Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-10-09

rings were then exhibited 10 witness iHcse
are the same rings; the name oi the nian
was EhrlIch; the rings nave been IN my
possession ever since | asked Mr.. Paair 10
! write It's name at the jail tue next morning
| after our return from Boston he did s.;
/ he WAS asked u writs E. F Smith, 81.
/ Adams - be did 81. Witness here pro-
/ duced au irreg uiarly shaped piece oi paper
I on which We're written the names referred
+ to.l i saw the witness write those names
they were written In my presence.
Cross-exanined: Don't know how large
a city Is Providence think 1t i cIIy oil
mere than 100 900; Phair described the de-
pot and manurr OF running the trans cor
recIiy ; we lever found the pm anu ear
drops nor any money ; searched LOT tuein
as thoroughly a> We could.
James q. Pierce sirOrn MY place 0,
business Is No IS Howard street. Boston /
keep pawnbroker'- shop; | have seen
this paper (the receipt) was present when
il was made June 10 the property mea-
toned was a shawl and pair Of opera : lass
es; The sha wi and opera glasses were mere
shown witness think these are tue same
glasses was not present when the things
went oct OF my store; when the goods were
pawned my clerk, MY boy, and man
l named Livingston were present the prs
oner looks 10 me 10 be the same person no
| pawned the goods has the Appearance oil
being the same man the party ca-ne in anu
| took the shawl out IRON valise nc want
ed SO on it said lady III the Adams
House wanted SO TO get home; SAID
would give him s. on il; he then wanted
$40 ON the opera glasses; fnaily took SO
on both said the lady would send after
the goods II not be would take the glasses;
il was a small yaise; he had some other
/ things in IT, black vallse was then
shown t. the witness That Is similar
yaliss TO his | think It Is the same saw
! him afterwards on the corner oil HO"dfl
ard Court streets; called Isaac Smiln az
tention 10 him the man va dressed IN grey
suIt and kOs,uth bat; he wore iGOastache
and goatee; | looked him over when he
came in because | sometimes get stolen
goods; what called my attention 10 hun
was tue story about the CIR! at the Adams
House.
Cross-examined Ny clerk filed out the
contract his name was SGazey he Is now
in Boston was near 10 him when be was
filing out the receipt nave from a zen
t. fjlJy customers a day my etteGuin was
called to The matter again when the goods
I were taken away: 1t was Jane 10 some
DAYS have ffty customers can describe
/ the men VINO have done business with ne
BIZ looking over my book don remember
oi ever ma , ~, 80 - &c =, R-,t
! laud there vas nothing particular about
/ his drtss the shawl look Ike the one leit
Al nv place the glasses look ike the ones
handed me think | could pick the opera
glasses out Of dozen pairs but not the
shawl think by looking at tie pawn ticE-
et- could call Up others who di1 blotness
'"a' e'9 - 5..s,,-i-tsts l.are
- ~ ~, e-.-,..r.
osen IL the nos '1s'' aO'1' i''' e"'s
Morris LrHgsl0H SV0F"' Live ID
ton , aul cealer ia eio.Hts Ano" D.
Pierce was 10 hi store la = "ns last anu
SAW THE TRANSACTION between /. Smi'u
AID Z erce ear idenuy Smith : ne cau-e
10 aud wanted SO on shawl ana i e,oe
would otlN give hun Go on a suA Al ard
pan 90 "ucit -lt-~e- : Gee 10 tNe .n"ii'1
aud ~ ni oats looked al hiin pretty close
re -aIi ifat ticru - d. a lady Nh1 waited
tHr uirf-, on tue goods q dn say " mere
.tu va fpiu- ~aN toe Hrtit'r- dilu
examine the glasses hat d'd tte shawl
ur ~l-si aid 4ia>-r~ "tIe lhru Si'""
Mines >ululu tnlnk THAT Ma 'ie sna"i
the -ia--e- lfnk the sane hut aH n"i Ger
t4iu toe .lau did nos say "nere d. "a'
.prIuE.
Isaac Smith SiroTn Live ia Bosom
kuoA j q. P.,lc.; lt jane last n' att0n-
non vas called by Mr. Pierce % a man "a
+ the corner OF Howard aud Court streets he
j. the uau ~lttios tterr "lth white coat
ou ; De had c4rprt-oas coz ~Aichei with
/ bin WNs WITHIN ie" ivet oi bum took
paftlcuiar notice 81 hun.
eros examined Might De mistaken
F have known eas,s Of mistake thi> man bad
/ on light coat Ike the one nc has On nos
/ the IL - | remember Wa that II Wa hight
cost
Niger Abraham s'rorn Reside 10 b.
f ton ny place ui business j. NJ J. Salem
street. The watch found IN Is S'on was
then produced and shown to witness have
[ seen tolls watch before, can Tel. ~ the mum
+ Der first time saw II Wa 10 June las
saw It first IN the hands OF that gentleman
there tpoIntia. - faaul he came INTO
/ the store ana showed me Inc "atch SAID
/ he wanted $40 on II : sald ne was there
With his sister and two chlidren, stopping
T at the Adams House lent hlm 50 On II
and told him how be could redeem II Kept
/ the watch Little over Week II was CIV
/ ca up TO Nessrs. Thornton and Stearns; "a"
[ Pnair next On one Sunday morning here IN
/ Rutland saw him 10 jan they went into
Z the jan! and put me 10 with the prisoners
recognized Phalr a soon a. came IN
there were hve OF tx IN there
CFoss-examined Had seen Photograph
before | came 70 Rutland; they talked 1t
over with me saw him have on Light
clothes in jail and don't think any other
personeT had that color have from to q
customers day had had many other Gus
toners cannot describe Gny other cuStO-
mer: may be mistaken be called for and
got d ticket; be may have been IN there 10
minutes thought be was an homes; ap-
D ne ri III 50 Iet ma 70 = |
place all the men that had been IN nv store
in six months think | could tell man
sometimes If | saw him outside this man
SAID be lived in 81. Adams.
Samuel Enrich, sworn - Live ~ 502
/ Washington street. Boston an a pawn
broker and jsWeller; have been in the blsi-
ness thirteen years. The rings were then
shown to witness Have seen these rings
before bought them in uDe, either s.h or
lOsh, about IL O'Clock a. IA bought them
OF man; think the man was he IN the light
clothes yonder; think | paid him s. for
them; kept them week Or two until the
officers came alter them gave them ~ To
the officers from this town; don't remember
the rames first the seller showed the Ma
sonic rinE; he took 1t OF his hGger; told
him | would give him 50 for the lhree. saw
hlm next IN thls town about a month alter
the transaction
CrOss-examined-Ny attention Was called
to the matter three or four days after 1t
took place, dion remember about tue mat
ter when attention was hrst called u II; a
week after they came first they returned
wiki an officer; be Teire-hed NY memory; 1t
was week OF - after ward. made no mem
oTandum; bad 10 talk with the man; put
them In with Others; when recognized |
gave them up ean tell positively about
rFerr- fknv urt. etulfsur kind Df "a n
remember now III en- the Masonic ring was
worn; could pick GOT the Mason ring, but
could not pick out the Others.
Christian \. Weight, sworn-Au watch I
maker aud jewe!ler hy procession: lived az
NJ. L-graud street; 10 June lat had three
rings of red to me Tor SAFE; these are ,xsct-
II The same one, did uot bay them we're