Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-07-26
SCOVILLE'S WATCH.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPFGARANCE OF A TIMEP1ECF,
AND THE cAerU8E OF THE THIEF.

was in full blast, at the Opera House, Mr. S,
g. Scoville, a gentlemen in the employ of Mr..
| d. L. Bliss, took an active part in the tab
| features Of the entertainment. On the last
night of the festival Mr.. Scoville carelessly
| left his vest containing valuable gold watch
| and chain in the dressing room, while he ap
peared on the stage, and upon his return to
! the room he found his watch and chain miss
ing; thief had entered the apartment and
distracted the same The owner for some
reason or other, valued the watch and chain
| very highly, and advertised the loss near and
far; he even went 80 far as to transmit postal
cards, giving a full description of the lost
ticles, to jewellers, pawnbrokers and police
authorities, all over the country, but he
could get no clue to the stolen jewelry
Since then Mr. Scoville had given up all
hope of ever seeing his property again. On
Wednesday last a man named James Flem
ing alias Enigrant Jim, offered to sell
watch to a man employed in MuIlers barber
shop 1t was a Howard watch valued at
$500, and Fleming offered to dispose of it
for $50 The would-be purchaser examined
the time-piece very closely, but his suspicious
we're aroused that Fleming did not come
honestly by it, because he offered to
dispose of it at such great discount from Its
real value. The barber spoke of the matter
to several parties, among whom were some
who knew Mr. Scuville's watch the police |
here were notified of the fact aud an inme-
diate search was instituted for Fleming |
but the bird had f,wn; he skipped the town
on the evening of that day, telling some of
his acquaintance that he was going to
Eureka. The handy telegraph was brought
into play, and yesterday Emigrant jim was
caught at Winnemucca, the authorities at
that point having also recovered the watch.
Officer Duncan left on the train last night to
bring the thief back here During the fair
greatly quantity of the food psed there was
sent from the Ormsby House in charge of
attaches of the dining room of that estab-
ishment Fleming who was a waiter there
It that time, WAS among the number, and by
hat means evidently got into the dressing
DOM and stole the watch and chain. The
after article was pawned to Mclaughlin, the
eweler, some time ago. This fellow was hang
vening when the $166 so were stolen out of
he office till, ana it is now supposed that he
lso stole that money He is hard looking +
Dung man, bearing a very bad reputation 5
POLICE COURT The case of the State VS.
IRISH Mary, for the alleged purloining of a
aluable bed quilt and some other articles
rom a Spanish woman called Mercedes
erega, was called yesterday. The testimony
lOwed that the complainant, Berega, had
ltrusted the articles to Mary, with instruc-
ons to rattle them off for 500, and if she s.
)uld not get that amount, to take $50 Il (
as also proven that the defendant had sold A
ID worth of tickets for the rattle, which she t
lrned over to Berega. She left here in pos T
ssion of the articles, with the full knowl- h
ige and consent of the complaining witness, 6
I'd went to Virginia, believing that she b.
uld more readily dispose Of the bed filings cs
ere No case could be made for the State, tt
r it was clearly proven that the defendant
ID acted honestly and in good faith, while, %
man in wood pile, it looked as if the !.
osecution by Mercedes was prompted by :
alice, or what not, and the defendant was -,
scharged. In view of the fact that so /,
any gronndless cases are up before him, in 81
lich the prosecutors are actuated bv any =,
ing but honest motives, and to put an end ra
the practice, Judge Cary assessed Ms. eli
.rega for the costs, amounting to $27 90,
lich she paid.
S. B. SEGURs CONDITION. The following 2
tract from letter written by DR.. Harris p,
specting the condition of Mr.. S. B. Segur, NJ
10 had his leg so badly crushed at Glen K
ook some time ago, is clipped from last 10
ght's Chronicle /" expect to be home on NJ
iday evening The leg is now out of dan Ju
and will be saved | did not expect to
re it till yesterday. Gangrene set in on -.
nday last and the system gave way very
lckly. The injury to the leg was worse
IN at first thought. The leg was cut about
D hfths off and as a matter of course, that
5 all killed and dropped off, or is dropping b j
now, and suppuration has started up well.
,as afraid on Monday and Tuesday that |
uld lose my patient, but good care and Sh'
isky kept the machinery going" TIC