Evening journal., 1896-10-09
WOES Of TIE CASTLES1
Grave Accusations Against
Wealthy CalifCrnians.
NAY HAVE ToFAoE NEW CHARGES


Police Inspectors Make strange Discov-
eries-Over S2.soc worth OF Goods. said
TO Have Been stolen, Taken From Theii
Rooms-The Castles stni Ia jain.
Nrw York. Oct 9.-Jullan Ralph, The
Journals London correspondent, cables /
the following;
The mystory in the cnse Of Walter NJ |
Castle and wife of San Francisco who are 4
In jon hora charged with theft, doopens, |
and startlng developments are hinted at /
by the police.
A representative of the New York Jour I
nal came across Inspector Arrow, who has |
charge of the case. He was fairly com
nnncatiyc, but gloomy, ms becomes vir.
tuous police officer over the discovery of
supposed human depravity In the midst Of
an unsuspecdng community. He stated
that he believed that kleptomania would
be the defense, but limited delicately that
there was lot 20 clear up. as he re-
marked
You would be surprised II you saw the
quantity Of things we found at the Hotel
Cecil.
More, " asked the New York reporter,
than those which were mentioned at the
police oourtn
"Oh, dear, yes. Hundreds of pounds,
worth. l have not had them valued as
yet, but should say at arough guess that
the things which we suspect have been
stolen would be worth nearly $780,.
The New York Journal representative
inquired whether he had discovered any
further claimants for the goods but the
inspector said he could not answer this
question
Il might, however" said he, take Il
for granted that nt the next hearing sew
eral further charges will be preferred
against Castle and his wife. :"
Tho son, as soon as no was discharged AT
the police court, was handed over to
friends of the prisoners. In the meantime
both Of the prisoners are in Holloway jail
and are only permitted TO receive visitors
for a couple of hours each morning in the
presence Of wardens. No word comes from
them IN their con6nement Even theiI
solicitor, who is a clever and well known
practitioner named Bernard Abrahams,
IS silent and declines for the present tc
make any statement about the case except
to assert that his clients are most assured
ly innocent and that thny are certain 20 be
proved so on next Tuesday when the case
comes up.
The Lawyers Defense.
He says that Mr.. and Mrs. Castle are az
comfortable as IS possible under the cir
cunstances They have good room and
all they need in way of food comforts. He
said that the whole business was a remark
able mistake, but declined to give any in
formation rs to how such very remark
able mistake had occurred.
Castle has number OF friends stopping
| at the Hotel Cecil, mostly Californians,
| who havo known him for many years. and
! all express the greatest astonishment over
tho case and are utterly unable to account
for &c.
Castle has had plenty Of money, and s,
! had his wife. Somo of his friends, wh'
have been endeavoring 60 rondor assistance
Co him, say that the case unfortunatel.
looks very dark, and they have come &
the-conclusion that there Is nothing to b
DONE
Mr. Taher. a San Francisco photoRra
pher, who IS also at the Hotel Cecil, declared
that ha had known Castle from hoyhood
! but this is the first time DO ever heard any
! thing dishcnorabe alleged against him
| Mr.. Taher is utterly at "a loss 60 account
for 50, but from Investigation no has made
/ no thinks that 10 looks very black indeed
for both husband and wife
When arrested, Castle offered ans
\ amount OF money to settle the affair and
TO avoid arrest, but the shopkeepers re
fused Co make any compromise His friends
who have seen the shopkeepers sny the lat
ter decline to abstain from appearing
against the couple.
The principal complainant told q New
York Journal reporter that tho matter il
out Of his hands and tho police would fol
low it 30 the end
Castles son is stopping with his wife'l
sister, who lives near London. Castll
! ought 70 have sailed for America yester
day and had arranged 10 give big fare
well dinner TO his friends Tuesday in al
especially decorated private banquetinl
room and had issued Invitations, but spen
the night instead in jail
Their Possible Punishment.
One Californian asserts that he has seei
a lawyer, who expresses the opinion tina
in case Of conviction Mrs. Castle isliabl
to year and Castle TO nine months i'm
prisonment. BY British hw neither cal
give personal evidence in their own behalf
but must rely solely on their lawyer &
place their explanation before the court.
The police are showing great activity 81
attempting TO trace the contents Of tn
trunks and the movements of the two pris
oners. All their friends are still anxiousl,
hoping that an explanation will yet b.
forthcoming.
The firm Of Castle Bros. ranks amonl
the largest wholesale grooers and spic
dealers of San Francisco. Albert e. ant
Walter NJ are tho brothers, and their bust
ness has for years been consldSred one O
the most solid and cuterprising Of th
western coast Their dealings with Soutl
and Central America and the Hawaiian
[. islands have been quite extensive for ID
past 20 years while their business and so
cinl relations in san Francisco are sucl
that the extreme surprise with which th
news Of Walter NJ. Castlo's arrest has bcel
received thore can readily be imagined.
E Walter NJ Castle aud his wife were 1T
rostod o,-iv IN tho week charged wit