Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-11
Of SOUTH
BUTTE STORE
THE ELDER NIXON IS SAID TO
HAVE INDUCED HIS SON
TO BUY 1T.
S. N. NIXON QUESTIONED
REGARDING TRANSACTIONS.
His Father Owed Him Wages, Which
Were Not Paid Out Of the $4,000
-Cross-Examination.

Characterization.
At the afternoon session of the federal
court yesterday in the hearing of the
Nixon bankruptcy matter, A. F. Bray
testified that he was present at the sale
of the Nixon stock to l.. e. Coo He
looked over the stock in a casual way
at the suggestion of Mr.. Cook. n after
the deal had been completed he saw
4 Cook hand over some large bills to
Nixon. ST., and saw the latter sign a
paper.
S. NJ. Nixon was recalled and asked to
explain certain transactions in reference
to a real estate deal. An affidavit
signed by him in 1894 in a suit in which
his first wife was the plaintiff, was
handed to him and witness identified the
signature. Among the ~affirmations made
in the was a statement that
the atfiant. Nixon, owed a banking house
something like 81. 1000. In previous testi-
mony Nixon said that it was his mother
who owed the bank.
Mr.. Nixon was subjected to a lengthy
cross-eXamination for the purpose of
proving that the witness was doing bust
ness under his own name at the time
the real estate deal was contaminated.
The witness was then questioned rela-
tive to the mounts of cash drawn from
the Silver City Mercantile company by
his father the reputed owner of the
business. The books showed that he
had drawn very little out Of the bust
ness, but S. M. explained that his
father frequently tool money out of the
cash drawer without making any note
of it. Witness did not know how much
money his father had when he went into
business.
Then followed a repetition of much of
IL - 49, 1nv
Witness claimed that his father owed
him s., 035 salary when he sold out, and
that he had not paid him.
you knew that he had l 1000 in his
pocket, yet you did not insist upon him
paying your salary?' asked Mr.. Wines.
II could not get it,"
when he left town, you went to the
depot with him?"
Yes"
''why did you 20 to the depot?"
ITO see him off,
poser"
Yes
Asked Why he had not taken out his
salary when he issued checks on account
of the. Silver City Mercantile company
! in of local bills witness replied
that there was not much in the checks
witness said he paid these bills be-
cause his father told him to do so.
The cross-examination of s. NJ. Nixor
I WAS SUI llIlS tlAoi III W
NJ. L. Wines. Mr.. Nixon was asked a
what period his father was engaged IL
the warehouse and storage business a
South Butte.
along about 1898 or 1894" replied Mr.
Nixon. II cannot state the exact date
From whom did he rent the prem
ises?"
IT cannot state exactly"
did he rent them at all?"
Il guess So
s.n;a ,oo+ 49, ~ -,
"Probably I did before he did"
Did you not pay the rent at all times?'
mo. / did not"
did you look up the books with refer
ence to the creditors of the Silver Cit.
Mercantile company during he first o
last months of it's business?"
mo, I did not"
I Mr.. Nixon was asked if he had not so
hcited travelling men to call on him t
sell goods. He said he had not. He ais
l stated that it was his invariable rul
when solicited for trade to state that hi
r father was the owner of the business an,
that he was merely manager. He name'
: several travelling men whom he, said h
so informed. Mr.. Nixon also read from
the ledger a list of some of the creditor
, Of the Silver City Mercantile compan
! during the year 1899. The book, he said
did not contain all the accounts of tn
creditors. He did not know where tn
+ other accounts were contained.
= AShCu IL AO Adu any AlI6 " w WIZ
: the sale of the Andrews stock, he sal
that he had agreed with Andrews tina
Corlett and another man should max
an inventory of the stock. Relative t
: the purchase of the Clark & Talbot stock
} the witness said that the Silver Cit
B Mercantile company had submitted
! bid for the purchase of the stock, but i
was later Withdrawn and he submitte
! another. Another bid was submitted b.
E. e. Corlett. The witness drew up thi
\ bid on a typewriter. After the bid wa
accepted Corlett turned the stock over t
the Silver City Mercantile COMPANY
! During the time the bid was being type
Witness waA also asked if he had no
told a travelling man named Leopold tha
his brother, L.. w. Nixon, was improvin,
i IN experience and that the South Butt
\ store was doing a splendid business, 70
the purpose of obtaining credit for tn
! Silver City Mercantile company. He re
! piled that he had not said so.
\ Relative to the sale of the South Butt
+ store to L. w Nixon the witness sal,
that his father had been talking abou
disposing of one Of the stores and he ha.
I correspondent with a number of peopl
about the sale. L. w. Nixon was abou
to go to Guatemala and his father urge,
him to buy the South Butte store, as h
s could give him a good "lay out"
Asked II the witness had ever seen [
W. pay over n money to his father TO
the purchase of that stock of goods. Wit
: ness said he had seen L. w. hand Owe
y money to his father on one or two occa
! sions. There was no definite understand
ing about when the payments were to b
] made.
The Wax Works will interest you.
8 FAREWELL TO c. p. SMITH.