Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-25
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How John Callaghan Came to be Ar
rested for Grand Larceny.

rested for Grand Larceny.
San Francisco Call; When the name
of John Callaghan on a charge of grand
larceny was called in Police Court 2
yesterday, awell-dressed, ~quiet-looking,
middle-aged man stood up in the dock
and pleaded not guilty.
Officer Horton, who made the arrest,
was called. and testified hat on Monday
night he was called to the lodging
house at $40 Ellis street to arrest a man
who was roaming about the house in a
strange manner. With some difficulty,
and after he had chased the man about
the house for some time, he caught him
in the kitchen and arrested him. He
was attired in his shirt only, and
seemed in a daZed condition and not to
realize his surroundings. The officer
took him to the police station, and on
the complaint Of the landlady. charged
him with grand larceny.
Mrs. Helen Grant, the landlady, was
then called, and testified that at a late
hour on Monday night she was aroused by
loud screams from the room of Miss Mel
lie Porter, one of her dodgers, and on
going to her door was nearly knocked
down by a man who rushed out in hir
shirt-sleeves. She raised an alarm and
sent for I'm officer, and on his taking the
man into custody discovered he was the
one who had rented a room from her
that day. She went into his room when
the officer had arrested him, and found
a lady's bonnet, a pair of gloves. some
stockings, and a lady's gold brooch Sc
GREETED in the wardrobe, and on making
inquiries found that they belonged to
Miss Florence Allen another of her ten
ants, and for this reason h had Cal
laghan charged with grand larceny.
Miss Allen identified the articles as
her own and said that she had laid them
on her bureau before going 80 bed.
Miss Porter testified that she was
awakened on the night in question by a
noise in her room, and saw by the dim
light Of the hall a man standing at her
bureau and apparently brushing his
hair before the mirror. She screamed,
and the intruder made his escape. She
saw him after his arrest, but could not
positively identify him, but thought he
was the same one
The defendant was then placed on the
stand, and testified substantially as fol-
lows: 81
''My name is John Callaghan and |
am a miner. / came to this city on
Sunday last and took a room at Mrs.
| Grants house. On Monday evening l
went to bed about III o'clock, and knew
nothing further until / was awakened
| Dy cumming oNSi ochiSbhih6 oNN
| a man tell me to stop running.
II found myself in the kitchen with
very few clothes on, and this officer and
and the household standing about me
and asking me all sorts OF questions. l
was so bewildered that i could not ex-
plain myself, and then the policeman
took me to the lookup. The only ex-
PLANTATION / can make of how | got into
the kitchen is this: When | was a
young man / was subject to fits of SOM
nambulism, and have frequently walked
in m sleep during the past few years.
"About the things found in my room
I know nothing, and the interval from
the time | went TO bed to the time l
awoke in the kitchen is a blank to me.
| suppose the excitement of my journey
from the north worked on me, and | got
up and acted as these ladies testify"
Frank Peterson, an engineer, and
William Jennings, a mining expert,
both testified that they had known the
defendant for a long time and that he
was subject to fits of sleep-walking, and
would wander about for hours if not
awakened. Mr.. Jennings had known
him for a long time and from his own
experience and from what others had