Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-18

voul DON'T want you TO be afraid OF
me. because won't do you any harm; 1
will protect you; am crook myself;
have been in that business if you get in
jail will get you out" After / would
rob place / would give them the stuff.
If they had no use for it themselves they
would return it for the reward, and give
me whatever they saw fit, and that would
be the end of it.
By Mr.. Hardesty-How long did you
live in Harris's house?
A.-On, it was three or four months,
believe
Odd you at any time rob hard
ware store?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-What did you get?
A.-There was $640 worth of cutlery
taken out of the place. And it was given
to Mr.. Harris to return il for the reward.
He got the reward, 10 cents on the in
voice price of $640. And what money he
gave me he afterwards wanted One of
them told me he hadn't got the claim
what he said he had got, and wanted me
to return some of the money. told him
| could not do that, because l done the
work and would have nothing.
Q.-What kind of implements or in
struments did you use, or what was pro-
cured for you, or attem yted to be pro-
cured for you, if you know?
A-Well, previous to this last burg
larry that was committed, Mr.. Jennings
came to me and told me. He SAYS: II
think it is rather dangerous for you."
Asked me what was using for light. I
told him candle. He says: "That is
not good" and he says: 81 will try and
fvok 1oV - >
He said he would 60 into Cohen's and
over and said Cohen said he hadn't
go to Fullerton's drug store and
see if be could get one. He says:
Fullerton has one. 1 know a man
there" This was in the evening about
o'clock. He says: eff he has not got
one will 60 right home." He struck
out, walked right down and went home.
Of course didn't have any dark lam
tern. The gold settings and stuff we
could not sell, he would get the tester
in Cohen's and come up to our room and
test it.
Q.-What do you mean by testing it?
A.-Finding out the carat value of it.
The tester is an instrument with eight or
ten prongs. Acid is used on the prongs,
and the carat of the gold is ascertained
by the acid eating the gold that has been
rubbed off on the stone. We tested one
article, pin, that was valued at about
twenty-five or thirty dollars, and found
it to be fourteen carats. He said he
would take it and see what he could get
on it. He tested it, and said he could
get about ten dollars for it. He took it
down to Cohen, and said Cohen would
not give $40; he would only give $3.50.
He took it down and gave me So so.
Q-Have you ever seen that pin
since?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q-What did you say?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q-Where did you see it afterward?
Ala the police station.
Odd you see any package it WAS
in-ihe envelope it was in?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-How was the envelope marked, if
you remem ber?
Al didn't notice the marking on the
envelope.
Q-Why didn't you leave town?
Aust simply for the reason I could
not get money enough to leave town.
They just kept me down to bedrock all
the time; made it so 1 didn't have
enough money to leave town. If 1 got
a diamond valued at $40 900, they would
not give me more than twenty-five or
fifteen dollars.
By the Court-You would not have
taken such diamond and footed it out
of town with it, suppose?
A.-Well, could have done that; yes,
sir.
Dwell. you have stated Mr.. Jen-
nings said he would protect you?
A.-Yes, sir. On the day I got ar
rested he came right to the police officers
and told them everything; said he was
doing that IN order to work me. He
said he knew 1 was stealing all the time,
but he was just waiting for me to rob
some place where there would be large
reward for the stuff, and that he would
arrest me for it,
Q.-Who did he state that to?
A-The officer, believe.
Q-What officer?
A.-Mr. Auble and Mr.. Bowler.
Everything have said has been investi-
gated.
Q.-Is that all?
A.-Yes, sir.
The Court.-Sit down.
During the foregoing examination every
eye was centered on the young man who
had been testifying. When he had fin
ished, Officer M. T. Bowler testified that
Detective Jennings told him that he had
bought the stuff from Bush and Clarke,
and knew it to be stolen, but did not
know where il came from. Jennings
told him that he expected to recover
Governor Waterman's watch, stolen sew
eral weeks ago, through Bush, and that
was his excuse for taking the stolen
property.
James Clark, the other defendant, was
now called to the stand, and said that he
is the son of James Clarke, Esq, of Po-
mona, prominent lawyer of that city,
and nephew of Joseph Clarke, foreman OF
the Central Pacific machine shops in
Sacramento. He said be had only been
stealing short time. The night before
the last burglary Detective Jennings, he
said, met Bush and himself, and they
had some talk about getting lantern.
Jennings went across to Fullerton's drug
store, under the Hoffman house on Main
street, to get one, but did not find one
there. He also went to L. 3. Cohen's for
one. Jennings took q pin to Cohen's and
sold it. The witness said he lived in
Sacramento twelve or fifteen years, is a
married man and has baby three years
old.
When the examination was concluded,