Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-05-27
his little Lucy standing by the barrister's

DeSSeS. ne claimant 81 tie aitCieS,
the waiter, tle boots, and the oar-malu
al the inn, were al! called TO prove tna'
John Heuthorn must have been the
thief. IL appeared that John had been
in the hsbit Of frequenting the I" Blue
Boar" in the hope of meeting with seme
employment, as the Blue Boar was
a rendezvous for persons seeking tutors,
travellers, agents, etc. The claimant eii
the goods was described as commercial
Traveller: he had met the prisoner at the
inn. and had had some conversation
with him. He deposed to having Iost
his watch and other articles; he gave
| the number of the notes, and identified
the watch and jeweiry.
The boots, bar-maid, and waiter were
called to prove that the first witness nad
a watch when he arrived at the Blue
Boar The waiter noticed II pertlcu-
lar" as the clock in the commercial
room had stopped, and he had asked
the gentleman to be SO good as TO give
him the hexack time.
The bar-maiI proved that the COM
merciaI gentleman and the prisoner had
! talked q long time together at the Gar
that the commercial gentleman had
taken a few glasses of spirits, and had
gone straight to bed, afteI John Hen
thorne had left the inn.
Was the commercial gentleman in
toxicated?"
mo. sir. not that ;.but he was care
Iess-Iike in his manner when he baoe
the prisoner goodnight"
when did the gentleman first men-
ton his loss?"
"Wheu he came down the next morn
ing"
Police constable 113 z was called to
prove that the watch and other articles
were found by him st the prisoners
lodgings, No. 137 Little Zebedee street.
| While these witnesses were being ex-
amined, an old gentleman had made his
way into the court. He now sat beside
Edmund Carew; he wore large pair of
gold spsctacles, from beneath which
there beamed large pair of benevolent
looking eyes. He never looked about
him, but kept his eyes fixed on the wit
nesses, as one by one they filled into the
box.
Edmund Carew cross examined the
witnesses for the prosecution. His in
terest was reused; he was working for
another his own troubles were forgot-
ten. others beside himself were friend
less: it was a new joy to him to find
some one whom he, helpless and useless,
could befriend He threw his whole
mind into the case, and he cross-exam-
ined with keenness and vigor, and the
parchment-faced attorneys nodded now
and then at one another.
Mr.. Ebenezer Grantlost his nonchs-
liant manner and his tone of supercilious
indifference, as the young barrIster
pressed home few pointed questions
The bar-maid ceased TO be coquettish,
and the waiter to be positive.
j Finally. the barrister declared his in
Itention of calling witnesses for the de-
fense, and began by calling upon MIR.
Blenkinsopp.
When Mr.. Blenkinsopp entered the
box, poor John Henthorn gave way al
together. He leaned forward, buried
his face in his hands, and sobbed; and
| Mr.. Blenkinsepp's voice trembled a lit
tie as he described himself as the senior
partner in the firm of Blenkinsopp, Fus-
| sci & Fudge, attorneys. He identified
the watch and notes, and other articles,
as his own. He deposed TO having given
them into the chargeof the prisoner on
the afternoon of the day on which the
robbery was alleged to have been com
mitted.
Would he tell the court the circum-
stances under which he had intrusted
these articles to the prisoner?
Yes. He was summoned on the day
he spoke of to attend large and impor-
tant meeting in the city. He left bis
office about noon, and on his way to the
place of meeting he turned into the
Blue Boar" to get some lunch. be
met the prisoner in the common room;
rot into conversation with him. While
there he discovered that he had brought
his watch, and notes of value, and some
few trinkets with him he had done SO
uninteptional as he made it an in
variable rule to leave all articles of value
behind him when he attended public
meetings; he gave them to the prisoner
to take charge of.
Did you tell the eprisoneryour manner"
"No.n
How were you to receive your pro-
perty?"
ii agreed to call at the prisoners
lodgings in Zehedee street"
Ibid you call there?"
Yes; and heard from the landlady
that Mr. Henthorn had been arrested"
The counsel fol the prosecution Lere
asked question. Excuse me, Mr..
| Blenkinsopp, was it not rather foolish
thing to intrust such valuable property
10 a total strangerw
Mot when you have studied men and
their faces as long as have An hon
est man carries his characterinh his face"
The matchmaker was called to prove
that he sold the watch to Mr.. Blenkin-
sopp about a month previously.
A clerk from Mr.. BlenkinsOpp's office
/ was called to witness the numbers Ofthe
notes, which had been drawn from the
bank early ON the day before the robbery,
and the numbers entered in his private
pocket-book, according to custom.
| Mr Ehopa1Ar WOnl ri GLADLY " have
closed the trial at this stage, but his pa
thence was doomed to a further trial.
An inspector of the detective force
was called, and he gave evidence as to
the character of Mr.. Ebenezer Grant,
and in the course of it, u slight history
Of the commercial travellers career came
10 light. He was traveller, but the
| irm for which he travelled was not to be
found in the Directory. Before he left
the court, he was arrested on more than
one charge, and there was some talk of
indicting him for perjury.
John Henthron was acquitted, of
course, and he and little Lucy were in
vited, together with Edmund Carew. to
dine with old Mr.. Blenkinsopp. And
then John HenthOrr told his story
After receiving the watch and notes, he
remained at the. Blue Boar" in the
nope of hearing of some employment
/ While waiting, he met Mr.. EbenezerI
! Grant, who had been most affable and
.nost prodigal of his promise to get John
employment. John admitted that he
was very much taken with his compan-
ion, and that he had confided to much
| to him he showed him the watch and
the notes; and Mr.. Ebenezer Grant had
taken a great deal of interest in the
story, and had examined the watch and
the notes, and pronounced on the quality
of both. He had endeavored to persuade
John to give them up te him to keep
he had declared he knew the old gentle
man quite well; and When he found
that this tack was unsuccessful, he made
| hints which John did not understand