The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09

| amount of the bullion said to have been
| taken, he said it was claimed he took
| $4,000 worth. Mr.. F'usz suggested that
| he endeavor to find the parties and
| bring them to account, volunteering the
| information that he would help him in
| every way possible: the reports in
volved the names of both Boyd and
| Mcdonald. the retort man. Continu-
| ing, the witness said Boyd frequently
| obtained leave of absence. about once
month; he would be gone from a day
or two to two weeks.
| At this time another new character
was brought into the case Mr.. Con-
molly handed the witness a photo
graph and asked him if he knew
| whose picture it was.
The witness replied: IT do; it IS
| Walter Yost.''
Who was Walter Yost?"
He was an employe of the mill
Where is he now?"
He is dead"
when did he die?''
Two or three months ago.
Asked if he knew whether Boyd knew
YoSt or not, the witness said all he
knew as to that was that Boyd asked
permission to circulate a subscription
| to defray the expense of Yost's funeral,
and the money was collected through
the office and paid to Boyd.
Nothing further was brought out to
connect Yost with the case, but his
photograph had been previously iden-
titled by Mayer and his son as john
son, who brought bullion to Mayors
place to sell.
On cross-examination Mr.. Wines
questioned the witness concerning the
methods employed in handling the ore
as it went from the mine to the mill,
and how it was handled from the time
it went into the mill till the crude bull
lion was extracted, the purpose being
to show that others than the defen-
dant might have been responsible for
the leakages.
In response to these questions the
witness said the crude bullion was kept
in the vault, to which no one was sup
posed to have a key except the retort
man by day and the store-keeper by
night.
On redirect examination Mr.. Con-
molly asked the witness if Assayer
Mayer had stated to him that A.
Brown, j. w. Brown and Boyd were
one and the same person, and he re-
piled that was true.
Alex Johnston of Clark's bank was
next called and asked if he had seen
the bullion in evidence. He said he had
seen bullion like it, but could not be
positive he had seen this particular
lot. He saw bullion like it in Mayors
possession a week or two ago. He mad
seen Boyd, once at the bank and once
at mayer L lie tliilS 90"
him at the bank was about a year
ago He came in with Mayer con-
corning the payment for some bullion.
Mayer paid the money to Boyd. Two
or three days before Mayors arrest
| the witness advanced Mayer $2OO on
some bullion which he said he had at
his office ready for shipment. Mr.. Con-
! molly asked if the witness knew
for whom the money was advanced to
| Mayer. He said he only knew from
what Mayer told him and was not al
lowed to state what that was. When
witness advanced the money to Mayer
! he went to Mayors office to see the
! bullion, and saw a man there he be-
! leved to have been the defendant,
though he could not swear positively.
| At the time the defendant was intro
| duced to the witness, at the bank,
the mans name was given as Boyle or
Doyle, or something like that.
| Max Mayer was recalled and asked
You have testified you did not see
the defendant bring in the bullion?'
Yes, sir"
But you paid him for it, did you
not?''
II gave Mr.. Boyle 500 in currency"
1.-THE next $10O?"
| I'D like to explain that ! saw
Boyle in the office in regard to those
five ore samples. He then said, I'd
like to have 800. I went to the bank
and told Mr. Johnston there was bull
lion at the office and l wanted Slo0
Mr.. Johnston gave it to me- gave II
to Mr.. Boyle"
THE same day the bullion came imp
in the forenoon of that day. The
| next day Mr.. Boyle asked for another
500. l went to the bank to get it
and came back and gave it to Boyle.
was that loan to Boyle. Why did
you pay it to Boyle?'
thinking this bullion was his"
do you think now you have made
| any mistaken"
well, the way things have turned
out, | guess So
whether or not he was the owner
of the bullion, he claimed to be the
possessor of it, did he not?'
Il suppose So
"You never advanced money to MIN
except on bullion?"
II let him have $40 once or twice"
when you paid him the money, you
understood it was for bullion"
Yes, sir
You knew to a moral certainty it
was for the bullion, didn't you?'
We'll, I wouldn't swear to it,
But you would give him 5000 on
it,"
We'll, yes"
There is a prospect that he is not
the owner of the bullion. is there not?"
| Yes, there is prospect.
| But you wouldn't lose the $1,000"
mo, l wouldn't lose it."
WAS this money advanced to you
by the bank or to you for Boyle?"
by the bank"
ITO you or to Boyle?'
| 1T was advanced on the bullion"
| Detective Murphy was recalled and
asked if he recited all the converse
ton at the time Boyd was driven to
Mayors place.
He said: Il asked Mayer If this was
| the man Indicating the defendanD who
got the 5000 from the bank for the bull
lion l had recovered. He said he was.
And is this the bullion?'
| Yes, sir"
c. H. Thompson, jeweler, who for
| merly was connected with Mayer s
| place, was next called.
He said he saw Mayer and Boyd
| handling crude bullion once between
the 18th and Goth of October, 1898; it
| was taken to Mulvaney's blacksmith
| shop and broken up; saw the same