Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-31
Estate DEMANDS THAT
CANNON TELL HIS STORY
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tracted the attention OF those in the
senate chamber when the raised
voices of Miss Mcguire and Evans
were heard, as If in argument.
That had nothing to do with this
case" the witness replied.
Have you been spoken to about
| testifying in this case?" McCran ask
ed.
THE officers of the company talk
| ed about the case in general" Miss
Mcclure replied.
McCran again brought up the mat
l ter of the destruction of the First
! National Bank check stubs and
! vouchers, pointing out that their dis
| eovery might have had an important
bearing upon this case. The witness
said it was customary to clean out
| the company's vault once a year and
that the fact that the stubs and
| vouchers in question had been de-
| stroyed was not significant.
1T seems odd" the attorney gen.
eral said, that that vault was large
enough TO hold old papers dating
back as far as 1917, stationery, bags
and yalises but it was utterly impos-
sible 10 keep in it the First National
Bank check book stubs and vouchers
covering the six months from July to
December Of last year"
Evans was recalled to the stand
during the afternoon. His answers
were along similar lines as those
which featured his early testimony
in the case. For no particular rea-
son" and It's a way we had" pre-
dominated among his w ato
questions asked by McCran.
why did you send a letter to Bur-
ton on May "a pertaining to the pur-
chase by the state of the Donnell
property?" McCran asked.
For no particular reason" Evans
answered. Pressed for a definite an
swer Evans said that the agreement
with the state as drawn up by Right
of Way Engineer Meeker of the
highway department had not been
correct and the Donnell concern
wanted it changed.
"Why, then, did you not take this
up with Meeker rather than Bur-
ton ?" Evans was asked. Evans said
he thought of Burton as he vas
chairman Of the highway c-mmis-
sion. You wrote to Burton for no
other reason than this?" Evans was
asked. He replied in the negative.
Evans said he did not remember
lust what was wrong" with the
original agreement that caused him
TO write to Burton about it.
The attorney general told Evans
that earlier in the hearing he had
testified that Burton had always act
ed coldly toward him. Did not Bur-
ton warm up to you somewhat after
you saw Cannon ?" Evans was asked.
mo, there was NO difference" Evans
said.
Evans denied that Burton had in
formed him that the state had de-
cided to buy the Donnell land for
$230,000. He said he guessed we
saw it first in the newspapers"
1.-THE last offer made to the state
to sell the property vas at $235,000,'
McCran said. "Vho authorized Bur-
ton to say the Donnell company
would take 100000 for it?" The
witness said he did not know. He
admitted that although the deed for
the land was signed in June, the
Donnell company did not gel the
check until July 81. During that
time he said he called up Burton
with reference to securing this pay
ment and a told that it would be
coming through in a day or two"
Evans testified that Burton called
him on the telephone in June of last
year and told him to have Mr.. and
Mrs. Donnell present at the Do .ell
office, and he would have Engineer
Meeker there to sign the papers rel
ative to the sale of the land.
Eugene OConnell, of the First
National Bank of Perth Amboy, was
called to the stand and produced
records of Gannon's accounts from
January 1, 1920, to date.
The hearing will be resumed at IL
o'clock next Tuesday morning in the
Trenton senate chamber.