Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-26
Negro ConfesSes in
Emnons Case
Held Marked Money for
Several Days
Te timony Fails to Bring Out What
Finally Became of the Currency
and Attorneys Are Apparently
Careful Not to Ask
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 25.-Another
sensational chapter was added to those
already unfolded in the trial of e. j.
Emmons, when Arthur Lee, a negro at
tendant employed during the last ses-
sion in the senate cloak room, confessed
on the stand today that he had received
three of the packages of marked bills
from three OF the men now under in
dictment and had kept them in his
possession for several days at least. The
testimony did not show where the bills
had finally gone and the question or
their disposal is the all-important one
to those closely interested in the trial.
The prosecution will conclude its side
of the case tomorrow.
Lee, who has been in custody as a
witness since the early part of this
month, affirmed that three packages
of the marked bills were in his possess
sion for at least day or two and
that he had an opportunity to compare
the numbers and descriptions with a
published account in a San Francisco
paper. He told of one Intellectual at
tempt which he says was made to dis
pose of them, but the final disposition
made of the discriminating cur
rency was not disclosed either by
~, of
And when court adjourned there
was but one question in every mouth:
What had become of the marked bills?
Bunkers told of the efforts made to
ct them together. Lee followed this
with a declaration to the effect that he
out of the four packages, and once while
on the stand he testified that he had
taken them to William H. Hanlon. This,
however, was stricken out as unrespon-
sive, and the examining attorneys ap-
peared careful not to ask what was
finally done with them.
Money Paid to Emmons
Lee told of having received three en-
velopes. The first, he said, contained
the money pand to Emmons and con-
tanned seven $50 bills, which he after
ward ascertained to be those enumerat-
ed in the paper, and in addition a roll
lf currency of smaller denominations,
mounting to $115. There was no at
tempt an explanation of the presence
of this money in the envelope.
Next, according to Lee, Emmons had
given him Wright's envelope, which he
testified contained seven $50 bills and
S420 over and above this in twenty, ten
and five-dollar greenbacks. He had
been instructed, however, to dispose of
the $50 bills only, from which it might
be inferred that no suspicion attached
to the other bills.
Lees testimony would indicate that
French disposed OF his roll of bills as
he had gold which was exchanged for
greenbacks when the effort was made
to collect all the marked money. This
is the only evidence tending to show
that any of the bills were put in circu-
lation, and it is by no means regarded
as conclusive.
At the present time there is nothing
to show where the money finally landed.
Fremont Older, managing editor of
the San Francisco Bulletin, was the
first witness called at the morning ses-
sion. He testified that he XIV Moses
Helms and had seen him on Monday,
January 8, when Helms came into his
offie and handed him five packages.
Mr.. Older stated that he opened them
in another room, where he exchanged
them for five other packages contain
ing $3.50 in all. Witness identified
the envelopes as those that contained
the money, and said that he had read
the numbers of the bills to j. II. Gro
theirs, who had written them in the in
side of the envelopes. He said he
understood the money was to be used to
trap four senators who were willing IT,
accept bribes. He said he was devel-
oping it as a newspaper story. Mr..
Older was not cross examined by At
torney Johnson.
State Senator Richard j. Welch of
San Francisco testified that he had
seen the defendant and Joseph Jordan
together on the evening of January 2.
Senator Welch was excused without
cross-eXamination.