Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-11-27

Bat in place OF sixty thousand dol
lars from the elun tank cleanup there
vas less than ten. Then he requested
a Government agent to come here at
once and ~investig te the shortage.
Yet Woodhnrn tells you that Harris
is guilty because he wouldn't allow
the rest Of the bullion to be tamrared
with.
HENEY'S GUILTY ACTIONS.
But this foolish charge if true would
not recount for the f~apricatiops OF
Heney. his lying statement and his
flight before he was charged with
crime. The guilty flee when no man
pursueth."
Mr.. Mason is sent for by the Direc-
tors OF the Mint to investigate. He
attempts to o for the deficiency
by some error Of the books. He
weighs the bullion and its weight i
correct, and failing to find he short
age he tests the ~fineness Of the n,tal,
and the seventh melt assaved proves
tt be $50. 900 short, which brought The
total deficiency Of over $4,000.
SLAP AT ELRoD.
Elrod had been on the stand to CON
tradict Mason's figures. and posed as
an expert accountant, but after being
on the stand five minutes threw uphis
hands and quit when an error Of
200 ounces in his computation was
discovered.
BOUQUETS @ W~ooDBuRN.
IRE speaker paid a glowing tribute
to the ~eloqTence and argument of
William WoOdhurn, an able honest
lawyer who by his skill is making
mountains out Of hills had been able
to make the worst appear the better
part and acqnjt many a.gutltv wretch.
NOT \ QUESTION OF AMouxT
WOODBURY. had ATTEMPTED to belittle
the shortage, but the facts were there,
If the Government only lost SIS and
the defendant got it. he was as gnfltv
as if he got $4,000 It was not q
question Of amount.
H JONES CASE.
Jones is a man Of skill and We
Harris assistant. The lad officer
never does the work. Tar. 7ot chayy-
ing Jones with felony nd i WA
against my earnest protest that he
was dragged into tlis "lse. # was
shameful the way a mar no on TT .
was pulled on the stand. It W. !.
outrage on him and his friends.
DELI 2ERATE STEAL.
All this talk about incomre+ency in
the melting department is a ftimsv
excuse under cover of what they pro
pose guilty meD to escape. 1t is the
merest rot. Mr.. Harris went into
the office incom petent but he was hon
est and trustworthy, and an esteem
able man,
The waters that worked the tanks
was clear and pure from the crown Of
the mountains and there was not a
race o. salt. There was no careless
ness in working.
But a bar came into the Mint from
Bodie 1929 fine and some man with
criminal instinct distracted $40. 900
in gold from that lot of bullion The
gold was taken by a thief. and his
intent was criminal. 1t was not the
result Of. accident or incompetency
but a deliberate design TO steal.
This melt was fixed up to cover |
other steals made previously.
THE INITIATED RECORDS
The records made of combination
melts in 1898 have been DESTROYED to
cover the trail of the theft. The man
that destroyed those records was an
expert, and it took him hours to fix |
it up. But for the mutilations of these |
records the bullion could have been
traced at a glance,
NAsON'S GOOD
Now who can tell us where that
metal went? Mr.. Mason has told you |
it went, and this man who by |
reason Of his honesty and capacity |
has been retained As years in the
Government service, through all
changes of administration, and this
man has been denounced by the de-
PENDANTS counsel as a thief AMI pur-
Iurer, but I don't regard it possible
hat such vi~lliications affected this
Jury, 1t IA all the reply that they
lad to the acquisitions, abuse Of the
governments representative.
THR ID POTATO PATCH.
On Aug. 4. Mr.. Coffin had some
samples taken from Cole Atherton's
potato patch and the Mint severe. He
hen caused those sewers to be flushed.
These samples were placed in glass
ars and put on Mr.. Coffin's porch.