The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-21
COMMITTED FOR Trial
THE CASTLES BOUND OVER TO THE
CLERKENwELL SESSIONS.
don Furriers Against the NJ
legged ShopIiftcrs.
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Copyright. 1896, by the Associated Press)
LONDON, Oct. 20-Directly after the
routine police cases had been disposed Of
to-day the courtroom was cleared of the
throng which had been interested in them
and was almost Immediately re-
filled, this time by an overlooking gather
Ing of store keepers, city men and others.
All the bondsmen of the Castles were
among those present and II. H. HodsoIl,
representing the United States embassy,
was accommodated with a seat at the sor
ucitor's table. There was a humming of ex-
citing which was quickly hushed
by the magistrate. Mr.. Robert Mines New
ton, as Mr.. Castle, calm and d~igniied in
demeanor, entered the court. He was fol-
lowed by his wife, who was stylishly and
becomingly dressed in a tailor made dress
OF gray material. Mrs. Castle carried a
handkerchief in her right hand and held
it almost continuously up to her face as
if to thwart the efforts of the police court
artists, if there were any in the vicinity.
to sketch her features. She was more COM
posed then last week. when her distress
touched everybody present. But, in spite
of this gain in strength, due no doubt to
her release from prison, and rest at the
residence Of a friend Mrs. Castle no sooner
found herself in the prisoners dock than
she showed signs of faintness, verging onto
collapse which caused the policeman on
duty at her side to fetch a seat and place
it in the dock for the use of Mr.. and Mrs.
Castle. The latter then sank YEARLY upon
it, closed her eyes and leaned her head upon
her husbands shoulder, as If seeking there
the strength necessary to enable to bear up
against such a trying ordeal. Mr.. Castle,
as on Tuesday last, placed his arm af-
fectionately around his wife and supported
her as best he could. During the further
hearing of the case against her. and, in
cidentalIy against her husband, Mrs. Castle
frequently moaned SO piteously that finally
the kind hearted policeman. already re-
ferred to. handed her a bottle of salts and
Mr.. Castle was kept busy whispering
words of comfort in the sufferers ear, hold
BILE way to encourage the half fainting
THE TESTIMONY.
Miss Patty Atwood. a saleswoman in the
employ OF Gustave Ellus, a furrier of Re-
gent street, testified that on Thursday. Oct.
l, Mrs. Castle and her son. ten years old.
visited the store. The female prisoner. wit
ness added, asked if the concern could
make a chinchilla cape and was informed
that the work could be done. The witness
further testified that the prisoner showed
her two small chinchilla skins and re-
marked: L should like to have these
matched Continuing, Miss Atwood said:
Il went to another part of the shop 20
speak to Mr.. Ellus and, on returning. the
female prisoner said that she could walt no
longer as she wanted to take her son to
lunch and would return in half an hour.
But | did not see her again until Oct. 8,
when L was to the vlne-strees
police station. There l saw this SABLE murI
which 1 identified as the property or MT.
Ellus. L last saw tho muff in the shop ten
minutes before the female prisoner entered.
The muff was in a glass case close TO
where she was standing.
Replying to questions on the subject tho
witness said that the door of the cage must
have been opened in order to get the mum:
and that the door was not properly closed
when the prisoner left the shop. Replying
to another question, Miss Atwood stated
that it was after the female prisoner had
left the store hat she noticed that INC door
of the case was not properly Closed.
The next witness was Alexander Swert-
eel, a furrier, of Greatportland street; In
substance he testified that on Sept. 80 Mrs.
Castle went TO his store alone and asked 70
see q chinchilla cape. Her son came IN
the store, she was followed by Mr.. Castle:
Witness, continuing, said: Il continued
talking to Mrs. Castle while Mr.; Castle
stood looking at some furs on the right
hand side of the show room. There were
fur trimmings near where he w3ys standing.
He continued looking at the furs, but 1
and the boy left the shop first, and they
were followed soon by MRS:
Oct. /. Then the wife came in during the
morning alone, and 1 showed her Some
CnlncnllIa SklnS 10 De ild'Cueu. l. hatic
G45 as the price of the cape she wanted
made; she offered 942, which | Declined:
The boy then entered and asked her to cal
somewhere at 4 o'clock. She said she would
think over my proposition and they left the
shop, after she had promised to return.
did not miss anything until Oct. 8. when
went to Vine-street police station and
found two ties, one "a sable and one 81 kailn-
Sky fur, belonging to me-, and valued at 81
and ELS, respectively. They were in the
right hand part of the show room. where
Mr.. Castle stood"
After similar evidence had been furnished
by other furriers, the manages of the Hosel
Cecil identified the, plated toast rack and
e eTeam i }he e mechse of the fe'e Castles Ise a detec.
tive recounted the incidents which accom-
panied the arrests of the prisoners ana the
case for the prosecution was closed.
After this feature of the case had been
formally wound up, Mr.. Charles Matthews.
leading counsel for the Castles, asked that
the prisoners be committed for trial at the
Central Criminal Court, but Mr.. Newton re-
fused to do SO, saying that his instructions
at the Sessions, and. therefore,, he com-
mitted both prisoners for trial, allowing
Clerkenwell Sessions, which open Nov. z.
CASTLE INTERVIEWED.
At the conclusion of the court proceed
ings a reporter had an interview with MIR.
Castle. The California merchant said: 4
am in deep trouble. but l am entirely In
nocent. 1t will be clearly proved at the
trial that my wife has been suffering from
a disorder which makes her Irresponsible,
and she is now under the care of physicians
and of a professional nurse. Last May,
while In London, / was obliged to call in
doctors to examine her and we are now
living wher she has absolute quiet
Mr.. Castle was asked how he explained
that. living with his wife in one room at
the hotel, he did not know she had stolen
articles in her possession. He said: Let
me tell you that at least 70 per cent. or
the articles the police found among our
effects L myself paid for. OF this 1 have
proof, which will be produced at the trial.
am not q millionaire. but l gave my
wife plenty of money to buy what she
wanted. She also has money OF her own.
[ did not know the contents of her trunks,
but If I had seen twice as much In them
| would have thought that she purchased
them. / had no idea she was thus af-
ficted. Never, in the ten years OF our mar
ried life. did ] discover such a tendency
and never before has there been a sus-
plcion against her character or mine. Our
friends at home can easily prove this
When Mr.. Castle was questioned regard
ing the nature of his experience while in
Holloway Jail he remarked: w wsre
kindly treated. but 1t Is an unpleasant
place. Imagine my feelings there, with my
wife utterly Frustrated. / have nothing to
say about the examination at Marlborough
street Police Court, save that / think the
magistrate has been unduly severe. Had
been a common criminal he could not nave
tried to place ms in a worse position. L
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