Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-27
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The Third Effort to Prove Him
Guilty Of Crime.

The trial Of Mr.. @. Mundinger yes
terday afternoon and night afforded
as startling an episode as did the in
PRODUCTION of Mrs. Rogers in the first
trial. This time, however, it was the
defendant and his friends who were
astonishod. The other time it was
the opposite aide.
During the morning session of the
Court, V. A. Darling, for thirteen
years past employed at Lowenstein's,
testified to having seen Mundinger
put the price Of a pair of bracelets,
amounting to $3.50, in his pocket, on
the 7th of February last.
Mr.. Shouse testified to the same
thing.
During the afternoon corroborative
testimony was given by G. W. Proud
fit, Otto Robb, Sam Meyer, John
Gerber and W. R. Sims-all wit.
nesses of more or less Importance !;
but the biggest sensation of the en-
tire business was the part. played by
@. R. Sinnott.
Sinnott said he had known Mundin-
ger for four years past, and that on the
9Th Of February last, he returned a
pair of $3.50 gold bracelets, bought on
the 4th, to Mundinger, and being in a
hurry to reach the courthouse, he told
Mundinger to hand him the money as
he passed home in the evening. He
claimed that he purchased the brace
let's to present them to Miss Mendell-
shon, No. $50 Beal street. She knew
nothing Of his intention and he after
wards changed his mind aud returned
them to the store. He had frequently
been in Mundinger's store and talked
to him about the case; was formerly
employed in the printing business; was
at Hot Springs several months last
fall; came back in November; worked
for Tracy at the O'Leary walking
match; helped run a millinery store,
and has worked about three months
since he came back from Hot Springs
last fall. After this much was elected
from Sinnott, the trap was sprung by
letting out all he had said to a conf.
Dental friend in the person Of e. 7.
Kennedy, one of Pinkerton's keenest
detectives. S innott had been sus
pected of being up to some jobbery.
Kennedy came from Chicago, but
claimed to hail from Texas. He made
friends with Sinnott, treated him to
beer, lunches, street-car rides to the
park, extra dinners at his boarding
house, and sundry maps in his nest,
and Sinnott's newly formed friend SO
won upon his confidence that he made
a clean breast Of all of his private
matters, including how he worked to
make up juries, how he had fixed it to
swear about the bracelets, and
how he had purchased them for a
public woman, all of which was a
collosal lie, how he had told Nun
dinger all about it, and numerous
other things all of which furnished
mighty interesting testimony. Mr..
Woodlock Of the Appeal, said he
knew Charley Sinnott and that his
reputation was bad and it depended
how much he was interested wheth-
er or not he would believe Sinnott
on oath. NJ. F. Virgeson, Of the
Appeals pressroom, gave Sinnott
bad character, and that he would not
believe him on oath. Kennedy, the
detective, was obliged to change
quarters from the Clarendon to the
Worsham, owing to his association
with Sinnot, the Clarendon managers
being impressed with the idea that
Sinnott was a ward hummer and not
a good man to have hanging about
respectable hotel as guest Of one
Of its boarders.
This morning the case was opened
with Mr.. W. w. Scheduled on the
stand, and he testified to the truth
and veracity of Shouse, also Mr.. W.
f. Taylor and Darlington Mason. The
good character of Mrs. NJ. Burke was
conceded, also that of W. R. Sims.
Mrs. Knapp testified that she had
known Mundinger for seventeen years
bought pair of bracelets from him
at Lowenstein's for 70, the last part
of last year. Returned them in few
days, and did not wait for the money
Went back a few hours after and
MundiHgst took IS out Of his pocket
and gave it to her.
Sam Ellison, press feeder at the
Appeal, said he would believe SinnOt
on oath, but his character was MOI
good.
Stephenson, Of the Appeal, woul'
not believe Sinnott on oath.
W. W. Shouse was recalled an
stated be did not know that Sam Ian
went into the store, bought half doze
Z, pair Of hose and that he was in hurr
, and put them in hig pocket, an
I; took the money and walked towar
the front door.