The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-24

couldn't 6ni any authority for bring.
ing the court in 81 ct arms. tie Judge
was not pursued. and when the cattle
were rested the train resumed its lone
SHINE, solemn tramp far the new gold
fields.
cIRcUMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE
How an Innocent Man was Ar.
rested and Imprisoned, but Es-
capped.
Boston 6ly'-.
Circumstantial evidence has bee,,
used aud relied upon in SINE case,
,,lely. in the trial Of causes. for ayes.
aud in all enlightened Countries many
lives have been taken in the name oI
Law aud justice. and many thousand.
of I.eople have been shut Out from the
world TO ianguish, suffer aad die ia
prison, or come cut again after tern;
of imprisonment, branded as felons. u
live despi.ed and condemned 10 igno
miny, aud the only evidence against
them being what is called circun,stan.
tial. 1t has been held by ,uore than
one able jurist that such evidence,
we'll connected. Was the safest and
must reliable. Be that rs /. nav. the
case presented below shows that il j.
not always safe to rely on such
evidence. The facts are these: Some
two or three months ago a i,dy who i.
a member of one of the m, 81 respect.
able families Of Boston. hal occasion
Ia require the services Ut mechanic
To make some repairs upon some ar:i
cles of furniture mt her louise in a
fashionable quarter Of the city. and
therefore she applied Ia a larg: farGi
ture firm from whom she purchased
her goods To procure and send such a
person; accordingly a good workman
was sent Ia the house, who vas directed
to make some repairs upon u bureau
or dressing Gaze containing several
drawers irohi which a number ol
articles Of various kinds had been
removed and placed temporarily in a
pile un.lera bel in the chamber IL,
which it st"od. Among ether Things
removed was valuable gold wac!
and chain, which Was tucked und-r
the pile of goods by the lady. The
lady remained IN the rn.m watching
the progress If the work on the bureau
and only left the ro,m momen,
ahead Of the workman, directing him
Ia foliow her Il there WIS somc "ii:cr
article of furniture in another ro,m "a
repair. He gathered up his tools.
went from The room and did no; ~
turn to ii. bu: went from the oIhe,
roon directly oui of the house after
his job Was finished. 10 make the
chain oi circumstances more complete.
no person. 80 far u either ii the
parties MAS aware. entered the ruom.
except the l:..!v while the workman
was iher.. notwithstanding which,
SOON after the workman let; the lady
proceeded to replace thr various
articles IN the :irpr back in the draw.
er> from which they bad been taken.
She discovered. ,o her great a.;onish-
ment. that the watch AMI chain were
missing. She then. thinking that il
was not possible lar any person. excep,
the workman To have taken them,
Immediately started ior the furniture
wareroom and tnli the 6rm of her
loss. The man was called and s;ou,'v
denied that he had either seen or
taken the property. although he said
that he knew that circumstances were
against him. His persistent, denial in
the face 81 such facts induced the party
to cause his arrest. and he was sub>e-
quenfiv taken to the station house.
still decl,ring that he was an honest
man. the lady returned homs. and
great was her surprise Ia fed that the
watch ami chain h,d nc, been stolen.
but that during the time she was ont
of the room with the workman for a
few minutes her little daughter. ten
years Of are, who had Just returned
from schcni. came up into the room.
and observing portion "f the watch
chain prnirusiinc from beneath a pile
Of goods OH TN. FLOR. tonk II up sup
posing it WAS there nv accident. Be-
lieving that it should b. placed in a
safer place. she carries: i; away with
her, down stars. anI soon after went
out to PLAY. When the lady discover
ed her error. she Immediately went tn
the furniture establishment again and
from there with his employer to the
PRISM. and eniearore'l to procure his
release. which was done bv procuring
bail. She subsequently, went to the
workman's boarding house, las the in
mates had been informed Of his arrest
and there explained her regret that
any mistake had happened. and her
willingness t. do anything in her
power TO prevent any injury to the
mans reputation. TIE discharge from
prison was given as s"on Ne the law
and rules wonid permit, and then the
man refuses To receive any excuse.
apology or offers Of remuneration, bu,
declares that he had suffered the
injury and was liabe to have been
convicted anil ruined by such a charge.
and he would prefer to leave the
matter Of his justification to the judg-
ment Of twelve good and true men Of
Suffolk on the jury in a court OF
Justice. Accordingly suit was en-
tered and further developments are
awaiting the trial of the cause in the
future to prove that one case at least
will show that what appeared to be
well connected chain Of circumstances
sufficient to convict under the rules of
law. would have lei to the condemna.
ton Of worthy, honorable and
innocent man.
Rush Rush! Gritty Girl!