The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
WITNESSES SAY BARNES REFUSED
 AID TO MURPHY
Refused To Pull the Tam many Leaders Chestnuts
 Out of the Fire.


 Syracuse. N. r., May 8.-That Vii liam Barnes told him Charles F. Mur- p11y, of Tammany Hall, had asked for help in 1901 to defeat a direct prim- aries bill in the state legislature, and that the then chairman of the Re publican state committee had answer ed he would refuse the aid asked and had remarked that he would not pull the Tamnany leaders ''cheStn1lts from the fire" was the sworn testimony given in the supreme court here today by Walter T. Arndt, formerly Albany correspondent of New York news paper. MT. Arndt was one of sew eral witnesses who today were placed upon the stand by the defense in the libel suit of William Barnes, IT,, against Theodore Roosevelt.
 Among them was Edward T. Platt, son of the late Thomas c. P1att, for mer United States senator, and de- scribed in previous testimo mony as ''t1le easy boss MT. P1att produced sew eral bundles of letters taken from the files kept by his father from 1899 to 1909.
 George H. Dickinson, of Washing tons D. C., another former correspond ent of New York newspaper in AL bany, testified regarding converse tfon he had with MT. Barnes in which the subject of Governor Hughes and race track legislation was freely dis cussed.
 Another witness was John A. Dolan, who was questioned regarding the awarding of printing contracts. He took the stand promptly on the open 1 ing of court and was examined at 1 length by John M. Bowers, chief coun- seI for Col. Roosevelt MT. Do1an explained in detail the repeated use of the same type com | .sss. f,., I company figured OR a profit of 25 cents a page for printing such docu- Iraents as the proceedings of the com mon council. In others where the bid was $1.25 per page and the same type. comp position was used, profits of ! $1.10 per page was figured upon. Testifying about reports of the board of education, MT. Do1an said the contract with the board was fas printing at $1.55 page its regular bi-rnont thIy< reports. An item in the books of the Argus Company showed that 1000 copies of an annual report 1 compiled from the weekly reports had been billed to the Journal Company. These reports, said the witness, were furnished tc the board of education for mailing.
 Mir Dolan told how the type from which the bi-month1y reports were l struck off, was kept in forms until the order for the one thousand cop ies of the annual report was recefv- ed
 1 NOW, wasn't the report of the l board of education also printed in the proceedings of the common council 2'' asked MT. Bowers. ''Yes," replied the witness.
 ssSo that the report in full or part was printed on three separate occa- Esions from the same type ?'' '"rhat is I correct" hep1ied MT Dolan.
 teDid you charge the fair market price for your work?'' There was nc I market price"
 l tswere you under agreement Ito give Il per cent for all orders re- ceived from the common council ?' we agreed to pay 15 per cent. if we should get the work of printing their extras"
 I Were you printing for the board oi education under contract ?'' "Yes"
 And did you pay Is per cent. up on your contracts ?'' ''I do not redall, " lrep1ied MT. Dolan.
 Didn't that check you put in evi- Idence include 15 per cent. upon you1 contract with the board of educa- 1 ton ?'' q do not recall
 MT. Bowers produced a. book which had printed in it, Printed by The Journal Company ffWho printed it?" he asked the witness. fThe Ar gus Company replied MT. DoIan.
 'tIn 1909 and 1910 didn't you pay the Journal Company 15 per cent for all moneys you received from the city 20" 'Yes,'' replied the witness.