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Show COAL SDOVELER TELLS OF GRAFT Explains on Witness Stand How Western Fuel Company Com-pany Juggled Weights. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 19. When a tub of coal hoisted from the Western West-ern Fuel company's badges svas to be weighed, Philip Gamasi, a shoveler for the company on board the barges has instructions to heap the tub as high as he could with close-packed, fine coal. When the tub was not to be weighed, he was instructed to use coarse coal, aud as little as he thought would pass without complaint. Some times such a bucket would contain only two or three big lumps. In testifying to this effect today, Gamasi said his orders came from the hatch tenders on the barges, particularly par-ticularly trom the boss hatch tender. Hooker. Counsel for the eight officers, directors di-rectors and employes of the company charged with criminal conspiracy Id defraud the government of customs dues by juggling weights endeavored to shake Gamasi's testimony by leading lead-ing him into hypothetical explanations of the motives that might have been behind his instructions. Gamasi was a little uncertain of his ground on this field, but be was positie what his orders had been and that he had executed them. nr |