, 1873-02-19
No NONSENSE THIS TIME.
Examination Of the Alleged Tree
mont House Robbers.
An Honest Justice Places Their Bail
ut $4,000 Each for Trial.

An Honest Justice Places Their Bail
ut R1O, 900 Each for Trial.
9Jamon Il. Barron and Ignatiua soloon, tho two
nlon who woro arrohtoa Bomo days ago on we'll
grounded anRpiclon OF having committed tic
Iromont House jowelry robbery were arraignod
boforc JnBtioo scully, at GB private Office, ycs-
torday afternoon. Thoy woro brought into tho
Court-room handcuffod to each other, and sur
rounded by squad Of ton policemen, In order
to prevent tho occurrence Of such another dis
graceful soono as TINT Mt Justice vau't WoudB
Office the other day. Tho usual number Of Jus
tlco Court hnnger'e-on, and lot Of ill-fayored
PERSONS who appeared to be friends Of tho pris-
onoEs, wero Ia attendnnoa.
Two lawyers, named Trude and Jonckes. de-
tondod the alleged robbers, and tho people woro
represented by General stilos, City Attorney
Alr. Trude rcad an affidavit, sworn to by Bar
ron, In which It was Bot forth that material wit
nosses for tho dofonco could not DO procured for
eomo time-probably a week-as thoy were OUT
Of tho city. Those Witnesses would prove that
in Ills poSaosson In the orna9y y"e eoareo eooe of
trade. It was alHo aot forth that tho defendants
had beon kept In Buch close custody and confuo~
ment 1e1 at Police g Headquarters since the dato Of
sHtN AlAebt, tLdb luGlr C0uuE9l could hot SOC
thom, and that the superintendent Of Pollco
would not give tho counsel my information con-
cerning the naturossof tho charge upon which
they wore imprisoned The nature Of tho charge
making ont thu affidavit. Tor tleao reasone,
md Especially for tho reason that important
Witnesses VIII for tho defenee wore nbsont from tho
o1ty, tho prisoner nske1 for continuance and
thc amount of bnil be fixed. Tho defenco did
not deem 1t wise to give tho naInos Of tho Wit
noshes Who Wero expected to prove tho inno-
conco OF tho acouBcd, aB the police authorities
would afrost them, aud put them out Of tho
WY.
General Stiles replied that It was absolutely
nocoBsary to givo the names Of the Witnesses
whose evidence It was desirable to procure,
The material facts in tho affidavit should be
statea in such manner TINT. If thoy were proved
false, prosecution for perjury might bs had,
The real object of tho continuance vaH to act
the g, men out on bail. Tho refusal Of tho Ch1ei
could not be used as an nrgumont In favor Of
o continuance. If tho Chief OF Police acted IN
that manner, ho acted unlawfully and the coun-
sol knew what steps to take In order to secure
conference with the prisoners. The affidavit wua,
not Rufletont canBe for continuance.
The Court fully conourred in tho opinions Of
the City Attorney, and decided not to grant q
Tho prisoner Barron and his ATTORNEYS nut
their heads together, and hold twenty ninutes'
consultation. Tho result was MI duplication for
chango Of pe'.e, which, according
e a1 . MI matter ad9 o ago naS e. "Sgstns pEsasss
aid not think that " would DO proper for thom
to DO tried by magistrate whom they had onco
believed Incapable or unwilling to give them
Tho nocoaaary papers were made ont, and tho
prisoners and spectators moved ovor to the ofIlGo
Of Justice sturtovant, which Is located In tho
snmo building with that Of Justice soully, The
wore examined without further delay.
mir. lsnae R1ille, tlo travelling salesman who
WAS robbed, testified as to tho nature of the
goods Which were taken from Kim. aud their
Ynlue, They were worth botwoen $15GOO and
sao,ooo md wore stolen from bis room in The
Tromont House while ho VAS at tea. The reon
had been broken into and his trunk brokon open.
Some days afterward ho found and identified
some Of Ills property In the Btore Of Giles i Bro
h1r. ". A. Giieu, ono Of tho firm Of Giles 4
Bro, towollors, testified but all the important
portions OF his ovidonce ts given in that Of Mr.
philo scoAeld, to whose shrowdness and ingonu-
lily the arroHt Of the supposed robbers and tho
recovery Of about one-quarter Of tho missing
! property arc due. Mr.. Scoleld said ho yvaa
travelling salesman for Wholesale jowelry
\ house in New York. He mot Schoen, ono of tho
State street, q weeS ago lust Wednesday, ss hight,
and was told by him that he (9ehoon) had q lot
Of chains to soil at bargain. Witness made an
hiadlson atreet, bakery or RESTAURANT, and
went there In company with another jevelry
.nan named Marks. schoen was. promptly Oh
hand, but, after o few minutes conversation,
wont away, exeuaing himsolf. He returned In d
| short timo and said that tho person who had the
| chnina would not lat them ha seen, Just ut
that time. An appointment was then made tor
next day, at 2 o'clock In the afternoon. Witness,
accompanied by schoon and a man named King
(whom he identified Us tho 'priaoner Barron),
want to house on Reuben atreat. They en-
tered without knocking or ringing, md King,
alias Barron, spoke to somo person in back
ROOM. The 1owolry was then Displayed. Wit
noss Immediately recognized It by the. mark
mud manufacture, but said nothing that would
lead tile others to suppose that ho made ouch d
discovery. king, alias Barron, nsked 65 oenta
about half tho value. He also told witnees
that ho - could soil him larger and
more valuable lot OF jewelry, Witness
-aid t1 not rot have @ r., any 3 mensy With him =, e
the same afternoon. It was agfood that he md
schoen should 60 down town, aud that thc:1atter
should wait outside while the former borrowed
They wero thcn to ropair to tho corner Of Peoria
and Adams streets, ind mako the exchange with
King, alias Darron. For his SERVICES Schoen was
to receive 8a0o. gold chain, and be' assisted to
went to Giles, and the former waited outside
wliio the Inter nude the negotiation for money.
, nB it was supposed. Witness met Mr, Giles aud
Detective Tyrrell In tho atorc5 by previous ap-
rangomone made with King, alias barron, and
! Bcloon, wont to the corner of Peoria and Ad-
an,s streets, as agreed, and thoro met King, alias
Barron. Ha had paekago Of jewolry withhIu,
tic value OF tho property stolen from Mr.. Mills.
Detective Tyrroll and AIr, Gilea followed to the
meoting place, and tho supposed robboIa wort
taken into custody, not, however, bofoso Barron
!, attempted to drivo away III buggy, and sohoe1
, sought to run off with the jowolry. ." i.
General 6tilea aaid he had no furthor tcstt
; mony to offer, and asked TINT tho bail Of tht
: prisoners be fixed at sum approxlmatIng tht
value Of tho property etolon from Mr.. h1ills, al
1t WAS more than probable that thoy Ind stole1
( | all of It.
' Mr.. Trudo said that tioro Ind been no evi
del,ce atiilucel to provo that tho defendants hnt
, committed lalcony- They only rested under ths
, suspicion OF having received stolen property
knowing the samo to bo stolen. and the bal
should 30 fixed accordingly. Ho had no testi
,, mouy to offer just then, and did not care abou
: oross.oxamining tho witnessea for tho people,
Tho Court took tho sa1ne view Of the case tina
General stilos did, and placed the prisoners hai
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