Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-20
WHOLE NO. 1858.

-itN 4NNANiNA 81 l'slll IidiiNtSto ltI tilt past
fifteen years; have known Reynolds during
that time, and D. NJ. Burns since 1870. Am
IN the tobacco and cigar business Sold
! goods to the Office o Secretary of State
). +. Thorne, proprietor of the Grand
! Hotel, was recalled upon closs-examina-
| ton, and produced his hotel register and
| cash book. From his transient letter he
was able 10 testify that Reynolds was al The
! Grand Hote, on the 9Th day uf February.
I 1882. Have known Reynolds 10 come in
many a time, ask for a room and remark.
don't want to register. This is = mat
| ter OF common occurrence among business
! men, lawyers and Judges.
/ Thomas II. Reynolds was then recalled
| and asked what Was meant by tag He
| replied that whenever any one took money
| from the safe, that did not belong TO them,
= card would bc pGt in the cash drawer
| with the name ot the party upon
! the same and the amount Of cash
] due from them He kept record
OF those tags in a small book which he pro-
dueed on the wituess-staud. He had shown
this book to Alex Badlam. General Clunie.
Charles Reed, Thomas Foley. John d. Yost
| and others. He gave the times and places
! when lc mad shown the book 10 each told
about his leaving 10 with General Clunie:
| sad he hat lCi, 1t with Badlam tor six
| months PRIOR 60 ms leaving ii with General
! Clume. 1t contains lis, of the TAGS. show
ing the amounts drawn by d. NJ. Burns. !
! never appropriated single tcn-ccut
! piece in my life that belonged
| 70 the State. When, during the time
| WAS at the State Capitol | would
| need any money | would 20 to John We'll.
/ the State Treasurer, and borrow il. During
| the tune / was there did not average more
| than ten days month in the office When
! absent, Dam 'hWould collect the fees ofthe
! o!fce, and turn hem over to me ON my re
! turn. Il always was made mp more or less
! with tags.
SOMETIMES MORE TA"s THAN MONEY.
remember that it was common saving
around the Office that if we did no. have
much money we had nice lot OF tags.
! Witness then related the circumstance oftLc
/ interview between himself and Dapf1rth at
the Grand Hotel Know Harry Gamble
lie was in my employ ior several months.
on two occasions. The first time / did not
discharge him buj should have done 50
had he remained. He got back through
the influence of Alex. Bddlam. The see
ond time he left he was discharged for in
toNlcdIun and non-atteuuon 10 business
The interview in which he spoke of
"Wrccks is entirely false | never had
such an interview with him. and none that
could De 50 construed. | was astonished
when ne refused to sign the affidavit. He
and had pron1ised rn do 50 In tho ,nnntL
of February. 1882 I was absent ti,u tbe
Office considerable On rba Grb 81, otI,
and 10;b of the month + y.os aLeo,,t a.
the 9Th ,-1s at tba Cr,,,I NJ -, So,
| Fraucisco \VeIn,sjo,. Esfr,lar,. : $50
was registered n, he AnericSp UotcI'
Auburn. During Burns absence | received
q letter from Judge benson inclosing a let
| Honolulu Another yy,s bon,le5 M La.
| AIey RadIon} rL;s v,sy .ji II -.
| Judge Denson. In tbat lcttpr Rnrns eo;d
| inso1ulch as bn had NOT roca;y-oi s5GH e.,
J me. he WAS ,,oir,, f, ret1rn
!
! |ANI h"! FOX ME'
N.ih pa '.'' i'iliiN ~. 'ue prison odIS, or
'ii''' s'i'''' ''i'Ia'eu 'hal
| - NoIl" "S ~ "l'i'l'u' ms returning 10
/ NE NIil.oI' N'd.VS' Nut Vi ms ieiJeIS 10
! '~tiisoi': ~ "n''I was SlEc'' me 'WC : 'hlnA
ioIe IL Gp; showed to Judge Terry IN
- - '-i',' 60 % i,"i rs s'HNtI l,e'lT1h
:I '' = ,'ii', Soi HlIn 97ou' re
s''au iie 'iS, no, M "l''.t ne was ana nao
4l'''0 u i"1 l''l''' 10 :" 10 -Nus'ral'a' VIZ
~ ,it'it uo.:..l'" 'Ilt CI'ou'uS'dnccS Ie-
EdI''.'E ll's "Iit Up tI' e''St-o9oA IN hls
Iopui g ~ HiG 'v,"ei '''S. h"iei. heh
WitiieSS 'eIl 'i'g ono, ne ~" '1S IaNe any
w. liiy ii3 o'oN9 IVA! .'ti - nm, "','SS 9'uu
-, ,;'i '''' ,''C ~ nav
oecn Pald nm on the 6th OF February
isS2 lie dId not appropriate Il cent OF IT,
IN TACT never knew anything about It
he turned over al the money there was on
hand at each settlement. None of 1t went
INTO ms possession. Told how he made
the shortage OF the January account good
during burns absence. 1t was short some
SiIp. lie took what money he had in his
p1cN". and drew check M favor Of George
Gale ior 500, IN order to make the pay
Ireht. tie reported the matter TO Mr..
Burns, but the latter has never PAID hiIH "a
cent OF that %tuo and not cent of the
%i.2'6 loaned hlm to make up his Yolo de
nclehcy: At every settlement with the
state witness would pay over every cent of
cash on hand. ana never III hls life did he
appropriate 10 hjs own use a single cent OF
'Iie moneys OF the state. In the summer
OF 1881 witness borrowed $1,000 for him
rom william \. brown. Both signed
tHe note illness Sald ' 1 had no interest
IN the matter. 1 have since been called
upon to pay the note and have paid q por-
ti9h OF IL. burns has not pad one cent OF
II II oack. lie said the first that he knew Of
mere pelnS missing leaves from the fee
Dpok was when IilS attention was called to