The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-21
FURRIERS TO FACE
CASTLES HAVE THEIR PRELIMI-
NARY HEARING.


Support Her Through the Ordeal-Fur
Dealers Give Apparently Conclusive
Evidence as to Mrs. Castles Acts-Bail
Mt Thirty Thousand Pounds-Case Set
for November 2.-Mr. Castle Talks.
copyrighted 1896 by the Associated Press
London, Oct 2o.-Directly after the
routine police cases had been disposed
pf today the court room was cleared
Of the throng which had been interest
ed in them, and was almost Immediate
" afterwards refiiled, this time by an
pverfiowing gathering Of store-keepers,
city men and others. All the bonds
men of the Castles were among those
present. and H. Hodson, representing
the United States embassy, was accom-
modated with a set at the solicitors
table
There was a humming Of excited COM
ment, which was quickly hushed by
the magistrate, Mr.. Robert Mines New
ton. as Mr.. Castle, calm and dignified
In demeanor entered the court. He was
followed by his wife, who was stylishiy
and becomingly dressed in tailor-made
dress of gray meterial. Mrs. Sastle car
ried a handkerchief in her right hand
and held it almost continuously to her
face. as if to thwart the efforts OF the
police court artists, If there was any N
the vicinity to sketch her features.
IN THE PRISONERS DOCK.
She was more composed than last
week. when her distress touched every
body present. But in spite of this gam
IN strength, due, no doubt, to her re-
lease from prison and rest at the resi-
dence of a friend, Mrs. Castle no soon
er found herself in the prisoners dock
than she showed symptoms of faintneSs,
yerging on to collapse, which caused
the policeman on duty at her side to
fetch seat and place it in the dock
Tor the use of Mr.. and Mrs. Castle. The
latter then sank YEARLY upon 1t, closed
her eyes and leaned upon her husbands
shoulder, as If seeking there the strength
necessary TO enable her TO bear up
against such a trying ordeal. Mr.. Cas-
tie, as on Tuesday, supported her as
best he could.
During the further hearing Of the case
against her and, incidentally, against
her husband, the kind-hearted police
man already referred TO handed her a
bottle of salts and Mr.. Castle was kept
busy whispering words OF comfort in
the sufferers ear, holding her hand
while striving in every possible way to
encourage the half-fainting woman.
THE SABLE MUFF.
Miss Patty Atwood, a saleswoman
In the employ of Gustave Ellus, a fur
rier of Regent street, testified that on
Thursday, October l, Mrs. Castle and
her son, 10 years old, visited the store.
The female prisoner, witness said, ASK
ed if the concern could make chin
chflla cape, and was Informed that the
work could .be done. The witness fur
Their testified that the prisoner showed
her two small chinchilla skins, and re-
marked: IL should like to have those
matched"
2 Continuing Miss Atwood said: 81
went TO another part of the shop to
speak to Mr.. Ellus and, on returning,
the female prisoner said that she could
not wait any longer, as she wanted TO
take her son to lunch and would return
In half an hour But I die not see her
again until s, when 1 was summoned to
the Vine street police station. There I
saw this sable muff, which 1 identify
HIS
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,
The witness said that the door of the
rase had been opened in order to get
the muff and that the door was not prop
erly 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 that
she noticed the door of the case was no.
properly closed.
MR. SWERTZEIL'S LOSS.
The next witness was Alex. Swertzer,
a furrier of Great Portland street. In
substance he testified that on Septem-
Der 80, Mrs. Castle went to his store
alone and asked to see a chinchilla cape.
Her son came IN later. alone, and while
Mrs. Castle was in the store she was
followed by Mr.. Castle. Witness con-
tinuing said: II continued talking 10
Mrs. Castle, while Mr. Castle stood look
ing at some furS on the right hand side
of the show room. There were fur trim
mings and ties near where he was stand
ing. He continued looking at the furs:
but i cannot say that he touched them.
Mr.. Castle and the boy left the shop
first and they We're followed soon after
wards 10y Mrs. Castle, and j saw no
more Of them until October ]. Then the
wife came during the morning. alone,
and / showed her some chinchilla skins
TO be matched. ! named fi5 as the price
Of the cape she wanted made: she Of
fered f42. which l declined. The boy
then entered and asked her 20 call some
where at O'Clock. She said she would
think over my proposition and left the
shop. after she had promised TO return
I did not miss anything until October
S, when L went 10 Vine street police sta
ton and found two ties. one a sable
one q Kalinsky fur. belonging 10 me and
valued at "a and fl5 respectively They
were in the right hand part OF the show
room, where Mr. Castle stood"
After similar evidence had been fur
nished by other furriers. the manager
of the Hotel Cecil identified the plated
toast rack and cream jug marked 'Ho-
tel Cecil" found among the effects OF
the Castles. A detective then recount
ed tlle incidents which accompanied the
arrest Of the prisoners and the sase
Tor the prosecution was closed.
SAME ENORMOUS BAIL
After this feature of the case had been
formally wound UP Mr.. Charles Mat
thews. leading counsel for tbs Castles.
asked that the prisoners be committed
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