The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-28
Had Accepted Brule's Gold, but
Neglected to Leave the
State.
TELLS HIS STORY IN COURT.
The Witness Testimony Corrobora ted
by That Of His Wife and
Son.

CARSON, New, Dec. 27.-There was
standing room only to-day in the United
States court during the trial of Night
Waterman Brule. charged with having
bribed men to leave the country to prevent
their testifylng against James Heney,
lately convicted of having stolen 500, 900 in
bullion from the Carson mint. Evidence
was introduced to prove that on the night
of the bribery the United States Marshal
and Government detective had called at
Langevin's house TO find out where to find
his son, who was wanted as a witness.
There was testimony to the effect that
when they left the house Trenmor Coffin,
attorney for Heney, entered and endeav-
ored to persuade Langevin to avoid a
subpoena by flight stating that if he was
subpenaed he would have to tell that his
son had been run off to Canada. Then
Barney Brule followed with $500 and paid
it to get Langevin to go away for two
weeks. Joseph Langevin testified as
follows:
Barney Brule came to my house after
Coffin left, and then offered me 500. /
asked him who sent it, and he said Wood
burn had sent it for Heney. said 1 did
not believe that Woodbprn was the man
who sent me the money. 1 said 500 was
not enough, and he went away and later
, came back and paid me $500. He wanted
me to leave that night. l told him that
did not want to go with him then, but if
he would come back in twenty minutes he
would find me gone. / gave the $500 to
my wife, and told her l was going away
for a while, but would come back and 60
upstairs and stay and no one was to know
it. y l concealed myself for two weeks
upstairs.
"In August, 1898, 1 hired my team to
Heney to go to Reno. He left my house
at 10 o'clock at night, and my son, who
went away to Canada, drove the team. He
came back in the morning. In October
Heney had talk with me about the team
and said if the boy told what he did it
might be misconstrued, and he wanted the
boy sent away to Canada. He said he
took two sacks of ammunition from
beyond the town, and said the boy might
make mistake. He wanted him sent
away. He paid me $500, and l went out to
Lovelock and sent my son away. He told
me never to say what / had done, as it
might send him to prison"
Mrs Langevin testified that she heard a
conversation between Brule and her hus-
band in which Brule said that he had
brought money for Langevin to induce
him to leave the country. Later she saw
Brule give her husband $500. After he
got the money he did not Immediately
conceal himself. He went out after Brule
did and then came back later and con-
cealed himself in the upper part of the
house for two weeks. He never left the
house to her knowledge during that time.
William Langevin, the son, also saw Brule
at the house.
Brule denied all the statements of the
witnesses, and Trenmor Coffin, the attor-
ney charged with furnishing the corrupt
money, admitted that he had given Gree
some money, but it was for the purpose of
finding the witness that he might testify
for the defense. A number of witnesses
testified to Brule's good and Langevin s
bad character. The case will be argued in
the morning.