The record-union., 1894-08-31
BRAMAN And Els BELT OF MONEY.
The Russian Cresus Tells About His
Wanderings.
Nellie CLARK, the syren of 'The Pal
ace,'' on Examination for the
Robbery of Her Guest.

The examination of Nellie Clark,
charged with the robbery of Gustave
Braman in ''The Palace" a couple of
weeks ago. was begun in the Police
| Court yesterday afternoon. The defend
ant was represented by Charles Z. Jones,
and City Attorney Brown and w. w.
Rhoads conducted the prosecution.
Braman, after stating what his occupa-
| ton is and where he came from to this
city. said that the first time he saw the
| defendant was on the evening of The 10th
of the present month. When he entered
the house where she lived he had 50 900
in gold of American money, fifty 500
Guatamalan bills, 1000 francs in French
money, SIS in loose gold, two diamond
studs, two loose diamonds, diamond
ring and locket, a couple of watches and
! several rings.
Before retiring for the night he took off
the belt containing the money and other
| things put it on lounge and covered 1t
| with mis- coat. He did not look for his
| belt until he prepared to leave the house
| the next morning. On taking his coat
| from the lounge he discovered the belt
was gone. His whilom companion was
also missing. He then reported his loss
| to the police.
In reply 10 Mr.. Jones Braman said be
was Is years of age and native of Rus
! sia. In 1883 he left for Liverpool, Eng,
and from there went to San Francisco,
! where be shipped as a sailor before the
| mast. After he had had enough of life
as sailor he went TO San Pedro, where
he worked for the Southern Pacific Com
pany
Before he left San Pedro he had lent
out about $500 or 5000 and had aceumu-
lated little property at that place. He
| went TO Europe and remained there about
six weeks settling up his fathers estate.
After that he returned To San francisco,
arriving there in either 1890 or 1891. and
| had about S., 600 with him. IN 1898 he
left for Guatemala, and afterward re-
| turned to San Francisco. Before he left
San Francisco he worked on the Preside
| and Ferries Railroad as conductor. He
| returned again to San Francisco this year.
/ When he was in San Francisco he had
various sums deposited in some of the
| banks there. In Guatemala his occupa-
ton was that of buying foreign moneys.
He last arrived in San Francisco ON the
lst or I'd of this month. When he left
for Central America he had about s., 600
in gold. some of 1t in q belt and the rest
in his pockets and trunk. He then left
for this city and put up at the Union
| Hotel.
I bI3Uld0 WAS buCil dShCO pJ OOhCS W heAt
took place in the house. and also had him
describe the belt and how the $1,000 WAS
put into IT.
In the course of the cross-eXamination
! Braman was asked il he had gambled on
the day he was robbed.
The City Attorney objected to the ques-
ton as not proper cross examination.
The court allowed the question, saying
that probably the question was asked for
the purpose of ascertaining if it were not
possible that he gambled most of his
money away.
The witness replied that he had not
cambIed at all.
He was asked if he had not lost 500 at
playing pedro since he had been here.
He replied that he did not know how 10
play the game.
Branan said he had marked every $40
piece of the So, 600 he had in the belt, and
when asked why he had marked them he
said he was robbed when in San Pedro Of
between 500 and $500. He WAS stopping
| in a hotel at the time, and afterward
brought suit against the proprietor for
the recovery of his money. He recovered
! Judgment, and ever since then when he
| had a large amount of money he marked
the coins in order to identify them. He
said he had some difficulty in proving
that the money he lost in San Pedro was
his.
The examination will be resumed this
morning.