Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-13
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Reynolds at that meeting, in response
inquiry from Controller Dunn, stated
he had received from witness every c
that the latter had received while actV
Tor him at times when he was absent. wv
ness said he explained to the State Controv
Ter his connection with the cash during thV
absence of Mr. Reynolds. and the hitter inl
dorsed his statement. Reynolds also stated
NJ that interview that Mr. Gale and
Mr.. Danforth had nothing To do with the
cash account or money matters. That was
something that he and Mr. Burns attended
to. He said the latter would come into the
office, look over the eash-book and check
of what he desired put in the return. Rey-
noldS said he always iigUred up the blotter
after me and found me co -ect. Witness
says he Is engaged as shipping clerk with
Huntington. Hopkins Il Co, at oau Franz
cisco. Reynolds went TO the store te -
him a short time after the Dunn inttV1
view. AT another time witness met Rem
noldS in the back office of the Grand Hotf
San Francisco, and the latter asked him
sign an affidavit answering certain Nv
tiOnS, saying that, il this was ia
it would save the witness
expense of coming 10 Saerame
as a witness. Witness said he desiret
avoid coming TO Sacramento, and if
would draw up statement of tact
would sign it, Reynolds read me a
Der of questions and answers. and
him | would consider the matter
thought | would sign them. After
ing the matter over, ! saw that coJ
truthtully do SO, and declined. o.
questions was: Did not Burps, even
he came into the office, examine the b6v
Another was Did you not always
over more tags than cash Both Of TN
questions he wanted answered afirma
ly. | declined to do so.
At this point Judge benson and Cen
Carey got into wrangle over the alt
bility of testimony, when the Genera
acterized the Judge as a " le.sS -
The Judge became very
said The great sovereia
fornia has the distingui
represented in this case by
bier Of the universe, CEN
Carey
cRoss,HxAMlNATIoS.
Mr.. Johnson How many persS
Secretary Of States Office had k
safe
Wimess-Mr Burns, Mr.. Rev
myself.
Mr.. Johnson-Giye us the date
teryiew you say you had ~
ant ut the Grand Hotel.
Witness-i don't recall
but think it was in the
shortly after the interview at
troller's Office. ] met him
Hotel a number of times, 81
but TWO conversations with
the aiiidayits, one of whic
front Office, the other in the 81
Mr. Johnson-Is not this
questions ne asked YOU:
YOU notice Burns look over n
books 2' And did yOu not
tiCed him very often, almost
WimeSs-No, sir. | don
making such an answer =
Mr. lohnsUn-Was not theneSN
- What kind of cash book did Hot
and your answer, 4X6 small lea
book p
Winess-I remember his AS
about small private book which
Mr.. Johnson-When he asked.
was that book kept?N did you nd
" In the locker
Witness--YeS, sir.
Mr.. Johnson-He asked YOU
a large leather cash-boo kept y
you replied No" He asked
YOU saw lildt CdSi-DNGk iOT IN
and you said, After You left
book used as a cash-book q
You replied, Yes; | saw.
" When did you last see tn =,
blotters ] used ?' Your rep
to the last week left
Wituess-Yes those questfSlrs elsli b
swers are about as remember them.
Mr.. Johnson--W hen did you tell counS
for prosecution Of those conversations
the Grand Hotel?
Witness--I don't remember of eyer te
ing them, or anyone else, regarding theIj
and am ut loss TO know how they kue
about it. He said he could not rernenlh
or not Reynolds was absel. Iso
the city during the month of February
not. He said moneys that he paid cut
for the Office were represented with tags,
as was also all the amounts drawn by Mr..
Burns. lie said that neither he nor Geo.
Gale contradicted the statement made By
Reynolds 10 Controller Dunn in their
presence.
Johnson said he offered to prove that
after the celebrated Dunn
interview Danforth told Reynolds that
the latter's statement was true and correct
IN every particular, and remarked that It
had Mr.. Gales Endorsement also.
The offer was objected to ana ruled out
BY the Court.
Witness said he could not say pesitivelA
.hat Burns did not go to the sack ut times
take out sums of money and leave a tag il
stead, but he did not think he did
Redirect examination - At the Grand
Hotel interview wrote no answers to the
questions propoundod, and Mr.. ReynoidA
lid no writing in my presence. / neVA
books daily, nor that | saw Burns\ags ipl
he safe up to the time left. | know thaJ
1t times ! did turn over more tags thk~
money, bu, not always, as he desired
0 say.
J. J. O'Connor, reealled-Said he was
,mploye in the Office of the State Q
roller AMI at the latters direction
examined the books, papers and youch
II the Office OF the Secretary of State VIII
we're kept during the administration u
u. Burns to see whether they were cor
II not He had in Court two fec-bo
md the casl-book. He was asked whet
he item OF Sl50 paid into the Office Of
Secretary of State in February, 1850,
leared on either the fee or caSh-book
vas ever accounted for TO the State, ~
II which he replied no. He was
Sked for the statement, made bv de
mt of the amount of fees collected
he month of February. This was
luced, which showed that the auloun
502. This agreed with the cash and "a
,ooks, but was much less than the real1
mount. Counsel for prosecution offered
o place the monthly statement IL evil
ence, but the defense objected, on the
round that it was incompetent, from the
act that the body Of the statement was I'M
reynolds handwriting, and the words
January was erased and ." February
written in with lighter-colored ink and a
ifterent hand
Pending the discussion as to its adnliSsi-
ility. the Court adjourned to 10 A. II to-
ay, Mr. O'Connor still on the Witness
tand.