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Q-But since you have been back you have heard it said there is corruption?
A.-I have read it in the papers.
Q.-But personally?
A. No, not since I have been back. I have heard nothing against the Officers of the department.
Q.-No suggestion? No list?
A.-No; it was simply this person speaking to-day about 15 years ago. You want to get at the present time.
Q.-I want to get at the people who put these reports about. And you cannot
tell us a single name?
A.-No, I cannot.
Q.-You have not got one to tell us; it is not that
you won't?
A.-No; I would assist you if I could.
Q.-But you really cannot tell us a single name?
A.-No; I cannot.
Q.--And you have never seen anything?
A.—No, I have no charge against any person.
Q.-You have never suspected anything against them?
A.-No.
Q.-Have
you ever had any complaints made to you of any Overseer or any one
else?
A.-No.
Q.-I suppose when you signed that Memorial what you complained of was that statement in the newspaper?
A. Yes, I was asked to sign it after I had read it.
Q.-Well, let me ask you this, you were asked to sign that, and you thought it reasonable and proper, and you signed it.
A. Yes.
Q-In that what you say is this (reads Memorial). Now what sort of inquiry, public or private, what line of inquiry can you suggest?
A.-I did not think of that when I signed that, but I could not suggest any line of inquiry myself.
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