Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-03
Continued frem Yesterday

u @. Well, those receipts are there
/ the ones you have here, or the ones
u in the safe depesite box?
n A. No, have no receipts in the saft
deposit box, they are in the safe, ans
III have the, receipts that came in ths
I regular channel. / think. l have col
lected some fines and got the receipts
4 from the city clerk and the occupation
I license and things like that.
@. Are there any more duplicate re-
ceipt books?
/ 4. | don't know whether l have 0,
not. / think there was one or tive
more there.
Q.Will you make search and pro
duce them to the grand jury tomor
row?
A. Yes, sir.
Mr.. Simon: H. will ask the secretary
to mark these two books.
Grand jury adjourned to $3.50, Jan
uary Z, 1920.
January q, 1920.
c. r. HILL being recalled, testified
as follows:
\ Examination by Mr.. Simon.
Q. 1 believe you said yesterday that
] books. have you those books?
A. Yes, sir.
4 Q. Are these the onesS
A. Yes, sir.
Q. In this book, is this your hand
/ writing or, your sons?
A, That is mine.
@. And the &C. B. Hill" this is writ
ten in sort of swinging style. Is
your son's?
A. Yes, sir
Mr.. Simon: l would like to have
this book marked by the secretary for
identification.
Q. And this is a package of receipts
which you have produced
| A. Yes sir. that is all the receipts
| lust had them in there and | brought
the whole thing down.
@. Receipts from the city clerk?
A. Yes, sir.
Mr.. Simon: We would like to have
that marked at the present time. :
A. You haven't any more blank
receipt books have you?
+ A. None that / could find, no, sir.
@. You state then at this time that
those are the only receipt books in ex-
other they were destroyed?
A. Well, did not go through all the
old records in the vault but that is all
think that we have used around the
office there. May make a statement
gentlemen, to You fellows while | am
| IN here. l just want to talk to you
gentlemen a, minute. am mighty
near a stranger in this country and ]
have heard rumors of all kinds. don't
know how many is a fact and how
| many are not. In the first place, in
regard to Mr.. Hyde. Now, / noticed
in the newspaper last night state
ment of mighty near the facts as
told it. went to San Diego last
Sunday morning on court marshal
of deserter at Fort Rosecrans and
1 came back Tuesday. and think either
\ Wednesday or Thursday Mr.. Ridg-
/ way came to me and told me he knew
z little girl over on Broadway, and
my man was shaking her down more
than she could stand for, and he says
Il don't believe you know it, thought
would tell you" and l says "Mr
I RidgWay | do not know it, and / am
certainly glad you came and told me-
I ana tNe HeAt UiOTNiHy WI. I1'uc CAME
down l called him in and told him the
statement that Mr.. Ridgway told me
| and saws "go in and get your money
/ and of course he tried to deny it, and |
! says ''it is alright. you know l would
4 not stand for anything like that" and
| he went in and got his money. and
the next thing | see that the police
department had tipped off the raid
here in this town. Now, gentlemen.
| take the newspapers word and the
district attorneys word. how in the
1 name of God can know it. did not
| know it until the next morning when
4 Miss Hemingway came to the office
1 and says "have you seen the paper?''
/ and 1 says "no." and she says "you
ought to see it." and l went out and
got it, and that is all know about
the raid. ] did not know it until that
minute. / have been a Judge at home
| for the last Is years, and wbuld not
make this statement. gentlemen. but
l am stranger and have heard nu-
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