The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-15

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| shipments of bullion coming tn Maver!s
place while you were there?" asked Mr..
| Connolly.
Yes, SIR"
What were they?"
Sometimes there would be gold dust
come in and at others retort and other
kinds of bullion
In response to further questions the
witness said he saw silver bullion come
to Mayors place in large quantities at
different times. He said it resembled
the bullion he saw at the hearing of
Boyd in Justice Nichols court.
do you know who brought that bull
ion there or how it came?" asked Mr..
Connolly.
Il know the man by sight who
brought it there
did you see him at Judge Nichols
court last week."
Yes sir
Was he the mani"
Yes SIR
Mr. Boyd, the defendant there in
that proceedings"
Il didn't know him by name; just by
sight"
You identified him there did you
not?"
Yes, sir"
do you know how it was brought
there?' getting back to the bullion.
IL was brought IN wagon.
What kind of a wagon?"
"Once the wagon was a spring wag
on"
DO you know what time of day or
night it was brought there?"
Once it was brought in the morning;
I helped to unload it,"
What time in the morning.
About o'clock
During the time you were there did
nt ms wi h1Il1
of the same character and quantity
there"
There was once bullion came there
that ! didn't see. 1t was driven up be-
hind the store
DO you know what time of day."
1T was 3 o'clock. possibly later
Replying to further questions the wit
ness said the bullion came to Mayors
place about once month and was
brought in a trunk.
c. II. Thompson, who said his bust
ness was that of jeweler and that he
had working interest with Mayors
nephew in a jewelry business they con-
Quoted at the defendants shop from
September, 1898, to May 1899, was next
called. He was asked:
Did you ever see any bullion come
to Mayors placer
Eyes, sir; several times"
you saw the bullion that was in
Judge Nichols court last week, did you
not?''
was this bullion you speak of COM
ing in there of that character"
1T was identically the same
How many times did you see that
Gomez
IT would say eight or 10 times"
DO you know Boyd who was up
there at that hearng?"
II know him."
Did you ever see him in connection
with the bullion?"
Il saw him bring it in once"
What time of way was that?"
'In the evening after s O'Clock"
The witness then went on to- state
that the bullion on this occasion was
brought in by Boyd after dark and ta-
ken around to the rear of the shop.
Boyd had man with him. Witness
did not know who he was. Mayer as
sisted in carrying the bullion into the
shop. 1t was collected in a tool chest
or trunk and was covered up with
quilts. 1t took two men to carry the
chest in.
Mr.. Connolly then asked the witness
if there was anything unusual in con-
nection with the other times he saw
bullion brought into Mayors place. He
said that it took lot of coal to melt
the bullion and the defendant used to
see to it that sufficient supply of coal
was got in for that purpose.
Mr.. Connolly asked:
Did you know of your own knowl-
edge from anything that transpired
there when that bullion was coming?"
The witness replied:
His nephew would say, The old man
is getting ready to get in some more
bullion
Mr.. Kirk moved to strike out the an
swer and the motion was allowed. On
cross-examination Mr.. Kirk asked the
witness:
Did it ever occur to you to speak
about this unusual act Of getting in
bullion prior to the time the arrest was
made?"
The witness replied:
Yes. sir; six months ago"
And to whom did you give your in
formation"
Il told Jerry Murphy I thought there
was stolen bullion being received"
do you remember when you had this
conversation with Jerry Murphy"
In January some time"
Did you ever tell Mr.. Mayer or Ed
Mayer that your suspicious had been
aroused in regard to bullion or ore?'
II have had a dozen conversations
with his nephew about it and he said
1t was stolen"
When did he give you that informa-
tion?"
AT dozen different times"