Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-12-01
THE ORE STEALING CASE.
CONTINUATION OF MR.. PuILIIpS,s
EXAMINATION.

Of the Atll.hands Testify that they
Never Took Any Overweight from the
Cars-A. L. Marx on the StanA-No
eliminating Evidence Elicited-Etc.
The examination of w. w. Phil
lips, on charge Of e,nbezzling some
ore belonging to Conklin l. Swift. of
the HALEY sampl;ng Works, was re.
sumed this morning, in the Probate
Court.
EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENSE,
The defense refused to make a state.
ment, but reserved the right to make
one at any future stage of the pro-
ceedings.
II. NJ. Stewart sworn Resides in
ketchum, where he is foreman of the
Philadelphia smelters; takes charge of
the sampling, weighing-in fact all
outside work connected with the ores.
Prosecution object to the evidence,
as consuming time unnecessarily.
Defense alleged the prosecution
had taken the widest range in showing
the process of receiving ores and ship
ping them at the sampler. They
wanted to controvert that.
Examination resumed: At shelter
they only weigh once-''in," and give
receipts Of weight. Received ore
from the Haley Sampler during whole
season, off and on; received one lot
which, at least portion of it, was
sweepiugs or plate samples it was
called Blue bird, and received Novem-
Der q; it contained some straight
galena, some quartz, some plate sam.
pies, strings, chips, and wooden rags
it came from the Haley sampler.
There were 1880 pounds gross, in the
Bluebird lot. A lot of ore named
Dean ore was received November
18th, 1884, from the Haley sampler 4;
to the best of his knowledge it did
not have near as much sweepings in
as the Bluebird lot; it did not resem-
BILE the Bluebird ore. Dean ore was
5000 pounds, weighed in. At the
smelter the table samples and sweep
ings 80 back in the lots whence they
come.
Cross-examincd Did not specially
examine the Dean lot; does not know
that the Bluebird lot came from Daft's
assay Office; could not say how much
of this lot was pulp, or bottle sam.
pling; is positive there was not quite
a quarter. The Dean ore is smelted !;
cannot say that it has been smelted
since this case came up; all ores are
4'bedded," that is, one small lot is put
on top of another, and no employee can
keep track of it unless told to or by
consulting the books. Witness gets
his orders from Mr.. Moulton general
orders; it is by his orders that the
sweep'ngs AID samples are returned
to the lot. The ore is bought on the
"in'' weight; lots Of ore therefore be-
long to the smelling company.
Mr.. Beatty, for the prosecution,
that Mr.. Moulton proceeded
differently at the smelter from the way
he did at the sampler.
Objected to by Mr.. Ensign, who
if Mr.. Beatty wished to tes
tify he should be sworn.
Mr.. Beatty see you are trying to
crack up your smelter. Wen see
what you'll make by that.-REp.
Re- direct examination of witness
resumed The Dean ore has been
roasted-four or five days ago.
Re cross A few days ago Mr..
Moulton and Mr.. came to me
and asked where the Dean ore was y?
showed them where it was bedded.
Re direct Dean ore was down
about II inches in the bed.
J. !. Taylor sworn: Resides in
Ketchum; is manager Of the sam
ping works there. Sampler has not
been running very long; but, so far,
the ore is weighed in on pair Of
platform scales; receipts for the full
gross weight; the ore 10 all put
through the sampler; either whole or
half samples a:e taken from the pile,
which sample is then reduced to a
plate sample. The tout" weight is a
listle shor, of the sin" weight, owing
to moisture. II witness had facilities
would keep the last one or two quar-