Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-12-14

ana saw him examine it.
did not Sc Jones weigh all of i
Only Il part Of it. He checked the hul
non, he did NOT handle it or look At
for color. 10 critical examinatio,
was ever made ii settlement to deter
mine t~inenes~ by weight or color I
the bars weighed all right [ SHOULD
nave passed them.
WILLIAM CHRISLER
Was captain Of the watch in 1891, The
key Of the refinery hung in the hal
never saw Honey go TO the Refinery
upon working hours. Mr.. Hepev's
wife and sister and ~brother-in- law
would bring in his lunch and pass if
over the fence Oh the Mouth side Of the
Mint, Anightwatcman coys THROUGH
tie Refinery every hour. Hpnev was
sick when he left the Mint.
FRANK OLIVER
Helped weigh tie bullion in the set
fiemAnt OF 81 Handled the bars and
detected no spurious melts. Saw no
spurious melts made in the meItiar
room while I was working there.
The bars were tagged when thy
came III and [ stauped the bars ac-
c0rding to the tag. Don't think =
spurious mrlt could be made will O +
my knowing it.
Cross- Examined. Worked on f.
wood tlnme before [ went in the Mint
Never worked in the Mint hefOre 80
The spurious melt could not have
been made in "a with; ut my krowl-
edge.
Clark No claim is made that it wa
1t was made in 1893 before you came
to the Mint. was it not?
Witness, I believe So,
Clark, Then why should Won tast;-
~ that you did not see it made in
1885,?
Witness. It might he possible
to make a spurious melt with
out my knowledge, but 7 never
saw it done. Idid'nt do it. HanaIod
h"IIion in the vault. no light comes
!at' I'll" vault except through the doar
IiI"k could tell Il spurious bar in
IN" vault. could tell a bar bv the
weight and color, CIarke-What are
y"u doing now. Witness readinr law
Clarke where. Witness At Mr.. Cof-
office.
" Witness was asked t. test bars bv
their weight aid color. hut declined
CONSTABLE PATTERSON
I"Id how he dug mp bullion in Pick
lef $ YARD and also bow be dug M
good bullion in the water closet If
WIS, BErnes a colored lady. Know
zoe stewart a woman who lived with
" m 'Pickler up to his death. Went
0 me spot with Floe Stewart and she
pointed 1t out. Chas. Bennett dino if
Up Went to Bodie and found where
'"IIIon was sold at the Bodie bank
Cross examined. The bullion T dnr
p IN Pickler's yard was crude bni7
or amalgam. 1t was not like any
the samples here. There was 1ol
ounds. Coffin gave me the search.
arrant to search the premises uo
ID not tell me to search in anv par
cular place. Didn't know who bnr-
q 1t. 1t was in June.
| witness was handed the affidavit
which the search warrant woo :,
ana II read that the bullion was
cateo In a horse stable in PickIer,c
nd. :
Talked about the matter with Coffin
q Noodhurn about buried bullion =
he bullion which was in a canvas
was %unsealed and placed in evi-
nee Witness said hat it regemh- g,
the bullion he dug ur.l =
Never had a chance to ASSAY the r
zoe bullion as the [, s. ATTORNEY :
X mem away from judge Hawth-
le.
> Detective Gallaher was present
invitation when We dug up f.
lion and Coffin,
10 Stewards affidavit telling where
buried bullion was, was Offered in
dence.J
P. B, ELLIS.
the bullion as that
nght to the Mint in a sealed sack
l assayed it on the 9th and sth of
e. Made IL assays altogether.
y showed the ~amples TO be mostly M
ef and base with a small percent
of gold. Ne
iIourned until 1Oo'clock this morn Ne
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