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Show PUT THROUGH ORDEAL Robert lYIcCracken Spends Day on Witness Stand. CROSS-EXAMINATION SEVERE Ho Filed the Charges Against Surveyor-General Perrnult Which Are Now Being Investigated nt Hoise Jiy Irjspictbr of Intetlor Dcpitt-ment Dcpitt-ment Attempts to Explain tho Meaning of Statement to Which Its Mado Altldavlt Admitted He Had Been In Habit of Examining Books. ITRI11VNC SPECIAL J Holae, Ida , May I -Today Robert Mcfnuken. who tiled tin charges ngalmu Hurvevoi-Oenernl Perrnult, was put through h severe c-denl ilia examination was not concluded when the hour for adjournment arilved. In the allldavlt upon which the chaiges are based It Is nlleged that 'during th campaign of lion, Joseph Perr.iult, the Survejor-Ocneinl wholly dlsiegnrdcd the dutiin of his office during dur-ing the month of October of snld enr, nnd tint he took the stenogtcipher. Miss Viola Scullj from the Suivejor. Generals office nnd kept her cinplojel nt Ihe Republican headquirters. that Joseph Pcrruult was v Ice-rhalrimn of tho Republican State Coiill.il committee, commit-tee, nnd during the months of September Septem-ber nnd October of the venr 1&00, he spe'it little or no time in the olllce of Surv cv or-Oenernl " HIS EXPLANATION On the stand today McCrnrkon said that when he swoio to the trtnteinent that Miss Scully was emploved nt Republican Re-publican headquarter "d'i1ng the month of October ' he Intended to convey con-vey the Impression that If sho was there one minute, she was there "'during" "'dur-ing" the month He denied that he had art) Intention of deceiving or misleading mis-leading tho civil service cnmmlsnlon. When nf'ced If he could recall one day In October, lifl), when Perrnult was not at his office, he said he could not. Neither did he know of any public pub-lic buoliiess that was neglected, although al-though he worked In the olllce nil the time. In the course of the examination Mc-Crackon Mc-Crackon disclosed the fact that ho had been In tho hnblt of examining correspondence cor-respondence lvlng on tho denks nnd looking through tho letter-books When nsked If that was nny part of his duties, du-ties, ho admitted that It was not, WHAT JIB TOLD INSPECTOR. It developed that when Inspector nurko was here pome two ears ago, McCracken approached him and told him that everything wan wrong In the office, nurke promised him that the fact of his giving nuch Information should be kept secret, ho said, but afterward aft-erward the Inspector reported him He admitted Hint he had told the lnpeo. tor that there was some kind of a corrupt cor-rupt combination between this office and the Oregon survevor'n In which Commissioner Hermann was Interested. Inter-ested. ADVISED TO RESIGN. McCracken said further that Chief Clerk Rob advised him to resign nfter the fact of his having mnde charges to Ilurke became known. Robb told him he would better leave, Unce ho had lied nbout the office. He refused to do so. He had been very friendly with Perrnult for several years, but charged that the latter became unfriendly toward to-ward him because ho refused to contribute con-tribute to the campaign fund. He could not state In what manner Per-rault Per-rault was unfTlendly; It was Indescrlb. able, ho said. |