, 1879-04-15
KRONDFRG'B CASE.
A CONTINUANCE onTAINHD.


The easc Of Marcus Kronf,crg, who Is charged
wttl, conspiracy and larceny In having scquest-
cred goods from Ills stock Of jewelry whicl, had
been assigned for tin benefit Of bis creditors,
was called before Justice Summcrto1d at tile
Central Police Station yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. E. q. Asay, for prosecution, stated TINT tho
inventory Of the property hAd not yet been COM
plctcl, nnl, as It was essential to perfect this
paper for the purpose OF establishing tho
amount Of tho cnbezzlement he asked con-
tinuaucc. Mr.. W. W. O'l}rsen. for defendant,
objected to Continuance, and urged tint he
WAS ready anu auxtous to 20 to trial, and in-
sisted that tho inventory had nj bearing upon
tho charge at Issue. hlr. Assay, In fuw
words, and torsshadowing TIE turn this
prosecution Is likely to take, said that the in.
that through its Instrumcntaltty and collateral
evidence so would ailow before tile termination
Of the case that defendant had been Guilty OF
live or six different cr1ulnal acts, my QUO Ut
ten,iarr.. uu proposed to show tlmt Kronbere
had employed two clerks to steal the goous
from his store anu Turn them over TO Stiff; that
the property was Bto!tni mud portion of It
5ccrctcd In tllu latter Individuals house, Mud
now tic prosecution wcru on the track Of thu
remainder.
Tile Court consented to the continuance, and
II was agreed tlnt tic case should como up for
Aea[tuS VI 4ue&al|s april ~, III q O'CLOCK p. nj.
TIE OTHERS.
Mr.. Assay informed tic Court TINT It was his
desire to lnyo Frank Ualton a eo.defcndnut
with Kr0nbcrg, hUnnrably discharged. Hoh,e
goods Ind been found In his possession which
1t was first stlpsRset had bccn taken fro1n tho
stock at kronberg, but The orosecution were
sassfied that Dalton was not party TO tho
alleged larceny Of the bankrupt's stock, n,Hi
thcro was nothing Oil which 10 hold hln. Dali
ton was discharged from custody.
sanel Lyops tTrarSltng salssman repre-
witness for the defcnsc, was In court, and, de-
string to depart for California today, It wns
agreed lint bis testimony bo takcn In ADVANCE
Of sl1e trlal. 1tappears tint about week aye
KronbeEg went to Lyons, who was stopping 1T
tue Palmer House, unt asked for quantity ot
goods for sale OIL commission, lie WIS doing
nothing now, and ho thought hc might earn a
few pennies by the sale of Jewery,. Accordingly
the gools, werc, cot.signed to him. nad wcrs
setzcd by tho Assignec, wllo touk elarEo Of such
0tllcr articles rs he found In Kronberg'a stock.
Ms; Lyons' desire was to get hls goods
1ewrry IN question did not form any part OF tue
stock which defendant had assigned for the
benefit Of Ills creditors. MI. Lyons' Testimony
was brief uld to tlit effect rs aboye set forth.
lhe value of the conssgnnent was $4,000; He
should constgn the goods TO Mrs. kronbcrg, but
Mr.. Stft went to tho witress and advised him
to make the invoice run to Kronbcrg, and
1t Wls SO male cut nLd tile goods
delivered, The witness Ind done
bustness with Kronberg for nearly fifteen
years, and had nlWnys considered him honest.
1iad heard vi Kronberg's being charged With
removing his Eoo1s. le considered tllnt up to
tue bcGllnlng Of the bankruptcy cnso tic char
meter Of tho defendant had bccn good, but since
the charge Of conspiracy nnd cnbezzle1ncnt had
been n,adc he felt That 1t lad been seriously
tainted.
The honds Of 1lronberg nud Ills co.dcfcn1ants,
Charles Stiff, L. D. Harkins, Bernard Murphy,
kittic Murphy, a,Id Frank Murphy, were then
renewed, q proceeding rendered necessary under
case taken up from Pcor!a County, Tic h,1-
premo Court had held that II, criminal cacc, in
whcf, parties under bond had been chilled on tho
day designated by the Court, the bynis became
void BY sle net OF thcIr appearance for trial. and
IN event Of continuance, the honda must 10 re.
newed ut once.