Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-05
THAT "VINDICATION."
THE COLD CONSOLATION ExTRACTFDS FROM
THE COMMITTEE REPORr-sOME OF THE
EVIDENCE.

porter at the State Printing investigation to
take down the evidence, has as yet not seen
fit to publish any of the testimony, the AP-
PEAL presents some of the evidence present
ed to the Committee:
Assembly bill No. - was charged for by
Robinson as containing 3,432 ems.
It was carefully measured by Mr.. Duffy
one of the Committee, and D. E. McCarty,
who was placed on the stand as an expert.
Both the gentlemen proved the bill as con
tanning less than 900 ems, whereas it had
been charged as over IS, 600.
with a similar result
Senate bill No. 121 was the worst bill the
defence had to meet. It was charged for
by Robinson as containing &c, S65 ems, and
no amount of measuring could make it
reach 10 600 ems. Mr.. Robinson himself
measured the bill and admitted the pres
ence Of seven extra slugs introduced con.
trary to law. He also failed in his meas
urement to subssantiate the measurement
for which he Mad been paid and then re-
marked: Gentlemen, this is really sur
prise to me. I cannot account for the dis
crepency. 1t mAst haze been an accident.'
Mr.. Putnam, who had measured the bill
and vouched for its correctness, also
reached the conclusion that it was an acct
dent, but failed to explain how lie had over
looked the false slugs.
Dennis McCar,h, pronounced the bill ga
fraud on its face
Senate Bill No 50 was also found short
in measurement over 5000 ems. The pros
ecuting witness was unable to produce any
more fraudulent bills from the f.ct that
two years had elapsed since the work was
done, and it was almost impossible to find
them.
Mr.. Putnam showed a number of assert
ed bills which were correctly printed. This
arose from the fact that in such bills an lille
gal sinking of the head would make no ma
terial difference. The heads were sunk
" here by SO doing an extra line would be
made to come over on the top of page. In
such cases the State Printer charged not
only for the balance of the page, but for the
blank page, achich contained no
.ype uhateuer!
This charge was not even disputed by the
lefense.
CHARACTER OF THE WITNESSES.
The three experts who testified for the |
,rose cution were d. E. Mccarthy, State
Printer Madrill and the foreman of his |
'ffice, Joseph Harlo. All these agreed that
he bills presented in. evidence were not
printed in accordance with the law, and
hat, by fraudulent sinking of the heads,
he State had been made to pay for two
nore pages, on each bill, than had actually
zen set mp.
The witnesses for the defense were c. A.
7. Putnam and Joseph Ballard. Both of
hese testified, under oath, tn t they had
very confidence in the honesty of the &C.
used.
A statement signed by Hon. Samuel C.
Wright was put in evidence, contradicting
'utnam regarding his opinion of Robin
on's honesty. It contradicted the witness
oint blank Mr. Wright signed tie docu-
lent Instead of swearing to it, as he was
bliged to hurry to the train. Had his
been in the form of an affidavit.
utnam would have had no status on the
illness stand. Mr.. Wright being in New
ork, was unable to rebut Putnam. Two
Their important witnesses were in Bodie.
The following is from the San Francisco
hyonicze, of December y, 1878, and intro
uced as evidence in suit wherein Putnam
ned that paper for services never per-
ormed. He was hired as a correspondent
Y the Chronicle, which, abiding to the
1it, says:
In accordance with the contract, Putnam
ad agreed to pay particular attention to
le Bullion Tax Bill. watch carefully the
lovements of the mine owners, and handle
lem without gloves in his letters. His =
rst letter, published in the Chronicle of |
anuary l, 1878, and written before the
,tual work of the Nevada Legislature hid |
accurately described the mo- ,
YES of the mining operators in wishing to
cal the Bullion law, vigorously outlined a
inject, and gave entire sa' isfaction to the
roprietors of the paper. In his two sue 8
,eding letters he altogether ignored the p,
uilion Tax law. This suspicious circum- d
ane was deemed by his employers as suf j
,ient cause for his discharge, and he was !,
titled that his services were no longer re-
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