The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-23
WEAVING THE WEB.
Frank Learned in Court on Trial foz
Grand Larceny Beverly Dis
charged.

1u0 Case Oh TIE SGht0 hShAust Ehuk
L. Learned for grand larceny was
called by Justice Holdridge ct the court
house at 8 q. m. to-day and the prosecu-
ton begun its case. @. J. Porter APP
peared for the defense.
Geo. III. Irish, the complaining wit
ness, was called and his testimony was
substantially as has been given in THE
DAILY LEADER in regard to the case.
Learned, who is q brother in-law OF Mr..
Irish, sirce his return to the city q week
or 60 before the robbery, had staid
quite closely about MIR. Irish's house
and Sunday forenoon worked with Mi.
Irish making out his reports at the sec
rotary where Mr.. Irish kept his pocket
book containing the money, draft and
notes in question. In the evening MIR.
Irish took out the pocketbook and
mended q torn bin, Learned assisting
him, and then replaced the bill and
laid the pocketbook in the secretary.
He shut the latter up without locking
ID, meaning to do 30 before he went to
bed, but forgetting. About half-past
seven, Learned went down town and
later ON, about nine orr half past nins,
came back after Mr.. Irish had gone TO
bed. he pretended to be sick and
looked around for medicine in the house
afterwards going out and not returning.
Mr.. Irish got up shortly after to see
what was the matter with him and
found his pocketbook gone. He then
gave the alarm, but Learned, who had
made arrangements, before his return to
the house. with Beverly to get a livery
rig ready, had with the latter departed
for Egan.
Beverly, who was next put on the
witness stand, then told Of their fight
to Egan, thence by rail 10 Sioux Falls.
thence across the country to Jasper
where they took the Sioux City and
Northern into Sioux City Monday
night. He denies that he knew that
Learned had taken the money. When
Learned first made arrangements with
him to get a rig Sunday evening, it was
simply to take q rioe out TO Lake Her
man, but when they got in Learned
drove to Egan. At Sioux City Learned
gave him the money to buy the new
suit OF clothes and also bought a suit
for himself. ~.
Sheriff Fox testified to following the
fugitives in nearly the same course they
took and finding them in the hands OF
the Sioux City police. In conversation
with Learned, the latter said he had
been given $50 by q man to leave Mad
ison, but he knew nothing about the
paper claimed to have been taken from
Dir. Irish. The defense objected to Mi.
Fox stating what the police said they
found on Learned's person when they
searched him at time Of arrest, and the
prosecution here ordered Constable
Jones OF Sioux City telegraphed for.
Constable Mead next testified TO
Learned telling him that he received
$50 from Beverly with which to conn
TO Sioux City, that he had given Nina
Career or Covers go before leaving
Madison, had also bought q suit Of
clothes for himself, and other things.
Here the examination was abruptly
closed awaiting the arrival OF the Sioux
City officer, and an adjournment taken
until Q o'clock Mondey morning. Learn
cd appears much more at ease to-day
than last evening when he was very
nervous and Tightly. He wears an air or
reckless abandon which would seem 10
indicate that he intends to bluff the
game or foul the nest, though the pros
ecution, by the time it gets IN Constable
Jones evidence, will no doubt show
quite c~onclusively where On amount OF
money just about equal to that lost by
Mr. Irish, has been disposed OF by
Learned.
Beverly, who was brought back with
Learned from Sioux City, has been re-
leased from custody.