Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-12-14

The Storm trial commenced ID ear nest on Tuesday morning and the court room was filled with spectators. The accused man was accompanied by his wife and daughter during the days proceedings, occupying seats near him.
 Until the appearance of Ed S.. Wright on the witness stand in the afternoon the proceedings were very tame and not specially interesting, the principal feature of the testimony being to show that the accused had been the treasurer of Yavapai county and as such was the legal custodian of the public funds of the county. The first witness called was J. H. Robin son, clerk of the board of supervisors, whose testimony was to the effect that Storm was county treasurer from the first day of January 1901 to the ninth day of November 1904.
 The records of the board of cuper- visors So far as they pertained to the election of the defendant as treasurer and ex officio tax collector was ad- mitted in evidence.
 P. J. Farley was the next witness and testified relative to the bond given by the defendant as said treasurer and exofficio tax collector.
 Robinson was recalled and testified as to the settlement made with the treasurer for the quarter ending Sep tember 30, 1904, and the counting of the money by the board of supervisors and the district attorney.
 He also testified as to the report submitted by the treasurer on Novem- Der 7th. for the preceding month of October.
 (For the benefit of those not familiar with the transaction and to correct an erroneous impression which prevails among many, it may be stated that the cash in the treasury is only counted at the quarterly settlements, the quarters ending March 31st, June Both, September Both and December 31st. Dnring the other eight months of the year the treasurer submits his monthly reports but the cash is not counted, hence was not counted No vember 7th, as some have been led to believe. e.-Editor.
 The witness testified that he return ed the report to the treasurer s office about o'clock in the afternoon and that the underlined portion was appar- ently in the hand writing of Ed s. Wright.
 MT. Robinson was also called to identify the minutes of the board of supervisors Tn which a resolution ap pears appointing Homer R. Wood as treasurer.
 George Schuerman, chairman of the board of supervisors was called and testified in relation to the counting ot the money on October Sd, the time of the quarterly settlement with the treasurer for the quarter ending Sep tember 30, 1904 and gave a detailed account of the count at that time.
 Homer Wood, who succeeded J. P. Storm as treasurer after the withdraw a. of the bondsmen of the latter, was the first witness on the stand in the afternoon session of the court. He stated that upon entering his duties on November 12th after an examina- | tion of the books and the counting of the county money on hand, there was a deficiency of s15, 3l6.53 The aggre- gate sum received from the payment of taxes as shown by the books of the treasurer from October 3, 1904, to and including November l2, 1904, was S65,- 4Ol.l Aside from S1, 177.O2 that was represented in gold, silver currency, and copper cents, the balance of thIs amount, less the deficiency, was all that remained in actual money on hand, the remainder being in the form of a certified check and the checks of individuals. These certified checks were drawn on the Prescott National bank and the Bank of Arizona.
 Following Treasurer Wood the next witness was Morris Goldwater. He testified to going to the treasureT's office on the invitation of Ed Wright on the morning of the 9th. and was called for the purpose of assisting other men there to look out for the funds and to assist in counting the money. MT. Goldwater's evidence