Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-29
The Absquatulator in Limbo.
MISCELLANEOUS BAY NOTES.
SAN FRANCISCO, May %.

pending criminal libel suits against tn,
Chronicle. Members of the Crane
Jury, of course, decline to make pub
lie their proceedings, but it is believed
an indictment will be found. Mr.
Sargent will bring similar complaint.
and seek to obtain indictments in every
county in the State where action or
the part of the Grand Jury can be
procured in time t make it available
in exposing what he claims to be q
conspiracy to crush his political aspir.
atoms. He admits none of the charges
preferred against him by Pinney and
published with editorial endorsement
in the Chronicle, and his purpose in
bringing his complaint in all the
counties is to bring out his vindication
in every county in which he claims tc
have been libeled. The work was be
gun in the interior to bring the matter
to an issue at the earliest possible mo-
ment. The Grand Jury of San Fran
cisco county will not meet until mex
July, when n similar complaint will
be brought before it. MIR. Page vii.
pursue the anne curse and both gen.
tlelnen will leave no stone unturned
to bring the matter fully to public
view.
A German named Wilhelm Saft was
found dead in his bed at S36 Harrison
street this afternoon, having suicided
by taking sIrycbnine. Cause: finan-
cial embarrassment.
VIM. Shear, a well-known turf man,
died suddenly to-day at San Mateo,
where he was temporarily re ,iding.
Pinney's preliminary examination
in the Police Court on charges Of rails
ing certificates Of Indebtedness, and
uttering false certificates of indebted
ness was resumed this afternoon. +.
w. Burr, President of the Clay Street
Savings Bank, where the certificate
was hy~pothecated. swore first that he
took the certificate to Pay INSPECTOR
Spaulding, who sad it was a bright.
Subsequently witness said he could
not testify whether he or Shotwell,
one of the Directors OF the bank, took
the certificate to Spaulding. Dennis
Jordan, the naval contractor in
whose favor the certificate was drawn,
testified that he endorsed the ~certiti-
cate on which S2,473 40 was marked.
The figure 3 was subsequently pre-
fixed to the amount. The Govern
ment Eever owed witness as much as
EoOsOOOs oOitoh tCStbiCu "
having on two or three occasions
signed certificates for amounts greater
than were due him at the time, on
Pinney's solicitations and representa-.
lions that it was alright, as there
would be more material to be deliver
ed, and Pinney wanted the present
use of the money. Mr.. Shotwell, Di-
rector of the CLAY Street Bank, testi.
fed that he took the certificate to
Spaulding, who said it was alright. 1t
was for S32,473 40. c. IL. Germany,
Cashier of the bank, swore that Pin
ney borrowed S25 900 on a certificate
payable TO Rodgers Il Co., but subse-
quently substituted for that security
Jordan's certificate now in court.
Rufus &. Spaulding, ex-United States
Pay Inspector, testified that
the signature to the certificate
in was his; that it was
probably signed by him in
blank, and subsequently filled up by
Pinney, in whose handwriting the
body of the certificate was. He ex.
planned that it was his custom to sign
regulation forms in blank. 10 be filled
up by Finney or other clerks in the
office. He admitted a very loose man
ner of conducting the business Of the
office, attrihuting it to his full conf
dence in Pinney. He said he never
signed a certificate for the amount of
S32,473 40, which this bore, as he knew
there was never any such amount due
Jordan. He had either signed it in
blank or else it had been originally
made ont for S2,473 40, and Pinney had
subsequently raised it. He swore also
that Shotwell never showed him the
certificate in question. Pending the
continuance of he examination until
to- morrow, Pinney's counsel made ap.
plicaiion for a re- duction Of the bail on
the charge of embezzling funds of the
Ida Gilmore Mining Company, which
had been tiXel at $50 1000. AT er some
argument he Court reduced the bal
to $50 900. Some question was raised
by counsel Tor the prosecution wheth'
er j. w. Brumagim, one of Pinney's
bondsmen, was worth the amount be
had sworn to. Pinney has not yet sue
ceeded in obtaining bail on the embez
element charge.
The steamer Gaelic, which arrived
this morning from Hongkong, had OF
board 597 Chinese, and the bark Belle
of Oregon, which came in on Saturday
brought 405.
The body of James H. Burke, ont
of the party supposed to have beer
drowned q week ago Thursday Will,
sailing on the bay, was found nea
Harrison. street wharf to-day.
A fine drizzling rain set in early thi
morning and has continued all de,
without in,ermission. Reports from
various points in the center and north
ern portions Of the State show the rail
to be cutie general.
A warrant was issued by Judg
Loud back to-day, on information q
Win. b. Carr. charging Geo. NJ. Pin
ncy with the embezzlement of S5S,
5S5 so of money of the Ida Ellmor
Mining Company, on or about the Is
of September, 1878. The complaint
made on the information and belief c
Carr, who alleges til It Pinney einbe7
zled this money while acting as Treas
urer Of that company. Bail was fixe
at $50, 900. Pinney has not yet SUI
ceeded in obtaining the bail require