Daily globe., 1882-10-07

John HoLler EE0Miaed-HOheer DIS
cAared-The Others Held to the Grand
J~ry-Mina Hollfster "SRtpped."
The wonderfully mixed up larceny case
wherein John Hohler, crook known as
Sammy Green, and Mrs. Putney,
woman known as Mrs. Green, were ex-
amined for the larceny of large guam
tity of household goods from Mrs. Andie
Preston during her absence from the
city.
Messrs. VIM. 81. Donahue and Pitney ap-
peared on the part of the State, while Col.
F. Hooker defended Sammy Green and
Mrs Putney, and ]. G. Worrell defended
John Hohler. The parties were all tried
at the same time.
Mrs. Preston was the first witness who
took the stand. She identified the goods
found in the possession of John Hohler
and in the possession of Mrs. Putney as
her (the witnessO property, and also to
the arrest of the Putr sy woman by Mike
Hoy. They found her in saloon. Mrs.
Putney said, 'sIf you won't arrest
me, I'll tell where your goods
are. Mrs. Putney endeavored to eyade an
arrest. The witness, Mrs. Putney, and
Mike Hoy then went to Putney's room on
North Washington avenue, over Emmery's
hardware store, and recovered the goods.
Mike Hoy testified relative to the discov-
cry of the goods and to the arrest of Mrs.
Putney and John Hohler. He first met Mrs.
Putney and Sammy Green on Second street
Mrs. Putney had just come out of sa-
loon. Mrs. Putney said she would tell
them when Mrs. Preston's goods were if
she was not arrested. They then went to
Mrs. Putney's room and got the goods, and
then arrested the woman,
Mrs Emmery testified to Sammy Green's
coming to her store and asking her if she
had a room to rent. Mrs. Putney accom-
panied him. She rented the room and
Mrs. Putney paid for it.
Upon this the state rested, and Mrs.
Putney was examined. She testified that
she went to Nina HOLSTERS room, Nina
asked her if she would take care of the
goods in the room until she wanted them.
Witness assented. Sammy Green was
with her. She and Green got a horse
and buggy and in the evening
and went after the goods and took
them away; Nina didn't say who owned
the goods; did not tell Mrs. Preston that
if she would not have her arrested witness
would give up goods. John Hohler was
present when the goods were taken; did
not know that Hohler had anything to do
with the taking of the goods.
Sammuel Green was the next witness. He
testified that he and Mrs. Putney went to
Nina HOLSTERS room on the Goth of
September; Nina Hollister asked them to
come in the evening and get bundle of
goods; accordingly in the evening he hired
a horse and took the goods
away. Witness carried them from
the house; supposed the goods belonged to
Nina Hollister; Hohler did not have any
thing to do with taking the goods.
John Hohler testified that Nina Hollis
ter occupied bed room in the back part
of his saloon for fourteen days; when she
moved away the bar tender
found the goods recovered by
the state; witness did not see the goods:
did not occupy Nina HOLSTERS room; did
not know that Nina Hollister occupied
Mrs. Preston's room; Nina Hollister came
into witness rooms to live at the request
of witness; did not see Nina Hollister or
any one bring the goods to the room.
court discharged the Hohler case upon the
ground that the state had failed to clearly
implicate him in the larceny of all the
goods. and that the goods found in his
rooms were not of sufficient value to con-
stitute gr.nd larceny as charged in the
complaint.
Sammy Green and Mrs. Putney were
held to await the action of the grand jury
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sum of $500 bonds each. In default of
filing bonds they were remanded to jail
Nina Hollister, who is clearly
shown by the evidence adduced
in these cases to have been the the princi-
pal party to the theft, Notwithstanding her
vigorous swearing in her own trial, has
skipped out and cannot be found by the
officers or detectives.