The morning call., 1894-03-22
WHY DISMISSED? ?
Peculiar Feature of the
Furnald Case.
Strong Evidence Against Mrs. Kate
Garner Entirely Ignored by
the Prosecution.

The confession of Walter Guy Furnald
that he Participated in the robbery OF
| Simon Jacobson's house ana the allegt-
ti0nS he makes concerning those who were
associated with him in the crime, have
caused people TO wonder just what mighty
power was brought to bear to extricate
| Mrs. Kate c. Garner and her son. Harry
Earle. from the trouble into which they
were drawn by the affair.
Mrs. Garner and her son were arrested
with Furnald in Los Angeles, brought to
| this city and confined IN the City Prison.
The woman and boy were released on
bonds, and then, later on, when their cases
came up for hearing, were completely ex-
onerated.
The authorities made no effort at all to
| prosecute them, but on the contrary went
so far as to express an opinion that both
were innocent, and yet there was no over
whelming reason why this should have
been done.
The morning following the robbery Mrs.
Garner gave every evidence that she was
10 some way concerned in the matter.
The of1cerS who were working upon the
case declared their firm belief in her COM
plicity.
When Miss Minnie jacobson discovered
that her father had been robbed she i'm
mrdiately suspected her gay friends of the
crime, and went in search of them.
Arriving al the Princess she was met
by the landlady of that place, who con-
veyed her cara TO Mrs. Gamers apart
ments.
When Mrs. Garner learned who her
visitor was she created quite a scrne
Falling on her knees. she pleaded with The
landlady not to let Miss jacobson comr
near her.
For Gods sake, don't let that woman
see me-" she exclaimed. Let me out tie
back way before she gets in, or she will
kill me.
IL am a ruined woman. / have done
with thieves, crooks ana blacklegs.
have been with them too long, and now
have got myself int trouble"
The landlady allowed Mrs. Garner to 90
and then Informed Miss jacobson that she
was not in.
That same afternoon Mrs. Garner re-
turned to her rooms. and showing the
landlady letter stated that it was from
her mother in Los Angeles, who was dy-
Ing, and explained that she would have to
start south Immediately.
The laDdiady of the Princess told of
these incidents to several newspaper men
and few officers on the day that they
tTanspired, and at the same time pro-
nOunced her firm conviction in Mrs. Gar
ner's guilty knowledge.
When the woman was on trial, however,
the landladv was not called upon to teS-
tify nor g as any reference made 10 the
statements she had made relative to Mrs.
Gamers conduct. Then there Is another
circumstance which also tended to prove
Mrs. Garner less innocent than she pre-
tended 10 be. just few hours before she
showed the landlady the letter supposed
to contain the announcement of her
mothers illness she showed Clerk Bar
nett OF the Mint telegram which she
claimed contained the same information
This discrepancy in her statements was
also quite we'll known. but it was also over
looked during the trial.
Relative TO the story told by the land
lady after lapse of twenty-four hours IL
underwent many changes. The second
day after the robbery the landlady ex-
pressed deep sympathy for Mrs. Garner
and regretted that she had spoken so
freely. Il was then that another feature
of the case developed only TO fade from
view again when the trial was held.
Notorious gambler WIN was associated
with Furnald to some extent took deep
Interest in the entire affair, and worked
hard to hush it up. He made many wits
TO the Princess, and had many conferences
with the lsndlady. Then she managed 10
forget about all she ever knew.
The confession made by Furnald at
and George Young. young fellows who
sported around town for awhile, but who
Immediately disal peared after the crime
was committed. They took with them all
the Jewelry save the $1,000 returned by
Fnrnald
In the confession it ia made appear that
Mrs. Garner knew all the while that a
plan 10 rob the Jacobsons was on foot
and that is why people are wondering
just how 1t was that no effort was made TO
convict her and what mighty influence
helped her out of her trouble.