The Washington times., 1915-11-11

scribcd as lot 10. square $50, which Mr..
browne had said was assessed at $5.695
and sold for $4,000. MIR. Bradley said
that was simply another case when two
s.,es were added together. One time
this property brought 1850 and again
well" said Mr.. worthinston. ad-
dressing MIR. Browne. do you care to
examine the witness on thate"
"Then you admit the error" COM
mented MIR. Gard.
"Yes, must have copied both fig
ures." replied Mr.. Browne.
Turning to another piece of property
referred to In Mr.. Browne $ brief. which
he said was assessed at s6,ssO and sold
| for 81. .iN. Mr.. Marsh said the total
sale price was &15.S76. He said that dur
Ing the settlement Of this case another
portion Of the lot was purchased for
ures. '' "s
Admits He Was In Error.
MT Browne admitted he was In error
In this case.
The next property considered was
pointed out by Mr.. Browne as being
assessed at &l3.sl2 and selling for SIG, ~.
IL was explained that this was also a
aouoie sale and that the property was
i'rst sold for $l7.2oO. had been recon.
aeyen TOT SS,02O. and that these figures
equaled the total sale price as given nv
Mr.. Browne no e''" W
Mr. Mr. Browne admitted again that he
n N !, respect ss,,e to lots number Il, 12 and
browne said a deed of trust for SitO OUl
was on the record, showing 'yal,Ies not
less than sl50.0OO." MIR. Marsh said tho
ag.ua was .ao sale lie price Of this property in iSl2
paid In cash.. he said, and the balance
was paid by trust OF s75, 600. lie said
tnat AT n later date n second mortga ge
was placed on the property for $25, ,0OJ.
MI MT Browne said that what he meant
$loo 0oo as the witness had stated.
Mr.. Worthington then questioned Mr..
Marsh about how much time MIR.
browne isGns had spent IN looking over the
brought out were contained.
Il don't know. He went In and out
oyer number Of days" said Mr..
He has brought out twenty-five cases
here. How many cases had he access
, to-" asked Mr.. Worthington.
wen. there are 200 In this ledger
said Mr.. Marsh. II don't know whether
he Looked up any others or not"
II want to cali the committees at
tention to the fact that / have cited
twenty-five cases in which only five
cases have been shown to be in error.
clerical errors" said Browne. All the
books"
"Not Clerical Errors"
II would not call those errors
clerical" said Congressman Cooper.
You seem to have misinterpreted the
figures you found in your examination. -
1T is strange that these errors all oc-
cur one way" said Mr.. Worthinston.
Mr.. Browne started to reply. but SEN
| ator Works raped sharply for order
and said the discussion should be con-
fined to the point'at issue.
Mr.. Wortbington then directed an
other line OF attack upon Mr.. Browne
| by citing the table contained in the
George hearing. wherein Assessor Rich
ards went on the stand and said that
figures furnished by him were changed
| In the George report. Mr. Richards
said that In the table prepared by him
for the committee. the number of
houses given by him had been increased
| $1.255 without anyone consulting him
about the changes. At the time Mr..
Browne said he had made the changes
Mr.. Worthington inquired whether
Mr.: Richards had known Of the change
III MS nSuF"s.
No" replied Mr.. Browne. II told
Mr.. George that the figures were in
to 60"
Il think 1t was from Building Inspec-
tor Hacker"
81 wish to ask you whether you see
any improperly In changing the figures
OF sworn Witness" asked Mr.. Worth
ington?"
II do not. and I will explain why"
Mr.. Browne said.
do l understand Mr.. Browne that
the testimony of sworn witness was
changed by you without his knowl-
edge| asked Congressman Cooper.
II didn't regard table as testimony
sad Mr.. Brown.
Mr.. Richards was a sworn witness.
and filed this as part Of his testi-
mony." replied Congressman Cooper.
Mr.. Browne said he had made the
change because figures OF other cities
| had shown buildings and not dwellings
and he wanted the figures for the vari-
uos cities to be comparable.
That Is not the point" said Senator
| Works. THE trouble about that Mr..
Browne is that by changing the table
ness under oath. You might Just as
easily have added foot note Of ex-
Was Mr.. Richards In the city at the
time?" asked Congressman Cooper.
AN this brings up again a matter
'It brings into the controversy ques-
committee"
William D. Hoover. president of the
National Savings and Trust Company.
was called upon to give figures regard
ing alleged high assessments.
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