Wichita eagle., 1888-03-25
THE COUNTS.
JUSTICE COURT

JUSTICE COURH
At Justice Walkers court yesterday the
time was mostly taken up in the prelimi-
nary hearing of State VS.. Mary G. Moore.
The defendant was accused of stealing
from Hotel Gandolfo quantity of table
linen and other articles last Sunday. The
articles missed were found in her trunk,
which was searched after she had left the
house and while the trunk was awaiting
for delivery to the transfer man. All this
was produced in evidence by the state.
The defense, on the contrary, showed that
the trunk had been left in the room I'M
locked, even after the table linen was re-
ported to be missing; that the defendant
and certain chambermaid at the hotel
had had a quarrel, and that this might
have been put up job to injure the de
PENDANT; and lastly, proved by number
of the defendants former employers that
she had always borne good reputation
one witness stating that she had brought
down from an upstair room to the office a
purse containing over $1,000. The jury,
after a short deliberation, returned YER
dict of acquittal, and the defendant was
discharged
On account of the press of other matters
State VS.. George Conway, whoi is accused of
stealing Mrs. Stough's diamonds, was
passed over.
POLICE COURT.
The three men who were arrested the
night before were brought into court yes
terday morning gave the names of John
Ryan, Frank Lord and William Fuller.
They We're all found guilty of being drunk;
only one, Ryan, had money enough to pay
his way out of the cooler.
Sam Farmer was accused of petty LARGE
ny; a man saying that the accused had
under the guise of apoliceman COMPEL
ed him to give up his coat. Deputy Tom
Riggs, however, says he knows something
about the case and states that the man
gave the coat in controversy to him, -
advanced and that gave it to Farmer.
The case was set for hearing Monday after
noon.
STATE VS.. GATES.
Upon the conyening of court yesterday
morning the case of State VS.. w. Z. Gates
was resumed. There was present the
same anxious, morbidly curious crowd of
spectators who are always to be found
lettering around a court where cases of
this kind are likely to come up. They in
feet the police and justice courts and
stand around the court railing with open
mouths and eyes eagerly devouring every
bit of the nauseating evidence produced.
Nora Ray was the first witness put upon
the stand She told plain story of how
she came into the power Of the defendant;
story simple and pathetic and which re-
manned mistaken after the search in c cross
examination of the defendants attorneys.
She was followed by her associate. Josie
Whitcomb, and afterwards by Warren
Mckee, who first brought the matter to
the attention of the authorities. Court
adjourned at o'clock, intend
ing to resume the case Mon
day morning. During the examination
of Norah Ray, Attorney Milton of the de
Tense again managed to get himself into
trouble. He demanded definition of a
term used by the witness. She commenced
to cry, and he still insisted Mr.. Stanley
said that any man who would insist upon
such thing was brute and wretch.
This remark was greeted with applause
from the spectators. Mr.. Milton arose and
in a short speech took occasion to cast re-
fiections-to, in short, insult Judge Reed.
His honor, already sorely tried and out of
patience, arose in his might, and keenly
cycling the presumptuous lawyer, thun-
dered out: 81 fine you, sir, $50 for contempt
of court, and you will stand committed
until it is paid" There was painful and
intense stiffness in the court, and at last
Mr.. Milton arose and retracting his state
ment, the fine was RENTED by the court