The morning call., 1894-11-20

Mrs. Martin, testified that she and her
husband were sleeping in the house at the
time of the burglary, she Ia one room ana
her husband In one adjoining. About ESQ
A. NJ. while light was burning, she was
awakened by noise and saw man In
front of her bureau. She screamed and he
ran out the side door and down the stairs.
She then saw him jump over the fence into
an empty lot. As she had only seen the
mans back she could not identify him.
He was a man OF medium size.
% Thomas being required to stand up
she said he was abont the size. She found
she had lost a gold watch and chain with
silver pencil and locket. The silver PEN
ell found on Thomas was put in evidence.
aud identified by Mrs. Boulogne as Eer
pronerty.
Detective Gibson of San Francisco testi-
lied that he had found the silver pencil on
Thomas. who told him his mother gave it
10 MIN.
Detective Dan Coffey was the next wit
ness. He had arrested Thomas two weeks
ago in San Francisco. Thomas had told
him the watch and chain and pencil were
given him. and that they came from the
same place. He had inquired where
Thomas laimed to have sold the watch
for Sc, but could not find it.
Edgar Thorne. aged Is. testified to find
ing the knife, which Thomas had later de-
scrloed as his property. sticking in the
screen door at the home of Mrs. j. r.
Ihorne, Clinton avenue. near Willow
street. He Iden fiad the knife.
City Marshal Rogers was put on the
stand. He bad been present ct the Oak
land City Prison when Detective Holland
got Thomas TO acknowledge ownership of
the knife. Thomas had explained that he
had lost il in San Frau cisco. On last
Tuesday in the Alameda Jail Rogers had
a conversation with the prisoner, when
ne said: They have me cinched by hav-
Ing that knife ana pencil" he attempted
10 tell the Marshal . here the watch was,
but Rogers had been unable to find it.
Deputy County Clerk Crawford OF OAK
land brought in the court record, proving
a prior conviction against Thomas, dated
OctO Der, 1890, when he had been sentenced
to TWO year for burglary.
Detective Holland identified Thomas as
the man referred 10.
Thomas had told Detective Holland In
San Francisco that he had not been in
Alameda for six months, and on another
occasion, on asking him where he got the
pencil. he said he had found it. Thomas
had admitted to Holland that he bad been
arrested in Alameda as drunk and the
rtficer had taken 4 knife away from him.
This forgetfulnesS on the part of Thomas
had been quickly taken advantage OF by
Holland, who got him to minulely describe
the knife, which was the same found stick
ing in the screen door at the Thorne resi-
dence.
The prisoner here asked Of Holland bis
only question during the trial. He wanted
to know If he had not told Holland that be
had been bicycle riding in Alameda TWO
weeks before? Yes" answered the de-
teclive, shut that was on another occasion"
Thomas was held to answer on this
charge. with bail fixed at $1,000.
The next charge agains the prisoner was
of entering the Thorne residence on the
same date as the Martin burglary. Edgar
Thorne repeated his testimony as to the
knife, which seems TO he the chief evil
dence, the rest being a recapitulation of
the testimony in the first case. Thomas
was neld on this charge also, bail $1,000.
The charge of burglary preferred by s.
j. Turner was dismissed for lack of suffi-
clent evidence.