr. Bridweh 1 have
been paid twice for this. Mr.. BridweH
yes: that is all right That belongs
to me. The board owes me that much
You go to the bank and fetch me the
7 was pleased TO get the whole matter
off my hands and next day I took the
Sl.15 and gave it to Mrs. Bridwell, not
p cents less, as somebody stated Inc
money didn't belong to me and was glad
to get rid Of it,
Mr.. Nichols was asked concerning the
previous payment TO flim of S4 and gave
a clear account Of bis work superintend-
ing the erection Of manual training build
ings. For this ne had been paid but
once. He admitted the receipt for cash
and said he put it down cash at BridWeHs
request as il was just the same as cash
to him.
mo matter how Mr.. BridweH twists
IL about, I never received my pay twice
for this work. If I had a mania for get
I
check received for the other work the
second time and kept the money. Brid-
well claims, I understand, that / was paid
twice / say I WASH t.
Mt Nichols said that he had made out
two bills for the S51.l5 which he was paid
al the request Of Bridwen who said he
had lost the first Both had been after
wards turned into the board and the
double payment came about
Decidedly Irregular.
H c. Edwards. who represented Bird
we'll here remarked: THE whole trans
action was Irregular
NO question about that" said Ma
thOnihah Thomas.
Thomas Leslie, now janltor Of the Sci
cnce building Of the high school. but
former janitor for some years Of the Lin
coin school. testified that only once was
the latter school shut down because Of the
heating plant while he was there, and
that was because something was wrong
with the power plant
A. G. Gisu0ue of the board. whose son
is ianitOr of the Lincoln school. and who
has been acting as something of d spe-
cial counsel for Bridweli all through the
investi cation. objected to this evidence as
not bearing on the case, but Mr. Thomas
insisted on it as having to do with Bird
wells competency.
At the next NEE ting evidence viii prob
ably be introduced to show that Clarence
Giauque. the present janitor. cannot say
the same thing, as the building has been
closed on account of the heating a number
Of times since his iucumDeuCy and under
the BridWeH administration.
There will be another session Of the in
vestigation this evening at go clock.