The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-20
THEY TOOK IN THE TOWN.
And Had a Disagreement Later o.

day In the justice court for the crime
of larceny from the person of E. Lew.
ellyn took up all the afternoon. VIM
Moreland, who was also arrested on
the same charge and dismissed, tes-
titled that he met Douglass for the
first time soon after the COlunl6ia
left Portland, and that they became
quite intimate on their way down the
river to Astoria. On arriving at AS
toria the man Lewellyn went on board
and went down in the steerage, a con-
versation sprang up between Lew
ellyh. Douglass and him. 1t was then
about s P NJ, and Douglass asked him
Iif he lived IN Astoria, he replied he
did. and said Il am going up town;
You had better come along" ''We all
three started" said the witness, "and
stopped in two or three saloons on
the way and took some drink until we
got to Geo. Hills, where Lewellyn
started to shake dice, and lost dol
lar. Then he went and bet at faro
game and won the dollar back, then
started to the music hall where Lew
ellyn and Douglass danced. [ then
went back to the boat and went to
bed. Some two or three hours after
that I heard Lewellyn say take your
hand out of my pocket, you have
robbed me of 80 cents heard some
passengers say If he has taken it
make him give it to you back Lew
ellyn answered back that he would.
Douglass then came over to where /
was and Lewellyn followed him, and
accused him of robbing him of a
pocket book containing $50 In green
backs and steersge ticket, and told
him if he did not give it back to him
he would have him arrested, which he
did. Aftea a while officer Beasley
came on the boat and arrested Doug
lass and myself and took us to the
county jail"
Officer Beaseley, and jailor Kin
ney testified to the arrest and
search of the men In the county
jail. Lewellyn then testified that he
met the prisoner, and Mr.. Moreland
just on going on the steamer Co
LunpbiG to go to San Francisco, and
that they come up town together,
here the evidence of Lewellyn was
about the same as Moreland's, until
they returned to the Columbia.
"About IL o'clock Saturday night
wheu we went to og up the gang
plank the officer in charge made us
show our tickets. L went up first my;
my ticket-was In my pocket. I took
it out and showed it. Douglass fol-
lowed me. / don't know whether
Douglass saw any money in my pocket
book or not. I went down in the
steerage to go to bed. 1 remarked it
was pretty cold when Douglass
said 1 will go over to his
bunk and steal his blanket
and share it with you. He got the
blanket and came over to the bunk,
took off his boots and turned In, COW
ering us both with the blanket. In a.
little! while / heard him snoring,
then went to sleep myself. About
an hour afterward [ woke up and
found Douglas hand in my pants
pocket, and missed 30 cents. L ac-
cused him of taking it, when he got
up and went over to the bunk of
Moreland, / followed him over to the
bunk and he gave me the so cents
back. I then found my coat and vest
open and my pocket book gone. 1 &C
cused him of stealing it. He denied
it and went and got an officer and
had him arrested. L thought More
land was an accompGce and had him
also arrested"
The defendant was then called to
the stand in his own behalf. He said
his name was Bruce Henry William
Douglas, was born in Bannockshire,
Scotland, had been in the United
States six years; was 26 years old.
He stated that about a week ago he
went to Portland from San Francisco,
to take position on the OregOniGn,
but when he got there. the place was
filled, and not having much money
John Gran, of Portland. an influential
member of the British Benevolent SO
ciety, procured him ticket to go to
San Francisco, at reduced rate;
started him from Portland on the
Columbia Saturday morning, arrived
at Astoria in the evening; had become
acquainted with Moreland on the boat
coming down the river. Somewhere
about 8 o'clock Saturday night, Lew
ellyn came down the steerage where
he and Moreland were sitting on a
bench.
"a conversation sprang up and the
three of us went up town, stopped at
a good many saloons and took drinks,
before we got to the Music hall. AS it
was early
THE DANCING HAD NOT ooMAESCED,
So we went over to Hills, where Lew
ellyn commenced throwing dice for
money and lost some. He. then went
into another room and played faro,
and I was told he won the money back
again and quit. He then went back
to the Music hall where we Newellyn
and myself danced two or three times
and drank considerably. / was feel
ing then very much under the influ-
en0 of liquor. We left the Music
hall then and looked for Moreland,
but he had gone. On the way to the
boat We had some more drinks. We
then went on the boat. Before going
aboard, though, we were made to
show our tickets, which we did. We
then went down in tine steerage to go
to bed. After. Lewellyn got into his
bunk he said it was cold. L answered
him / had hired blanket for twenty
five cents and would share it with
him which he accepted, got into the
bunk and went to sleep. Sometime
after 1 was awakened by Lewellyn
accusing me of having my hand
in his pocket also accusing me of rob-
bing him OF Scots. and saying get out
Of here, I got up and went over to an
other bunk he followed saying had
robbed him of Scots. / was so con-
fused at the time / put my hand in
my pocket and took out Scots. and
lgave it to him. 1 would have given
him 800 If I had it to have stopped
the disgrace OF this thing, that is the
reason I gave him the 5Octs. He then
said I had stolen his pocket book con-