Daily globe., 1882-10-07
''THK CELEBRATED CASE"

ohared-The Others Held to the Grand
Jary-1lina Holtisfer "Sktpped."
The wonderfully mixed up larceny case
wherein John Hohler, crook known as
Sammy Green, and Mrs. Putney, a
woman known as Mrs. Green, were ex-
amined for the larceny of large quan-
tity of household goods from Mrs. Andie
Preston during her absence from the
city.
Messrs. VIM. b. Donahue and Pitney ap-
peared on the part Of the State, while Col.
F. Hooker defended Sammy Green and
Mrs Putney, and ]. c. 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 Putnsy woman by Mike
Hoy. They found her in saloon. Mrs.
Putney said, "If you won't arrest
me. Pn tell where your goods
are. Mrs. Putney endeavored to evade an
arrest. The witness, Mrs. Putney, and
Mike Hoy then went to Putney's room on
North Washington avenue, over Emmery's IS
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-
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 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.
Samrnuel 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
como in the evening and get bundle OF
goods; accordingly in the evening ne hired
a horse and took the goods
away. Witness carried them from
the house; supposed the goods belonged to
Nina Hollister; Hoh.er 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.
At the conclusion of the testimony the
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 grand larceny as charged in the
complaint.
Sammy Green and Mrs. Putney were
held to await the action of the grand jury
at the next term of the district court in the
sum of $500 bonds each. In default OF
filing bonds they we're 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.