Q.  Didn't  you  go  on  the  witness  stand  intending  to  eacplafin  and
relate  that  conversation?  A.  I  did  not  know  the  nature  of  thfe
examination;  I  did  not  know  the  nature  of  the  examination
at  all.
Q.  You  did  not  know  what  you  were  to  testify  on  the  stand?
A.  I  didn't  care  what  I  was  asked;  I  was  prepared  to  answer
truthfully.
Q.  You  didn't  care  what  you  testifled  to?  A.  I  did  not  say
that.
Q.  My  question  is  whether  yon  didn't  have  amy  idea  what  yon
were  going  to  testify,  when  you  took  iie  stand?  A.  1  had  no
idea  of  testifying  toi  date's!,  or  visits'  to  Albany,  or  .fixing  conversa-
tions with  anybody,  if  I  had  I  woiuld  have  been  prepared  to  state
on  what  occasions  they  occurred.
Q.  You  knew  youi  were  going  to  testify  to  that  oonversatSton
with  Payn,  when  youi  went  on  the  stand?    A.  I  did  not.
Q.  When  you  went  on  the  witness  stand,  yon  knew  it  had  been
publicly  charged  in  an  article  in  The  Press  newspaper,  which  led
to  this  investigation,  that  a  bill  for  the  increase  of  the  officers'  sala-
rlies  had  been  put  in  the  hands  of  Payn  by  you?  A.  I  didn't  take
any  stock  in  the  article;  I  did  not  know,  the  nature  of  it  exactly.
Q.  Did  yon  read  it?    A.  Partly.
Q.  What  part  of  it  did  you  read?  A.  I  don't  think  that  article
referred  to  my  talking  with  Payn.
Q.  What  part  of  the  article  did  you  read?  A.  Perhaps,  I  read
the  whole  of  it;  I  am  not  positive.
Q.  Yoni  say  you  read  it  partly;  now,  I  ask  yom  what  part  you
read  ?    A.  I  know  I  saw  the  word  boodle.
