Show HOW GOVERNMENT WAS ROBBED ROBBE BY I MEANS MENS OF DEFECTIVE BOILER TUBES TUBE I II I Ii i 4 Pittsburg May Ia S When the the trial of oC I Frank Frnk Emmett Emmet J T J J T Dunn and Charles CharlesL CharlesI L 1 Close charged with wih conspiracy In fur furnishing furnishing furnishing defective boiler boier tubes to the gov soy I for warships was resumed today m in I the United States district court Em Emmett Emmett I mett who has turned states evidence was wa the first witness itne He made the state statement statement statement ment that defective tubes tubs that had beeg stamped with the inspectors stamp pro procured procured procured cured by b forcing foring a desk where the stamp was kept were subjected to a water pres pressure pressure sure suro of oC but SO 50 5 pounds instead of oC the re required required required 1000 10 pounds to the square Inch Defects Defect Patched Up Witness said that he was a told by b Dunn Dunnand Dun Dunand Dunnand and Close to save all al the tubes possible J even after they the had been ben rejected by the government Inspectors This often ofen result resulted ed In tubes tubs being filed fled and the tho defects detect 4 patched up after which the tubes were WEre I again put up for tor inspection The appear appearance ance Inc lie he said was the same as a n perfect peret tube and no surface defect could bf bH found The Inspectors he lie said saW had I spoken to him regarding filing fing Som Somo of oC the tho men would allow a certain cerin amount of filing provided they were present to witness winess the work Fooled the Inspector We Yc fooled foole Inspector Gleason lots lot of times regarding the tile filing said sM Emmett Emmet When he lie would reject tubes Wilson lson and myself would sometimes file me tubes tubas u s for their entire length and then ten put them up for or inspection as perfect mat trial This was always done when the Inspectors were away We would have about abut forty five or fifty filers mers going goI most of tho I time j I |