Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-04-26

not further expressed. lead the reporte
TO the opinion that there was ne
clause in the document binding any
one to secrecy except the words ''con
Quoted with closed doors.
OPEN THE DOORS.
The prosecution then called on the
| Court toopen the doors and let the pub
lie hear the trial He said the closed
| doors was a senseless proposition
anyhow. and if it was TO keep the pub
| lie in the dark it failed, as the APPEAL
| has published full reports OF the testi
mony almost verbatim
"Garbled reports interrupted one
of the attorneys for the defendant
The reports are substantially cor
rect" insisted Jones and defy any
attorney on the other side to show
where they are garbled or distorted
| ask the Court to fling the doors viii
open and let the public in Defend
ants attorneys opposed the motion.
THE REQUEST DENIED.
Commissioner Edwards said that d
regular stipulation regarding the
closed doors had been entered into by
the attorneys on each side and he
could not change the stipulation with
ont the consent Of both parties What
there decide on. but cautioned all per
sons in attendance TO observe strict
secrecy. As for the request for closed
doors he agreed with the L. S Dis
trict Attorney that il came from the
defendants.
THE EXAMINATION RESUMED
Hirsch Harris then took the stand
and resumed his testimony He pro-
duced the books of the Meter and
Refiners department kept in the hand 7
writing Of the defendent and showed !
by these that there was no record /
kept OF some of the bullion that came /
into the Mint. Witness ment by this .
that the books did not show VIII O
brought the deposit or where they
tdi!iif HUH HIS was Iltltl Nv TIE
TO be- evidence showing
hat defendent omitted these records
n the books in or,i,.r that the origin
If the bullion could not he traced.
THE DEFENSE DOUBTS THE ASSAYS.
Coffin for the defense asked that
some man be appointed for them 10
assay the bars in dispute. These are
he bars ofthe spurious melt of Stand
lrd Mine bullion
This brought Clark TO his feet with
vigorous protest. He said he thor
'ughly objected to any tampering
rith the evidence in that way, They
hould not go out of the hands OF the
government, and if they did the Cow
rnment should be allowed TO retain
hips from each bar
After a long wrangle il was decided
nat chips should be taken from each
ample and left in the hands of Mr.,
Jason. the Inspector Lawrence Ell
od and Paris Ellis We're selected to
o the work They went over to the
lint and Elrod did the chipping and
His marked and tagged the samples
] behalf of the Government.
On cross-eXaminati9n Harris said !.
lie duplicate KEY Of the vault was
'und about two weeks ago by parties
hen clearing out the vault. 1t
as behind some books and O'Connor
al thrown it on Jones' desk. Nei- Z,
er side could tell whether or not it n
as the key found in Jones desk. nor /,
wv long il had been i'm the vault of h
nich Jones had the combination. o.
elts similar to the spurious melt -,
I'd been brought from the Savage +,
inc, several of them in fact. One q
late as December, 1894 and others .,
ioI TO the time Harris took charge r
the Melting room
The defense claim that they made
point when Harris admitted that
? key was first found in the vault
d placed on Jones de.k. and it is p'
limed on the other hand that the ct
nit was cleaned by Harms orders ~
d that the fact that there was a du-
cate KEY found in the vault. that
nes had access to. was in itself a
spicious circumstance. W
The defendants attorneys insist that r.,
iris testified that he put the key on di
hes desk, after saying IN direct an
animation that he found it there. wt
9 prosecution deny that he so testi- oil
|. Harris was interview last 20
ming by a reporter regarding his
.imony and he would have nothing =
gay until his redirect examination.