Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-12

/ that 1t was not entered in the min
utes of the commission, because he
| didn't think it was. essential that it
should have been placed there under
the circumstances. He then was
asked what his opinion was. Mr. Ed
wards again objected, and the court
sustained the objection.
Mr.. McCarter took a new tack and
finally managed to get from the wit
ness an admission that he a a copy
OF the opinion at home.
After q few more detail questions
the witness was excused and County
Collector Egan was called. He was
asked about the payment OF advance
salary money to Court House Com
missioners Clements and Smith. He
was shown several warrants n adj
mitted that he had drawn shern.
They ranged in amounts from $3.50
ITO $3.50. He also was shown q batch
of warrants drawn to the order of
Architect Roberts inc picked out
three of them as having been drawn
before they were actually due.
! J. Merritt Lane, one of the lawyers
for the defendants, asked the witness
IL it was a custom to advance money
to Others than Messrs. Clements and
Smith before their salaries were due.
YES" said the witness. There
we're more who got, advances than
did not get them"
With the withdrawal of Mr.. Egan
from the stand County Prober Cam
eron was called. He had with him a
long typewriter list of the extras in
stalled in the Court House and the
cost and payments on each. They
totaled about $3o1.ss4. They all had
to do with the contract of John Gill
& Son. awarded for furnishing and
finishing the Court House FOL. $780,
0eO.. He went into detail as TO the
items, and in answer to a question
by Mr.. Roberts admitted that to his
knowledge Mr.. Roberts was ordered
paid S per, cent. IT. the ssoo.o 900 and
odd. :.
Counsel. for Mr.. Roberts said Mr..
Roberts had not been paid any OF this
IS per. cent. money! This was, prac-
tically admitted as true.
The witness went further to show
that only $3.50 had been deducted
from the extra bills. The witness
then gave testimony as to some Of
the vouchers paid to the. Gill firm.
All the vouchers and payments made
to the Gill firm we're admitted 81
evidence, subject to the order Of the
court. Then Mr.. McCarter moved to
have all of the minutes of the Court
House Commission admitted as evil
dence. for the sake of saving tine.
There was objection by Louis Hood,
of Newark. one of the lawyers for the
defendants. This objection, entered
into by Mr.. Edwards. ri satisfied
when Justice Swayze said that the
court would disregard all parts of the
minutes that are ir%relevent to the
case.
This was followed by a surprise.
Several blue prints were handed to
the witness, Cameron. They pur-
ported to be prints of all the work
of the interior sfinishings, including
the furniture outlay of all Of the Of
fees in the Court House. One set
of these prints. Mr.. Cameron ex-
planned, he had gotten hold of up in
the Circuit Court when Mr.. Roberts
was engaged in a suit for libel, and
this set represented the outlay Of
the furniture of the county clerks
office, aNset he never had seen before
and supposed had been lost.
Mr.. Roberts drew the witness into
a rather deep channel by asking him
some questions that he appeared
more. eager to answer in his own
way. Once the witness said;
IT don't understand what you mean,
but-" - frfa H~ s"E