The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-10

political purposes. There were mum bers
of people they took into the hotel the
clerks never naid any attention to. They
were Pullman car conductors, some hotel
keepers and one or two railroaders.
Didn't know that the twelve alleged
suffers were charged to Senator Mahoney.
He couldn't tell the man who could tell
them.
Mr.. Hardenburg was released from III e
stand and Attorney Clunie rather sharply
insisted that the next time he came to tes-
iify he had better look to it that he brought
all the books the prosecution desired.
MI. Shortridge arose to express his in
dignation at what be termed discourtesy
to the witness. and Mr.. Clunie shouted:
THE witness deliberately refuses to
bring here the books containing the infor-
nation we want, and if he doesn't bring
them we'll keep him trotting back and
forth for six months till he does"
Mr.. Shortridse was getting up steam for
more ind igDation when Mr.. Harden burg
said be would bring anything the prosecu-
ton wanted. whereupon the matter was
dropped and the perspiring witness started
for the books.
burg in the witness chair. He was room
clerk at the Baldwin and had acted as such
for the Fast five years. He knew Brush
Hardenburg. but had had no conversation
with him concerning this case. He did
not know Samuel Lust and had never as
signed him TO room. Witness was
handed card upon which was the name
of Lust, ana upon which was tine letter hI
and what appeared TO be a W. He testi-
fed that be had written that card and il
was the rack card for Lust. He didn't
know what the initials NJ and w meant.
He wrote them down, but he didn't know
why. or for what reason. Didn't know
what they were there for.
Are you in the habit" asked Mr..
Clunie, 'of writing things when you do
not know what you are doing it for?"
Eyes, sir" meekly answered Mr.. Gil.
more.
Witness then stated that be didn't recol-
lect how many other cards there were that
had the letter NJ on the corner.
'Who instructed you," said Mr.. Clunie,
"to come here and say you do not recol-
lect?"
mo one, sir" answered the witness.
Don't you recollect that you have been
instructed to come here aud say you didn't
recollect?"
Never had any instructions.
There were people who came to the
hotel frequently who didn't like to regis.
ter" continued Mr.. Gilmore, in answer to
questions. "Their names were placed on
cards and put in the rack. These were
afterward thrown away, after having been
transferred to the transient ledger. Nc
person could top at the hotel without his
name appearing on that book"
An explanation of the different colored
cards in the checkraek brought out the
information that the pink ones, such as
were used for Mr.. Lust, were for guest.
on the European plan.
The initials NJ and W. on the pink card.
witness asserted, did not show to whom
the room was charged. BE didn't know
that any body had instructed him to write
those initials on the card: and he did not
know what they meant. Then the witness
discovered that it was not a w on the
card, IL was 9, with a slash of the pen,
and figure /. The Judge asked him if i,
did not mean the first day of the ninth
month and witness said be supposed II did.
You wrote it? You were not drunk
when you wrote it? You were perfectly
sober and yet you wrote that and dom,
know what it means?" Numbered Mr..
Ciunie, and the witness confessed that be