The record-union., 1899-10-28


that half dollar of the date 1909, had
also been found. Witness had had sew
eral conversations with Amanda P
Austin, but was positive he had not told
her that they had found $4,000 in the
vault of the safe, and that greenbacks
naming the sum) had been found in an
old almanac and that he had not re-
ferred to Uncle jeff" as an old miser.
| Witness could not recall an alleged
conversation with Mrs Burr and Mrs.
CT. w. Jackson the day of Jefferson
| WilcoXsons DEATH but thought he
might have said what was purported,
as the alleged conversation reflected his
feeling in the matter. In the alleged
conversation witness was supposed to
have spoken in high praise of Amanda
| P. Austin.
Witness recalled several conversa-
tions he had had with George Austin
subsequent to the death of Jefferson
! Wilcoxson and thought it probable that
he had told him that $4,000 or $174,-
! 900 in money and certificates of de-
posit were in the safe, but that he had
never told him nor anybody else that
/ there We're greenbacks kept between the
leaves of an almanac in the safe, nor
anything to that effect or substance
| Witness could not testify as to the
| date Amanda Austin closed her studio
in this city, but thought it was in 1892.
| He explained that at the ranch before
Wilcoxson moved to this city. that one
! individual acted as both housekeeper
and cook.
Witness said he thought at the time
hn
corporated, the ranch contained about
$4,000 acres, and that it had been
added to, until now it contained about
$4,000 or 10000 acres.
Witness said he had never seen the
| inside of the safe before the evening of
April 10, 1898. George H. Wilcoxson
had the keys and opened the safe in
the presence Of James M. Wilcoxson
/ and witness.
| Witness was certain that up to the
time Of Jackson Wilcoxsons death, he
and Jefferson Wilcoxson had not made
friends and that he had acted as a
mOuthpiece between the two Some time
! before Jackson's death he had written
to Jefferson, requesting a reconciliation,
but up to the time Jackson left Sacra-
mento the last time before his death.
he had told witness that he had never
received reply. Witness said it was
possible that Jefferson had written to
Jackson after the latter had left the
city
Witness said he thought he had not
mentioned in his direct examination,
/ the contents of slip of paper in the
| envelope which held the six 81 900 gold
/ certificates. On the slip of paper was
a description of the bills inclosed in
I the -envelope-the numbers, etc. Wit
/ ness examined the slip of paper, and
/ said it contained descriptions of thirty
eight $1,000 gold certificates, and four
SoO0 gold certificates Witness knew
nothing of any except the six S1,CO0
certificates mentioned by him, and that
When the safe was opened, no other
certificates of that denomination were
in it, He thought some $500 gold GER
tif1cates had been in the package, but
he could not recollect how many. He
had not compared the six 81 900 GER
tificates with the list on the slip, and
could not tell whether or not they were
among the bills described.
On redirect examination witness said
that besides the amounts mentioned by
him as being in the safe, were two
! United States bonds consols of 1907, of
| $500 each.
| The deposition of Mrs Amanda Black
well OF st. Louis, Mo-, was admitted in
! evidence. Deponent at one time visited
Mr.. Wilcoxson and Miss Austin in this
city. At that time Miss Austin was
busy with her painting. Miss Austin
was kind to Mr.. Wilcoxson, and the lat
ter treated her as if she We're a mem
Der of his family. Mr. Wilcoxson
seemed proud of and spoke highly of
Miss Austin's painting, and said she
would be able to make her living by
means of her art. On another occasion
during the visit, Uncle Jeff said he
expected her to make her living by her
art, and remarked that she could have
finer clothes when she made money to
buy them.
AT this point o'clock-a recess was
taken until Tuesday morning next. at
10 o'clock.