National Republican., 1888-04-07
SIZE OF HER STOCKINGS.
Attorney LipSco,nb Has II Chance I
Judge for Himself.

On The night Of Mar. I last the store OF John
W Brown. in liillsduc u. G., was broken into
and a large quantity Ol goods, consisting OF
one krg of whisky twenty-five pounds uf plug
tobacco. one box of cigars. fOrty.cight pairs Of
stockings. twenty-five pounds oi meat, eleven
sacks of flour. and l,oj cents in money were
,tucn The rol berry was reported to the
police. AMI suspicion iClI on young cOlured
man named John BADLY aS the guilty party.
lie was arrested by Officer W. Y. Anderson.
and flask about Oncthird full uf liquor amt
apiece of plug tobacco about a~ large ~ u
mans thumb were found On him. Y Ms seem" |
tu be conclusive evidence ~ the officer. aud,
Hln,d Il with search warrant, he prOCcCd'd VI tu
the hUusC Oi BADLY. The lower portion Oi II
wHs uCt uNiCd 10y mulnttn woman nam" |
Mary \. earn enter and the two upper rooms
Ivy BADLY and Young muiattl woman named
Eliza GuSswuy. In a trunk belonging To- Eliza
were fuur pair uf new stockings Currc sp,nl.
ing with thu.C stolen. and IN u room down
the Mind stolen.
The uul came Nj in the criminal court yes.
tCrGul iu!oIC justiCp Montgomery. Mr.. LiuS.
comb prosecuting the case and Mr.. l., NJ.
Hewlett defending. The evidence for the
government was substantially aS above. and
vt It's conclusion II wa. apparent to the rcgI.
lar lnbiineS of that court that no case 'a |
rCcn made our, and Mr.. Iipscumb was on the
point ui abandoning the cnsc, but concluded
10 await developments. Eliza Gassway was
the irst witness for the defense, ana state !
huuse in company with the prisoner. hut wa.
not married. To- him. She said she purchase |
SiX pairs of stocking. from store ON VI street
sUulhca,t. ard that the lou pairs taken from
her trunk by officer Anderson were part ut
the ldi1 husV She wu>a willing witness aud
seemed anxious to do anything tu clear hnr
companion On being CfOsS.eNanined by Mr.
Lips,umb Us TO wlrrc the mis- sing two plirs
wee, she having claimed that she purchas 80 |
, siN. aud only four were found. she said she
had one pnr on and the others were dirty.
4 In proof Ot the latter assertion she took from
a small ,atchel that she carried very soilcd
/ and dilapidated pair OF hose. aud showed them
/ TO him.
! With the air rr an cxpcrt the handsome
| prosecutor arose from his chair, stroking his
| blonde muStachc, and, going to the assortment
! of stockings began to oeXnininc them critically.
| His attention was first attracted to the ai'.
! parent difference In size between the stockings
! that had been worn and the new ones found
! in the trunk and he asked the witness to cx.
| plain: Certainly; they stretch on being worn,
| She said. This seemed TO relieve his mind. aud
| he again turned TO the stockings detected
! that the sizes of the new pairs were marked
-, and she did not look like woman who
| wore such small size. Here was a chance
! for him tU catch her, and he at once asked her
| what size of stockings she wore. size said
| size. "l'll show you" and Sulting the action to
| the word she put one foot on n chair and
| raised her dress. Hold on. Not that way
shouted the prosecutor, as his face flushed tIp,
| while the whole court room was convulSed
| with laughter: The witness was too much for
| him and he asked her no more questions.
| Mary \ carpenter came next, and identified
! the empty flour sacks as hers, and that she
| had purchased them oiled with flour. The ac.
| cuscd denied the robbery and told a very good
| story.
Rev. lucius lInrrod and Patrick I. Edelin,
| testified tu the good character Of the prisoner.
| At this point Justice Montgomery stopped
| the ease. and inquired if Mr.. Iipscomh had
, any testimony in rcbuttal. and on being in.
! formed IN the negative he said that he Thought
the case had better be abandoned, as he was
I convinced that no conviction could he made.
| Mr.. l.pscumb wns Of the same opinion, and
| the iury were ordered to bring In II verdict of
! not guilty,