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

| did not say whose bullion it was or
| in whose name it should be marked.
The transaction was not entered on
| the books.
| Did you not say TO Detective Muir
| ply when your uncle was arrested,
that Boyle or Boyd was the same man
who had brought the bullion to your
| place?'
No. sir
Did you not say the bullion belonged
| to this defendant"
NO, sir; l said it belonged to the
| bank
What made you think it belonged to
the bank?"
| Because Mr.. Johnston was there and
| looked at it and advanced some money
on it, and therefore he claimed the bull
| lion
What Mr.. Johnston"
Alex Johnston of C1ark's bank"
| When was he there?'
| Saturday morning.
When Max Mayer returned to the
office on Friday the witness told him
| about the bullion and Mayer started
| to work it at o'clock the next morn
| ing ard was engaged on it when the
| officers arrived The witness said he
! saw, previous to that time, his uncle
pay to Boyd the money which had
| been advanced on the bullion by Mr..
| Johnston. In answer to further ques-
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| in the wagon when it was brought,
| and that he helped to carry it in. The
| stuff was weighed and there was over
5000 ounces of it. They started to melt
| it about 5 o'clock in the morning, but
| did not get through with it before the
| officers arrived. The witness repeated
that he received the bullion from man
whose name he did not know and re-
ceived it for his uncle, Max E. Mayer.
He said he never asked any man
where he got his bullion because it was
none of his business. Boyd brought
some bullion into the Office about two
years ago but not since. The witness
was shown a photograph of the man
| known as Johnson. who brought some
| bullion to Mayors place, and recog-
| nized it as the man from whom he had
| received bullion three times. The bull
| lion was brought in a buggy. The man
Brown also brought bullion at least
three times, once in buggy and twice
| in a wagon.
| Alex Johnston. cashier of Clark's
| bank, came to Mayors place on Satur-
| day and examined the bullion and paid
| 500 on the stuff, 500 having previously
| been advanced on it by him. After
wards Boyd came in and claimed the
| money, which was paid him.
| Mr.. Wines objected to the testimony
regarding the purchase of the bullion
| by Alex Johnston because the witness
| admitted it was hearsay, having heard
| Max Mayer say so. After some heated
| talk on the objection, the further ex-
animation of the witness was aband-
| oned.
Berthold Mayer. son of Max f.
| Mayer and employed in the latter's
| shop, was next called as a witness. He
| was not in the office when the bullion
| was brought in. He saw the defendant
in the office about three months ago,
when he called in connection with some
| other bullion.
Paul FUSE, president of the Granite
Bimetallic Consolidated Mining COM
| pany, testified regarding the corpora
| ton, and also said that from the gen.
| eral appearance of the bullion in ques-
ton he believed it was Bimetallic bull
| lion. On cross-examination Mr.. Fusz
said that the crude bullion of the COM
pany, before shipment, is kept in a
vault in the retort house. and in the
day time the key to the vault is kept
| by the retort man and at night is
| turned over to the storekeeper. No one
is supposed to have access to the vault.
| The defendant has been Waterman at
the Bimetallic mine for two years. He
| was not supposed to have key to the
| vault.
Jerry Murphy, city detective, testified
that he took Boyd to Mayors place
and asked Mayer if Boyd was the man
who had sold him the bullion. and
| Mayer said he was
Il then asked Boyd if he had any
thing to say said the witness. land
he said it was not necessary for him
to say anything, as Mayer was doing
all the talking"
Mr.. Murphy said he had just come
from Philipsburg with Boyd and drove
up to Mayors place in a hack. and
Mayer was called out and identified
1h rha hDI hnhf cali n q
the bullion to him right along"
Warner Zeigler, superintendent of
the Granite Bimetallic company testi-
fed that for about a year and a half
| Alex Mcdonald has been retort man
and had charge of the key to the vault
during his shift, and he turned over
| the key to James Stuart. the store
keeper, or to his foreman. a Mr.. Moi
| felt. Boyd, who was Waterman, OBJ
| tanned a leave of absence last June
and returned in July, at which time he
called on the witness and Mr.. Fusz to
| talk about reports of bullion stealing,
| in which reports he was implicated.
He said he did not know where the re-
| ports started, as he could not trace
them. He understood that the stories
had the amount of bullion stolen at
| $4,000. Alex Mcdonald was also impli-
Gated by the stories. Mr.. Fusz told
Boyd that he would do all he could to
|
ports, and offered Mr.. Boyd all the
assistance he wanted to bring the
| parties to account. Boyd asked if in
| the meantime he would be given his
| position of Waterman again and Mr..
| Fusz told him that was a matter he
would have to settle with his foreman.
| The witness said during his employ
ment as Waterman he would obtain
| frequent leave of absence, as often as
| once a month. His absence continued
| from a few days to a week and two
weeks. Sometimes he said he wanted
a change from the night work, which
| he did not like.
City Detective Jerry Murphy was
called at the beginning of the after
| noon session. He testified that when
Boyd was brought to town he and the
chief Of police took Boyd to the assay
! ing shop Of Max Mayer and called
| Mayer out.
Il asked" said the witness, "if this
was the man, and he replied yes, that
| Is the man; that is Boyle | asked
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