Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1932, Page 7

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Hundreds of witnesses, includirg 40 who were then members of the State Legislature, have told of being on the pay roll and doing little or no work Some made a trip or two to investigate claims against the district, others glanced at the lake level daily and never made reports, some Wrote essays and copied names out of the tzlephone books and many merely made a month- ly visit to the offices to get their checks. Testimony Piles Up. Crowe was president of the Boa of Trustees during 1927 and 1928, t period dubbed the oope: ea’ cause of the many parties give Wpersons connected with the distric | | virtue of this position he heads th: of defendants in the present hearing The others were all high officials of the body, which has charge of the dis- posal of Chicago's sewage Although the hearing before three Criminal Court judges has already lasted three weeks, the prosecution con- tinues to pile up its testimony. The | ncwest 1s intended to show that dummy | companies were formed to handle con- tracts with the district and keep the money in friendly hands. One of the principal contractor wit- | nesses was on the stand yesterday. He was George B. Dietrich, partner in six companies, some of which were organ- ized, he said, because the purchasing agent of the district feared “competi- tors were getting jealous.” | Set His Own Prices. | He did $341,000 worth of business with | the district, the witness said; made profits of from 50 to 100 per cent, set his own prices and never heard com- rlaints about them. Dietrich said he furnished the purchasing agent, Tim- | othy J. Connolly, with as much as $4,- Britain’s Olympic “Babies” 1 YOUNGSTERS WILL REPRESENT COUNTRY IN SKATING TESTS. i mittee: H Hunter, secretary of the British Olympic Association, and 60¢ worth of whisky a month and also supplied him with other items, such as theater tickets, costing up to $10,000 a month. Cennolly, a fugitive for twd years | after his indictment in connection with the alleged conspiracy, was recently ar- rested in California and now faces ex- tradition proceedings Monday the judges, ccurt attaches plan to go out and look over the million-dollar bridle path, which parallels a sanitary district canal The prosecution charges that it cost several times its real worth and there was no good reason for buflding it in the first place Contests between Chinese Boy Scouts and foreign Scout organizations in China are to be held English lassies are the “babies” of the British team of s, who will represent their country acid early next month Molly Phillips and Cicely Colledge, both Lord Aberdare, member of the Olympic International Com- rke, vice president of the International Trading Union; ——— Relieves Stomach | e at Once| attorneys and during the Winter they are: Joan . Left to right, Left to E. .. Priscott World Photo. 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