Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-05

THE SHORTAGE AS SHOWN
RY THE BOOKS.
How the Bogus Melt Was Sub
stituted for Genuine.

The case Of the Government vs. J.
IT. Jones WAS resumed at 10 a. m. yes
terday with Warren Noteware on the
stand.
The examination Of the books as to
the amount of the deficiency Of bul-
lion returned from the refinery was
continued. 1908 ounces Of bullion
more than was charged TO the refinery
was returned 10 the Superintendent in
the fiscal year 1898. All bullion that
had been received by the Superinten-
dent was supposed to be genuine.
The figures for the amount of bull
lion sent to the refinery we're then
called for and half an hour continu-
| ons figures were read to the jury,
which in the end showed that 1,4O7
standard ozs. of bullion valued ar $685.
600, failed to come back to the Meter
and Refiner from the refinery.
THE FIRST OBJECTION,
The first objection was here filed Ivy
WOodhurn "a The evidence of the wit
ness was haarsav relative to the spU-
rious bar and that it was not a shown
fact whom The spurious bar was made
and therefore it could not he located
and was not expert testimony. The
objection vas Ovprruied.
The witness then explained that the
bullion sent to the refinery did not
contain the gold that it was pnrported
to contain ana If was covered by the
spurious melt. More figures were then
read from the records Of the bullion
sent t. the refinery from Dee. '94, to
july, '95. Sent to refinery 1880 Ozs.
of gold. recei ed from refinery 1926
Ozs., Inference 1906 ozs., or $27. 900,
which represents loss. Another ohiec-
ton was introduced by V~HOdburD
which was ovprruled, a~risiro ON the
question as to how he accor' ted f.
the loss. Witness anew"r@A that il
was accounted for only ht tho factthai
the bullion did not contain the value
that it was ]purported to contain.
Uron more refinery records being
read and the $ me- questions as &c
loss, "A series of objections followed by
WOODBURY. which were in turn over.
ruled by the Court.
In the working Of silver there was
, a shortage from the refinery of 5,97S
ozs., in the years 81, 80, '93 and "a
Mr.. Jones was acting as assistant
meIter and ICfner from March 1st
1890, to March, 1895. The only way
thai these DEFICIENCIES could be covered
would be to deliver manufactured DO
gus maIts Had seen the spuriOn:
melt, hut was not present when it wa,
Diet cted. Saw it the dav following il
the vanlt of the sunerintendent's of
fee. The bogus melt was here pro
' duoed bv the witness and its recOrt
given. The bar was made in tin
deposit melting as it fitted
= mould from that room.
t THE bar and mould were here shown
to the jury together with the dies tina
were used to stamp the numbers on it
also the jury's attention was called t.
the break in the bridge of the moult
which appears on the bar in ques
l toni
HISTORY OF THE A R
On November Z, 1892, the Mint re
{ ceived a bar of bullion from the Stan
a dard Mining Co., of Bodie, whicl
weighed 2,146 ozs. and was entered il
the name of G.. H. Peters for the Stan
. dard Mining Co. 1t was first entere,
as gold deposit No. -, but on finding
. that the gold contained in the bar wa
less than 500, it was restamped to sill
. yer deposit No. 1877 and assay No. 16.
{ and the No. n crossed out with
chisnl. The total value of the bar wa
. s21 ,299. On November 80, '92. the ba
l was turned over to the melter and re
1 finer. This is the bar that was dis
. covered to be the spurious melt an
- was turned over at the final settlement
= as a genuine bar representing tn
i value Of S21 ,299. The value of the ba
as it now stands is only $s59.93
Recess until l 80.
T RECESS.
-! Warren Noteware on the stand, cor
tinued testimony relative to the hi;
:. tory of bar No. II.