THE OMAHA DAILY BEJB : SATURDAY , DECEMBER 10 , 1898. 9
HUNT GIVES HIS VERSION
BUtt'i Main Witness in the Eechil Case
Dataili tba Story ,
HOW THE OFFICE BANK WAS CONDUCTED
Chnrcf * of Mnnlpulntlon of Expense
Voucher * nnfl Envelope * with I'er-
anal Cheek * nnd the LlUe Ex
plained bythr Witness.
That Colorado mine In which various ox-
Mnclsls and employes ot the Pacific Express
company arc alleged to be Interested figured
very prominently In the Ilcchol hearing be *
fore Judge Slabaugh yesterday. Although
the Interest * of A. J. Hunt and W. P.
Bechcl In that connection wcro almost con *
stantly before the jury during the greater
part of the afternoon , they have not been
permitted to secure a place In the record ,
but have been made the subject of almost
unending arguments between counsel In re
gard to their Inadmlsalblllty. So well sus
tained were the recriminations of the law
yers on this subject that just before ad
journment the court took occasion to re
mark that while he was disposed to extend
the utmost courtesy /o attorneys that
courtesy had reached Ita limit to a dot.
The mining business came In on the cross-
,1 examination of Andy Hunt , the principal
witness for the state. His testimony went
to show that Bechel had received various
amounts from the company with the con
nivance of the witness , some of which hod
subsequently been made good and others of
"which had never been paid back. On cross-
examination the defense endeavored to show
that during the tlmo when these amounts
were used Hunt was sending largo amounts
of money to assist In the development of this
mine , some of which represented the various
turns which he had asserted went to Bechcl.
To some extent the testimony was allowed ,
but'every question was vigorously objected
to by the county attorney and most ot the
objections were sustained. The court held
that tome connection must first be shown
between these remittances to Colorado and
the Identical sums which were alleged to
have been appropriated by Bechel. The
ll quabble over this evidence was atlll on
when the court adjourned until Monday
morning.
F. M. Powers remained on the stand yes
terday morning for cross-examination and he
testified that In cases In which employes
drew money In cdvnuce they receipted for
the entire amount when they received their
salaries at the tnd of the month. This
was In apparent rebuttal of the proposition
advanced by the state that Bechel's signa
ture on the pay roll was an Indication that
io had drawn his entire salary at the end
of the month and that any amounts that
toe might have received during the month
were not advances of salary. The defense
endeavored to show that the checks that
had been identified on the direct examina
tion were not drawn on the bank In which
Hunt kept the money ot the company , but
the juestkm was not allowed.
Andy Hunt on the Stand.
The state then called A. J. Hunt , who
tostmed that he had been employed by the
express company from 1880 to 1808 , and
Btstod what positions he had held during
that period. Ho took charge of the office
bank In April , 1895. Ho kept money bet -
t longing to that account In his own name
at both the First Notional and Commercial
National banks. .Expense letters were paid
exclusively out ot this account. He Identi
fied the expense envelopes that had been
previously offered In evidence , and also
Bechel's chlrography on each. The gen
eral method of handling the expense ac
counts waa illustrated mainly as It had been
related by previous witnesses.
The witness -said ; that tin 189Sho had
kskid Bechelwhat he should do with the
xponse envelopes , as Bechel had drawn
on him , and was told to charge them to
the refund account The effect of this waste
to re < | uc ths earnings-by the company by
the amounts charged oft. Envelopes from
other offices were alee charged to the re
fund account In cases In which a legitimate
refund was due those offices. In a general
way expensed were charged against the
funds to which they belonged , but In the
cases ot envelopes this was not done , be
cause Bechcl had directed the wit
ness to charge them to the re
fund account. The office bank was
reimbursed for these Items by cash from
the treasury of the company , secured on
refund vouchers. These were In the form
of credit letters , and In some cases the
regularly vouchered amount on the credit
letter was raised In order to cover the
amount ot one of these personal expense
nvlopes. He declared that these credit
Jettons were raised under Instructions from
Bechel , but subsequently admitted that he
assumed the Instructions to raise the credit
letters because Bechel had told him to
charge the envelopes to the refund account.
Did Not Represent Salary.
Continuing , Hunt swore that the amounts
represented by the envelopes drawn on him
by Bechel were in no case deducted from
Bechel's salary. He had not deducted the
amounts because he had been instructed to
charge them to the refund account. Dur
ing 1198 and 1897 he had had conversations
with Beohfel relative to advancing money.
Beobel bad asked him for money
as often as one * a month
and he had given it to him.
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Thcfto payments did not represent salary
and thry were paid from the office bank.
They were tnado by checks or coab , but
were not chnrgcd to Docbel on the books
ot the company , They were covered tip by
raising credit lett ra , ns In the cue of the
cxpcnso envelopes. Ho had never refused
to give Bechel money when he asked for it.
The accounts of the office bank were kept
In the name of Bechel on the books of the
company , -while tbo bank account was kept
in the name ot the witness.
Hunt Identified the three checks that
were offered In evidence on the previous
day and said that ho bad drawn them on
the office bank In favor ot Dcchel , The
amounts bad never been charged to Dechol
and ho had never made th m c ° od to the
company.
At the afternoon session Hunt was ques
tioned In regard to the payment of salaries.
Ho testified that be paid the salaries of
Bechel and of alt the employes of his de
partment. They were paid either In checks
or cash. Advances of salary had been made
to Becbel as frequently as once a month.
Ho had also paid a local building and loan
association $13 a month at Bechel's order ,
as well as a number of other personal bills.
Ho Identified & number of checks on the
Commercial National bank as those which
ha had Issued to Bechel on account of sal
ary and explained the fact that the amounts
were less than the salary by saying that he
had made deductions for money advanced
or on account ot bills that he had paid for
Bechcl , He also Identified s number of au
ditor's drafts on the treasury of the com
pany on account of "salaryW. . P. B. , for
refund" and declared that he had paid
Becbel the money.
llefunded for a Draft.
In the case ot one draft of $1,804.25
Bechel had paid back the money in cash
a day or two after the question of a short
age was discussed by President Morsman.
The payment of the draft was noted on
the cash book and the witness had himself
made a corresponding entry on the classi
fication book In order to make the books
bilance. Otherwise the books would show
that a draft for the amount bad been paid ,
for which there was no voucher. In reply
to further questioning Hunt said that the
draft had been disposed of by a fictitious
entry , the effect of which was to decrease
the earnings ot the company , to that
amount.
The witness was then asked In regard to
the visit ho and Bechel were alleged to
have paW to the express office one evening
In December , 1897. He said he met Bochel
by appointment at the Paxton block , They
wont to the auditor's office , where they
found a number of credit letter stubs and
letters. Ho told Becbel that these were all
be could find. Bechel said : "As far as I
can see th se contain no evidence against
anyone but us. " He assented and then
Bechel eald : "See 'that ' they are never scon
again. " The witness had then taken the
books to the furnace and burned them up.
This ended the direct examination and
Mr. Connell took the witness. In reply tea
a series of questions Hunt stated that
Bechel bad nothing to do with the details
ot the bookkeeping department , wh'lle the
witness was chief bookkeeper from 1S93 to
1897. He admitted that Bechel bad never
given him any specific instructions In re
gard to the expense letters that bad been
offered In evidence. The instructions to
which he had testified on direct examination
were general instructions to charge expense
letters ot that character to the refunded ac
count. These were given a considerable
time before any of the envelopes now in
evidence were drawn. In this connection
the fact was brought out that at the pre
vious hearing Hunt bad testified that Bechtl
had never given him any specific Instruc
tions. In reply to a question he asserted
that Bechel had Instructed him to make
fatso and fictitious entries in the books.
When asked if be bad not testified on the
previous bearing test Bechel had never
donenythingof the kind , be said h could
not recollect , and added that bis memory
was not'very ' good in regard to these trans
actions.
Taking the bunch of expense envelopes
that bad previously figured In the evidence ,
the witness was asked whether ihe knew
what the money was used for. He answered
In the negative In each case and stated that ,
as far a * he knew , It'was used for a proper
purpose. He admitted that on at least one
occasion bo had accepted an expense en
velope from Becbel on account of bis war
rant for salary as councilman and had sub
sequently taken up the warrant and op-
plle'd ' tbo proceeds to offset the expense.
Burned Them Hlntielf.
Referring to the testimony relative to de
stroying the credit letters , the defense
again brought up Hunt's 'testimony on the
previous hearing to show that this evidence
was brought out on cross-examination and
not otherwise. Hunt stated positively that
the letters had been destroyed by himself
and not by Bechel. He had wrapped them
In a newspaper In bis own office , taken
them home snd burned them. Becbel was
In another office when the letters were
wrapped up.
In regard to the fictitious entry ot $1,804.25
In the classification book , the witness ad
mitted that , bo food made the entry of bis
own accord. Ho bad never received instruc
tions to that effect from Becbel. Ho en
tered the amount ss $1,891.75 , or In excess
ot tbo draft. In reply to direct questions
he said that he know that it was a wrongful
entry , that he bad made it himself and
that Bechel had nothing to do with It. Re
had given the money to Bechel In amounts
of $6 < V ) , | 400 and $800 , had not taken a re
ceipt or made an entry of any sort , either
on 'the books of the company or hla own
private books. In this connection the de
fense emphasized the statement of the wit-
nees that the funds ot the office bank were
deposited in his name and Bechel could
not draw out a dollar himself.
Hunt's testimony In the preliminary hear
ing was again invoked , and he said that at
that time he bad testified that the $400
draft was drawn by hlmseK , signed and en
dorsed by himself and the money drawn
by himself without Bechel's knowledge , and
that he could have used 'the money to pay
bis grocery or meat bills and the amount
would have been charged against Bechel on
the books ot the express company.
Hunt' * Personal Account.
The defense then attacked Hunt's state
ment that the funds of the office bank wore
kept in two banks. It brought out
the admission from the witness that he
drew checks for bis grocery bills or for other
personal expenditures on the Commercial
bank and never on the First National
bank. He further stated that the checks be
had drawn In favor of Bechel were drawn
on the Commercial National account and
there was nothing to show thst they had
any connection with tbe business of tha
company. Mr. Connell tried to induce Hunt
to admit that be bad given Becbel these
checks to be applied on a mining scheme
in Colorado in which they were mutually
Interested , but tbo only answer he could
get was that be did not know. He ad
mitted that he was interested in the mine ,
but denied that Bschel bad taken the
checks on bis representation that he bad
money coming soon from tbe estate ot a
relative.
The defense then went Into the mining af
fair at some length. Hunt said that the
enterprise was known as the Lucy Mining
and Milling company , ot which Bechel was
president , O , P. Oardntr vice president and
blmselt secretary and treasurer. He bad
told Becbet that he could obtain money
from on aunt , but had not added that be
was willing to use tbe money to develop
the mine if one-third of the stock were
turned over to him. The query whether be
had not In an office In Denver said In tha
presence of certain witnesses that be had
put $14,000 or $15,000 In the mine , that he
had put up all the money tint was ex
pended , as Bechel had none , was ruled out
as Immaterial. A number of other ques
tions relative to specific amounts sent at
various times wcro also knocked out by ob
jections.
MOIlTflAGKH ON U1VU11UWN CHOPS.
Another Nice Paint In I.air Hnlncd by
A nnnk nni > n Partner.
A case of considerable Interest to farmers ,
bankers and loaners ot money generally Is
under advisement by Judge Powell and a
decision may be rendered Monday. It l
the chattel mortgage foreclosure sul-
brought by Banker Abram Castetter ot
Blair against a young farmer , William Suth
erland , whose place la near that city. The
chief point Involved Is us to the validity
of a verbal chattel mortgage given on a
crop which had not yet been sown. Suth
erland's defense Is that there Is no mort
gage to foreclose because at the tlmo the
arrangement was entered Into between him
and Castetter there was nothing to mort
gage.
Sutherland Is said by Castetter to bo in
debted to him to a very considerable amount
before the last deal. Through a flro bo suf
fered 'the loss of bis barn , some horses and
wagons and various farm machinery and
Implements. According to the story of the
banker Sutherland wont to him and arranged
for Costotter to let him have enough mono ?
to purchase now horses , wagons and ma
chlnery and to supply him with provisions
for bis family and seed wheat and oats.
Castottcr agreed to do this If he would
glvohlm a chattel mortgage on the teams
and 'wagons purchased and his coming crop.
Sutherland gave him a promse to this ef
fect.
fect.This
This somewhat lax agreement ran along
smoothly enough until it was > charged that
some ot the checks drawn by Sutherland
onlthe bank were for other purposes than
those specified in the agreement. The bank
refused to let him have any more money and
Castetter in an action got possession of the
teams , wagons and Implements purchased
and foreclosure proceedings were com
menced on his crop ( by this time grown )
and bis new llvo stock.
YVhalen-KItchen Case Submitted.
Judge Scott is to decide the Whalen-
Kltchen controversy over Paxton hotel
stock this morning.
The two Whalen boya now live with their
mother , Mrs. Lizzie Whalen , at Melrose ,
la. When Ralph Kitchen died in 1890 he
left to each of the two boys , Herbert and
Wallace , $10,000 worth of stock In the
Kitchen Brothers' Hotel company and a 195-
acre farm In Lcavenwortb county , Kansas.
James B. Kitchen was made the executor
ot the will.
The particular provision covering this re
quest was that Mr. Kitchen could exercise
the option within three years , either of let
ting tbo boys have tbo stock or of turning
ov r to each of them $10,000 In cash. The
stock was In time made over to them , but
their attorney , W. D. Beckett , in whose
name the suit was brought * their next
friend , has contended that it was not done
so until the three years had passed. The
farm , w nt to Mrs , Whalen.
Argument was concluded yesterday after
noon. In behalf ot the defendants It was
claimed by John C. Cowln , their legal rep
resentative , that so long as the spirit of
the bequest was carried out tbe mere Item
ot time was not material. It was also urged
during the progress of the case that in the
reorganization ot the Kitchen Brothers' Ho
tel company all the parties interested , in
cluding the Whalen boys , acquiesced.
Madeline Mcbol * Get * Damave * .
The Jury In Judge Powell's court returned
a verdict yesterday afternoon for the entire
sum asked by 12-year-old Madeline Nichols
In her action for damages against Thomss
Murray of South Omaha , namely , $500. The
suit bad been brought in the name ot the
girl's father , John C. Nichols , a Union Pa
cific passenger brakeman , &n < f the damages
were claimed because of injuries suffered
by tbe girl on account of one of Murray's
teams running Into her In April , two years
ago , while It was being driven by one of
his men , Smith Garland , through an alley
back ot the Brown school.
There were two Important questions In
volved. One was a test ot a maater's lia
bility for tbe acts of a servant and the other
was the immaturity of tbe girl In any sup
position of contributory negligence. The
court's instructions on these two points left
the whole matter to be settled by the Jury.
On tbe former Judge Powell said If the
driving of the team at the time of the acci
dent was found to have been within tbo
scope of Garland's employment by Murray
the question of liability would be estab
lished , and , as to contributory negligence ,
maturity and a certain degree of Intelligence
would have to bo presupposed. The girl
being only 10 years old at the time , her age
had to be taken Into consideration.
Divorce Salt * . >
Whether any alarming stimulus will be
received by divorce circles from a declara
tion made by Judge Scott yesterday after
noon remains to be seen. The evidence Jn
the action of Jessie McKnlght agalnot
Oeorge W. McKnlght waa being taken. Mrs.
McKnlght told how her husband had Ill-
treated her while they lived on Forty-second
street near Pierce , and that be had failed
to contribute to her support for going on
two years and had finally been sent to the
, penitentiary for counterfeiting. The Judge
then turned to a male witness and asked :
"What do you know about It ? " "I know
that he slapped this woman , " the witness
answered. "Decree , cruelty and nonsupport -
port , " thundered the Judge ; "It Is a rule of
this court that if any man slaps his wife
she is entitled to a divorce. " Tbe Mc-
McKnlgbts were married in this city nine
years ago.
Minnie Lewis was also allowed a divorce
from Noah Lewis for cruelty and uonsup-
port. Her husband was a barber. Their
marriage occurred In Council Bluffs three
years ago. She has an 8-year-old son by a
former husband , but she said she did not
know what had become of the boy.
Traded Heal Entute for Orocerle * .
Over a day ot Judge Baker's time has
been consumed In the trial of a case In-
volvlng the proprietorship of a South Park
avenue grocery stock and tbe title to two
lots in Vllllsca , on Iowa town.
Tbo suit arose out of a deal entered into
a year ago between Martha J. Oxford and
James E. Rail by which Rail was to swap
bis Iowa real estate for Mrs. Oxford's gro-
eery stock. Mrs. Oxford brought an action
In a Justice court to recover on a chattel
mortgage given her by Rail and the case
eventually found Us way into the district
court.
According to tbe representations made by
Rail bis bargain waa struck with Alfred R.
Oxford , the husband of tbe plaintiff. He
considered bis two lots In Vllllsca worth
$2,500 , save that he bad a mortgage on
them for $1,000. Being only a mechanic , so
the story goes , he did not know much about
groceries ; hence It did not dawn upon htm
until ho was fairly launched Into the gro.
eery business that the. Oxford stock waa
worth only $700. Ho therefore brings a
counter claim ( or the difference between
the $700 worth of groceries and the $1,500
worth of realty title. The case Is now
In the jury's hands.
-
Llnton MartKftfiD Cane liars Over.
The Llnton mortgage case has gone over
until the 28th. Both Mrs. Phoebe R. E. E.
Llnton and her husband , Adolphua Freder
ick Llnton , are In the city. Mr. Llnton was
the stand for a short white yesterday
ornoon , but he was not allowed to go be
yond the record of the trial In Judge Fer
guson's court and the eventual appeal to
the eupreemo court.
Ono ot the claims made by the Llntons
was that certain San Sebastian nitrate stock
bad been applied on the 10,000 mortgage
given to the English banking concern ot
Brown , Jansen & Co. on the fifty acres west
of Hanscom park. His Attorneys wcro anx
ious to bring out this point , but Judge Faw-
cott held him down to the record , as no
showing could bo made of any payments
since the case was tried by Judge Fergu
son.
son.Tho matter will be argued on Its merits
on the 28th and an order win follow In
accordance with the Judgment of the supreme
premo court.
Some Criminal Case * Ulmulised.
Judge Keysor did a little criminal busi
ness yesterday. A batch Of city coses have
been on the docket for some time and
City Prosecutor Miller made up his mind
they had been there long enough. Thir
teen of them wore accordingly dismissed on
Mr. Miller's motions. The reason given for
this was that the complaining witnesses
could not bo found and ihe cases would fall
through by default.
Two of the case * were against Kitty
Owens , who has been giving the- police
considerable trouble. She was charged
with being an Inmate of a questionable
place and with assault and battery. The
other cases were against Allco Gordon ,
Georgia Russell , Nell Shannon , Ida Young
and Mary King , for various offenses against
sound morals ; Annie Nelson , for vagrancy ;
Max Ooodman , John Simon and Thomas
Flrney , for disturbing the peace ; Georgia
Jackson for the too free use of a pistol , and
Loren Porter for assault and battery.
BrlnRlnff In 1'rlnoner * .
The deputies in the office of Marshal
Thummel are beginning to gather In the
parties recently Indicted by the grand jury.
Deputy Allen has returned from the Wlnne-
bago reservation , bringing with him James
Nobles and John Crow , two Indians charged
with introducing liquor upon the reservation
and also with selling the same to the In
diana. Deputy Ackerman has returned from
the north end of Holt county , having James
and Fanny Green In custody , both ot whom
I i are charged with Interfering with the trans-
1 mission of mall and delaying a mall carrier
1 while engaged In the discharge of his duties.
In this case the road which was usually
traveled passed over the land owned by the
prisoners. It Is said that last fall they re
fused to permit the mall carrier to travel
over this particular road.
Juror' * Overcoat Stolen.
Joseph Kelsey , one of the jurors In th
McCarty case , on trial in United States
court , la minus an overcoat. The garment
was hanging on the rack In the main court
room yesterday and when he went to get It
at the evening recess It was gone. Mr. Kelaey
Is of the opinion that some thief picked up
the coat and took it with , him when he left
the room.
Iltnored the License Law.
Deputy Marshal Kelm-'camo In from Au
burn last night , bringing 'Bernard Dourch-
kolb , Indicted on the charge of having sold
.liquor without , having , insured the required
authority from -the United ? States ,
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Notes of the ! Courts.
Notice has been glventhat' the action of
Henry Coombs to test ttie garbage contract
between the city and Alexander MacDonald -
ald will be called up before Judge Scott
this morning.
Judge Scott will call up the International
dining hall case for final determination this
morning. This Is the case of the restaurant
near the exposition that went into the
hands of a receiver and over which three
sets of creditors have been fighting.
A temporary injunction , until further or
ders of 'the court , was granted to the Rlley-
Hubbard company against the Automatic
Gas Lamp company and others yesterday to
prevent the sale of territory claimed by
the plaintiff concern.
A. C. Raymcr has been awarded a judg
ment by Justice Foster for $115.64 against
the German Village company and Joseph L.
Baker and John C. Whlpplo. The amount
rcpresentes a hardware bill.
J. J. Gibson has filed a complaint against
William C. Dickey for having fallod to Dlo
a certificate of copartnership according to
the provisions of the law. A hearing will
be had next'week in Justice Foster's court.
Shafts ; Gets a Diploma.
City Electrician Shurlg has been presented
with a diploma and medal by the Trans-
mlssisslppl Exposition company for the work
he did last summer on the exposition
grounds. Both medal and diploma state
that .they .were awarded "for valuable serv
ices. " The city electrician consequently
possesses the only exposition medal awarded
to any city official.
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DETECTIVE TELLS HIS STORY
Detailed Account of How the McOarty Mint
Waa Finally Shut Down ,
WORKED WELL WITH THE COUNTERFEITERS
Agent of the Secret Service Gets In
with the Coiner * anil Doc * n Good
linftlncuM Until the Time
for ArreBt Arrive * .
The trial of the case of the United States
against John McCarty and John Brown was
resumed bcfro Judge Munger and a Jury In
the United States court , with Austin V. Burk
stilt on the stand. Upon the convening of
court , the attorneys for < the defendants
moved to strike out the testimony of the
witness , alleging that having been convicted
of crime and sentenced to a term In'the
United States penitentiary , he could not be
given ciedcnce. Assistant United States At
torney Rush , for the government , explained
that while It was true that Burk had been
sent to the penitentiary , he had been par
doned by President McKlnley and restored to
citizenship.
It seems that some years ago Burk was ac
quainted with a counterfeiter. This man left
the state and afterward wrote to Burk , re
questing him to go to a certain place and
secure the tools used in making the bad
money and ship them to him. Burk
did this and was afterward Indicted on
on the charge of having tools for making
counterfeit coin in his possession. ' As soon
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as Burk heard of the action ot the grand
jury be came to Omaha , gave himself up ,
pleaded guilty and received his sentence.
The motion to strike was overruled.
Doiincla Get * In the Game.
Witness testified that on Juno 16 of the
present year , while In the employment of
the government , he visited John McCarthy's
home in Sarpy county , and there was shown
the .dies and plant for making counterfeit
money. The next day ho sold he bought a
quantity of coin from John McCarty and
that the delivery was made at a saloon at
Twenty-fourth and L streets , South Omaha.
Upon this occasion Agent Donnela ot the
United States secret service department was
Introduced to McCarty and Brown as a man
who could be trusted and who wanted some
of the spurious coin to take Into Iowa.
Twelve of the bad dollars were delivered ,
Donnola paying for the same the sum of
$ 3. At this meeting It was arranged that Mc
Carty and Brown should bring up another
lot on the following Saturday. Donnela , who
had been Introduced OB Roth , an ex-convict
suggesting that he could use at least fifty
of the counterfeit , dollars. At this time
McCarty cautioned Donnela about going Into
Iowa , saying , "They give counterfeiters
h 11 over there. "
On Juno 3 Burk testified that , acting
under Instructions , ho visited tbo McCarty
premises , near Bellevue , and asked for more
counterfeit coin , aaylng he was getting rid
of that he had previously purchased. To
tha | McCarty and Brown replied that they
had none of the counterfeit coin on hand ,
but would make some , whereupon they In
vited Burk to go .along , and conducted him
Into a clump of willows , ICO or 200 yards
from McCarty'e house , whcro they started
n fire and melted up a lot of material
which they made Into dollars , McCarty
handling the dies and Brown doing th
finishing. While there McCarty and Brown
made fifteen of these dollars , which were
turned over to the witness , and which -wen
Identified , by him while on th witness
stand. In giving his testimony Burk
stated that Brown plated the bad dollars'
by dipping them In a solution , and then
rubbing them down to give thsm the re
quired polish and genuine appearance.
\Vhen the Arret W Made.
On June 25 , 1898 , both John McCarty and
John Brown wera arrested at a saloon at
Twenty-fourth and F streets , South Omaha.
An arrangement had been made by which
Burk was to meet them there on that day
and a further arrangement had been made
between other secret service men and tha
Omaha police that the two men were to bo
arrested when < the signal was given. The
two alleged counterfeiters drove up to the
saloon and were greeted by Burk , who in
vited them Into the ealoon to take a drink.
When once inside they were arrested and
brought to this city. After the arrest tha
witness testified that he , with other officers ,
drove to the McCarty home , searched tha
house and found a lot of plaster And metal ,
after which they went to the brush , where
the counterfeit money bad been previously
made , and there , burled in the sand , found
the dies and other Implements used In coin
ing.
ing.At
At the afternoon session ot court the
cross-examination of Burk was concluded
and S. A. Donnela called by the United
States. He recited the facts In connection
with the arrest of John McCarty end John
Brown , corroborating the evidence given by
Burk.
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Speaking About Christmas
And Christmas presents there are
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