Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-30
oOOsEBERRY's GRIEF.
Preliminary Hearing OF Flor
ence GOldsbOrOugh.

came off at 9 O'Clock yesterday after
noon. at the office OF the jail. None but
] those directly concerned were admitted,
! with the exception OF the representa-
/ tiyes of the press, but the large number
! of witnesses and several officials, made
mn as many as the office could cOmiorta-
bly, hold. The prisoner was brought IN
and after a brief conference with her
counsel, II. III. Pendleton, Esq, took
| a chair in the centre of the room. Flora
has not changed in appearance since
last she figured in these columns. She
wore high "piccadilly' that was quite
new or else fresh from the saffron hand
of Joe Lee. Her plain black silk cravat
was adjusted with marked nicely and
! her small boots were polished to a
| mirror-like glOssiness. All through the
examination she wore perfectly calm
! exterior, occasionally exchanging word
/ with her attorney or glancing curiouslY
/ at the battery of eyes turned upon her.
| Fred. IIusemen opened the case by
] testiiying: IL know the defendant, that
/ is, | have q business acquaintance with
him. He mas gotten several buggles
/ from me. This young fellow"
young fellow" interrupted Justice
| Miller.
"Well, then, if she's a girl, went on
the witness, but Mr.. Pendleton inter
posed, as the sex made no difference.
I'VE settled that the other day." said
Sheriff Jingle, referring to the identlfi'
/ cation bv Mollie Mclaughlin.
John Hancher, a driver at Husemen's,
| testified that the defendant had come to
| the stable several times, giving the name
| of Van Buren, or Van Horn.
Squire james Robinson testified as
! follows: On May 10th, 1879, the defend
| ant came 10 him and said his name was
| Frank Van Buren,, and he wanted work;
| he didn't care so much for wages as he
wanted home, his parents being dead:
| The witness had suggested that he had
| better learn a trade as he did not seem
stout enough for outdoor work, but Frank
wanted to be a farmer or nothing, and
accordingly stayed. No arrangements
| were made as TO pay.
Between the 18TH and Goth OF July the
! witness had missed 500, which had
/ been in a pocket book in his coat pocket.
At night the coat hung near his bed. No
| one had a right in that room but his
| family. Between the 9th and 9Th OF
| September he had lost another hundred
| from the same place. Between the 10th
/ and 10Th OF September so more had dis
/ appeared, and the thing grew monOto-
/ nous. The defendant was at his house
/ when the first money was taken ami had
! left at daylight on the morning OF the
| 9Th, and was not seen about the prem
| Uses at the time the last $50 were taken.
| He knew of no means the girl had Ofget-
ting money. lie had given her g once
in June, had paid $50 the defendant
had borrowed from the cook and had
| given her - another time when she
went off to get pension due her father
who was killed in the army.
Mr.. Robinson was subjected to Sc
we're aud skilful cross-eXamlnation by
Mr.. Pendleton, whose manner OF
defending his client was highly COM
plimentcd. The Squire did not sus-
pect the defendant OF taking the first
| 500, but did the second. Why
was this? Because he had no one else
to suspect and knew the money could
not 90 of itself. He had been in Wheel
inc on the 5th, and had the money then.
He had seen it i'm his pOcket-bOOk, but
never saw ii again after that time. Did
he have it when he got home? OF
course ne did, for hencver took the book
out. Had he seen it after he got home?
/ No. he hadn't looked, but he knew il
was there because it must have been.
The defendant had left his house on the
morning Of the 9Th. Now how did he
| know that money wasn't lost or stolen
| before he cot home. lie knew it wasn't,
| because he hadn't seen any ore take 1t.
/ That was the only reason? Yes, that
was all.
This course OF CrOSS-eNamlnatlOn was
| continued 10 some length. II came out
that the defendant had returned on the
l2thJ and was going 10 leave immedl-
ately, but when informed of the loss OF
the second 500, said he would stay to
see if any more would be taken. He
hadn't been arrested sooner, because no
body was there to do it The warrant
had been sworn out on the 10th, or
or before the witness had told the de
PENDANT Of his loss. The witness had
come To town on the 10th and sworn out
the warrant at Justice Miller's, charg-
ing GoldsbOrough with stealing 500 on
Sept. 9Th.
During the examination OF Squire
Robinson. |. T. Jones, Esq, came in TO
represent the State, in the absence OF
MIR. Jordan. He and Pendleton had
warm discussion over paper used by
'Souire Robinson for reference. The
latter insisted il should be filed as hav-
ing been in evidence; Jones objected,
but the Justice quietly settled the mat
ter bv taking charge 1.-THE disputed doc
ument and saying he would examine 1t.
Lawrence Heller was the next witness
and testified that he had seen the de-
PENDANT in his saloon IN July, when
Mr.. Pendleton objected, as the time was
before the theft was alleged to have been
committed.
ID. Gundingavered that he sold cloth
ing 10 the defendant in September, but
as he could not remember whether 1t
was before or after the 9Th his testlmo-
nv was objected 10 and ruled out.
The evidence given by Mr. Frank, his
clerk, was ruled out for the same rea-
son.
Charles Cohagen had seen Flora at
HuScmen'S stable hiring buggy, but
had seen no money in her possession.
The testimony of John Ripple, q
driver at Michael's stable, was the first
10 count. He had hired a buggy to
Flora on the afternoon OF September
9th, and had seen her have $40 note.
Z. Weddel had driven the buggy for her
to the top Of the st. ClairSyille hill, and
so testified.
Fred. Husemen was recalled and tes-
tilted TO hiring a buggy to Flora on Sep
tember 18th, 18th, 10Th and 22d. She
paid for all but the last. He had no.
ticed no money in her possession be-
sides what she had paid him.
VIM. McManaway testified to having
seen Flora on the night of the 18th,
when she borrowed a quarter from him,
saving she wanted to 90 out to the old
mans. She had told him she was going
to the Cincinnati Exposition, but he
didn't know whether she had done so.
This closed the testimony and the
Justice. remarking in an aside that he
would hold her on general principles,
asked Flora ii she could furnish 5000
bond. She said she didn't wish to, and
was accordingly led back to jail, to APP
pear ut the next term OF court