Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-14
THE JONES CASE.
THE PROSECUTION ENDS ITS
EVIDENCE WITH c. B. "a
BRiSKlE ON THE STAND
The Defense Opens and the Pick
Ter Bullion is Dug Up.

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stand in the morning session. I re-
side in San Francisco. Am the son
Of E. IB. Zabriskie, deceased. Lived
in Candelaria from 1882 to 1892. Was
a banker aud merchant there. My
father died in Carson June 10th 1894.
He vas Meter & Rnfner in the Car
son Mint from 1889 to 1894, his health
was pot good. Ky fathers estate was
about 81 100 in cash when he died.
First met defendant in Candelaria,
[ was Superintendent of the Pacific
Coast Borax Company. and he wVTko'.
for me Question regarding his
financial condition were objected TO
by Woodburn. Overruled.
Woodburn said he was willing to
admit that defendant came to Carson
! poor. A warm fight was made agairet
the introduction Of the testimony.
Jones was indebt to the witness when
he came to the Mint and paid it in in
stallments of fifty a month. He gave
me notes Of $50 each which fell due
NrtIi htChjb III NC lC IHit lliJ
and sometimes my fa'hrr. Think he
owed some other people.
Cross-examinei. Think defendant
made a large amount of money in
stocks III 1891. He advised me to buy
all the Con. Virginia I could. He
advised me to borrow all the money
[ could. My father was in Carson
when they had the "a settlement, but
don't know whether he was present or
not. Think he was in Oakland at the
'93 settlement.
Redirect. Have no personal know
ledge Of Jones' stock transactions.
He told me he had bought Con. Vir-
ginia. He told Ele had made 500 Geo,
and then sometime afterw I! he said
his profits were $4,000. t. X it VIZ
in 81 Borrowed $4,000 Of !. .es il ~
and paid it back in twN equal Install.
mentS.
1T was supposed that the witne@,
would testify as to a shortage tina
occurred in the Candelaria bank wher
, Jones was manager, but it was no
, brought out.
George McLOughlin was recalled
and testified further regarding the ag'
Of the bars. Found the imrerfectior
! in the figure 4 more pronounced il
some bars than others. 1t had beel
his custom and duty to watch tn
coins very carefully as they cam
from the press. 1t was a commo'
thing for a crack to start in a di
from a stat or letter and the cracI
II would gradually enlarge. 1t cOul
It only at first be seen with a glass, an
s it could re watched and when it cOul
ic be seen with the naked eye. the di
d had to be condemned. The sam
thing happened with the die of tt
figure 4.
n 1t was the witnesses theory that tn
3. bars were stamped az different time
as the imparfectiOn in the stampiu
was quite different. He found impe
Sc f~ections on the No l die in the shaE
of fine cracks. Bar 1874 was stampe
prior to 40, The imperfections in /
~ looked more like the present state
the die than 1874. The difference
:, plainly desernable with a glass.
1t Bar 10 a stamped April 4tE ,
il and bar 1874 Of the spurious melt W,
stamped prior to hat time, This
the most important and direct ties
mony yet introduced regarding t
age of the spurious bar, as it show
that it was made aud melted prior
Oh the July settlement.
ne Cross-examined. No one had to
e9 me anything about the record OF the
ih' bars. l did not know when [ cXa
= incd the bar when it was made.
one said anything to me about it.
- examined the bars at the request
General Clark. [ asked no compen;
ton. [ have taken no special inter
or in this ease nor expressed my opini
,ad of the guilt or innocence of the
tho cused. The prosecution here clos
Woodburn here called on the pro
oil cutiOn to select which Of the chars
they would ask to try the defendi
is on, larceny or EN- beZzlement. He
xed so stated that there was no shOrtf
IAN in the assistant meter and refine
department. 1t was in the meter d
res ~refiner's department and in his
sence the metal was in charge of
Superintendent. He asked Tor a ,
missal of the case. The motion Of
defense was overruled.
Il n
THE DEFENCE. .
Attorney WoOdburn said that
would not take up the iury's ii