The record-union., 1899-10-15

| TO, as she did not know. Miss Austin
had only asked witness if she had ever
| talked with Jefferson Wilcoxson con-
| cerning the plaintiff.
| John Burns was recalled by the de-
fense and testified that he believed
| Wilcoxson kept "a minute memoranda
of all notes given him, and other busI-
ness transactions
Leonard Estes, who lives in Lees
vile, Colusa County, testified he had
know Jefferson WilcoxsQn for about fif-
teen years. He met Wilcoxson in 1895,
at neighbor's named Friend and
while there had conversed with him re-
Specting Amanda Austin. WilcoXson
called the witness saying he wished to
| talk with him. Wilcoxson told him he
! had only one safe left Witness said
to him that he could not take the safe
to heaven with him, and that if he
took it below it would be a hot thing
to sit by Wilcoxson had replied: Don
Joke, Tex; [ don't feel as if l would
live until morning" Witness inquired
what was in the safe and Wilcoxson
| said the safe and contents were
Amanda's; that there was in it what
jackson Wilcoxson had left, 5000,
and that he Jefferson Wilcoxson) had
put in the same amount, $150,000 in all.
Besides this he had put in an extra
1000 with Instructions to Amanda to
distribute it among old friends of his
in Sacramento, and that he knew she
would do as he desired. He had put a
paper in the safe stating that the con-
| tents were for Amanda, and told the
witness that when George Wilcoxson
found the paper, he. would say: Here,
Amanda, this safe is yours" If he
! died that night, he told witness,
Amanda would be all right. Wilcoxson,
witness said, told him that he had
promised Amanda to leave her the
money and intended to do So Witness
suggested to Wilcoxson that he draw
his check in favor of Amanda for $500,
| 600, and that he (witness) would take it
| to her WilcoXson had expressed re-
grets that he had never married.
| On cross examination the witness
said that at the time he held the con-
versation with Mr. Wilcoxson at
! Friends house, he and Friend were
not friends, to kiss though there was
nothing seriously wrong between them.
Some time before the witness said
!
and 1 asked Bill not to do it again. -
He said, however, that they had always
been on speaking terms; that he never
got so angry that he would not speak to
man. He and Bill had never shot at
one another. Witness explained that
at the time the conversation was held
he told Wilcoxson he had not given
Amanda enough, and witness had said
to him, IF you will draw a check for
Amanda for the $500,000 you have in
the Woodland Bank, I'll get on my
horse and take it to her provided you
will give me an order for a new suit of
clothes and fine box to be buried in -
WilcoxsOn explained to witness that he
had placed some bills between the
leaves Of an old almanac, and had left
| the letter, giving the contents of the
safe in an envelope and laid it on top
of all of the money so that it would
be the first thing seen when the safe
was open.
Witness said he told Mr. Wilcoxson
that if they opened the safe, the lat
ter would never be seen. Wilcoxson
had replied that Amanda had conf
dence in her Uncle George and that
there would be no trouble about getting
the money WilcOXson, witness said
told him that his brother, Jackson, had
said to him, If you Will do what have
done for Amanda, she will be all right:
| that he had subsequently opened the
safe and found therein $75, 600; that he
had put in $4,000 with it; put $40 600
IN an old book for old friends in Sac
ramento and placed a letter on top of
the money for Amanda, and that
Amanda would know what to do with
the S2QOOO when she read the letter
Witness did not recolIect that Jackson
Wilcoxson died in 1885, but recoIIected
that in 1895 Jefferson Wilcoxson had
told him that the money put in the safe
by jackson was still there, together
with the money he had put there after
Jackson's death, and the letter to
Amanda
Attorney II. w. Johnson subjected
the witness to a very rigid cross-ex-
animation, but up to this time failed to
shake his evidence in any material
particular. Witness, when asked to
whom he had first related the conver-
sation, replied that he first told if TO
a man named Keegan Mr.. Johnson
was following up the inquiry, when the
witness Informed him that Mr. Keegan
was in the room.
Stand up, Mr.. Keegan,'' said At
torney Grove L. Johnson, 80 that
Charles o. Busick may get a look at
you" Mr.. Keegan stood up
That's him." said the witness. "He
was the first man 1 told about the con-
Versation." Witness. in reply to ques-
tions said he had told Mr.. Keegan all
about the money, but that he had not
told him the details as he had related
them in court. Wilcoxson told witness
he had given everything away except
what was in the safe and that that was
Tor Amanda. Further questioned, wit
ness said he had told Wilcoxson If
George H. Wilcoxson opened the safe
and destroyed the letter. Amanda
would never get any of the money. but
that Wilcoxson had replied that
Amanda had recommended George TO
him-had faith in him, and that she
would get every nickel of the money.
The witness at this point was excused
with the understanding that he should
be called for further cross-exarninatiop
on Tuesday next.
Clinton Kerby of this citv was next
called. He at one time had a CON
versation with jefferson Wilcoxson re-
specting Amanda Austin. Wilcoxson
told witness that he had given each of
ms relatives a check for $1,000. and
that he had given, or would give. his
niece, who was living with him. more
than that She was at Woodland and
witness thought Wilcoxson said he had