Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-11-16
FALSIFlED RECORDS,
BREAKS IN THE BOOkkEEP.
ING TO COVER TIE
SHORTAGE.
How Detectives Swallowed Con-
ners, likens, Doc O'TooIe
and the Whole Refinery.

~ IN w 'f"CI at L tIOCh.
The cross examination of Mason was
resumed.
No Of no other credits to go on the
accounts other than I have mentioned.
THE attorney for the defeuse got
into a wrangle with witness as to what
the computation hook was Coffin had
one book and witness another shak-
ing them to emphasize their assert.
ions Jones, ElroG and Noteware
closed in about the desputants and
the Court finally Interrupted and
smothed things out
Bar No. 81 is not on the comruta-
ton hook. nor is bar G8 or 60, So. So.
1913, 1870, 1871. 1872, 1856. Counsel con-
tinued to call off bars that were in the
assayers book and passed To the final
settlement but were not on the refn-
cry book.
"All this was testified 10 Yesterday.
can't see what You want with the
repitition.' Said the Court.
Coffin Wouldn't all those bars ad-
ded up and credited show an excess Of
Is ounces instead OF a Deficiency"
Witness No sir it would not.
Coffin Wouldn't the refinery ac-
count balance?
Witness. No sir.
Q. What is that entry of 5000 on
the refinery books and who put it
there?
A. Jones said that he put it there
or knew Of it being put there. It rep
resented $50 pieces when he thought
he was short.
.. Did E. j. Zabriskie pnt it There?
Court. 1t is not a proper question.
Zabriskie died before Mr.. Mason
came here, How could he answer
such a question? We must stop all
this hearsay line Of testimony
Witness was handed a small bottle
Of gold and asked to tell what it was
Witness said it resembled gold treat
ed by the acid process, but he did not
care to give a positive opinion until
he had assayed ir.
- iCHS 'boI 1CtIcNtu Dtl "teH CDUn-
sci and witness over boiled gold. slum
gold and gold that looked like brown
sugar. and Coffin give witness several
samples to inspect. The jury also
examined the samples.
Recross. Placer gold subjected to
the refining process might look like
that. but we melt placer gold don't
give it the acid treatment
Witness showed the difference be-
tween the two samples, one soft and
giving great lustar when pressed
with a knife, and the other being very
hard and showing little shining points
Of lustar, the area Of contact with the
knife being less.
Mason showed the samples to the
jury and explained the difference.
STORY FROM THE
Witness said the Government look
ed after everything small and large.
but if it cost more than was saved
they did not.
He said that he could tell a story
about a New York reporter he met
i'll Illustrating his idea,
The Court. We have very little
Witness Craising his hand All you
better let me go on.
Court good naturedly) all right.
The witness continued his story
relating how he had made a New
York reporter think that there was a
gold mine in the sewer under the
Mint.
He acted out the surprise Of the re-
porter and had the room all laughing
when he said that he told the inter
viewer that he let it all 60 because it
cost so much to a V it.
The story was regarded as a sort of
side wipe at the defense theory that
the shortage all leaked into the sewer.
Witness then explained more about
the shortage and how he went over
the books and found it.
Witness credited the Meter and Re-
finer with all the bars mentioned .
few moments before by counsel for
defense except the bars that came
into his vault, prior to the year under
examination, some Of these bars never
came into his hands at all.
The Meter and Refiner had been
credited with every ounce of bullion
he had been entitled to.
All the bullion cannot he traead DC
there is a hiatus, a skip an omission
on the books which renders it impos-
sIble to trace the bullion. There
is no other such skip in the books
thai l have discovered.
Witness had only looked for the