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tnis Is the same person!
Ans. am.
Cues. Are you as positiveof that as of the den.
uty OF any other person?
Ans. am.
Cues. Was there any other DR.. Gardiner there3
ans There was not to my knowledge
Ques. when you first saw him in January last
you recognised him Immediately?
Ans. / did.
I Ques Had be changed any?
Ans. little.
Quss Did he speak Spanish or English in the
conversation you had with him?
Ans Spanish.
Cues. Did you have only this one conversation
with HIM?
Ans That was ALL
CUES. You never met him in society?
Ans never did.
!. CUES. Did he speak Spanish or English at that
time?
Ans. Spanish
CUES. You never met him in society?
Ans Never.
CUES. How old are you now?
Ans Twenty four years.
CUES. You say Mr.. Aguera stopped you seven
years ago last February, and asked you if you had
any commands for Mazatlan?
Ans. Yes, in February, 1886
Cues. That is the only time you ever heard him
speak to you?
Ans. Yes.
! Cues: Have you any recollection of the appear
Ans. -. recoilect very we'll il was on piece of
TIM did not examine it particularly. 1t was of a
dark brown color, with black letters
CUES Do you recollect very well the name on
the sign?
4Ans Yes; twas "Jorge Gardiner, Surgeon Dem
tist''
CUES. You recollect very we'll; it was J o.r-g-e,
was it?
CUES. That you recollect very distinctly?
Ans. Yes.
Cues. You met him in February, 1886?
Ans. Yes, in the latter part of August, or in the
beginning of September.
CUES How often did you see him in August?
Ans. only saw him once.
CUES Did ne put up sign therea
Ans. No.
f Ques Do you recollect where you met him?
Ans. No; don't recollect the place.
/ CUES Do you recollect any ofthe circumstances?
Ans. No
CUES. He put up his sign in February, 1916, af-
ter be returned from San Juan de los Lagos?
Ans. Yes.
Cues. Had he the same sign up there that he had
in lS45?
4Ans. think it was.
CUES. Who went to Guadalaiara to find you on
the subject?
-dns. Mr.. James Wright.
Cues. When did he come there?
Ans. He came there in December of last year.
Cues. Did you return to Mexico?
Cues. What time did you come to Mexico?
Ans. arrived in Mexico the 18th of the same
month, December.
CUES And you remained there until you sta rted
for the United States?
Ans. Yes.
Cues. With whom did you come in company
from Mexico to Vera Cruz?
Ans. came in company with Mr.. Jas. Wright
and Mr.. Togno.
Cues. And with the gentlemen who went out on
the commission?
Ans. No; only Mr.. Togno, Mr.. Wright, and
Mr.. Hargous.
Cues. Were there no persons with you who came
as witnesses?
Ans. Yes; Mr.. Togno, Mr.. Lewis, and Mr.
Wright. do not recollect any others.
Cues. Did you leave the city of Mexico before
the commission had returned from the interior of
Mexico?
Ans. No; they had arrived before left.
Cues. Before you left the city of Mexico, had
you understood that DR.. Gardiner and two of his
friends were in the country of Mexico?
Ans. Yes
Cues. From whom did you receive the informa.
ton?
Ans do not recollect
Cues. Was it the subject of conversation between
you four gentlemen?
Ans. do not recolect at all.
;, Ques Were you informed, before you got to
Vera Cruz, that DR.. Gardiner and his two friends
were there, or how did you understand it?
dns They did not inform me; only heard they
were there.
Cues. You did not understand whether the
had seen them or not2
Ans. No, sir.
Cues. But you understood that DR.. Gardiner
md his two friends were in the Republic of Mex
co somewhere?
Ans. Y es, sir.
Cues Did you understand where?
Ans. No, sir.
,ruz, did you, Mr.. Wright, Mr.. Lewis, and Mr..
Togno converse about this case?
Ans think we did.
Mr.. BRADLEY. 1t was perfectly natural. should |
nave done the same thing myself under the cir
;umstances. | don't any thing improper in |
hat.
Cues. You were not more than seventeen years
Did, If my arithmetic is right, at the time Dr. Gar
liner was in the city of Guadalaiara?
Ans. was little more than seventeen
Ques. That depends on when you date your birth |
lay.
Ans was twenty four years old last August. !
cues. GU see some change in his personal ap |
oearance since you saw him in Guadalaiara. De. |
crlbe what change there is in bis appearance
Ans think he looks older and thinner now.
gues DO you observe any change in complex |
on! ls he not darker? 4
-Ans No, think not
Cues. What was the age of the man Won saw in
Iuadaalara?
Ans. think he must have been about twenty |
four.
Cues. You him almost daily. Do YOU re- |
member whether he had moustache at that timea |
Ans. think he had.
Cues. Did you observe whether there was an |
defect in his eyes any scar?
Ans: No; do not know that saw him closely
enough for that.
Cues. But you stopped and talked with him?
Ans. Yes, sir.
Mr.. BRADLEY. That is all we want at present
Mr.. MAY. You are not citizen OF the United
States?
Ans. No, sir, am not;f~am subject of the
British crown. 1850
Mr. BRADLEY Was not your father naturalized
IN this country?
Ans. No.
Mr.. May. Your mother was an American lad VI
Ans. No, she was an English lady.
Mr. May. Did your father marry in this
country? oa
Ans. He married here.
Mr. BRADLEY What was his given name?
Mr.. BRADLEY. Well, think Ill find his natu.
radiation papers.
MIR. MAY That is all, Mr.. JONES'
Captain William A. I. Maddoz, ,,porn.
Mr.. MAY You are native of this CITY?
JVstness native of Charles county MARYLAND
CUES. Do you reside here?
Ans. Yes.
Cues. Are you acquainted with George A. Gardi-
nerP
Ans. Yes.
Cues. Do you recoilect having met with him any
time in the year 1916? And if 30. state when and
where.
Ans met DR.. Gardiner at Mazatan in the year
1876, between the 29th of April and the 18th of
May, of 1896
Cues. Are you precise about that?
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