, 1889-10-24
He Claims There Was no Secrecy
About the Handling of the
Goods.

Was u SaCk " COllec, IL Wclpncu uDOuJ
fifty pounds; 1t was common gunny
sack. | delivered the goods at the Omaha
oyster house. | put them in the back
end of the tent.
Cross. s.examination: / don't know
who loaded the goods into the wagon at
the relief tent. | think Williams was
there at the time. | didn't know Inglis
at the time. helped load the goods. 1t
was broad daylight and nothing secret
about IL. | took the goods to the back
door and piled them up inside, | saw
said about keeping tho matter a secret
There were ten or twelve hams. don't
know how much coffee. Williams and
and another man (pointing out the NAM
rode with me. could tell tile difference
of coffee and beans by feeling. | think
IL was Cotlec-bean coffee but don't
know. There were about twenty or
thirty pounds OF bacon and some dam
aged sugar. Don't know what the sugar
weighed.
THE DEFENDANT TESTIFlES.
The prosecution announced that that
was their case, when the witnesses for
the defense were sworn. Williams was
the first to testify and his evidence was
substantially as follows;
At the time of the fire was doing
business in restaurant-the Mikado.
| had nothing left alter the fire but my
clothing. lost everything else. / ap.
piled at the relief tent for supplies.
First went to the Spokane Commission
Company's store where | was told that
the relief committee had bought every
thing. then applied to Markham at
the relief tent and asked if I could get
some goods, and asked him if he would
be responsible for them until the first of
the month. He went inside and when
he came out he told me | could The
goods were given to me under Markham $
dsections, and lnglis stood around and
saw II going on. Markham promised to
send more goods and afterwards sent
some other things. The goods wcro
taken to the rear of the tent. The cellar
was dug, simply, to store away goods.
There was nothing secret about IL.
Jordan was present when | spoke to
Markham about getting goods. Frank
Moore, the second cook, at the relief
board with me. | went to Harry Hay.
ward on the LIST OF September and told
him got some goods of Markham and
asked him for the bill. lie told me he
knew nothing about IL and To let IL 20
for awhile. II was about the 18th oi
August when ! got the goods. | never
stole any goods nor secreted any stolen
goods.
Cross-examnation: | was working at
the Mik0do Mt the time Of the fire; was
getting vi week. | went to see Hay.
ward on the LIST of September. This was
before any arrests were made. pay all
my bills on the first of the month.
kept memorandum of the goods, ex-
pecting to pay for them. | haven't got
II on my books at the store When
met Hayward ! had Sl65 to pay for the
goods. | never made any contract with
Markham and didn't know what they
were going to charge Inc for the goods
| have been here two years; | have been
cooking and running n restaurant most
of the time. ! opened the Brighton and
afterwards sold ii for S225. At the time
| opened the restaurant after the fire |
had $40. ] had nothing after opening
commenced TO dig the cellar on Satur
day and finished 1t on Monday bought
goods of Markham; don't know wha
position he held. Know he was superior
to lnglis talked with Markham abou
getting the goods because | knew he was
In authority--he had charge of tn,
kitchen. ! went to him about the l2tl
or 18th of august. | opened my res
taurant OH Thursday. Can't tell wher
| put up the tent without going tC
the bank to see the check drew for tn,
work. didn't know where | was goin,
to get goods to start up with. | did mo-
give lnglis Il one-half interest in my
place of business. gave him bill o
sale for money consideration Of Sl75
| lie paid me S25 at the time and he prom
ised to pay the balance later. [Argu
ment Of counsel followed. He paid I'M
on the 14th of August. The carpenter,
commenced on my tent OH the Saturda,
after the fire and it was finished the mex
| Saturday. Don't remember how long il
was after ] got the goods from the relic
tent that l opened up my restaurant; i
was two or three days before Inglis wen
away. gave him the bill of sale tn,
night before he left. 1 think l opened
up the 18th of August; II was either tn,
10th or 18th. was not doing business
at the time lnglis left. The SIS was paiC
before he left, When he came back, h,
came down with an officer and told m,
that he was unable to pay balance o
$3.50, and asked me for some money. ii,
told me Just as he was leaving town tina
he would send me the money when h,
got to Portland. gave the bill Of sal,
Tor one-half interest in my place OF bust
ness. | had not commenced when sole
him an interest. had the grount
leased on verbal agreement; had SOM,
dishes, about $50 worth of tools, tel
stools and chairs, three tables, counter
asked ask ''a the s'p price of' of each srtici T
and the defense objected, but the objec
tion was ovelr ruled. gave lnglis tn
bill of sale when he paid Inc $25.
took no note for the balance. CAV
him the bill the night before he left.
got the first load the day the bill wa
given. The carpenters were through an,
the stove was in, and everything read,
for business, but had no goods unit
] got the load from the relief tent. di,
not give Inglis an interest for the good
/ received. Witness was asked wha
Inglis was supposed to do at the restaur
ant. Objected to- Inglis told me h
was going to run for hotel and woul,
be able to send customers TO the restaur
when he left he would be gone about tw
weeks. i made no objection to his leav
ing. He said he LEFT the bill of sale witt
Hayward, and after he left asked Hay
ward for II and he didn't have 1t. Whe
lnglis came back I gave him 70 and h
boarded out the balance. When aske
him for the bill Of sale he said the relic
committee had it. At this point tn
prosecution asked to see the memoran
dunn, when some little time was con
sumed regarding It, / received othc
in the book. Whitman brought the frs
load. rode from the relief tent to IN
place on his wagon at the time. re
ceived other goods, but kept no accouu
of them; supposed Markham wa
keeping an account of them. 1 didn
ask Markham what theywere costingm,
FRANK JORDAN TESTIFIED:
lam cook. was cooking at the reli,
tent at the time Williams applied for th
goods. He told Markham he had n plao
on Sprague street where he could d
some business IL he had som" good,
Markham told him TO drive around an
load up. Williams told him he woul
pay for them on the first of the monti
The head cook told me to help load o