Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-04
THE JONES CASE.
OPENING ADDRESS BY GEN.
CLARKE.
The Testimony Of Warren Note
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embezzlement OF Mint bullion, the TIC
additional jurors were secured. They
were: E G. Butler and James Far
lev Of Reno. This completed the
panel and the case opened by the read
ing of the Indictment by the clerk,
The Indictment charged the defend
ant. John Jones. with having stolen
500. 600 worth Of gold bullion from no
U. s. Mint on the 18th of June, 1s'3. .
Gen. Clarke on behalf of the G "
eminent made he opening s~tatowtnt
to the iurv. It wes confined chief t.
stating what he Government expected
to prove and a general descrirtion Of
the methods emnlovnd in receiving
and handliro gold bullion in the 'FiNt.
He also gave q detailed account of the
, events which led M to the discovery
of the shortage and q full history of
the ROdie Standard bar known as bar
No. -. its journey from the Standard
mine to the Bullion Bank. irtO the Z.
6. Mint and THROUGH the melting room
unit. If was aeaaved hv Inspector Ma
son. Ha stated that he wonl9 show
that the dnrosit sent in from B01ia
ORIGINALLY contaired 100000 in gold
and when aesavpd at the Mint i. was
50 entered, hut when Inspector Mason
aSCaved il last summer il contained
only a few hundred in gold. The
! Government expected to show that the
bar had hpon lockod mp in a vault
With a combination lock on. That no
one could enter the vault eXcen the
Moltnr and Rpfrpr, Zahriskin or his
assistant. John Jones'. That Z4hris-
kin WAS sick most Of the tine and that
the defendant. Jones. haI full CHARGE
Of the Office ard that : - 100000 in
gold could not have boon ahehrartp|
from the bar with0"+ is knowledge.
The circumetarH" ~'4 also dwell
upOn that the genuine bar was sta"n-
ed II, as gold deposit. hut the uesav-
err on learning that it ran less than
500 in GOLD changed to a silver Nur-
chase bar and STAMPED If No. 1854 and
cancelled the FIGURE II with a cold
ehicel That the party who cancelled
the bar and ah2tractpd the gold over
looked the fact that II bore a cancAlla-
ton mark on the II and after remelt-
inc the spurious har these marks
We're omitted. Also that the accounts
were mutiIatod hv tearing ont laavpa
and false entries made II cover the
theft while the taos and books bv
which the melt cold be readily traced
were removed from the Mint and de-
stroved by John T. Jones'. That the
books Themselves showed a surplus
cf 1000 0ze. of gold. but twas a fraud
ulent surplus that would not stand as
saving.
Recess until 80.
AFTER RECESS.
The Court was called at l 80. and
General Clark Continued his opening
statement, ~exnlaining to the jury in
relation to the bogus melt and how
the annual settlements were made.
The attorney also said thar on the
18th ~ June, 1898, gold bar No. IA was
reported 70 the assaver for remelting
when there was no necessity for such
remelting and that it was reported to
the for the purpose Of deceiv-
ing the workmen and covering up the
making Of a spurious melt. end on
that day the were kept two
hours V 2 time in order to complete
the work
He would show that the spurious
melts were made in the deposit melt
ing room. for the Government would
show the moulds in which they were
made and show bv the fact that after
the changing Of the bars and snbsti-
tuting silver for gold, the weight was
exactly in accordance with the figures
on the books ard therefore the work
could only have heen done by a per-
son having full control of the hooks
and the department in which the p u
rions were made.
It would also be shown that Jones
came to this city in debt and soon be-
gan to lead an extravagant life, lived
far beyond his means and spent five
dollars for every dollar Of his salary.
That after Feb g., 1895, the defendant
left Carson and remained away about
ten days in San Francisco. That dur
ing his absence the gold in the vault
was weighed and a bar of gold No
1876, valued at 800 was missing. Il
had been left on the shelf in the vault
bur the day after Jones' departure it
had disappeared. Having presented
such proof the Government would ask