The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
A REMARKABLE CASE.
A wealthy Merchant and His wife
Arrested for Larceny.
From the New York Journal.

Arrested for Larceny.
From the New York Journal.
London. Oct. AT the United States
embassy, at Scotland Yard and in the Of
fees of the London newspapers, which
do not dare to print a word of 1t, the
Castle case is said to be the strangest
and most interesting Of it's peculiar kind
in the recollection of living men.
There lie in Jail a respectable and
wealthy merchant of San Francisco and
an attractive and intelligent wife, against
whom not a word OF reproaeh has been
uttered or written in forty years, and yet
they are charged with the persistent and
indscriminate larceny OF goods, both val
liable and trihlng, carried on for months,
not only In England. but all over the con-
tinent
There Is no gainsaying the fact that
many men who know the facts in the
case believe the charge to be true against
either the man or the woman, or both.
Some hold the woman guilty and the man
innocent; some declare that the woman
is an exemplihcation of the most ex-
traordinary case of acute kleptomania
ever met with.
But the shopkeepers who suffered by
the alleged thefts insist that In every case
charged, Castle was with his wife and re-
manned behind her. being always last to
leave the shop.
Never did respectable man and woman
find themselves in a deeper, darker pit
than these two are in, and yet their
friends are OF such character, so power
full so respectable and so numerous, that
intelligent spectators await with acute
anxiety the solution OF the strange puz-
zle How such damnlng evidence could
accrue against persons hitherto so wor-
thy is yet to be explained.
Said one Of the United States embassy
officials to-day:
This case has at least half a dozen
features which place IL far above any
other case with which the embassy has
had to deal. For three days the embassy
has been bombarded by sheaves Of ca
Diagrams and inundated by hosts of cali
ers, all offering testimony as to the high
standing and reputation of the Castles,
and Offering any and every assistance
possible to help clear him from the trou-
Bile in which he finds himself"
One of the most notable features OF the
| case Is the character Of the people. Cable
grams have been received at the embassy
| from Gov. Budd of California, Mayor Su-
tro of San Francisco, Senator White, Con-
gresham Mcguire the chief Of police of
| San Francisco it's district attorney, mem
| bers of its chamber of commerce and an
army OF highly responsible business mer
/ OF Pacific states, all expressing the
| greatest surprise and avowing their belief
| that some mistake has been made. They
all ask the embassy to do everything pos
sible to assist the Castles.
The number and character Of the per-
| sons who called on or communicated with
| the embassy to the same effect are even
more remarkable. Influential friends OF
the Castles have sprung up all over the
kingdom. Several prominent people made
| long journeys from the provinces to Lon
don TO endeavor to be of assistance
Lord Rothschild to-day sent his private
secretary to the embassy TO express his
lordship's interest In Mr.. Castle; TO vouch
for his standing, reputation and Integrity
in the strongest terms. and to offer every
| assistance, financial or otherwise, to get
him out Of his trouble.
Mr. Macfarane, the Liverpool agent OF
Claus Spreckels, came here from Liverpool
this afternoon to offer his assistance, and
no less than seven managers Of as many
big banks in London called to vouch for
Castle and to offer assistance in furnish
ing bail. The Bank Of British North
America and the Bank of British Column
bia are two Of those offering assistance.
Two million pounds sterling have been
placed at the disposal OF the embassy with
which to furnish bail for Castle, and TO
all appearances as much more could easily
be obtained here In London from people
who know him, so great Is the interest
taken In the case and so strong is the faith
Of individuals Is Castles probity.
Secretary OF State Olney has sent two
urgent kilograms to the embassy urging
that every proper assistance be rendered
to Castle, and there is no doubt that ev-
cry possible means Is being used by the
embassy to be of assistance.
Ambassador Bayard is away In Scotland
He left the day of the first cablegram came
from the state department. and so urgent
was the nature Of the message that a mes
senger was sent post haste after Mr..
Bayard to overtake him at the railway
station. The messenger caught him Just
as the train was about to pull out. After
reading the dispatch the ambassador said
that everything possible must be done for
Castle.
Secretary Roosevelt has had several IN