Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-11-16

WIN cido " LId II ~ Will yet.
He only wanted to see the actual cul-
prit5 reached.
Witness had traced the bullion, but
he had to go outside the books to do
1t as the books were so kept as to cover
up the transactions with the Refinery.
1t was impossible to trace the special
melt. No. III resulted from cleaning
out OF watts and scrapings and differs
IN f1neness from other settlements
taken from watts at earlier stages and
what witness called "odds and ends"
Said he told Coffin there was a short
age in month of July. "a, because the
records showed a deficiency Of 1900
ounces. This was because the bars
sent TO the Refinery did not contain
the gold tuey purported to contain.
In July $500 ounces went up and o1!>
2205 came back, making a deficiency
Of about 1900 ounces. No loss sar:,
as this could possibly occur during
the working process unless it W
thrown out into the streets OF taken
quietly away.
RecrOss. Superintendent's cou
and Refiner's account should balance
at the end Of the month. Tn working
10000 ounces worth Of bullion. the
loss ought to be but a trife less than
$500.
WARREN NOTEwARE RECALLED
Warren Noteware again took the
stand. Have traced purchase ia
Witness here took the books and
traced the record for the jury: Nov
7, 1892, cold deposit No. II. c. II. Pc
tors. Bodie Standard Co. Changed
to silver purchase No. 1917, Assay No.
164, Receipt No. II, recorded same dav.
Receipt to Peters of gold deposit
marked void, meaning receipt had
been cancelled by reason Of change
from gold to silver deposit.
Next record is the assay of the gold
deposit and the weight of the melt and
all is recorded and marked void, it
having been changed to siIrar pur-
chase after finding the value Iessthau
800 fine in gold. Witness tn. traced
the record of the bar as a : yer De-
post, No. 127, weighing 2I.6.GO o-s.
and then appearing "a - -t"mped bar
Nc. 713 Witness said IL" bar hql
gone to the melting room and was -!
turned.
THE GIsT OF HI CASE.
Witness took one Of the spurious
bars and read the numbers stamped |
on it. Numbers showed that the bar |
had passed through settlements in '93
end '94 and been entered for settle
ment in 80. No. II was on the orig |
inal melt, bat was not on the spurious |
melt.
The Court here took the bar and
gave it a careful examinatfon.I
There is no record in the Mint show
ing that the original deposit 1914 has
ever been sent to the Refinery on anv
other disposition made of it. except to
be turned ove in settlements. Eodie
bullion generally ranged above the
500 mark.
Recess to l 80.
T RECESS.
Chief Clerk Noteware resumed his
testimony and was cross-examined by
the defense. The bars were first re-
ceived by Witherell and Parkinson.
Knew it from the hand writing Of the
entries.
P. B. ELLIS
Testified as follows: Am assaver Of
the Mint since 1889. My business is
to assay all purchases made bv the
Government and stamp their value on
toe bars. l keep books of record for
transactions in my department. I
have a record Of the gold deposit
known as gold deposit No. II. which
was afterwards changed to a silver
deposit. No. II was originally stamp
on and after changed to a silver
deposit No. 1874. Witness co~rroborated
Noteware's testimony by consulting
books. The original receipt for
bullion was offered in evidence.
Assay was made under my supervi-
sion in the re@u' arwav Am familiar
With Bodie bullion. $50 was the high
est gold bullion ever received from
The highest grade bullion
received at the Mint was $50 fine.
rom the Wilson mine, Nevada. The
Silver City bullion was low, $40 being
highest. Made several assays OF
The bogus melt and it contained 49,.
The original value when I assaved it
irst was 1922. This bar does not con-
ain the same gold as when it first
to the Mint.
Never saw anything came into the
Mint like the gold exhibited in the