Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-24
A CITY EXPERIENCE.
cIRcuMsTANTiAL EVIDENCE AGAINST
A YOUNG MAN.
An Incident showing How an Innocent
Person Mss at Times u. Placed In .
Dangerous Situation with Regard TO
the Law woman's rredicam~nt

Dangerous Situation with Regard TO n
the Law "A woman's rredicamsnt o
Circumstaniial evidence is regarded, / !
know, by courts a. very often the strongest !.
possible proof. yet how often In human en. /.
pcrience has il been shown that circum.
stnntial evidence was a cruelty beyond de
tcriptionl | have told the story before,
but as IL II pertinent let me give IL In brief
again Some years ago, In Brook tyn, Ht a
boarding house table young invalid from
Minneapolis discussed with great earnest.
ness with his fellow bnHrders In general,
but more especially with "A bright New
England girl, then a school teacher In the
City of Churches the insanity Of Hamlet
1t was n bright December day. and either
Booth or Dayenport-and think the form,
er-was playing Hamlet" in Booths
theater ia this city. Half In fun and half
In earnest the young man suggested that
he and the young lady should attend the
performance that night and renew the dis
cussion later on.
They did so
AT the end OF the second act, being trou.
bled with asthma. the young man excused
himself, saying it would be necessary for
him to take the air and that he might not
return 10 his seat until the close OF the fol-
lowing act To his surprise when he
/
with snow. n brisk breeze WAS rapidly drift
| ing IL and the payements were covered TO
| the depth of at least an inch He muffied
| himself up and trotted literally toward
Broadway Then turning, he walked
/ brjskly back toward the theater. While
40 proceeding a man rushed rapidly past
him toward Sixth avenue with the fleet
ness OF a deer As he did 80 he dropped
something which shone in the snow.
The young man picked il up
II was watch and broken chain. As
well az he could he called after the rapidly
retreating individual, and. failing to make
him hear, endcavored To catch him. Tn
conscious OF a group of men behind him,
he ran rs quickly rs possible until ne
reached the corner OF Sixth avenue and
Twenty third street, where TO his amaze
ment, as a police officer grasped him. "A
crowd from behind pouncei upon him,
shouting, We have got him! Here he ISL
One OF them rcmarking as he snstched the
watch from his hands, by heavens, he has
got 1t here"
rtIg SoINAL SEQUENCE.
The young man was bewildcred, amazed.
dumfounhed.
Hurriedy he was taken to the station
house, where he was charged with feloni
Gus assault at the corner Of Fifth avenue
and Twenty.third street and with highway
robbery
How sot
Some one, and the crowd believed II 20
be he had grabbed an old gentleman about
the throat. dealt him a tremendous blow
behind the ears with blunt instrument,
roughly grabbed his watch and with vic
lcnce broke the chain ere he rushed away,
OF course you see 1t was the man who had
run on past our friend OF this he knew
] nothing. All he could say was that man
had dropped his watch in the snow and ht
picked il up. He was laughed at. Hs
, was thrown into IA cell In the morning hi
/, was taken, in serious physical distress nnd
, mental discontinue, before "a fat, sleepy
. Judge, and sent To the Tombs To await the
. action Of the grand jury.
And his friend. the young ladys
, Well, perhaps you can imagine her con
dition. She waited patiently during the
, third act iinpatiently during the remain
Q der OF the play. wondering at the absenc,
. Of her escort At last. the curtain down
| she walked slowly toward the door, wherl
J. she was encountered with the usual ganl
+ of cab shouters and street loafers, NOR
. serious even in their insulting attention
: than the tremendous storm which theI
!, hurtled through the air. She hadn't
dollar in her pocket: she WAS unfamilia
i. with New York.
What should she dor
The night watchman In a very few mo
!. ments told her that she must step outside
! a. the theater must be closed. cabma
Is asked her where she wanted to go. Sh
: said to Brooklyn. With lie he told be
IS that the ferryboats stopped running at |.
Ir and recommended that she should drive {
e the United States hotel
II A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
Il So she said she would like TO. explaine'
T. the absence of her escort AZ well sh
n could. and asked the man II he would trus
, her until the following morning. when sh
!, could send To her friends or go to her hom
: : In Brooklyn. He langhiugly replied thA
= that would make very little difference
p jumped on the box and started she bt
u lieyed, for the United States hotel on Flu
r ton street. near the ferry.
II During the long. long drive, with tn
\. storm beating outside aud her heart u
multuonsly moving inside. the poor gil
was nearly distranght Something. a won
anly intuition, told her all was not righ
Ia and as she looked out, seeing nothing, sh
- was convinced that they were beyond Oh
- line of residence. Her repeated blows npo
= the window made no impression upon th
- driver or his companion
10 Desperate frightened. she burst open tt
:. door and sprang rs well NJ she could I'M
nc the snow, tripped and fell IN front of VI
N mill on tho boulevard, IA door opeuf
ne aud the light from the interior reyeale
nd her, disheyeled, in tears. 10 n group Of ha
le drunken merrymaker who emerged !
nd that moment She was taken into tt
o. room, revived. given something 10 drinl
which she at first hestates TO take. al
after much urging accepted the hospital
sy Of billiard room until the followil
:, morning when the kind hearted wife
:. the proprietor. who was his own lartende
~ enabled her to return. half crazed. e
~ tirely demoraiized woman, TO her Broo
NC Ign home.
ey Then began the search for her escort.
ry And nothing under heaven but the clef
lie cut New York experience Of "A well know
ne newspaper friend spared that young ms
,es the disgrace OF an indictment. a trial n
he probable conviction for felonious assau
1T and highway robbery. he being rs gull
- ~ IL Il possible To conceive man lndg'
by circumstantial evidence, yet n innocel
a. n babe unborn judged from the factu
point OF view Joe Howard in New Yo
Recorder
Ter Origin of nunntna.
in During the reign Of Henry VII the
ly lived In Lincoln, England, famous hail
named Joe Dun Joseph was very cles
on in the management Of his business, and
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