Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-10
EN- ROUTE no srArE PRISON.
C. ". Brown and Samuel Davis Held to
Answer for Horse Stealing.

| appeared from the testimony presented that
the two men came to the city on the first day
of the present tn and took a room at the
Morse House, registering their names as
G. w. Brown and Samuel Davis, the latter
claiming however, upon his examination,
that his real name was h. 5. Burnett. they
remained at the hotel until the time OF their
arrest, and represented themselves as traders.
On Thursday evening they were absent frem
supper, and did not return until about 8
o'clock the next morning, when they cailedfor
breakfast. They stated that they had been
out making trade and had taken span of
horses at great bargain and tried to sell
them to Dir. Morse. proprietor of the hotel,
] for 500, but he did not wish to purchase.
G. W. Brown then went out to sell them, and
applied to @. c. Brown, at the corner of
Fourth and K, askiDg $3.50 for the horses,
/ but claiming that he did not care to sell if he
could only raise Sl25 on them for ten days,
as in that time he would receive the money
| from his fathers estate in Kentucky. He
also represented that he had owned the horses
about two years that he broke them and
that they were thoroughly broken, and that
he lived about five miles from this city upon
the upper Stockton road. The locality mem
toned is that from which the horses were
stolen, and probably this statement was
made to avoid suspicion IN case any
one should remember having previ-
Ously seen the horses in that vicinity
G. G. Bro yn told him he did not wish to buy,
but if the matter was all right he had friend
who might deal with him. They went and
looked at the horses, and then found Davis
who
PLAYED THE sTooL-PIGEoN
By pretending to be a stranger to his partner |
in the crime, and offering him $50 for one Of
the horses. This was about o'clock in the |
morning. About two hours afterwards c.. e.. |
Brown. Fl. S. Beals and C. W. Brown again |
went to look at the horses, and Davis was still |
in the vicinity, and again offered $50 for one |
of the span. Mr.. Besls closely questioned |
the horse vender as to his ownership, when he |
gave the same statements that he had to Mr.. |
Brown, and also referred MIN TO O. n Morse, |
Lee Stanley, A. q. Hinkson and J. w. |
Armstrong Of this city, and others.
Finally Mr.. Beals, upon the appa-
reutly candid statement of the man, and |
the home references given, purchased the
| horses for Sl25, with written agreement
that the vendors might redeem them within
ten days for S137 80 and cost of keeping at
seventy-five cents each per day. At the same
time the vendor verbally instructed Mr..
Beals that If he had an opportunity to sell
them for S235 to do so, and take out the
amount to which he would be entitled under
their redemption, and let him, G. w. Brown,
have the balance. As soon as the $125 was
handed to G. w. Brown, he started away in
a rather brisk manner, and said he would
have
TO co AND SEE HIS PARTNER,
Referring to Davis, who was a short distance
away. They were found together and ar
rested about fifteen minutes afterwards and
all the money except 80 cents. which had
probably been paid for a drink over their sue
cess, was found upon Brown. He also had a
quantity of jewelry, which it is believed was
obtained in a similar manner to that of the
horses.
After the testimony for the prosecution was
closed, Brown made statement in his own
defense as to the manner in which he came
by the horses, He said that on the morning
of the day he sold them, he was out taking
walk about daylight, in the southern
part of the city, and there found two
men sitting upon the railroad trestle
work holding these horses by their halter
straps. That the men stated to him that
there was mortgage on the horses, aud they
wanted to beat the mortgage out of the
money! and offered to sell them very cheap,
and that he purchased them for $751; that
being all the money he had. He also stated
that he did not know Davis and never saw
him until that day, when he was trying to
purchase one of the horses.
At this point he stopped abruptly and
said .''Ah, well, its no use; will be held
L statement
at another time"
Davis also stated that he did not know G.
w. Brown, and never saw him until he tried
to purchase one of the horses from him
He explained the manner in which he expected
to purchase the horse mot having any money
upon him when arrested), by saying
that he was going to give Hiram rubbs, of
Oakland as security. The register of the
Morse House was presented in the case
shO tboJ nd !
that they occupied the same room from the
LIST to the 9th of this month. The clerk of the
hotel also testified that they were about to-
gether during that time
At the conclusion of the examination the
defendants were neld to answer to the charge
of grand larceny before the Superior Court
in the sum of 81 500 each. After this de-
cision was am ounced, the City Attorney
asked that an order be made authorizing the
Chief of Police to pay to Mr.. Beals the
1921 30 taken from Brown at the time of his
arrest. Defendant Brown also joined in the s
request, and stated that the money belonged ;
to Mr.. Beals. The Court made such an {
order, and Mr.. Bsals received back the I
amount of his investment, less the cost of a
treat which the defendants appropriated.
FREE Observation-Disclosures H. B. Norton
will this evening give the first free lecture
under the auspices of the Sacramento Edu-
cational Institute, at the Westminster Pres
byterian Church, corner of Sixth and L
streets. The subject will be "The Tramp's
Paradise a Suggestion in Social Science"
The object of these lectures and the Insti- {
tute. stated few days since. is to afford t
facilities for instruction of that class OF per-
sons in our midst who, by the nature of their t
are deprived of the advantages 2
offered by our schools or colleges. The doors {
will he open at 1880, and the lecture COM
mence at s o'clock.
Nor GULTY.-In the Superior Court, on
Saturday, the trial of John Haggerty as one /
of the robbers of A. H McMartin was con- {
Guided, and the jury rendered verdict of {
not guilty. AS the result Of the trial was {
announced, there was quite stir of approval S
among the spectators present in the Court s
room. Judge benson promptly checked the I
and remarked that some of
them might some time be placed in like .
position as the defendant, and the verdict of . .
guilty be rendered
William E. Oughton, D. D. 5
G. c., on Friday evening last installed the l
following officers of Columbia Lodge, No. q
49, knights of Pythias P G. George W.
Lorenz; 9. c., E. Lavine V. c., A. Wulf; |
L -, |
Spacher; NJ of E., F. Brown; NJ. of F., i
James A, Harvey; NJ at A. Charles E. '
Leonard l. G., A. S. York o. G., John !
Lyman. After the installation the officers :
gave banquet at Fishers to the members {
and invited guests.
DEATH IN Observation-Disclosures has
been received that the remains of Lucius
Wells, son of Mrs. George Cadwalader, who I
died in Washington, D. c., few days since,
left that city on Thursday last and is ex- c
pected will arrive here the latter part of this 1
week He had been attending school in Con-
necticut for two years past, and was spending c
the holidays at Washington, where he was {
taken with diphtheria, and died after six f
days sickness. 9
Police ARRESTS following arrests t
were made since last report: M. Neary. for
disturbing the peace, by officer Smith ; j..
Pauline Osuna, battery, by officer Ferral /; |;
Joe De Ford, battery. by officer Frazee :
Mary McVay, disturbing the peace, by Off
Ger Frszee; Gus. wager, alias Rogers, I
burglary, by officer Fredericks; No. Z cell,
drunk, by officers Fredercks snd Lee Tom '
ONlell. common drunk, by officers jackson e
and Coffee. G