The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-14
PROSECUTION ENDEAVoRED TO I'M.
PLICATE CASTLE AS WELL AS
m HIS WIFE.
LONG LIST of STOLEN PROPERTY.
Nervous While 1t Was Being
Read Out.

call Mr.. and Mrs. Walter M. Castle
of San Francisco, remanded on Tuesday
last, charged with stealing quaint
ty Of furs. etc., from various dealers in
this city, to the bar.
James R. Roosevelt, secretary of the
United States embassy, and M H Ho1-
son, one of the under secretaries of the
embassy, were accommodated with
seats upon the bench. Mr.. Castle
walked calmly into the dock and
moment afterward his wife was led
in by two policemen. She was stylishly
dressed in dark brown with a blue
cloth cape. the collar Of which was
turned up so as to partially hide her
face. Mrs. Castle sobbed Violent
ly while in the dock, and held her hand
skerchief to her face. When the first
witness was called, Mrs. Castle became
hysterical and her condition was such
that the police fetched a bench upon
which both she and her husband were
allowed to sit Mr.. Castle put his arm
around his wife and done his utmost
to pacify her.
Mr.. Avery prosecuted for the treas
Try After detailing the circumstances
attending the arrest Of the prisoners,
he said that he was informed by the
officials of the United States embassy
reputation in San Francisco. 1t was
not, he said, a case of wealthy persons
buying goods which they did not in
tend to pay for, but a regular case of
shop-lifting. Counsel added that he
would not read the whole list of arti-
Giles which it was claimed were stolen.
hut he begged to call the attention Of
the magistrate to the following:
Eighteen tortoise shell combs, seven
hand mirrors, two sable boas, two
muffs, two neckties, seven gold
watches, nine clocks, seventeen valua-
BILE fans, sixteen brooches. seven tor
toise shell eye glasses, two plated toast
racks marked Hotel Cecil and a
large number of smaller articles Of less
value, such as trinkets, etc.
During the reading of this list, Mrs.
Castle appeared to be upon the point
of losing consciousness She frequently
calculated 'tOh dear, oh DEAR and
finally closed her eyes and sank moan
ing feebly upon her husbands
shoulder.
Part Of the property the prosecutor
further stated, was found among the
husbands clothes. He mentioned this
he said, in anticipation Of the plea
that the female prisoner alone was
guilty, but from the circumstances
brought out in evidence, and the fact
that the prisoners occupied one room
at the, hotel, it appeared to him that
the man must have known what was
geing on.
r Mr. Harris, Of Jeffs & Harris, fur
riers Of Regent street. testified that
Mr.. and Mrs. Castle, accompanied by
their son, aged 10, visited his store
added, did most of the talking, and
the party separated while in the store,
Mr.. and Mrs. Castle going to different
counters, the boy running about After
the departure of the Castles some sable
boas and chincilla skins were missed.
Miss Edith Evans, a sales-woman in
the employ of Jeffs & Harris, confirmed
the evidence of Mr. Harris.
Z. C. Cook, manufacturing furrier, of
Portland street, testified in substance:
THE female prisoner came to my shop
on October S. She said she was sail
ing on the following Tuesday, and ask
ed if I could make sable cape in
time for her to take with her. I called
later at the Hotel Cecil, as she said she
had some sables for this cape which
was to match. While at the Hotel
Cecil she left the room, and / exam
ined the packages of furs she had
| saw some well known marks and
agreed to make the cape. Her hus-
band came in at about that time and
gave his assent to the bargain
Detective Cunningham described the
arrest Of Mr.. Castle, who he said ex-
claimed: Good God, there is some mis-
take. will pay anything rather than
have this charge pressed. I know
nothing about it,
ing, furrier of Argyll street, was next
examined. He told practically the
same story as Mr.. Harris, except that
Mr.. Field Swore under cross-examina-
ton that the furs were in such a posi-
ton on the counters that Mrs. Castle
could not have taken them.
Inspector Arrow, of the Metropolitan
police, described in detail finding the
effects alleged to have been stolen in
six trunks, and in the wardrobe of
the Castles room at the Hotel Cecil
The plated toast racks, he explained,
were found at the bottom of one of
the trunks, covered with clothing.
F. A. Margraff, of Margraff, Simns
& Co, furriers. of Morgan street, gave
testimony similar to that of the other
merchants examined.
Prosecutor Avery asked that the
prisoners be remanded for week.
: Charles Matthews, for the defense,
asked that the prisoners be released on
ball. In the course of his remarks, MT.
Matthews said:
We can clearly prove that Mr..
Castle is entirely innocent, and that
he is man of the very highest repu
tation. We do not contend that his
wife is innocent. But, at the same
time, we shall be able to prove by the
testimony of physicians in court that
she is suffering from a disorder which
affects the mind"
Dr. Scott, the physician in charge Of
Holloway Jail, testified that Mrs. Castle
was suffering from intense nervous
ness, and that further confinement In
prison would be extremely dangerous
to her.
Magistrate Shell asked: Are not
people charged with such crimes al
ways nervous ?"
DR.. Scott replied: Eyes; but not to
such an extent as in the case Of this
prisoner
After some formalities, the maeis-
trate granted the release of the pris-
oners on ESQ., 600 ($150, 000) bail acceptinp
own surety of $1,000 each.
The following gentlemen were ac-
cepted as sureties: Mr.. Seymour, man
aging director Of the Anglo California
bank; Charles Guthrie, of Guthrie &
Co., bankers, Idol Lane; Lewis WE'LL.
a watch manufacturer of Hatton Gar
den and Augustus Cohen, a diamond
merchant, Of Holborne.
Mrs. Castle was removed to the Jail
room sobbing violently, and the doctor
was called in to attend her
Counsel for the Castles said to rep
resentative Of the Associated Press, at
the conclusion of the hearing, that Mrs
Castle was completely Frustrated On
leaving the court room she drove with
her husband to some friends. in order |
to see her son, who is being cared for
by them. The meeting between Mrs
Castle and her son is described as be-
ing most affecting. She is now under
a doctors care. Continuing, counsel
said that the English lawyers do not
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