Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-04-25

The evidence came out quite uneX-
pecte3ly To the defence and cansed the
attorneys to put their heads together
Witness continued that the only key
to the room which was supposed 70
exist. was in the hands OF the Super
intendent. Harris had told him that
he had found the key in Jones desk
about the time he had suspended him.
Collins cross examination continued
on the theory that the shortage occur
ed after the Silver administration
came in. and from the questions IT
was manifest that the defense would
be made on these lines.
Mason was asked ly Coffin il his
orders were to fasten the shortage on
any administration or person.
NO sir, have Investigated every.
thing that / could learn Of street m
mors. and from every source possible.
both in and outside Of the Mint.
HAS anyone treid to influence y"nr
Investigations"
mo SIR
DO YOU know Of bullion being
taken in the Mint at any time TO
make good the Meter and Refiners
accounts?'
Yes sir. Mr.. Jones told me he
took in $3.50 in June. 1894.
when does your investigation
~, 81, Oh ,.fa
II think in 1892 before the annual
settlement
"Why do you think SOP
Because Of meltS in the settlement
Of that year. and 1898 and 1894 that L
consider TO he like the one here in
Court bogus"
Have you Investigated any or all
Of the melts?''
Eyes sir I asked Mr.. Jones what
they were. He said they represented
the slums from the Refinery
"Why do you suspect theme
Il never knew in my experience or
heard OF slum melts having such a
high proportion of gold"
Here he read the slums OF 1899. Nos.
l3I-23&33, ell being over 300 gold fine
ness and compared these with the
slum mplts Of preceding years when
thew ran from 40 TO 200 fine in gold
Have the present officers tried to
keep ANYTHING back from you?''
No sir. on the contrary they have
been both willing and anxious TO aid
me in every possible way.
Here Mason explained how the
bogus melt could have been made
from bullion in the Mint, and cited a
deposit that contained 10! gold and
943 silver that was the exact recor-
ded fineness Dec. 18th, 1894, OF the
bogus melt. Coffin Immediately
Jumped onto this and to his surprise
learned that the deposit had been
turned over by Mr.. Harris in settle
| ment April 1895. During all OF
Masons cross examination he and
| Coffin had many tits and Mason each
time came off a shade the best OF the
Learned counsel" the term by which
he always addressed Coffin.
Mason was asked if the bogus melt
could have been made without the
complicitv Of the Meter and Ref1nel
or his assistant.
NO Sir, and | think the melt No
| 164 was made under Jones superviS
ion the latter part of June 1898, anC
the other that made up the deicie'
came down from the years 1892 and 80
After further examination by Clark
he was excused and Hirch Harris
| called
He showed that the melt OF Novem
Der 1892 for which the bogus one wa:
substituted. when i; was delivered by
the Superintendent. had the No. u or
it. the bogus melt had no such mum
/ ber
HARRIS TESTIMONY.
Harris stated that on June 1st, wher
he took charge, Zabriskie was no
ready to turn over his bullion. bu
| kept scraping and melting until June
s and 9.
How was the delivery made wher
Won received the bullion from Zabris
| KEEP
"The delivery took place in hi:
vault. Mr.. Jones my assistant Meltel
and Refiner supervised it and Mr.. Ell
rod did the weighing. | merel,
checked the list furnished me by Ho'
fer. The bullion WAS put on thu
trucks, weighed and put back in thu
vault"
WAS this bogus melt among thu