Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-12-21

Coffin thought that if the time O
the making Of the melt could be fiyeG
the mystery would all be cleared III
md the right man nailed. He held
that the spurious melt was not made
until aftar April 2nl '95, a..pr Hence
had left. Which ought to clear him.
The fact that The mould which the
ho@ns bar was east in Va found on
top Of the pile indicates the innocence
OF his client. showing that the mould
had been used for years Il the
bogrM Tar still fit it, showing it was
east recently. The old look Of the
h0gnS bar he aScrihcd to frequent
handling during the trial. He claim
ed that the Stamps on the bogus bar
showed it was made since May 1891.
The burden Of the crime was cast on
fickler by the attorney ard Picker
had nothing in common with Jones.
He djIated on He:ey's fine character
and p~evions good reputation.
wOODBCRN TALKS FOR HENEY.
= "a - lo"f IA t leu Ill tive tIlHf-
noon to lis n to WOODBURY.. He made
an ingenious technical defense. one Of
the principle points Of which was that
the Indictment was defective as it only
CHARGED him with taking gold where
as there being some silver in it. the
whole Indictment fell to 1nt. groun4
h prosecution also was irving to
fasien a shortage on Henev which Oc-
cnrlod after he left the Mint. Over
5000 ounces came to Hir~ch Harris
when he entered the Mint, and al
once there is a shortage Of Loo
ounces. and Heney not there. He
charged Harris with neclac, and tu-
'omp"nnCe and a,,ribu,rd the short
age TO him. The prosecution was
really drawing on its imagination for
the facts.
Harris was bleeding ignorance in
order to avoid having the jury think
that he hadn't in diligence enough to
make the spurious melt. The spu.-
oHs melt never got into the rpfnp1y &.
-'A Ai'A7Ci = hlIOF Itttt OF me
shortage weIe built up from the as
sertions Of Hiisch harris, a man ut
ter}y ignorant Of his business. Mason
was a pune. honest, but vindic,ive
nam and his evidence is Of no value
except to vindica,e the accused He
held that the first rea' shortage was 2
~ II gold bar of 80 ounces. taE,.1
'..i@ Year, from the vault. He srorcd
Harris for weighing bullion when
Jones was away in San Francisco.
He got int the vault when Jones was
away and then 10 aud behold, the KEY
of the vault turns mp in Jones' desk.
1t was put there to throw suspicion on
Jones. Harris writos to WASHINGTON
to have an expert come out and dis
cover the spurious melt.
The spurious bar was not there
when that lei,2r was written. Harris
: stlmony was ror IN TO the core. as
rotten as the spurious bar, if the as
says OF the bar had Len made when
the letter was wfii,en they would have
been found all right. Hirsch Harris
couldn't get Ernest Harris to helm
MIN make the spurious melt, so he
sends for Picker, off a sick man 10
it. 1t had TO be done quickly. 1t
was night or Butcher then and the
job was rushed.
CAS- the speaker appeared distressed
IN voice, a recess of ) minus was
After recess the speaker scored the
-astimony of Beck and Clark and tpe
general evidence of the T. luction
Works and held that the pro- ,ution
Vas simply an exploring expCIi ion
o enable somebody to be convic.2d to
satisfy someone's private spleen. He
thought such testimony hardly the
ming to send a nan to the paniten-
iary on. He compared the ATTORNEYS
OF he Government with the men who
MANUFACTURED bogus school STRAPS
rings in the Durrant case.
lie closed by stating that he hoped
ne jury would pro. ect his client from
ne Vaccinations of ~a.d detectives
nd such infamous scondrels a.
oseph LangHrvin. and by their yer
let bring sunshine into the dalkened
OF his clients family by a YER
let OF not guilty. Adjourn-d until 10
this morning.
1he war talk had a bad effect on
Cocks in New York Yesterday. A LARGO