Show e BOARD MEMBERS 1 INVESTIGATION IN 1 Arraignment of Supt Bridwell Brings on a Warm Dis Dis- FICTITIOUS NAMES USED Payroll Probing I Involves Some Fine Points Among Board Members Wednesday nights night's session of or the theS S city bo board rd of or education sitting as a 0 committee of tho whole to Inquire into alleged irregularities In the payrolls paroUs IJ of 01 Superintendent G G. G M. M Bridwell of ot tho department of ot buildings and grounds resolved Itself largely into a 0 discussion of or the thc merIt merits of ot the Investigation investigation In el and the methods method of ot conducting conducting conduct conduct- ing inS It it Investigation of ot tho matter of fictitious names iames on tho the payrolls called d forth statements from Superintendent Bridwell whose whoso department Is 18 under investigation from M I Thomas who vho has taken the leading part thus far In tho the Investigation and William J. J Newman Nowman another member of tho the board whose whoso sons wore Ware employed em em- In the department of ot Bridwell at nt lines limes prior to last fa fall 11 under names which wore In part fictitious Mr 11 Newman demanded to bo be heard on a question of personal privilege lIe e which was granted and explained the reason for the service given b by his sons eons making ono One or two to sarcastic references to the tho member from the lie Fourth ward He said that ho heard that too many persons of ot otone h one name were employed ed on the pa payroll pay lay roll rull and when he had hall been beau given Iven to understand that tho tue member r from the Fourth ward feared his ch chances of or ori i election to tho ho board would be hc endangered en en- r ho lie had hod withdrawn his sons Ions irom from their employment nt on tho the work In 1 which they wore engaged He characterized charac charac- a previous Inquiry Into the tho subject as DS a kangaroo kang court and said that the reason why he had allowed ono one of or his hlll sons Hons to serve nerve under another name was that there thero was aR a a Ju Judgment against him In lit a kangaroo a court of ot thus this character I I Inquiry lies amort Mr ur Ir Thomas resumed his wont Woric on the this Inquiry Into some of tho the payrolls anti and endeavored to draw out of or tho lie superintendent Information In regard reg-ani to signing of ot the vouchers or bills l ty y tho the and the manner In which tho they thoy were checked by ell Bridwell examination cross at nt one ono or two stages t es brought out a vl vigorous orous protest from the superintendent who said he lie hind Ia merely merel expected to bo bl asked to go gooel over o the tho lie payrolls with the tho members of lit the board and not bo be subjected to examination cross for tor which ho was not hot prepared President H H. P P. Henderson said It H was t the understanding that Superintendent Superintendent Bridwell was to have nn any opportunity op ap to meet any specification which might be brought up a as a re- re stilt Full of ot th the Inquiry at the proper time end with this und understanding Attorney 11 31 C C. Edwards who was present In tho Interest of ot Bridwell advised ad him to answer all aJl questions freel freely Several members of ot tho the board took tooka a hand occasionally to ask Bridwell about tho lie employment m nt of ot relatives es or 01 of his knowledge c of ot the tho employment of ot persons persons' under assumed names A At tone one stage when C C. S S. Martin questioned the lie fairness of ot Mr Thomas rhomas examination examination examination examina examina- tion of ot the tho witness Mr Thomas ex explained ox- ox that he lie had been Informed by tho the superintendent that ho lie ha had put the Newman boys bOY at work under assumed at tho thie ad lee of ot Mr rr Newman a.- a. L This c called tom forth thin statement from Ir ir N Newman who said that he was per per- willing trilling to explain his part In one of or his hh explanatory speeches s delivered during time the evening Bridwell said he lie stopped tim the practice of using t fictitious names because he lie understood It might endanger the tho election o of some members rs Several eral of ot the members thereupon denied nil all knowledge of tho thoc c existence o of th the fictitious records until the tho present year ear Tho The Investigation was continued until Friday night |