The morning call., 1894-02-02
SWEATING GOLD.
The Trial of Goodrich in
Progress.
EXAMINATION IS RESUMED.
Analyses of the Liquids Given
to Price.
THE VICTIM OF A BAD BOY.
His Friend DiCkey and the TapewOrm
Artist Were the Same
Person.

The trial Of A. L. Goodrich, who is
charged with sweating United States gold
coin, was resumed before Judge Morrow
and jury in the United States District
Court yesterday morning.
The defendant was again placed on the
stand and resumed his testimony under
Attorney Knight
The witness was closely examined with
regard TO the plating establishment on
jackson street, which he claimed, upon
direct examination. was conducted by man
named Dckey. This was IN the fall of
1887. Goodrich claimed to have had moth
ing to do with the management Of that
place, although he admitted TO have
loaned Dickey $50, in part payment of W hich
he was given three bottles containing
plating waste. 1t was these vials which
Goodrich turned over to Assayer Thomas
Price for the purpose of extracting the
gold from the acids, and which further
caused the mysterious communications
between the two men, of which mention
was made in yesterdays CALL.
The chemical analyses of the LIQUIDS
given by Goodrich to Professor Price is as
follows:
The first bottle, which was numbered
IOO1e WdS IOuUQ TO contain l4.lO DulG ounces
of liquid. and one half of the liquid (Which was
found 10 consist of mixture of nitric and hy-
drOchloric acids) yielded 274.73 grains of an
alloy having the following composition per
1000 parts:
Gold. ......... S48
Copper (with little lead).. .............. l24
1000
The value Of gold In the quantity submitted
to analysis was SIO.O33. the value of the silver
.Ol0 making $40 OA2 which
value OF the 14.10 ounces OF liquid originally In
the bottle $50 0S6.
] he contents OF the smaller bottle. numbered
1883. was found TO be commercial hydrochloric
acid, with salt and suPhuric acid, present un-
doubl edly as impurities in the commercial acid.
Not The least trace of gold or silver could be de-
tected or OF any other metal.
The contents OF the brown bottle was found
to be of precisely similar composition to that
contained 10 the white bottle.
An incident in connection with this transac-
lion. In which the defendant came out loser,
was given 10 show his i'll luck from the very be-
glDning OF his career a chemist.
Ii would appear that Goodrich sent boy
with the bottles in question TO Mr.. Prices es-
tablishment on Sacramento street, tor which
me usual receipt was given The shrewd lad
succeeded in forging fac-simile of the docu-
ment In question, which he handed over TO the
defendant. Several days had elapsed before
| the latter demanded his material Of Mr. Price
who Informed him that it had been disposed of
| to person who claimed to be Albert Good
| rich. or course, the crime was laid upon the
poS, WHO was soon dppTenendeu ana placed In
custody upon charge OF forgery. He was held
TO answer before the superior Court with bonds
| placed at $1,000, but the case has never been
| brought 10 trial.
| As the examination progressed Goodrich ad-
| mitted that he was a sort of partner in the
JacksoD-street business. and had also made de-
| posits OF waste. gold solutions with the Selby
| Smelling Company.
Another fact was brought out In the interest
| OF the prosecution, which will bear much
| weight in determining thr crediblity of the
witness. While being examined on Wednes-
| day Goodrich stated that when he and his wife
| engaged the house at 100 Masos street, a
| gentleman VINO professed 10 be a tapeworm
| specialist, engaged rooms in which he intended