Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-11-13
THE TRIAL OPENED,
THE WITNESSES FOR THE
GOVERNMENT ON TIE
STAND.
Maps Of thu Mint, Photos and Ce-
script;ons Of Processes,

CHt 'oHIt opened dnd tHt trial al
James Heney hogan Gen. Clark on
behalf Of the Government made the
opening statement. He told the iirv
that the government would seek % fix
on the defendant two counts Of lar
cenv ard T If "mb"Zzlement. They
you'd plOve that the defendant,
Henev, had been employed in the Re
tlnery IF the Mint rs a di5s"lver. AID
that during his stay in that depHlr-
ment, he h: d taken from the Nil.
e24,0oO in gold and converted il - li-
own use. The counsel outlined - 49,
jury the methods Of the Mint in ,.
ceiving deposits. and treating thtn in
the various departments.
Z 4 large col"rei man represented
the Refinery Of the Mot and the
other departments on the same floor
The prosecution was also fortified
with numerous photographs Of the in
terror Of he Mint. The counsel gave
the jury minute details Of the work:ny
methods Of the. Mint, that daring IN.
examination Of witnesses the tpetj-
mony would he thoroughly UNDER
stood.
Attorney Clark" said J." expected =
show that James Hpnev Was frs, an
pointed coal man in 1899 on the nth
OF August, 1890. he WAS appointed
helper in the refinery; on December
Il, 1890. he was promoted to silver
discover. He held that position
until June so, 1898 that as silver dis
solver he had charge Of the gold
sweating works.
he had constant access 70 tie tubs
and access to the key with which they
were locked. Under the regulations
of the Carson Mint there WIS no
searching OF the nployees Of mis- de-
partment as they left the NJ. ut. On
December 3, 1894, the present Meter
and Retiner. MI. Harris WA assigned
to make some melts. T. s..nt IN r.
the refinery a melt from his yan,
that was returned underweight. He
found coming back to him less gold
in ounces than he was charged with.
He made a report Of this and Mr..
Mason was sent out by the Govern
ment to make IN investigation and
a deficiency was discovered in gold Of
$4,000.
This occurred during the time that
the defendant was employed in the re-
fnery as silver DISCOVER, that il &C.
CURED before the 3Oth OF June 1893.
the last date Of Heneys employment.
Witnesses will be called TO show that |
on Aug. IA, 1893 Heney was in Reno |
and arranged with the Reno Reduc-
Works to melt, into bars. some bull
lion.
He requested them not to say any-
thing about it, saying he got the bull
lion out OF a mine in Silver CITY |
which he and three others had leased
and they didn't wish the owners OF
the mine to know the value Of. This
bullion was OF the consistency OF
brown sugar. the same that comes
from the gold process at the Mint.
Heney said that they need not treat
Tor silver, that there was none in il.
as he had treated it by the acid pro-
himself. 1t was of the same an.
pearance and f~ineness as Mint gold
from the sulphuric acid process. He
took in all something over s21. 600.
At the time shortage was published
Heney was in San Francisco, from
he fed, ~concealing himself
rom the officers.
There are no mines in the world
hat produce the kind of bullion Heney
:ook to the Reno Reduction Works.
80 fine.
He also laid particular stress on the
act that the bullion melted in the de-
)oslt melting roo belonged to the de-
'ositor, while the bullion melted in
ne lngot melting room belonged 10
government. He also explained
process by which consolidation
nelts were made prior to being sent to
refinery. The counsel then went
'ver, the map and explained more ,
ully the treating Of bullion in con ,
lection with the diagram. The map !
as made by Chalmers and Gould of !
'eno He closed by showing in ,
hat way Meter Harris discovered
shortage in December 1894. q
After Gen. Clark had finished, Mr..
. F. Gould of Reno one of the man l
lakers was sworn, and testified as to =
he accuracy Of the map and was ex- l
mined by Coffin relative to certain ."
.ad pipes leading from the tanks un-
7r the floor to o,her tanks outside v
Court asked that all omissions in =
le map should be supplied and the !,
.ap be submitted in evidence for the II