Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-05-02
MINT TRIAL ~TERNATH
The Government Trying to Get
Hold of the Heney Mortgages.

States Court was taken I'D in the caae
in which the United States Govern
ment is e~ndeavoring to cancle the
transfer of the Honey mortgages to
his attorneys Woodburn and Coffin
When il was known that Heuey who
was convicted in the Mint trials was
to be a witness 10 the case, it causad
quite an attendance in the C0urt
room, as 1t was rumored about town
that Heney was about to sQueal,
When he took the stand he testified
As follows:
HENEY's TESTIMONY.
"Nhile in Denver, Col. nv wife
made negotiations with Woodbu1n
and made arrangements Rs t. the fee.
If convicted be was to receive $500 if
acquitted it was TO be $1,000. On the
night II conviction, Dec. 81, 1895, I
agreed to transfer and assign my San
FRANCISCO mortgages to WOOdhura
and CHtfln. This was fnr the purpose
OF insuring my wife the money due as
a balance. Each agreed to deduct
their fee and the allowance made bv
the California courts for foreclosure
and turn over the balance to nv wife.
"When we were about to make the
assignment Wootdurn said thai it
would be safer to call a witness as
Coffin W. uld Job me if he could.
Sheriff Kinney was called and heard
a statement of the transaction.
One day in company with Cofin I
called al the bank aud requested Mr..
H"fer to pay him S4OO. This he did.
Collins fee was $500 and this trans-
action left a balance due Of 800.
My wife paid so to Woodhurn as
a retainer and received receipt (~receipt
produced) and a balance of $3.50 was
due Woodburn.
Il was convicted at 9 o'clock D. N.
and the transfer followed Immediately
aftar.
81 had $4,000 iG the bank and with
mortgages TO the value OF 81 600
turned this over TO Jacob Klein to
Indemnity him from any losa on nv
boud L drew S240O with Kleins con-
sent and $500 rem aimed on the NIGHT
Ct conviction. The money was not in
jail the night Of the transfer but was
brought there the Text day and Coffin
attempted to make me repay a bill for
fixing up samples in A nerton's Dota-
to patch, but [ wouldn't stand his
work and didn't.
Coffin came to the prison and tried
to get me to accept 81, 500 for his
mortgage. I toll him [ would
not and that the case must take the
due process Of law.
Coffin claimed that he had done q
lot OF work for me in the Jones case.
going to Bodie and hunting up the
Picker bullion. He said I ought RI
be a little liberal with him because OF
running round so much for me-"
Q-"Why did you employe Coffin
the Saturday night before the trial?'
Il was going to employe Torreyson
and Summerfield hut Wocdhurn said
Summertield wouli nurt tie case, and
that Coffin had irfluence with certain
people in this couutv."
Q-"Who were the people and what
Was their inhuence?"
The Court. "The Mint cases have
oeen tried and disposed Of It is not
DOW material whether Mr. C,ffin was
employed for an honest or a dishcnasr
purpose. We want to see about the
Transient"
After they got possession Of the
mortgages they refused to hand over
the balance. It is true that I made
.hese transfers osreusibly as
TOT services, but there was a private
agreement maize, witnessed by NV
brother, Sheriff KinnRy and myself -
MRS. HENEY. ,
Mrs, Heney said thai she was in
orined OF the fee and vas present in
ne JAN with her husband when ,
joidn and Woodbnrn agreed to take
ne mortgages, foreclo5e them and
liter ~deduciing their fees and ex- l
lenses, turn the balance over TO her
several months afterward Coffis }
allied at her house ami informed her
nat he would not surIeGdrr any Dor
ION OF the proceeds of the mortgages. I
We'll you know that an agreement
vas made that you should" ,
"1 8 L do rep id Coffin, "hut ,
'hetAer you get anything or not will =
eEend on what 1 get out of it." :
She said Woodburn was to receive
Z'ooo II he acquitted her husband v
nd that he made that agreement
'l'h her, but upon failing to do so his .
'e was to be but $50 '
ben Barnes, Mr.. Haney's brother -