Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-02-17

WI. NdIeHi, thiuk, ulFecteO II; wrote
1t III = hurry, and don't know what
shape it came to Estee in.
NOrton-Are the facts as to Wright
in that letter true?
Witness--What do you allude to!
Norton-You know; you wrote IL
very recently.
Witness-Which, sir? I GEN.
NortOn-Answer the question,
Witness-Did l.? Is-it-?
NOrton-Answer, sir.
Witness-lt is subjectively true in
my mind, 1t may be effectively false;
one may believe thing SO, and it not
be SO.
NortOn-Ok Did you believe it?
Stand up now like man and face the
music; is it true or false?
Witness-SO far as my mind il, It is
true; objectively it may be false. l
wrote to Wright about Hager's elec-
ton; your question makes me reneill-
Der 1t; 1t WAS before Hager's election; l
didn't want him to vote for Hager;
after the Booth election. Tuttle came
to me and said We were released from
our obligations to the SOnOma delega-
ton, as CaSSerly had withdrawn and
Booth could he elected also for the
short term. Here the witness became
muddled in his statements and it was
impossible to understand him.] In
that letter to Wright, possibly, asked
him to go to Booth, and asked who
he should vote for for the short term,
and advised him to go to Governor
Booth by all means; he'd be better of
for it; said to him if he'd do SO we
would be able "to do something tor
ourselves;" yes, think it would have
been good for all Of us.
NOrtOn-Did you in that letter state
that you and Wright could make or do
something for you and Wright, by that
course, If he'd 20 to Booth rs you
wished?
Wi,ncss-I don't use such a vulgar
word as make; Wright may do SO;
didn't come here to help poOr.men;
lCAME HERE TO HELP MYSELF.
No one can beat ne helping myself; l
didn't make anything out of my trip
here; Hart says he sent me $50; wish
he had sent NE $4,000; I'd have taken
or his son, that was the poor mans
friend; no, sir! am my own friend; ;
Wright picked that term up-"the
poor mans friend ''-he got it from the
label of Il patent mediciue bott le on the
know the nature of an oath.
NOrtOn-StOp this tritiing Do you
realize you are under oath, ard its SOL
elnnity?
Witness-I do that, sir; don't say
didn't ask Wright's son about North
cutt; it Is not my plan or habit to go to
boys with my affairs; my memory is
good when am particular about it;
neither admit nor deny about the boy;
he is II aprecCcious youth, and may have
interfered in our talk; may have told
Wright l had man 10 vote for Booth
on the next ballot; don't remember
sure, there's SO much twaddle at cleo
tioneeriny times; told Wright man
had missed a good thing by not sup
porting the right; did tell him man
had missed good thing? Well-that
-is-better; well, yes, did; l have q
confused idea that did.
NOrtOn-WhO was that man?
Witness-I don't know; you men,
toned his name awhile ago.
Norton-Was it Nor,hcutt?
Witness-Well-it yht-be.
Norton-Was it NOrthup?
Witness-It is more likely it was
Northcutt, for i never tried NOrthup;
really, can't swear to all said at that
time; yes, it was Morgan; that is the
man; you see heard he was going to
vote for him and he didn't. What do
You mean by my having mar?
never talked to Morgan, but l could
know a mans disposition if he was
even in London; you know Gladstone's
disposition, and vet never saw him;
told Dixon had gained a vote for
Booth, but hadn't, it seems.
Norton-How could You get a man
you'd never seen, without another
agent?
Witness Well, then, suppose an
agent.
Norton-Who was that agent?
Witne>s-No one; l meant We had
another convert, that was all; l met
l was assisting him.
NOrton-How?
Witness lie knew every honest
laughter.]
Norton implicitly, you mean to
have this crowd believe you are one of
that sort?
Witness-NO. My modesty forbids
it. lShOuts.] i was not at the Gov
ernOr's Front street rooms; saw him
at the Capitol; spoke to him in no
other building; talked with Albert
Hart every day / was here, over and
over again.
WE NET TO CONGRArULArE EACH
OTHER.
We knew it was only question of
time, as the result proved; I'm not
particular how my testimony looks on
paper, or in these libelOus papers;
don't refer to these gentlemen (the re-
porters), but to the sheets they repre-
sent. Mutual congratulations among
the reporters.) Albert Hart did not
tell me on the first trip that could do
no good, and that could go home;
swear particularly Hart did not tele-
graph to me "conIe immediately;" the
words were "cOlne at Once." Laugh
teri That is Il figurative expression;
l came OH the next train; did not
come up on the request of a gentleman
in San Francisco; Martin told me as
vas coming up, to work for Booth; l
suppose he wrote to Hart about me; /;
we'll, YES, he told me he had; when l
came to Sacramento l came to see
Hart every time; ! met him at the
Golden Eagle; left my card at the
desk, and he came up to the drawing
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