Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-08-04

, redeem his and his wife's trunks that were
still held by Elliott here; that on receipt o
the money sent to him for the purpose, S13, so
Mr.. Huston had forwarded his trunks to hin
at Kansas City; that he had not seen tn
trunks after leaving Wichita until they were
, received at the theatre in Kansas City, wher
he discovered that the locks had been broker
and everything Of value extracted therefrom
He stated that he came to Wichita last Satur.
day to ascertain if he could what had become
of the contents Of the trunks which he valued
at something like $500; that procuring war
rant The proceeded with Constable Worrall to
the house occupied and kept by Elliott, or
Water street, to search for his missing
goods; that part of the articles taken from
of Elliotts house hanging on the walls with
and under other clothing, but most of the
articles, such as his wife's undergarments
were found in Elliott's trunk in the room oc
cupied by him; that the articles were read
lily identified by him as being his own and his
wife's clothing, which had been left secure in
the trunks attached by and left with Elliott
as stated.
On cross-examination by Mr.. Reed, Frank
lin said the first person he saw at Elliotts
Saturday, was young lady whom he did
not know, but who sent for Elliott, who was
ing to any of them himself, but at the request
OF Worrall read the list of articles named in
the affidavit and identified the goods as
found Neither Elliott, Galeener or anyone
else said when, where or how they came by
the goods, though Elliott claimed them as his
or as belonging to his women folks. He
called Worralls attention to a pair of hose
the woman Galeener had on at the time that
belonged to his wife and which Worrall had
Galeener take off at the time.
| Mrs Mollie franklin, wife of Lester
Franklin, was next called. Mrs Franklin is
a modest, progressing, handsome lady, and
| in her straightforward statements fully sus-
tanned her reputation for intelligence and at
tractiveness She named many Of the arti-
cles she had left in her trunk when it was at
| tached in May and which on being produced
| and exhibited to her in court she recognized
value of the articles she named the amount
for each one. which in the aggregate reached
the sum of S24. 80 though she stated the articles
found did not represent one-fourth the num-
Der or value of what was taken from her
trunk
The cross-examination failed to entangle
the witness or to elicit any points of value to
the defence. In fact, the attorneys for the
defence soon found that the witness was
match for their cunning and ingenuity.
Mrs Pease was next called and testified
that she called at Elliott,s house, date not
given, and as she entered Elliott's room saw
Elliott tying up the trunks that had been
broken open; recognized the trunks as be
longing to the theatrical company; saw some
of the articles taken out of the trunks; recog
nized stockings which the Galeener woman
had on at the time: heard them speaking of
the articles taken from the trunks and saw
the women about the house wearing some of
of the clothing taken from the trunks and re-
marked the nice laces, etc. saw Elliott try
ing on a nice pair Of black pants of diagonal
figure, very fine.
On cross-examination witness said Elliott
owed her some money, and she had been to
his house several times to get it, but failed;
did not visit the house.
H. W. Moore testified that he knew de-
PENDANTS; had heard of the theatrical trunks
being at Elliott's; saw they had been moved
from where first seen in the house; heard
something about the trunks having been
opened, and wrote to Franklin.
Doc Worrall testified that he made the
search of Elliott's premises ON the warrant
issued by Judge Walker, and securing the
goods identified by Franklin as having been
taken from the trunks; said he opened Eli
otis trunk which was not locked and found
under the tray q number of articles that
Franklin identified as his wife's and a pair
of gloves as his own, but which Elliott claim
ed as his He explained the finding of the
striped stockings on the woman Gallener and
her to take them off in his presence,
greatly to the amusement of the court, attor-
neys and crowd present. doc is a comical
genius when he is in a mood for a little fun
He said Elliott and Galeener claimed the
goods found by him and Franklin, and said
they had been brought there by hired girl |
in bundle of clothes
Belle Sandy. girl who worked at Elliott's |
house, saw the articles: saw Galeener we ar |
the hose, and her daughters Minnie wear one |
IF the skirts: asked Minnie where she got |
such nice clothes, and she said they belonged |
20 her mama.
Mrs. A. Kramer was called by the defense /
% prove the value of the articles recovered. |
md her estimate Tailed with that of Mrs.
rranklin's to within few cents
The examination closed here and the /
the defendants to be held under
/ bond of $500 to appear for trial on charge
# grand larceny before the circuit court;
,ond was given and the parties released
The defendants attorneys displayed con-
iderable ingenuity and tact IN the exa,nina-
ion. but the witnesses made their statements
n straightforward manner. and corrob-
'rated each other IN every particular. which
made it pretty plain sailing for the county
attorney and judge.
c. P Rector, division superintendent Of
he Fort Scott road has removed his head
quarters into the second story rooms of the
lew building on Main street, occupied on
he ground floor by the London tailors- The