The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-21
THO DRUNKEN DRummERs.
One Purchases Twenfy-seyen
Peter Funk Watches.
The Other fs Charged With Having
Robbed Hrs Cempanfsn or
soc In Gold.

On Monday evening J. 6. Brigham =
drummer, LEFT The Arlington house with
500 in his pockets and wheu he returned
NJ . o'clock the same night ne had st4 IN
cash snd e peter funk watches 70 show
for the large sum he had started out with,
but he had INDUCED In some excessive
ana Esenent. In addition 70 this he had
one r steinberger In jail on charge OF
roobang him Of 800 In United states gold
coin
Yesterday steinbeEger lad preliminary
examination before Justice soierberg on q
charge of larceny from the person.
Mr. Brigham. the complaining witness,
Is respectable. jolly looking uiaa, IS or
30 year Of age In Q pleasant. easy man
rer. when seated on the witness stand he
told how he started out 70 have q little jcl-
sficafion with the boys GA Monday evening
last with about $500 in his several pockets
Finally he came to the corner OF Com
merciai and Washington streets 70 the auc-
ton store OF Kleine & Ashe At this place
q glibfongued fellow was a1ctiouing of
watches which seemed maryelousiy low to
the partially intoxicated drum
mer. Brigham started Ia 20
buy the entire institution out
First he would purchase a timepiece and
then he would go in and take drink. IL
vas here thar he made the acquaintance OF
+. sfeiHberger. who introduced himself as
drummer The two had numerous drinks
together aud before two hours had passed
Mr.. Brigham found himself the happy pos
SCISSOR OF u Peter Funk watches of assorted
sizes and makes For these he had paid
the sum OF t1Oo.
The witness said that he blamed no one
"a hf1 frf n fs
eyes wide opcn- More drinks followed.
and the party adjourned to the Bank Ex-
change saloon, where "a OF the watches
we're deposited with the barkeeper, and a
rstselpt given TO- them. Then they went
20 the Arlington hotel, aud s64 OF Brig
hams money was deposited with the clerk.
From thence they wens 70 the O. K. saloon,
accompanied by Klein, and here Brigham
claims Sfesnberger took his purse out OF his
pocket under pretense OF placing q re-
eeipt for the watches therein. aud stole 10
so gold pieces. or Sl01. therefrom. AT
least be declares that the 500 was Ia the
purse when Steinherger took liz from him.
and lt was empty when 5e returned Il d
moment or more later
At the instance of q private detective
sfeinbeyger was arrested. Witness declared
( that be would have suffered the loss in
silence rather than to have Steiabeeger ar
rested. On Tuesday Steinberger who was
out ON bail called on him twice and offered
! him 5 i50 ii he would not prosecute him
witness said he spent 500 for watches. 400
| for drinks and deposited Sd az the Arlin
ton. This was making liberal allowance
for every thing and still II left $3.50 unae-
counted for. Brigham swore positively
/ that during the evening he never took the
purse containing the 800 out of his pocket
till !. was taken out By SteInberger.
After one or two other witnesses, f.
Steinberger, the defendant, was placed on
| the stand. He IL rather handsome young
man OF about . years of age and drum
mer by occupation. He described how he
met Brigham and Joined with him in the
festivities Of the occasion. He gave u
plausible account OF all his actions. In re-
gard TO an attempt 10 sell one of the
watches to the night clerk OF the Airing
ton he said the offer was made In spirit OF
fun as he was partially intoxicated at the
time. II was brought out in the testimony
that he tried to get the clerk OF the Airing
ton TO give him 81 Of Brigham's money
plained this by saying that he intended to
give this To Brigham, so that he might
have money to keep his end up. When
asked why he ran away from brigham he
replied that he was a stranger ia strange
town and feared arrest. He denied siren
uonsly that he took Brigham's money
money. why" he said. IF had desired
TO 90 through Mr. brigham l would have
taken him 10 some dark place. ] would
not have robbed him in saloon where O
number OF witnesses were present
The testimony was so conflicting that
Judge Soaerberg was in a quandary.
Finally he said he would take the case un-
deI alylSefnent until today.