That  has  been  reported  to  me,  people  waiting  in  the  hall — hav-
ing some  business  with  the  company  and  unable  to  get  in  there.
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WILLIAM  C.  TEULL,  as  a  witness,  being  duly  sworn,  ex-
aniined  by  Mr.  Moss,  testified  as  follows:

I  am  one  of  the  counsel  of  the  Ramapo  water  oompanT  in  cer-
tain litigations  in  specific  matters.  I  was  employed  on  the
24th  of  August  1899.  I  never  had  any  connection  with  the  water
company  before  these  matters  came  up.  I  was  never  in  consul-
tation with  Mr.  Lauterbach,  either  as  a  business  matter  or  in  a
friendly  way,  concerning  the  Ramapo  water  company  prior  to
the  23d  of  August,  1899.  I  never  went  to  Albany  in  connection
with  Mr.  Lauterbach,  or  in  any  manner  that  was  related  to  the
water  company.  I  never  spoke  to  any  member  of  the  Legislature
regarding  the  Ramapo  company,  or  its  proposed  legislation,
never  heard  of  the  Ramapo  water  company  until  the  publication
of  the  article  in  the  Xew  York  World,  I  think  that  publication
was  on  August  22d.  I  say  I  never  heard  of  it,  I  had  heard,
years  ago,  the  name  Ramapo,  but  I  never  had  any  knowledge  of
any  contract  or  any  legislation,  I  never  heard  of  the  legislation
which  has  been  spoken  of  in  the  amendment  to  the  charter  of
1898,  until  I  was  retained  to  argue  the  opposition  to  a  motion  for
an  injunction  in  the  Press  club  suit  and  the  Keator  suit.  Those
are  the  particular  matters  I  speak  of.  I  have  been  acquainted
with  the  corporation  counsel,  Mr.  Whalen,  twenty-five  years.  I
am  not  occupying  a  portion  of  the  offices  he  formerly  occupied.
