The Trinity journal., 1856-03-08
The Missing Books of Adams q Co.
Their Recovery---$lO.OOO offered
Marshall North for them.

tOunQ Iuey "doh0u "0ii"i iN'' ''iN 'O Va
Point Dock Warehouse, San Francisco, on
the evening of the 9th ult When found
they were sewed up in a sack, and although
completely saturated with water the writing
is still legible
The Erening Bulletin Of the 28th ult in
speaking of the recovery of the Books, says
Marshal North proceeded to North Point,
and from the hillside had pointed out to him
the house where the books were concealed.
He went to the door with Officer Stevenson,
and, after accommodating the premises, broke
open the door, and both entered, pistols in
hand and cooked Not living soul was to
be found A search was made, and bet,ceen
the mattresses Of tie bed acere tound TWO BOOKS
rery acet and lcih the cOrerS torn of!
SAM said North to Stevenson, you sit
here on Mas mQttress with your pistol cooked
and dont stir, e1cept TO defend the books, until
come back = Down went Sam, very glad
to have little rest on so soft a seat, after
his tramp over the hills, and there he was
sitting in the same position when North re-
turned.
Ten THOUSAND DOLLARS we hear it said
can be had by Marshall North for the Books
but North has them safe in his house with
Sam sitting on them, and his six-shooter
about Sam won't stir till North comes to
bring the books to the Court room.
We have examined the Books and find
them them to be the General Cash Book and
General Ledger, which We stated some three
or four months ago in the Bulletin were mis-
sing They are thoroughly saturated and
the covers off The pratlng IS bgtJie and
there are the Meat1cdl Vans dust aud L. G.
U0ods' dust accounts, On, YOU HOUNDS !
The day of retrbuton is approaching
From the same paper Of the 29th ut. we
take the following, under the caption of
Those Books Again ?
Last night we were at Mr.. Nagee's Office
until nearly eleven o'clock, overhaulng the
General Ledger and General Cash Books of
Adams & Co. Both are in a good state of
preservation. The Ledger is not even wet
in some places in the centre of the book, so
that, allowing for the thickness of the coy
erS, and the manner in which they were pack
ed in the sack, the books could not have
>Xten in the water very long time. The
.Sah Book though thoroughly saturated, is
Aectly legiDIe, and we doubt if these books
~ been in the water over a week at
~ and possibly not over AS hours
cNns have mutiated the Books,
pages that would bring Mr.. Co
to light have been taken out ;
smart Mr. Cohen may have
/lf he has not eatireiy destroy
tces against him From the
n lsl Book have been torn out ali
ataaaiag He entries Of the 22d Of
The leaf OH which the de5u side
|sfeommencing with the 22d Feb
Ias written, would, on turning back
|'nt the credH side of the Gay before
V.nas in destroying the whole of the ODD
fuary there has also been destroyed that
OF the work of the work of the 2lst
I/ch was on the opposite slde of the leaf.
In speaking of the Post Street Lot he
says
In the index to the General Ledger we
last night found written, Our 5O-yara lot
583, page 1885, but on turning to the Led
ger, page 1876 IS missing Now, who tore
out that page 1876 if this scoundrel Cohen
did not? What object could any body, but
Cohen, have in destroying that page, which
proved his lying when he affirmed that this
lot 5S3, corner Of Post and Stockton SITS.
belonged to him Cohen kne1c lie lied ! He
knew we Swore to the truth when we related
in court the conversations between him and
ourself, wherein he, Cohen had said he in
tended charging no cOmmisaons to Adams q.
Co. for making The trade for them!
That nice young man, Mr. Henry Van
Nalkenburg, the Gold Dust clerk, has not
had quite stirring up enough yet to meet our
wishes. This Mr.. Van says he can do
great deal of business in the gold dust trade
on thousand dollars We don't doubt it.
After the failure, Van had
fine house and lot at North Beach, and
hourishes about with carriage and pair of
horses, and cutting up splurge generally,
none of which, it appears, he indulged in
before the failure. Van Swears hard, rerv !
butwe think he has hardly got through with
all he knows. x Another tbinr
IL, Il l.