, 1875-02-24
CRIMINAL BRIEFS.


OTTAWA, ILL.,, Fob. 23.-Tho trial Of Bird Dick
ford upon m Indictment for Stealing BOOTS from
tho Supreme Court library WIS continued in tho
Circuit Court to-day, mud ollcited conofderablo
interest. Williams, tho Librarian, sworo III
substance that, OH onn occasion, ho found Blck-
ford iu tho library In tho cyoniug, at closing
time. Calling The attention Of Quo Of tho clerks
to tho fact, he closed certain window, fastened
1t, and went home. Returning In the evouing
later, he found tho window unlockod.
mud on tho following morning two vol
umcs OF ''Auatin'a turispruaenec Hcre
missing. Tho "Eieyenth Illinois Reports
also Disappeared. Part OF sot Of
Illinois Reporta vero missed In Auguet, MI.
They wero from No. to No. II Inclusive. Threo
volumes OF tho law library wero also takon; also
one volume Of United States Reports. and eight
or nino textbooks. On another occasion tho
wtnoes was aroused from sleep by sounds OF
somo ouc walking in tho library. Ho went taars
aud hoard tho front window 10 down, aud thcn
saw sume ono get In buggy nnl drvo away.
Nsxt morning, there woro missed about
furly books enumerated by tho witness,
Including como 1ll,noin Iloporta. III tho
middle OF August, 1872, two wings
wo,o added to the Court.uouso. The library
room bcing enlarged, tho books had to bn pack
cd in caseB carpets wero tackod oyor tho cases,
and night-watch put on. Later, IA tho build
Ing reached completion, tho watch WAS with
drawn, when BoIue Eloeo Expectations were COM
mitlcd upon tue books. aul anothor 1nTgo uum-
Dor alo.cn, tho witness giving tho names. On
Cross 1a.uination, tho witness stated that the
Library is opon every day except Sundays and
sometimes On that day. Thcro wore two IN
Etauccs when books tnken from the
Library had boon 1nysterlousIy returned. At
IT.. u II.u.s. t5r+1u
and may raise Windows .lndiug tho room too
warm. Alfred II. Iny!or testified TO llna.ng
13ickford and anotLor lawyer IL TUG library onu
hunday. They hsa come wnHn % thS 4. d9oE g!u was ~;
Caioghan's law-book Aouso Cl!cugo, swore that
IickfoEd had bought two lots Of bookA from that
house, ono lot consisting Of Yolumea Of !he ILL
,oIs Reports. ihts " was IN 3;cso1,er. ls79. 10
nL!o thing to ilud booAs with namoa and mAEts
on them. Had bought books with tho brand oi
the l!!inots Law Library GU them from different
Sss S Ia, sss uo q Saso ssE5 5us s
ha.,d lsw-too4n. Witnosa also examined lot .!
thcm had tue library bEapd On tie them; Ilisi
Ellis Of Chicago, sworo that Hlckford had olFer
Cd to sell Illinois I!oporss in Chicago. Martll
A. Howell. Jr., testified that. when ho arat kuov
Dickford, in 1870, 10 bud very faw iaw
Arr,l--to look W some autsiorities. uickfogt
took down 4 number Of textbooks mud laid than
on 1oslg table At tho enl OF tho library, next Il
tho front entrance, under q window, 1l1ckfoEC
told witness tat t!leao goods nFe tho propel ty o
the peop!o OF tlla Htste aud for tile use Of LII
bar, aud, Az all tho lawyers of otsAwh had sup
ptled their liprnrios from the Supreme Court, liz
did not poo why he should not do llkow,nQ tha
be PROPOSED to mako q Eotd upon tnts library
Tho Witness declned. Tho wltnesa turtlo
swore that on . subsequent time, next day. IL
eaw books At ulekford's office bearing tho stasn
Of tho Illinois Law Library; taat t,Il nlsstot y,
swo1e WnY worth !ts weight IN gold. u te!ng til
Eleventh Illinois, and out Of print. Wlt9es
testified 10 peeipg = oarpat.sAck full OF Law
houka there mlnua backs, aud 10 have seen AlI
cutting bsgLu on from, books aud bu!ntrl
tho aame, the backs beartng the Rta'
raw iu Bckford'a possession books from No, ]
No, IL OF the Illinois ls1potta. The witpeBs a!si
when 1lckfOrd ahowpa the Eleventh llllnoi
polluted to the stalnp Of tue Illiuo!s Law LiblRr
burned III tho lack. aud aEkoQ II le ftlowal
knew of any way TO REL II o4tsactod or tskep on
Wtuesa replied "No." Also that tho witnel
Haw Hckfoid Iaka to Chicago lot of books Will
out packa, aud IN y co4Lls or wsoka lus cssI
Icing opeuel, Nlckford Eesnartea 10 tho wlt4us
"Tbss 10 much bettqr and safer way-haylr
them rebQuud-thaN 10 try 10 craze the b1Rnd
TLe witness l,s4 watched there thugs, aud ke
account OF them, to use In future, al he hi
legal busnpss with Blekfora. aud, having het
Hwlud!ea aud beat out OF money BY Iawyesa b
fore. took these p}emoraada to usc. but latl u
tic rape5s having destroyed them, tAnkl
tom OF no fuEslet Use.