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

Proceedings yesterday dragged
along somewhat until the afternoon
session, when there was interesting
testimony which. went to show thai
more than $2s, 1000. had been paid to
perts employed by Architect Hugh
Roberts without the Court House
Building Commissions sanction OF the
employment OF these experts; that
Architect Roberts would not stand for
the expert who was simply a friend of
hcbert Davis, the Democratic leader.
but wanted a man of experience ana
competency; that. County Collector
Stephen M. .Egan advanced money,
or salaries to Court House Commits
sfoners Alexander, ]. Clements and
william e. Smith and Architect Rob-
erts before their warrants had been
ordered drawn. that more than $780,
oM was paid for extras in the Court
House without competition; that Ar
chitect Roberts received 8 per cent.
commission on all extras: that only
S1.2SQ was deducted from original
Bills for extras that all minutes OF
the Court House Building Commits
sior were ordered in as evidence, ex-
cept'.. those parts that have no revel-
tncy in the case-the judges to de-
eide that; that a set OF blue prints,
supposedly lost. was produced, show
Ing the furniture outlay OF the county
clerks office. and that Mr.. McCarter
got the goat Of County Prober
jones Cameron.
The continued heat kept the Judges
from occupying their customary
places ON the judicial rostrum.
They shifted from in front Of the
court clerks desk and occupied seats
in the jury box, close to the open
windows. When the rain-storm came
everybody heaved a sigh of relief.
The storm cooled the atmosphere and
the lawyers appeared to work with
more vigor. :
IT was limited after adjournment
that the whole case might be COM
pleted before nightfall today; that
il will not be necessary to call all
the fifty witnesses at hand. It Is
mored that only a few witnesses will
be necessary to offset the bulk Of
testimony given by the States wit
nesses. When the State rests its Ease
a motion will be made to dismiss the
proceedings as far as they have, gone,
on the ground that no evidence has
been produced to show at1any'co
spiracy was entered into between the
eight defendants on trial. r"t
After MIR. Baxte-. n of the assist
ants to County = 'nber James Cam
eron. had given some explanation re-
garding the missing pieces OF furni-
ture, and another expert, Frank r.
Rowell, a plumbing expert. had testi-
fed to the outlay and cost of the
plumbing mechanism in the building,
which he characterized as too expen-
sive. Mr.. McCarter called John !
Mulvaney, who was counsel to the
Court House Building Commission.
which supervised the construction of
the Court House.
MT. Mulvaney was asked If he re-
called how waIS ants had been ordered
Drawn or the payment of experts en-
ployed by Architect Hugh Roberts.
and If any discussion leading I'm to
the employment of these experts had
been entered IN the minutes of the
Court House Commission.
ne was SHOWN a table of the pay
ments made to the experts, which
totalled $26. 419, 75. The table showed
payments as follows: Chambers &
Hone, $6,175; Alfred L. Wolf, s5,1S2. so:
A. L. Webster, s4.375; Maillaux &
Knox, $4.410: Nygren. Tenny and
ohms. 's2, $50, and Louis Frey, 50. 527, rs.
The wit.iess said there was no rec
ordFof the sanctioning of the appoint
ment of these experts, He, said he
gave an opinion as to the a~dvisability
Of appointing experts to Frederick
Ripe, now dead, who was president
of the Court House. Commission. He
was asked IL there was a record of
such opinion. William D. Edwards.
of counsel for the defendants, object
ed The Court ordered an answer.
The witness said he had given an
opinion In writing to Mr.. Ripe, but