Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-12-21
SYNOPSIS OF TESTIMONY
 GIVEN IN STORM TRIAL
Great Interest Is Manifested in the PrOCeed= ingS and Large Attendance of Spec
 tatOrS in Court.

The court room was we'll filled with spectators again on Wednesday morn ing on the reconvening of court for the trial of J. P. Storm.
 The defendant, as on the proceeding days was accompanied by his wife and daughter, who remained with him dur ing the entire day.
 Witness Ed Wright, who was on the stand on Tuesday evening when court took a recess, resumed giving his testimony. The first question asked him by Mir. Morrison, who has been conducting his examination was ''What other monies were used at the July 1904, settlement besides the Head and Roberts checks to which the witness replied that he had used $500 of his own money to make the accounts bal ance.
 In July 1904, the witness continued, the old checks of Storm were destroy ed and he executed new check for s. ,001, the amount covered by his former checks and the one dollar in change which he had kept. This new check was placed in all envelope with the other checks. The S2001 check was not cashed at or prior to the third quarterly settlement. He obtained S2OO0 from Head, used the Santa Fe Pacific check for 5000 and furnished s500 of his own money for the settle ment, the total amount required to balance the accounts at that time be- ing s4, 969.2O.
 Witness explained that the Santa Fe cheek of SlOOO was deposited foI the purpose of securing a certificate for the government that there were no taxes due on portion of their land and this was the probable amount of taxes due, and the tax roll not being yet turned over the exact amount was not known and no receipt could issue. This check was received Tn January and carried till Septem Der.
 The witness was here handed an en- velope and asked if he could identify it which he did as the one in which the Santa Fe check WAS placed. The above check was cashed and the money turned into the treasury in time to be counted during the October settle ment, but was not entered on the books.
 The S3000 received from Head was returned to him after the settlement, it was given him in the treasurer $ office. Storm knew I got it and said that it was assisting the county.
 Asked as to what Storm said before the settlement in reference to these loans, witness replied: 1 cannot re- member exactly what he did say, but in substance it was that he was carry ing his own as we'll as other people 8 checks and Head was able to do so and asked him to go to him and get it. The money obtained was to apply on all the hold over checks. Robert s check was received from him personal ly and was returned to him in person. After these checks and the money had been returned there was a shortage in the treasury of 54, 969. 20. This was the condition of the treasury after the September 1904 settlement. After the settlement the checks were put back in an envelope again. These checks were never cashed that 1 know of. Head came to the office personally to get his money. l left the office Octo- Der 4th to make the campaign and the checks were in the safe of the office at that time. These checks were as fol- lows: l.. Wollenberg, S110; A. Blum berg, S200; 4. J. Head, sl058 20; Burke < Hickey, $500; J. F. Storm, S2OO1 ; W. W. Ross, S10O. The last time I saw these checks were October 1, 1904. They were in the safe all together in one large envelope; the certificates ofedeposit were in the same envelope The Storm checks were kept in a separate envelope. Storm told me in a conversation, October 26th that he intended to put the 52OOI back in tue treasury and destroy the check
 Witness was then excused for short time, and Walter Reese was placed on the stand and told of going to Storm the latter Iart of 1902 to collect a note given by Hobbs x Storm in favor of Riblett. Reese & McLalIan.
 Examination of Wright was then continued. On October 18th returning from Jerome Junction Storm told me either that he had the money or that he could get it and would put it in the treasury. Do not think the money was in there, but was not in office after above conversation until morning of November 9th. 1 searched the vault closely for loose papers, did not