Show 1 BRIDWELl'S CLAIMS CLAIMS CLAIMS' I Y DENIED I uT AT liON I Item of Is Bone of Contention at Lively Board Meeting What has become of which Geor George e M. M superintendent ol of buildings and grounds rounds of tho the board of education admitted lie he paid to II H. W W. Nichols and which ho also admits was later returned by hy Nichols to himl him The superintendent has admitted that he lie paid a claim of Nichols twice and that Nichols ichols returned the last payment to him bim less 2 25 cents At a former hearing hearing hearing hear hear- ing Brid Bridwell made an explanation of the transaction At t la last at t ni nights night ht s 's session ses aes- sion ion of the board hoard of education Mr tl Nichols took the stand and refuted the I statement made b. b bv by the superintendent I Mr 11 Nichols declared that no DO matter how Mr Bridwell twisted the tho thin thing around he has never neer received an any cash from th the board of education that he can remember re reo re- re member and that he did not receive pay twice on the 54 54 item Mr Nichols Nichos also alluded to himself in no very complimentary rom corn terms in connection with his returning the second to Bridwell Bridwell Brid Brid- well instead of to the board and classed this action on his part as a mistake mitake but an all unintentional one Mr Ir Nichols received the second the check from the board December De Do- cember 15 almost three months after receiving the first through h Brid Brid- well In n explanation he said that he lie had received a notice from L. L P. P Judd clerk of the board that there was some money in the clerks clerk's office due him He lie did not discover that the check was in payment for work for which he had alread already received pay until he got home Then he called Mrs 1 Nichols' Nichols attention to the matter and promptly made an examination of his book books to see if he had not already received pay for the work The examination showed that he had and the next day he took the matter up with Mr Bridwell Realizes His Error Like a a. fool I went to Mr Ir Bridwell Bridwell Brid Brid- well instead of going to the board board said Mr Nichols I told him that this money didn't didn t belong belon to me that I had haa already been paid for this work He said all right that money belongs belongs beon be be- longs on to me the board owes me and that money is mine You get let the check cashed and bring the money back to mp me The The next day I cashed the check and took the m money ney to Mr Bridwell giving in i the whole amount not 25 23 cents less Jess as Mr Bridwell says saye to Mrs Bridwell Brid well as Mr Bridwell was working on the roof or somewhere and I didn't want to call him down I know now noY that I made a but it was an unintentional one I 1 should have ha gone to Mr lr Judd with the check but I was glad Iad to get let the mattel matter matter mat mat- ter tel off my hands as the money didn't belong to meIo meN meNo me N No o 0 matter how Mr Bridwell twists it about I never received pay ray twice for any item itemS item declared Mr Nichols Nichola in concluding con can eluding 1 his is testimony If I had had hada a mania for getting retting rich quick I mi might ht have taken the check I got ot from Mr it and aud the in Judd casl cashed ed put money moner my pocket but I haven't any such a mama mania But as I understand it Mr Bridwell says I was paid twice for the same work And I sa say I This brou brought ht the rather eloquent and si significant comment froth from H. 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C Edwards Edwards Edwards Ed Ed- wards counsel for Mr Bridwell that the whole trans transaction was irre irregular ular Whore Where Mystery Comes Conies In Considerable mystery attaches to the two bills made out by Mr lr Nichols for forthe forthe forthe the work covered in the Item tern Mr Ir Bridwell said Mr Nichols testified testified fied fled that he had haa lost the first bill and asked Mr Nichols to make out a aR R second cond which he did after two or three davs' davs delay Mr tr Gia Giauque que attempted to make the point that the second bill hill must have been certified ed to as correct by Mr Nichols While the boards board's records show that the bill was approved ed by bythe bythe bythe the finance committee before hein being paid there is nothing to show when it was approved except that of necessity it must have havo been approved prior to October 6 Thomas Leslie janitor at the science building at the hi high h school who held helda a similar position at atthe the Lin Lincoln oln school for four jears years pr previously tc to going to the science building testified that there has never been any trouble with the tho heating apparatus at the science building since he has been there and that there was no difficulty with the heating apparatus at the Lincoln coln in the four years he lie was there Clarence Giauque a son of Arnold G. G Giauque board member from the Second who is janitor of the Lincoln now hasn't any such a record to his credit it is declared de de- de dared school having been closed several soy sev eral times within tho the last year on account account ac ac- ac count of lack of The board will probably finish its interrogation of witnesses toni tonight ht and explanations will be in rn order from Mr Bridwell It is expected that he will call can in several witnesses in his effort to whitewash himself I |