Show The Hill Investigation Washington 2In the Hill investigation in-vestigation case today Peigler foreman for Bartlett Hay ward and Company testified concerning tile charges made in the heating apparatus appar-atus of the Chicago custom house Coleman offered in evidence plans anu specifications and vouchers which showed that the furring and lathing work on the public buildings build-ings in Austin Nashville Washington Washing-ton Harrisburg Pittsburg Cincinnati Cincin-nati and New York amounting to large sums of money had been given to Dwight Hoyt without contract or competition Totten objected to the introduction of such evidence alleging that the work st ai done under contract The commission commis-sion took the matter under consideration consider-ation and after recese Coleman announced an-nounced the withdrawal of his offer in regard to the furring nd lathing work on public buildings Coleman asked for a ruling in regard to the admission of further testimony touching the heating apparatus in Chicago building also for a ruling rul-ing on the proposition made by him to prevent further evidence m regard to the gianite contracts Chairman New thereupon read the dated statement announcing that the testimony in all the questions was closed excepting the single question of heating apparatus at Chicago upon which the commission commis-sion wanted more light if the prosecution were dissatisfied with it they could file charges and specifications with the secretary of tho treasury Coleman protested in vigorous language lan-guage against the closing of testimony testi-mony and demanded that he I prosecution prose-cution be allowed to continue the inv QtiO tinn WnfTOifVietanflinfr embarrassments and annoyances which had been thrown in the way of the prosecution by the supervising supervis-ing architect to prevent if possible a full and investigation of Hills official acts New informed the court that no more arguments would be heard Coleman will crossexamine Thompson of the architects office tomorrow when the investigation will practically be finished Adjourned |