The herald., 1896-09-20

would have to abandon the job. as the
work could not be done. They had be-
lieved that the vault extended to the
basement floor, and their Intentions were
to come up and enter it by the side. The
papers were brought back through the
tunnel from the sub-vault, but found to
be worthless. After the saloon had
closed for the night, a council was held
In one of the back rooms, and it was de-
cided that all must get out, as the hole
would soon be discovered.
Jones left the next afternoon, Sum
day, on the o'clock train for San Fran
cisco, from which city he went by boat
to Victoria, B. C.. He had prospected in
British Columbia for a time, and then
returned into the United States and gone
to Spokane Falls, where he was working
in a restaurant when arrested by De-
tective Brlngold and held to await the
arrival of Detective Auble. He had
shaved or his mustache to disguise
himelf. but adopted no other unusual
precautions. After the jacks, windlass,
hose. grapirons shovels, chisels, ropes,
crowbars, sledges and other tools AMI
implements used in constructing the
, tunnel had been brought into court and
ldentihed by Jones and placed, marked
as EXHIBITS in the case, court adjourned
Tor the noon recess.
On DISCRIMINATION at the BEGIN
nlng OF the afternoon session Jones said
ne mad never been clear through the tun-
mel. He had on different occasions help
ed the diggers, pumping wind to them,
removing dirt, etc For a few DAYS he
fore the completion of the lob, on June
l3th ne had been drinking heavily. On
that Saturday night he had gone into
the cellar, but not into the tunnel. The
last time he had been in the hole was last
May. 1t was about May 28th that the
tunnel was driven through to the end
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night He had music in his saloon while
the work was going on in the daytime.
but was ordered to stop it and did so.
he used to signal the workers when any
suspicious person came into the saloon
by means of raps on the floor.
He had come to Los Angeles on June
y, 1875, and went to work in the saloon
on the 25th Of the same month. Never
peIore mad he been arrested, save once
and that for selling liquor without H.
cense, not for smuggling as suggested
by counsel for the defense. The tools
were brought into the saloon wrapped
up securely. the heavy whisky Jack was
carried in by himself, having been
brought to the place in buggy by Nc
earthly. The latter worked for him a
part of the time in the saloon, opening
up in the morning, cleaning out. etc.
He never paid him for this. One day
Mccarthy told him that the confederate
! in the bank kept him posted as to the
lookout. On the night the safe was to be
cracked two men were brought in by
Mccarthy, who told him they were ex-
| pert craftsmen and would do the Job
of opening the vault. He did not know
| their names. During the evening he was
! called to the box over the steps to give
a drink to a man who had become sick
/ from the effects of the foul air in the
tunnel. Later on he was notified of the
! failure of the scheme and made prepara-
tions for his departure.
With this his examination, which had
| consumed nearly four hours, ended and
! he was permitted to stand aside.
| Edward Doerr. a tool maker, whose
shop Isl on Second street. testified to hav-
| ing made for Mccarthy a heavy steel
wedge, such as the one used on top of the
| hydraulic Jack, also a large and small
steel crowbar, some five or six months
ago. He was certain the prisoner was
the man, but when he had dealings with
| him he had a moustache while at present
| he is clean shaven. Shown photograph
| of Mccarthy wearing a moustache he
unhesitatingly pronounced it as that of
| his customer. When the tools were ia
ken from his shop they We're wrapped
in gunny sacking as though for ship
| ment and Mccarthy told him they were
to be used in bridge building. Gus Err
! bes, a young fellow who works for Doerr
in his shop, testified to almost the same
facts as his employer.
Samuel H. Rigby, who runs lodging
house on Third street, said that Nc