Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-09

Meyers Abraham, = son ofMrs. Abraham,
wal sworn and corroborated the testimony
OF his mother, saying when they sold out,
they took the brick to their house, where
Marshal Jolley found it. He further testi-
fled that any time he (meaning the de-
fendant) could turn . trick on sucker"
be would take the brick out Of soak.
The testimony OF Anna Abraham. .
| daughter OF Mrs. Abrahams, was In SUI
stance the samea as that OF her mother and
brother.
G. w. Goa3man, a horse farrier, was
next examined, who testified to q CONVEX
sati0n held with the defendant in regard to
the brick which Corey had. Corey told him
that he had brought a brick with him to
1 Butte but the other brick racket had
knocked the whole scheme in the head.
Corey did o state What kind OF q brick it
was, but he understood It to be q counter
felt brick from the course Of bis converse
ton. He further told me he would en-
deavot to dispose Of the brick to a
sucker"
Pete Mccullough swore that the defend
ant had shown him the brick and told him
it was a snide gold brick. He further told
him he was going to sell it as o gold brick,
and that he had q small bottle filed with
genuine gold filings. but that he had
pawned the same with q pawnbroker on
Main street.
Lizzie Kimbal ewore that the defendant
told her he would pass the brick OIL as Il
genuine gold brick, and that he had it in a
satchel, and that he would clear from
81. 200 to $4,000 on it. but he did not
state on whom he was going to pass it.
This closed the evidence for the prosocu-
ton.
THE DEFENSE.
Jack Dowd was called, and testified as to
Mr.. Abraham's coming to him Inc telling
him that Corey had sold him a brass brick,
and asked him il he wanted to buy the
same. He told him no; that he could get
ali the brass bricks he wanted down at the
foundry.
Charles Bowman swore hat Mrs. Abra
hams asked him to buy the brick. I told
her it was not a gold trick. She said no it
is a brass brick, telling me l could make
money by selling it to some one.
A Corey, the defendant, then took the
Abrahams outfit. I got the brick from q
party in the city who was hard up. 1 had
the brick on my hands and desired to get
rid OF it. I went to Joe Diverski to sell it
to him. but he refused to buy it, when ]
went to Abrahams to sell it: He came
down to my cabin when showed it to
him. He said that he had bought q watch
which he wanted to dispose OF as it was
stolen property or else the ''cops" would
get on to it. I pawned the brick as a brass
brick for IS and he knew it was brass.
never represented it as a gold brick to any
one. l let a patty have a small sum Of
money on the brick. The party
who l got the brick from is Josh
Turner. 1 do not know his business.
1 knew him in Idaho and Oregon. He left
a valise in my room containing the brick,
He told me it was a brass brick and an
imitation Of gold, and that he got it at a
foundry in Portland, Oregon. l never said
I would try and pass it on any one for q
gold brick, I never told Lizzie Kimbal that
I could make money out Of it il 1 could pass
it. l told Mr.. Goodman that I had a brass
imitation OF a gold brick. II l told him
that the other brick racket had knocked
mine ip the head I do not remember it.
do not know the value of the brick or OIL
the metal it contains. I did not take it
around to the %foundries, as it was heavy,
for l could dispose OF it nearer my place.
The reason I sold it to Mr.. Abrahams was
because he insisted on buying it OF me. He
said he could probably dispose of it to
some s%ure-thing man for a good price.
After the Judge heard all the testimony
he placed the defendant under 81, 900 bail
for his appearance before the Grand Jury
at the next term of Court, in default o
which he was locked up in the County
Jail.