Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-05-13
NUMBER 2l9.
OrapjI,e 0aj,g Eptte NceorN.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY I3tb. 1857
How 4. Buster went on Bust and 50:
Busted.

How 4. Buster went on Bust and 50:
Busted.
The trial of William \. Buster,
County Treasurer Of Sonona, which had
occupied the Court Of Session in that
county for somn four weeks, termin,t-
cd on Saturday last, May d. There
were four indictments, say the >oao-
ma County Jouraal, against the de-
fcndant. The first was Tor permitting
gaming, upon which he plead guilty,
and was fined $500. The second was
for using and loaning State moneys,
which cane to his hands as Treasurer
of Sonoma county. On plea OF not
guilty and a verdict OF guilty, h was
sentenced to two and half years I'M
prsonment. On the third, for using
the moneys belonging to the county,
he was found guilty and sentenced to
two and q half Years imprisonment.
Ga the fourth, for tmb z2)cment Of
school moneys belonging to the county
of Sonoma, he plead guilty, and was
sentenced to three yea imprisonment.
On being cafled upon, before sentence
IN the last cases, il he had any cause TO
show why Judgment should not BE- pro-
nounced against him, Buster made Il
most extraordinary speech or contes.
SION. The most cursous part of II here
follows:
| concluded on Saturday the l7;h Of
January TO 20 to Sacramento on the
following Monuay. was at the sa-
loon on the evening the l7th (Satur-
day. at 10 or | | O'Clock, PLAYING cards
for one thing or another. Treadwell
(Jo) and Russell went home with me
to 20 to bed, they fOnnd the front door
,rtly open aud the safe partly open.
| had gone round to the back part Of
the house, and they calld to me.
went round and AL the money was tax
en- out of the safc-God knows by
whom, but don't. That is the only
thing for which can make no show
ing excepting my acts II | had been
dl,posed to rob ms self, might have
taxed much more and you all know |
am II the habit OF dong things 10y
wholesale. From the time | should
have started t" 5 tcramento up to the
time the safe was robbed, | pad S.
0SS, and offered 20 pay more. Now,
YOU Will all agree wl.h me that any
man who would have done this, (if he
Intended to steal) would have been IL
fool; but | could only deny the charge
and give the above reason, and my best
friends passed me hy and thought me
guilty, aid | was almost driven to des-
palr'' Sometimes thought wauid
20 to Sacramento. Dr. Williams told
me he heard | vas AFRAID to 20. told
him that | would rather die than be
thought afraid to 20. | don't kaow
what fear IS. went to Sacramento.
and fell in with 10. NevilI, some OF you
know who he is.
And now | will relate the only thing
regret in the whole mater. | tJld
Ncyll what | wanted to gct-(a relief
bill passed, > he W ut with me and seem
Ell to know must all the members. Har-
rison and TaIlaferrO talked favorable;
! Edwards | did not see. Nevill seemed
to be very kind, and did ali he could
/ for me, and We drank considerable with
members Of the Legislature. Next
morning | went to dlaw the school mo-
ney, and he helped me to pack ii.up,
and after had deposited it, he SAID he
was out OF money and 50 was |, and i:
We would take some Of the money and
/ 90 to Il faro bank, We could win ex-
pensrs | took out one hundred doll
lars, it was lost. We drank some bran
dy, 1t was good brandy. he insisted
thr stake was 50 small he could do no.
thing, and W nted me TO increase It.
and he would certainly win. did so
unil We had lost hou>a and liars.
He swore by his right arm and the
blood OF his heart that It he lost he
knew whore he cond get the money,
aud would pay me back.
We got aboard "a boat and started
for San Francisco. | ielt SO bad |
could not sleep. lie said he could not,
an: would get up game of POKER, and
make sure thing for me to WIN. | gave
him "A twenty; he was to put up the
I cards so aS m deal mo a Iflli / ann