The morning call., 1891-03-20

| Dennis, Dunn, foWleI, dOcklnS, Lacey,
| Lynch, Marion, Shanahan. Murphy. Sturte-
| want, Young.
| Crosses appear against the names of Fowl
| er, Marion, Lowe and Brown. This list
| marked Exhibit b" was made by piecing
| together an entire roll-call on which the
| names of Alexander, Ames, Barnard, Bry-
| ant Carter, Culver. Dow, Hail. Hersey,
| johnson, Lowe, Matlock and Young were
| marked by single crosses. Bruner
and Shanahan were marked by doq,,
bic crosses. Checks in blue pencil
were made in the aye column against
the names of Barnett of San Francisco,
| Bert, Cotfey, Daley, Hoey, Lewis, Lux,
| Steltz. Tennis, Tully, Windrow; and in
| black pencil in the no column opposite the
| names of Arms. Barnett OF SOnoma, Dennis,
| Dunn, Burner, Glynn, Hooking, Lacey,
| Lynch, Murphy, Sturtevant.
Exhibit is a piece of yellow fools
| cap shat was pasted together out OF the
| fragments, and upon it were many figures
which convey no meaning at this stage OF
the proceedings, but which are believed
| to have considerable significance. The
word :" city" is followed by the fig
ures Is, from which 2 had been
| subtracted leaving 10, the probably re-
| ferring to the Democrats in the House from
| San Francisco, who had TO be left out of the
| calculation. The fgnrts 16, 10, 16 are added
| together, producing AZ. Tie latter number
| is subtracted from %, leaving 13, which is
then divided by 6, producing aquotient of
| . 1-6. Below are tile figures %. Over on
| the left margin are lot OF figures which are
| added together.
The committee guessed at the meaning of
| the figures until they grew weary, but came
| to no conclusion. They might have refer
| ence To the number of members that had to
be won over for FELTON, or they might have
been the number required to pass bill
over the Governors veto. Upon the roll
call there is opposite the name of each mem
Der an "E' or an "E, " which was taken to
indicate that he had voted for FELTON, or
Estee. Then the committee piecsd together
four blank checks on the Bank of Fresno
and five slps of MANILA paper that had APP
parently been used TO mold greenbdckS to-
gether. There were pin holes near the ends
Of each strip and each strip was dated
March 16, 81.
On the first strip $500 was written in pen
ell above the date and after there was a
check mark, as If the receiver had counted
the money and found it correct. The next
slip contained $1,000 and when the commit
tee added the amounts lndorSed on each slip
they found that $500 had thus been sent
from the Fresno Bank, but there was
nothing to indicate by whom the money had
been received.
THE TELEGRAM TO EsTEE.
Then came torn telegram addressed IN.
NJ. Estee," which read /" Is Fred Lux, the
father OF young Lux, in Sacramento" 1t
was signed john T. ZolIner," and when it
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vincing proof that Estee, or some one in his
interest, had tampered with that waste
basket.
The committee, upon the suggestion of
Attorney-General Hart, decided to tele-
graph to the cashier and paying teller OF
the Fresno Bank to bring up the books of
the institution for the period since March
10th. Hart prepared the telegraphic sub
pena aud dispatched it at once. The bank
replied that IL would send a representative,
wand aTriVp Z 10 .mO'PlOpZ tO-mOTrOkV
morning.
Senator Preston testified that Senator Nc
Gowan had asked him to go into the library
office. He complied, and formed the opin-
ion there, from what he saw, that money
had been used against ESlee.
Pratt, Secretary of the Board of Exam
liners i'll the Governors Office, testified TO
the keeping of the envelope Of scraps i'll
the safe of that office.
EsTEE TEsTIFIEs.
NJ. NJ. Estee came in shortly after he had
been defeated for the United States
Senatorship and explained the telegram
from Z0llner lie SAID that he had it in his
hand when he and the others were in the
library Office Tuesday morning Ht could
not say how 1t came to get among the
papers. Senator MCGOWAN had told him
that he had picked up from the floor. Z0ll-
ner lives in Napa. The telegram had no
relation TO the contract vote. Zollner was
friend Of witness and mad probably tele-
grapned about Lux with the idea that he
might secure vote for him (witpeSs). Wit
ness said that be die not know Fred Lux aud
ne was not sure what Zollner meant. Then
with dramatic force the defeated candidate
raised his hand above his gray head and ex-
claimed: "As God is my judge, have had
no part IN the discovery in the library
office. 1t was purely accidental and | do
not say that Mr. Dibble or anybody else has
been guilty of anything or that the frag-
ments so show" The figures had excited
his suspicious and lie caused his friends to
be called in.
By this time another "exhibit' had been
formed by fragments of MANILA paper on
which 1900 was subtracted from $500, and
the remainder divided by six, giving quo
tient OF 21666, which was again multiplied
by three, producing 64Sb. According TO the
figures ON the fragments $500 is the sum
that rumor has it was paid for the defeat of
the Telegraph Bill In the Assembly.
DIBBLE's STATEMENT.
Judge Dihble was called and shown the
fragmentary list OF names written in pencil
on manila paper. He said that they were
in his handwriting, and that they were
written by him in the library on Tuesday
morning
Why did YOU make cross after some OF
these names ?" asked the Attorney General.
Il don't remember that made them l
don't know what they mean. l was dis
cussing the Riverside bill with Marion |
that were on it, at least that is what re-
member, and | jotted them down.
Had this anything to do with the con-
test2"
"N,Sthing whatever, We did not discuss
De Young up to last Monday night, when
De Young withdrew, but he said that the
meeting in the library had nothing to do
with DE YouDg's withdrawal. He would
have supported FELTON, from the beginning
If De Young had not been in the fight.
DEFECTIVE MEMORY.
The rol-call with the blue and black
checks and crosses was shown Dbble, but
he could not remember whether he had ever
seen it before, and did not know why the
checks under 'ayes" were blue, or why the
was shown the little problem i'll division
that seems to have some bearing
on the telegraph bill. The figures
he said were his. but he did not know why
he made them. He has habit of scTibbling
while thinking or talking and that probably
explains their existence. He said there was
no financial transaction between him and
Marion In the library. He testified that
he wrote the exhibit on which the
word city" appears, followed by IS and 16.
He thought the figures in this exhibit that
were added up, producing 42, referred to
some bill, but he did not know. He said he
had no account in Fresno, and that he had
never seen the money-wrappers before.
Dibble said he did not believe that Marion
had the money wrappers.
What bills we're you talking about?"
asked the Attorney General.
Tue Riverside County Bill. had prom
ised to assist in passing it, Marion, who is
friend of an old friend Of mine, was op-
posed to it, and had him in the library to
talk about il, and l asked him who were
with him."
WAS anything said about money in con-
nection with t?"
Nothing Whatever" Dibble said as be
| tore up the papers upon which he had been