Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-23
A Story Which Was Not Be-
Heved in Court.
The Testimony Fails to Connect
Harris with the Case.
The Judges Decide That the Charges Were
Untrue, and That the Evidence Did
Not Sustain Them.

ives, nave kept MIN ana MS pal, clarke
out stealing for their benefit. This il
the second time this matter has cropped
out. Not long ago Policeman Aublt
swore out acomplaint charging Jennings
with receiving stolen goods. Justice
Austin held an examination, and Auble
failing utterly to prove anything, Jen
nings was discharged The story of the
burglars, Bush and Clarke, is substan.
tally the same as that of AubIe.
When the case was opened yesterday
Deputy Hardesty, of the District Attor-
ney's office, appeared for the State,
and w. T. Williams and Henry
Edelman for the defense. A
large contingent of constables, police
officers, detectives and Sheriff's deputies
were on hand to hear the testimony.
The examination began by placing
Mrs. Mary A. ~Kimball on the stand,
who testified as to her house being en-
tered by burglars on the afternoon or
evening of February 1st. The lady also
identified a gold necklace that was
taken upon that occasion, being the one
that Bush claims he handed over to
Jennings.
l. B. Cohn, the pawnbroker, testified
that Jennings pawned the article in
question at his place.
Bush was then put ON the stand, and
told his story, which was given verbatim
in the HERALD when he gave it before
Judge Cheney voluntarily the other
day. He said he told this story first to
Officers Auble and Bowler. The Chief
may have been present. He told
Hardesty when he was in the
Jail, and Hardesty suggested that
he tell it before the court when he
should come before it. He said he lived
at the house of Emil Harris after he
had done a good deal of stealing and
after he had been in Jail for crime.
Jennings knew he was going to burglar
ize some place on the night the Kimball
place was robbed. He got Bush dark
lantern, or tried to do so. He went all
over the story Of Jennings pawning the
watch, chain, etc;
=. B. Cohn, the pawnbroker, was
oalled and identified the stuff Jennings
brought to him between February 18th
and 18th last. He gave ,eawn tickets
for them in the name of G. w. Bush.
Fred. c.. Smith, the constable, testi-
fed that about February Goth, or little
later, Jennings told him all about this
pawned stuff and said he was working
Bush in the hope of learning where the
watch stolen from Governor Waterman
was. Smith and Jennings held a con-
sultation as to how far it was safe to go
in pawning stuff supposed to be gotten
by theft in order to lead the thieves into
trap where they could be caught.
James Clarke was called by the prose-
cution, to tell about the sale of the
chain He and Bush met Jennings and
gave him the chain to sell. He wanted
to get acid to test it, and after this he
sold it for $3.50. He gave the money to
Bush.
Mrs. Kimball was recalled by the
stolen from her house when it was bur-
glarized February 1st She lost every
thing. The ring was worth $40, a brace
let worth $50, pin worth $50, earrings
worth $3.50, were all taken. They were
all solitaire diamonds. Besides the rob
bers took $40 or $50 in coin. She identi-
fed all shown to her in the court.
Here the court recalled Bush, to make
him tell a good deal he had concealed
before. He had stated that Jennings
and Harris would not give him
money enough to enable him to
get out of the country. Before
the court got done with him it cropped
out that he got $3.50 in money, $40 for
the bracelet, $12 for the earrings and
other sums. Some of the jewelry he
said had been lost, and some of it, the
diamond earrings, he says he gave
Harris.
Captain Anderson, Deputy Sheriff al
San Pedro, testified that about February
10th Jennings had told him all about
u Il
that he was working Bush, in the hope
OF getting Waterman's watch, stolen al
Riverside.
l. Cohn testified to seeing Jen.
nings pawn the chain at l. B
Cohn's. He thought the chain in evi
dence the one.
J.F. Burns, ex-Chief of Police, testi
fed that Jennings told him at divers
times between February 7th and &c
about these pawned goods, and that ht
was irving to catch Bush or Clarke fol
the Waterman watch.
Jennings went on and told his owl
story. He is detective for Harris 4
Metzler, and a deputy constable. HI
has been with Harris five or six months
He has been an officer five or six years
He was deputy under Sheriff Kays
= He first met Bush about six weeks ago
He came to Jennings on the street ant
asked if there was reward for the re
turn of Waterman's watch. Jenning
said he thought so, and arranged t.
meet Bush next day. Bush told him h'
thought he might get it. After thi
they met frequently, and then Busl
asked him to pawn the things. He sail
he got them from his girl, and wante'
to pawn them, not sell them. Thieve
are generally in a hurry to sci
stolen goods. Jennings pawned thes
articles. He went to their room to tes
the chain in the hope of getting at som
other plunder that might be there, bu
failed to induce them to show any more
He gave them all Cohn gave him
and the pawn tickets. He said he wen
to Cohn's and the drug store to ask 10
the lantern, not with the intention c
getting one, but to keep them on tn
string. He gave the officers from tim
to time all he could learn about thes
boys. He never pawned any othe
articles at Cohn's, nor sold any, althoug
he had been a clerk in the place.
Auble and Bowler were put on, an
swore they would not believ
Bush under oath. They had swor
the same thing before in the Dc