Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-06-17

and always sxamins thsm carefully;
think some Of the Commissioners have
twenty or thirty indigsnts 70 look sftsr;
vould not swear 10 q, bat the facts oan
b. had from the books Of the Commits
donsrs; usually supply 70 indiesnts
food. fuel, clothing. shelter and some.
times medidne-most Of the latter 10
furnished through the hospital; usually
AN out orders. sometimes give blsnk
orders limiting the amount; By oonniv.
inc With merchants, indiesuts sometimes
eat other articles than Commissioners
allow on an order; vas impressed By
conversation with Bosh that hs he'd been
approached TO testify falsely; could not
eiye Boeh's language; Boeh's language
ma manner conveyed that impression 70
ma: be made 10 out to bel matter Of
great and mysterious importance; said
bs had been promised . percentage By
Stephens; did not remember Of any
name bat Stephens being used; did not
ststs what Stephens wanted him 70 tss-
lily TO.
The defendant. was sworn and testified:
Have lived In Virginia Is ysars; worked
n q miner for Ave or six years; have
since specialized In stoeks; vas onss OF
twice mining supssintsndsnt; ran for
Assessor on the Democratic ticket In
1875; I'M now County !oommissiousri
Vas present May 8 Of the meeting OF the
Board and signed Mahsr & Cos bill
correct; did not examine the bill. opened
Il and ssv the tags attached; presumed
Il to bs all right; had nc idea Of any.
hing wrong, - Il vAs marked "indi.
gent, Mshsr 4 Col" my attention was
arst called TO IL BY Cansvsu. and I told
him I never ordered any such bill; went
to the Auditors ohaes TO look 1t Il In
company with p. J. Dunno; Examined
Il in his presence and said the tags we're
. forgery; they we're oil forgsriss; nsIs
sav Il at Q meeting Of the Board, vhsfs
IL Vas handed 70 me BY Ksllshss
told him that I would attend 70
Il In Q few days; aftsrward got the bull
and tore Il up; destroyed Il because I
didn't care about II being talked about
and having Il known who forged the or.
dsrs; told Q number OF friends Of the
affair before leaving for Arizona; had I
wanted to dsfraud the county I would
have done u In . more gsntssl manner;
had NO idea I Wa to b prosecuted. and
I left here 10 accordance With arrange
msnts with friends In New York 70 look
ct some mines In Arizona and New
Mexico, and expected 10 60 to New York
before returning; first heard Of this In
Tucson, where I was autographed that Q
writ Of accusation bad been found
against me BY the GRIND Jury, and 70
return ct oncs; did mot understand 1t;
thought Il might be for leaving che
county; never connected II with the
Mahsr bill; next day saw 10 the Ban
Francisco papers (ths dispatch had been
In the hotel several. days awaiting
my return from an outside oamp)
that I had been indicted for will.
ful misconduct In office; went ct
once to the telegraph oflos and sent
word I would return Immediately and
did 90; am positive I did not sign the
tags on Mahsr's bill.
Witness was shown the bill OF 3.
Bosh; pronounced n signature . for
gerry; admitted others TO be genuine. two
Of which we're In favor Of Mrs. Tor Miss)
O'Connsll; would not vouch the amounts
In those cases we're correct. Another
tag was shown him. which be said hs
had forgotten; Il might bs his and might
not; was we'll acquainted with the
O'Connsll family; there were twelve or
thirteen In the family; considered them
indiRsnts; know them to be very poor;
my wife Hrst called my attention to
them. For the benefit Of the jury
and all present, I would say In
regard 10 the O'Connsll family that I
would do the same thing In granting
them aid tomorrow; have often aided
those Who wished their names kept ont
OF print; one OF the main supports oil
the tamily-a growp.up son-disd last
fall; Mr.. Plank (P. b. bought the boy,
VINO .soirsd to Q position In the Legs
laturs, Q suit Of clothes and . pair Of
shoes; MAJ have given aid to persons
who did not deserve II, but not often,
and then II would b whom I VA lied TO.
Here witness went on to cite cases
whore he had been deceived. then con.
tinued In answer to questions: / wrote
out my resignation three months ago ~
Q Commissioners In Judge Tsylor's ONCE;
had several times spoken Of 20 doing,
but friends persuaded me not to, DO.
cause Of the change II would make 10
the political situation; Mr.. Dickson
came into the ofiee while I was writing
out my resignation and tore u up.
Cross-sxamined-Hsvs given Mshsr
4 90, several orders; don't know
whether they had any account with
Storey county during April or not; pei.
NIT me to say there was an order for 70
In Mahsr 4 Co.'S bill, given 10 ons OF
the O'Connsll girls, which was genuine;
gave Il to her to procure some under.
wear which she said she needed; learned
sincs that she got something else; the
rest OF the orders were forged; sstishsd
they we're al forged by the same erson;
after being spprissd Of the fraudulent
orders. took steps to prevent further
forgsriss; would stats, for the benefit OF
the Jury, that tags were taken from the
middle Of my book unknown to me;
these forgsrss hurried me away
from here, not from fear OF prose-
eution, ! had no idea OF thst.
bus other causes; thought Il would
stop further forgsriss BY the person Who
committed them, and also change other
courses; was personally very much an
noysd BY II; spoke to I presume twenty
persons about Il; thought then they
were friends; have found out different
sipce; ! was not - careful on the Sd OF
May In examining bills a. usual. was
intoxicated that dsy and Tor several days
before and after that meeting.
Witness gave the names Of . few hs
had spoken 10 about the matter before
leaving here and left the stand, when
the defense rested the case.
In rsbuttal Of testimony offered
J. 4. srEPHENs