Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-04

zne HOEsIer-H0lJisser Larceny Case IN the
Police COMst-Dircct Contradictions and
Tamil ess r. cf:..na.,.

Tine Hok1er-Holyis;er Larceny Case IN the
Police COMsf-Dircct Contradictions and
Conflicting tt stintOssy.
In the police court, after much trouble,
the case of the State against Nina Hollis
ter cha ,ged with the la ceny of quantity
of household goods from Mrs. Annie Pres
ton, on or about the 23d day of Septem-
Der, was taken up. For conflicting and
contradictory testimony, the case is proba-
bly, one of the mo t not:ble upon record.
w. b. Donahle appeared for the State and
Mr.. Worreu for the defense.
Mrs. Preston, the complaining witness,
was the G-st TO be sworn. She testified
that she rented the second story of build
ing at 700 south Third street, which she
furnished up for housekeeping purposes.
John Hohler occupied the lower story as g
saloon; the noise and disturbances in the
salool we're SO annoying that she conclud-
ed not to keep house in the rooms; she
ren.ed two furnished rooms to Nina Hollis
ter, the defendant, who occupied the rooms
two days; she then moved into the stalls
!, the back part of the saloon below; the
wines locked up her house and left town
10 visit her husband; she rel :,rped in few
days and found her goods had beer stolen;
the witness then ve'y closely identified
the goods which had been recovered from
The defendant upon a search warrant: she
testified to tie marking of towels, table
cloths etc.; the goods were then offered as,
evidence anu itep. fed by the witness; she
: . tiled that certa'r towel han ibeer
Cut by her and made up and would be found
the same length; upon comparison they
were found to be the same:
sc witness also testified fell list Of the
goods stolen from her rooms during he.
al sence.
The cross-examinat:on failed 10 develop
any new evidence. nor did tho witne +,
waYer, although sui; ectcd 20 a searching
inve7t;gatior.
VIM. Reed, clerk in Segelbapm Bros.
Store, testified tias he had sold to Ms
Preston eight yards Of silk similar to The
| piece which was exhibited in the court.
d. clerl. a'so employed at that store les.
fed that she had cold Mrs. Preston g
piece of silk similar to the piece shown
| end that Mrs. Press-n had stated at the
time rhat she had been robbed of 6
piece OF silk end wanted this to finish 6
dress pattern.
Mr. Preston testified to the identity of
towel which had been removed from tn,
defendsnt3' room. It was ore he hae
gwen his wife.
| P. P. West, police officer, testified t.
having taken the goods in question from
the room of the defendant upon search
warrant. Upon this the state rested.
Mica HOLSTER was sworn in defense
She testified that she had rented two rooms
from complaining witness on South Thiri
81 eel, but sic " Gated them owing to troubl,
She tner n I:eo down into Jonp Hoh'c 3
! 81 loon; Heb &c tore out stall end fitted OF
a bed room Tor Ter; she afterward remove.
to the hol.s Of Mrs. Lawrence wien tn,
goods we're talen Ivy the Offices. Sh,
then testified thai each and every a-ticl
was her individual properly except tw,
towels Witch 1s,Cuged to Jack BOILER
most of it had been Purchased FOR her b,
her nusbend III low; The silk she pur
chased tom Goolfellow & Eastman, on
of re towels had oeen given her at tn
Like by Charley Jones; she then testifet
i'aat Sammy Green had called al HRS
Preston's house and carried away a larg
amount of goods during Mrs. Preston
absence; she sew him take them.
Mrs.. Lawrence, a dressmarker, JOIN
Hohler his bartender and Ed. A. Steven
were witnesses Cor the defense, but fer lacl
of space their testimony is omitted.
The whole afternoon was consumed il
hearing this Gaze when it YVES continue,
until this morning.