Daily inter mountain., 1900-05-16
END Of NIXON
CASE IN SIGHT
ATTORNEYS FOR THE DEFEND
ANTS CLOSED THEIR SIDE
AT NOON TODAY.
[. W. NIXON SAND HE
HAD BEEN A SMUCGLER.
Some of His Gains Went Into Silver
City Mercantile Company
Discharged from Railroad.

The end of the wearisome Nixon bank
fuptcy case is in sight. At noon today
the attorneys for the defendants Closed
their side of the case and the attorneys
Tor the petitioning creditors stated that
a FEW witnesses would be called in re-
buttal
Inc cross-examination of L. w. Nixon
was concluded today. Mr.. Nixon was
asked yesterday if he had ever made an
enort to collect the $4,000 which he claim
ea MS father owed him. He replibl that
his father was in Mexico and that he re-
FUSED to pay him the money.
Asked how long he had lived in Mon
tana, he replied that he had been here
about II years and had followed rail-
roadlng. Asked what business he had
been engaged in in Guatemala, he said
he had been engaged in smuggling silks
and diamonds. He had been engaged in
the same business in Mexico. He un-
blushingly detailed his methods of busi-
ness. He said that with the aid of con-
bia and Zealandia from San Francisco
to Guatemala. The goods were smuggled
into port. He had made between $15,-
600 and 100000 in this business between
August, 1896, and July, 1897, and had left
that country with $34, 900. He had also
made money railroading in Central
America. Asked how he made it, he said
that everything that did not hold onto
the bell cord he held onto.
He arrived in Butte, he said, with $34,-
GOO. but did not open bank account, pre-
ferring to carry his money on his per-
son. He had loaned the Lofts about ST.
OC0. his wife had deposited $4,0 900 in the
American bank at Guatemala, besides
$4,000 which he gave her, but he did not
know how much the balance was The
balance, he said had gone into the Silver
City Mercantile company.
He could give no account of how he
had disposed Of the 1000 bills which he
had in his possession when he came to
Butte. Asked if he had paid out any
$1,000 bills to the bank. he said he could
not tell.
Under what circumstances did you
sever your connection with the Northern
Pacific railroad?" he was asked.
II received a letter discharging me for
unsatisfactory remittances to the COM
pany," he replied.
James Berry, a salesman for Cooney
Brothers. was called, but his testimony
was unimportant.
er's bank testified to the application Of
S. M. Nixon for loan Of $4,O 900 on behalf
of the Silver City Mercantile company.
j. w. Nixon was taken as security, after
which the loan was advanced. After the
sale Of the Silver City Mercantile COM
pany's stock to Cook Mr.. Meyer went
after l.. w. Nixon and secured chat
tel mortgage on his South Butte store.
That was when the goods We're removed
to A. F. Bray's from the South Butte
store.
CT. Swinborne. cashier of the same
bank, testified to having attended to the
details of the sale of goods to Bray. He
acted as clerk at the sale and made an
inventory of the goods. He received a
check for $4,000 from Mr.. Bray at the
latter's store after the goods had been
delivered.
After a consultation between the at
torneys for the defendants, Mr.. Kirk an
nounced that owing to the fact that Mrs.
Lott was unable to be present they had
concluded to rest the case as far as the
defendants were concerned.
Mr. Clinton asked that an adjournment
be taken until the afternoon in order to
secure witnesses in rebuttal. and an ad-
journment was taken until o'clock.