The Forrest City times., 1891-02-20
If the missing iewelry could be found

1 ihONu DtSun tO tltSDtfE. AS ~ ldSU resort he inserted an advertisement
 in the papers, offering a reward of
 S1O0 for information that would lead
 to the recovery Of the jewelry stolen | from the body of the murdered
 woman. The person giving the infor-
 nation was promised immunity.
 It was about four days later that a
 man walked into the attorneys office | and remarked: "I see you are offering
 8 reward for tho recovery of some earrings"
 "Ycs, yes" exclaimed Lloyd, ex- citedly ''Have you them?"
 'I think so, replied the stranger, as
 he pulled chamois bag from his
 pocket and leisurely proceeded to un-
 roll it. At last he brought forth the
 earrings. As soon as Lloyd saw them
 he was certain from the description
 given hin that they were the property
 of the murdered woman.
 His tongue was unloosened when
 Lloyd dropped five twenties in his
 out-stretched hand, remarking at the
 same time; "I never was happier part
 ing with money in my life. 1"
 The visitor was William M Shearer,
 a deputy in the Sacramento jail. | Among the prisoners in the constitution | at that time was Charles Flynn, alias l Mortimer, an ex-convict and one of
 the worst criminals ever known in the state. Mortimer was waiting to be | tried for the murder of Mary Gibson, | and his wife, Carrie, was held as an l accessory. The woman was found
 strangled on the morning of Sep
 tember 20, 1872, and clutched in | her hand was q bunch of hair | pulled from the whiskers of the
 assassin. Through that the crime
 was traced to Mortimer, and his wife
 was also taken into custody Mrs
 Mortimer was given the freedom of the 1 corridors, as ii was intended to use her
 as witness for the prosecution. The couple had beenin jail about two weeks when Attorney Lloyd offered the re-
 ward for the lewelry stolen from the | murdered Prenel waman. Shearer 1 chaneed on the advertisement and 1t
 struck him that Mortimer might have
 committed the crime, for it was simi-
 lar to the Gibson murder in many re- | spects. Calling Carrie into the office he l etShtNi lANt hO iFSiAi blIC GlStIlltHl. | She compiled, and when she came to
 the description of the jewelry she gave | a sudden start. Shearer had been watching her closely and he was con ] vinced he was on the right track. Be- l fore she had time to regain her com 1 posture he said, Carrie l want that | jewelry to save an innocent man.
 You want to get me into more trouble" she replied.
 Shearer assured her that he would l protect her if she told him where the 1 lewelry was, and ne gave her an hour 1 to think over the matter When she returned to the office at the expira- i tion of that time she handed him the 1 stolen earrings, She had kept them 1 concealed by tieing them to string ! around her throat.
 Take them, She said, "and save his l fife"
 Shearar questioned her abont tho
 way they came into her possession. After much hesitation she told the | story. Mortimer returned home (they were living here them about O clock
 of the morning Caroline Pronel was
 found strangled She asked him where ! he had been all night and he told her ] 1t was none of her business, at the | same timo remarking, as he threw the 1 earrings and finger ring to her. "I ] done a woman up for these last night. ,"
 He went to bed then and when he got l up in the afternoon he took the ring 1 from her and pawned 1t. He after
 ward wanted the earrings to pledge, ! but she told him she had mislaid them, Soon afterward they went to ! Sacramento and were arrested for the i Gibson murder.
 Carrie Mortimer did not know where
 her husband had pawned the ring. | She thought, however, that he in all | probability pledged it in shop on i Dupont street below Broadway, where
 he sold q guitar before they went to | Sacramento.
 | Attorney Lloyd was jubilant. ] At last nc was in the ;.osses- ! sion of evidence to establish the | innocence of his client The friends 1 of the murdered woman identified the 1 earrings as her property
 ! To recover the ring would complete his ease. He visited the pawnshop on Dupont street. It was owned by l.. Abrams. He first aseertained that Mortimer had pawned various articles there. Lloyd asked him about airing.
 He thought he had melted it. Lloyd's
 heart began to sink
 Abrams did not want to know any thing about the case. He did not
 want to get into trouble.
 Lloyd assured him that he would not involve himself and later brought
 Captain Lees to bear him out.
 The packages in the store were open
 ed one by one The work required
 several days, but it brought its re- ward.
 ! The ring was foundl
 7 Mortimer hadpawned it the day afte, ! the murder
 | Bee was placed on trial on Decem- Der 10. 1872, and prosecuted by D. T. ! Murphy, at present superior judge.
 The fact that he had threatened and 1 choked the deceased on several occa- | sions, coupled with the evidence oithe
 officer who heard the row in the house
 a few hours before the discovery of 1 the body, that the dispute was car ! ried on in French, made a strong case [ against the prisoner, more especially
 when the officer said he was almost { positive 1t was Bees voice he heard.
 Attorney Lloyd showed for the de- 1 fense that Mortimer talked French | iiuently and that his voice was hardly ! distinguishable from Bees. Witness
 es were also introduced to prove that
 Mortimer met the woman in saloon i on the corner of Clay and nupont