San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-09
said he would set it to rights before it was

said he would set it to rights before it was
burned.
The next witness called was the burner
O. Were you at the kiln when the vase was
brought there: A. Twas not there, but saw
it with other articles ready for burning when
returned
Q. Why We're you absentl A. 1t was my
dinner hour.
Q. When you took the biscuit porcelain to
put it in the oven, where did you find it? A.
On the table,
Q. Not on the board9 A. No. 1t was not
on the board, but on the table. The board
was full there was a coffee service there.
O. You are certain it was not on the boards
A. Quite certain. l do not think there was
room for it on the board.
O. Was any one by the oven, in the bake
house. while You were at dinner. Is the bake
house left open to any one to go into at that
time? A. Oh, no, it is under the charge Of
Herr Solomon Hirsch.
Q. Did you see Herr Hirsch? A. Yes. He
had palette and brush in his hands, and
said that George Stockmayer, the last wit
ness, had smeared one of the coffee cups, and
he had been putting the painting to rights
.. But the cup has not been touched and
repaired. This is it2 A. | dare say. That
is one of the set then baked. l cannot swear
to the particular cup. do not trouble my
self to examine the painting. leave that to
others-to Hirsch. That is outside my prov
ince. l see that the baking is sufficient.
.. Did you read the inscription on the
vase! A. How could II l cannot read.
Q. Did no one else have access to the bake
house during dinner time but Hirsch9 A.
do not know. Hirsch was responsible. Ask
him.
Q. Did Sophie Mansfield come to you and
ask to remove the vasel A Yes. About
, half an hour after it was in the oven.
q Did she rive her faaSOnl a VnS Sha
said she had forgotten some little curls at the
end of the inscription.
O. Did you refuse to remove the vase9 A.
Of course, did. l could not open the oven
then-it would not have done. l was respon
sible for the articles in it.
O. And when they were done what hap
pened' A. Then Herr Solomon Hirsch had
them under his charge.
The next to be called was Hirsch himself.
At Aldbury's request, he had not been al
lowed to be present during the Interrogation
of the witnesses He appeared in the box
with great confidence, and answered readily
enough to the first queries, but soon became
confused and alarmed.
Aldbury asked, Are you in charge of the
bakehousel' A Yes. do not myself bake,
l supervise the baking
9. And at dinner time on the day in ques-
ton, were you responsible for the oven, and
the articles that were to be put in it2 A. l
was.
Q. When the dinner hour came, the oven
was not sufficiently heated for them 10 be
committed to it at oncsl A. l do not re-
member. think they were put in at once2
Q. Do you recall the witness Stockmayer
telling you on the occasion in question that
he had smeared coffee cup! A. with hes
itation) l cannot say. Such things happen
sometimes.
Q. But on this day, and at the hour of
dinner, you were left alone in the oven house
with the porcelain that had to be baked, and
you had with you palette and paint to repair
the damage done to the coffee cup by Stock
mayer. A. That was on another day.
.. The day book says whether the coffee
service was baked on that day or another
Will you look at the book? Is that the entry
for the day in question! Is that your sigma
ture at the end' A. 1t is my signature.
did not recall the fact
q. How comes it that the smeared cup was
not put to rights' A. suppose it was made
right
q. Will you look at the cup and say if it
has been rectifed? A after some delay.
That cup is smeared. l did not know that
more than one was rubbed. Stockmayer
only told me of one, and that put in order
before baking.
Q. Indeed. You remember the circum-
stance now. You can also tell me who re-
moved the vase painted by Demoiselle Mans
field from the board on to the table! A.
CdIl1lOI Ueil you ILldU
Q. We are assured that the vase was left
by Stockmayer safely on the board, and tho
baker declares that he found it on the table,
and not on the board Consequently it must
have been removed and handled by some one
while you were in the bakehouse and respon-
sible for it. A. may have moved it, when
l got the smeared cup from the board, and
did not replace it; l cannot say. l do not re-
member trihes like that
Q. What color was required for the cup?
A. Gold.
O. The same that is used for the inscrip-
ton on the vase9 A. dare say Spoken re-
luctantly)
Aldbury said, "You may stand aside
will now call Herr Gerber, colorman."
When this new witness appeared in the
box, Hirsch looked much disconnected
=. Is Your nauo Lorenz Gerbers A 1t is.
Q. What is your trade9 A. Ii am color
man.
.. Do you remember Solomon Hirsch COM
ing TO your shop on the 10th of last month";
A do
Q. Please inform the jury of the particu-
lars. A Herr Sub-director Hirsch came to
me on the 10th Of April and asked me if
had some deep blue color that would match
with the blue on a piece Of crockery he had
of porcelain, mean. He said that a valu-
able specimen had been smoked, and it was
desired TO rub some color over the marks
and to disguise them. Then produced ultra
marine, but that was hardly deep enough.
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