Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-09-10

not full days, tut afternoons atd even
iacS
A. VI. M..Cabe testified: am en-
plnyrd ~ wat. lehman and receiving
clerk at the u. =. Mint. In May, 1881.
I a;I some work on Mr.. IInfer's iron
f ne" after the clio of my official
haties after o'clock. / got nn ply
from the Government for this work
Mr.. Hnf-r sail that he had more wit
nes-e~, bur Mr. E.kf.l 1t sid that
enough evidence hid aIra.y been sub
mii,etl on T. c charges.
Recess taken Until ! n'cl ,.k.
| Ar-r fsecess.
John Ehrhard', the first witness, WIS
put q the stand relative to the ch4r...
that Irmk-ra>es, cabinets and gun c:,Se-
We're mtd.. FIR Superintendent Crawford
at Government expense.
He testified as friI"ws: am the
carpenter of the Mini. III ide a cahi-
net for Mr.. J VI I'll ,trirh, and set it up.
It is now in the Mint. in the ASSayer>'
| Department. made a hOnE -t.a|+ at
one time. AMI it i. nav in the Sup"r-
intendrnt'S office. Witness identified
the hook -casp ny examining it in the
Superintend-nt'S office. mad" small
bookcase for 4. II. H"fer about ten
years ago. He purchased the luln-
her. Can't say whose admini>tr tim
l made the case after Mint hours and
Sundays. Was not paid for rx,r, time
while work ing on it. | selected the
lumber at the railroad lumber yard
l made gun-ci>es for Cr,wfnrd and
H0fer on my own account. was not
instructed by the Superintendent t"
make those cases. Made them of my
own free will after hours, and on sun
days. Got no pay for it from the Gov
ment. never made any jewelry cases
Mr.. Cuts rers,lled-T was never in
structed to make hunting knives for
anybody. l made some hu lting knives
L
material from def,ced and condemned ,
dies of no further use in Mint opera-
tons. l WAS not paid by the Govern
ment for making these knives.
WORK AT THE MEDER MILL.
Superintendent Crawford testified
In November, think 1881, MIR. Meder
asked me to allow my engineer to eX-
anime the engine at the mill, AS it was
out Of order. requested Mr.. Broad
head, the engineer, that in case he
could leave his engine in the HANDS of
some competent person to 60 down and
see what was the matter. He did SO.
Don't know how long it took hIia. l
detailed no wOrkma to work upon
the engine. Captain Meder regulated
some calendar clocks here several
mes and would put in no bill. When
he asked for 0ur-bill we told him tina,
there Was none. as we considered that
one good turn deserved another.
W. ". NcotIucu. 1 diu |
engineer Of the Mint ex mined the
Meder engine at Mr.. Crawford's re-
quest. 1 was not ordered to do it, but
was asked if 1 would. / made the ex-
in about ten or twenty min
utes and walked seven blocks and back.
Was not detailed at that time to work
on the engine. Went there next day
ab ut noon and worked about an hour
l did other work on the engine. put
it together again, having taken it apart
0 the first day. l went down between |;
two and three O'Clock aud worked until
SHUTDOWN. My own engine Was shut IS
down at the time, and n I'd been passed
out. l received no compensation for
this work.
THE ASSAYS.
Mr.. Eckfeldt declined to investigate
the charge that the Officers of the Mint
made assays for themselves, as it was
customary in all Minis to allow en-
peyes to make nitre assays, as it in
VOWED no expense to the Government c
1t was done constantly in all MINIS, and
The Government always allowed it.
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