The daily Butte record., 1858-08-10
Letane Confession OF the Liman-
tO"r Forgery.

There have 1T w hnpn several Witnesses
examined in the Limanto"r cases. On nc
count uf the nress Of other matter Of more
immediate importance some ofthis testimony
has been omitted nv us. hut there has been
some Of new kind, which is deserving ot
atiention II will he reeo'lected that in De
eemher. 1856. the PnHctin pub rshed the
confession of Eri|t L"taneur. before the
Grand Jnrv Of this conrtv. 10 the effect that
he hnd forged tho Lmnntonr Titles To
make that co.. f"sson ,nrt of the cvid rce
in the case. JOHN Shirley, rcn her of tn
Grand ! WV at tha' inn. was Yesterday ex-
aminea hefore Judge Hotf,r. of the United
States District Court and testified in sub.
stance as follows:
IL was n mon ter of the Grard Jury Of
TIE county &c San Francisco, in ncrcn,hcr.
1856, ph her Eri'le Lettanerr wns examined
before that hodv IN regard to the LimHntour
case Nr. Letanneur wns called into the
Grand jury -oom md was sworn hv the
Foreman Mr.. Inge, former U s. District
Attorney was rrceert, by remission of Mr.
Bvrne. Prosecutiu" Attorney o. tho county
A good many o"es'ions we've asked Of Mr..
Letapneur. ] don't rcmeu her { en- all. but
most Of N EN- related to the Limnntour tit'es
Mr.. Iryc showed rhe rtv tile of Limnn'our
to Letannedr. requested him ~ examine 1t,
and 10 'elI the truth Afrer he hnd exam
amincd it for two or III 90 minutes. Nr Inge
asked him ifit was not in his hnn1writing
NJ. Letnnncur still hold the crlnt in his
hand. and seemed rather tardv in 'op'yinr.
Mr. Irpr told him thar he dil not MT any.
thing out of him hut the truth. anl not to
be afraid. Sc, and to say whether the q .''.'
wns in his Handwriting. Mr.. Letanncnr
look II at it again for some minutes. and -aid
he admitted it 10 be his hanlwritirg; he
avowed il to he his. Mr. Inge asked him II
il was not written nv him in the city o. Mex
ico in 1851 or 1852. 70 get which. Letan
neur said il was: that he wrote 4 there.
think in MIR. Lircantour's house. lie said he
had kept the hnoks of Limantour's house
Mr.. Inge asked asked him whether he did
knew n person nnmel Jaromet who had been
afel'ow-cle'k with him in the house ct Ro-
bin Il Co. He denied it two or three times /;
but finally on further eros examination, he
acknowledged TINT he hnd spoken to him a
few days before on Clav street. No threats
we're used towards Mr.. Lctsnueur to insure
him with with terror during the exnmina.
tion.
On cross examination Mr.. Byrne WIS not
present during the examination. lie intro
duced Mr.. l"Ve TO Nc. and went out and
came in several times during the ex nina
ton. | was told Mt the time OF the cxnmi-
nation that Mr.. Ince wqs acting M one OF
the attorneys against Limantour. No pre-
sentiment or Indictment was hefore the
Grand Jury when Letanucur was examined
understood that he was examined as wit
ness against Limantour on n charge OF per
jury, or of presenting false titles under
stood it to he an examination tn hni out an
onrDce don't know what was done VII
hfurther. No vote or action was taken by
The Grand Jury in referee c. to any trcscnt-
ment or Indictment. to my knowledge. \ .
other testimony was taken besides that of
Letanneur. Five or ten minutes after he
hrst admitted that the title was in his hand
writing; he hogan IN rctract by saving 'h't
he did not know whether il was his hand
writing or not that it might he, and i
might not. He snl he hal i ned nothrg.
and did not consider himself responsible for
anything he said After the examination
vas through. he snid, APR baby have been
mistaken have not signed any raper
senf consider myself responsible for what
have said"
Q-What was his manner and appearance
wen he CHILLED for glass of water 4
chair fell over and he fell with !. This
probably frightened him mo I. His chair
"" on the edge of little plat orm, and
,,,,ppcd oil from it, lie looked rather pale.
he was confused.
Q.-were not his manner ard arpearauc"
NOSE OF person very much irightenet
.a-Not during the first part ot his exam
nation He was quite calm until 1t came 70
'nese documents. lie then became coniusei