Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-11-26

paid for. Pc had been educa;ed in
a system OF small >tealings so long
on o"haif OF the Government, that he
Thought everybody was stealing.
Counsel held that the waste in
Athertons field d worth So 900 an
acre and the waste Of $4,000 was
fully accounted for. Nothing could
be more Infamous than the conduct 81
Andrew Mason who did not attempt
to get the true source Of the shortage.
He abandoned the true scent and ac-
cused the wrong m n.
Mason had for years been dropping
the tenth in the assay and so kept on
robbIng the public. 1t was infamous
to 10 this and no wonder such q man
was trying te fasten guilt on the
wrong men and shielding the real
thieves. The Government had taken
sampl~s OF the potato field, but dare
lot tell the result oftheir ASSAYS. The
chlorine in the acid was responsible
for the loss Of the gold. They we're
or'y short in gold. III, silver is al
right.
"Likens' testimony he said show,d
imperfect sweetening and here was
where the loss came in. Wherever
the solutions OF the Mint went thore
was a trail Of gold. The fact that
John W. Mackay : IL 50 decree acid.
only on condition that the Mint sold
IFS solution was no fault Of Mac'5av
nor does It reflect N him as he WAS
never in the Mint. Up u Nav. 1921
tn" bocEs all balHace. He charged
the prosecution with the most infa-
nous kind Of testimony in I Hing half
the truth and supprassing the other
half.
IF Mason b~lun3erel through ie-
noranc" the sinlple-mindel old mans
lmh@cility deserves pity: il he did il
wllfuiiy the sin Of perjury will rest
upon his soul forever. His KIM of
expert testimony ought nu- = SEMI a
co0d man to jail.
The spurious met was made in
February, 1875 by William Picker
and placed in the vault bv Hir-rh
Harris. Counsel ivAlt at great LENGTH
On tn monlds Of the shoe bar to show
hat tie bar was cast in this wear. The
small figure" on the spurious bar
also showed It's recent origin. as the
small dies came in Use in Nav and
aff"E bar - was stamped. The book
~ "'utilatei about the tisIe the st,-
..'N1 lar wa made and dole t1.arc.y
s'IsI lion on someone else. It was
curl rus that Hirsch Harris should be
the first man who discovered the short .
age. He must have mutilated the
to cover his own tracks. The
missing gold may be hidden under
the Mint for all the counsel knew.
Another queer thing is that Harris
urged Jones to so to San Francisco
and agreed not 70 weigh any bullion
while he was gone. but as soon as his
was TUNED he weighed the bu,-
He had Every opportunity dur
that time ID make the spurious
melt. 1t was ridiculousto think thar
anybody would handle the Spurious
bar and not know it,"
W~O0DBURN's PLEA.
He was followed by Woodburn who
made a plea OF the ground that 4
shortage was not a theft. He cared
little for the newly credited gold finds.
The shortage has fallen from $40 600
o $1,000, md if it kept dropping
here would be a surplus. The
have brought the shortage
to $1,000, The little 40 ounce
gold bar was i n Hirsch Harris's pcs
The shortage in the B3die Standard
nine melt occurred like all the others
Heney had left the Mint. All
shortage came in while Harris
vas IN Office. and lost BY the nitric
process, ana Harris refused to have p
lean up in December. The spurious .
neit was lot there when the weighing
done, behind Jones back, but it {
Dor got there. T. got there bet veen
he 18th and eth.
The whole speech Of Woodburn's
'as on the theory that Hirsch Harris
.ad mad" the spurious melt. The
Of the little gold bar
attorney accounted for by the
leory th"t Harris took it on Sunday
nd placed it in a silver melt making
49, fine. Nothing was lost while
leney was in the Refinery The 7
lost absurd thing Of all is the state =
lent that Heney ever said his bull
came from Silver CITY. I
Court adjourned until 10 O'Clock
lis morning. 1