Evening journal., 1916-12-14

and again after pits we're sunk. Some
Of the photographs showed the Nc
Cune pits after the expert had exam
ined them.
Harry A. BARRIER. the United States
postofice inspector who visited the Pc
ilivian gold fields in company with Mr.
Lohmnn and George Z. =. Bonnell, gave
his test stimonv following Mr.. Lohmun.
He said that he accompanied the two
men to the Maranon river country for
the purpose of finding out whether
there was amy gold there, and that his
mission was undertaken at the request
of John =. Nields. the then United
States district attorney for Delaware.
His duties there, he testified, consisted
of assisting MIR I.ohman. Mr.. harber
declared that he saw no evidences OF
Incas gold workings there.
Asked il he had seen the defendant
McCame on the property during his stay
there, Barber said that late ON the after
noon Of November 8, 1915, Bouncl COM
planned that Mctunc had assaulted him.
Witness snid that he accused McCme
Of having assaulted one Of his party and
asked him what bis purpose was in CONF
ING on the property. TO which McCnnc
excused his action by saying that he
had heard that Bonnell had made un-
complimentary statements concerning
him and that his anger had gotten the
better Of him for the moment. lie
promised that - would not occur again.
McCme added said Barher, that II
mt nm engineer In an embarrassing p0-
siiion 10 have the company send some.
one down to look over the property after
the property Ind been conceded 70 be 2
failure "a gold field, and after he had
sent In preliminary report 20 the com
panv pfactinly covering the question.
Barber testified that he and his party
had been ordered 10 remain on n certain
tract Of hand by the natives. and tha
they complied with those orders. bu
not however. hecuuse they feared Oh
natives. hul because the bridge wa
down and they could not get ACROSS tn
river
At $50 o'clock Mr.. Curiey announce
that "the governments rests" Ih
prosecution had consumed nine cour
davs in presenting its side. Henry a
Wise. of counsel for McCme, requested
fve-minute recess before opening for hi
client. which was granted. Mr. Wise
who outlined the Case for McCune only
stated that he would cndeavor to prov
that in 1912 Raymond McCune wa
working in Peru. which is notorious 70
its gold.
That he found everywhere indlca
tions OF gold and that he returned e
this country with nothing more thar
this knowledge of the country; tina
McCune met Charles Miller and in
terested him IN a grub stalking
proposition: that he met Judge Davi'
Marvel on the train and spoke OF th'
matter, which was uppermOst in hi
mind; that Judge Marvel grew so IN
! terested in the story that he invte'
McCune TO come to Wilmington AM
present the matter 10 a number o
fnanciers here, among whom, MI
Wise said, was John J. Raskob, one o
the shrewdest men Of this sect on.
Mr.. Wise told how McCuno and
number OF other men formed the Pc
ruvian Exploration Company and hoN
, McCune went to Peru and began hi
| explorations and said that the evi
dences he saw on every side led hiI
D.. 10 believe that the land was not onl
gold bearing. but the place wher
y much OF the lncas gold had been 81
cured
Mr.. Wise went on to say that Mo
y Cune sank pits along the Marano
River and from the samples of cart
70 obtained he was convinced that va.
I deposits Of gold were 10 be found
a bed rock along the river. McCuu
a returned TO the United States with h
a report and as a result the other tu
al NLNl
u SAID that the men interested had pleni
.e OF opportunity 10 check up McCune
n report He said that the devising an
1, formation OF the two subsequent con
IS panios were the devising and form
alton Of the other men interested
le the scheme, not OF McCune or Mile
"a alone
s. Mr.. Wise said that ne would sho
z that the work on the Peruvian felt
y was prosecuted under McCunes dire
~ tion: that there was gold on the pro
erty; that at the time the governme
y, experts sank their pits the water
: the river was high; that he wou
,a show by experts. one Of them FRO
od the Peruvian government. that the
Ia were substantial gold values foul
~ there; that when McCune became co
k. vinced that the gold fields were n
iel pam ng out as he had expected tn
OF would he cabled to the company. a
ic- vising that further work be stopp,
"a thus avoiding additional expense: IN
N no conspiracy between Miller and n
1t- Cune existed
lin No time was lost after Mr.. w
IRE had finished. McCune was called
m the stand. Judge Bradford advis
the defendant that under the laws
old the United States a defendant in
uld case OF this kind could take the v
non ness and only at his own volitiop a
$50 that his desire TO do so must be
avi- pressed in open court Mr.. Wise u
ked asked McCune II Re desired 10 test
rm- McCune answered IN the afirmatl
oh The witness stated that he was
hile years old and had been engaged
SITS. mining operations since he was Z,
ney teen. He stated that he he'd m
ex- many trips TO Peru. and that he
ing employed for a period OF two or N
tho years With the Amazon-Pacihc r