The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-23
UNDER BOND.
EVIDENCE AGAINST THE
~CALlFORNlANS.
Appear III Police Court-A Large Collec-
tion OF Stolen Articles Found In Their
Possession-.Th Woman Breaks Down
in the London Court.

E ~ AZ u Z
Possession The Woman Breaks Down
in the London Court.
LONDON, Oct. 13 In the Marlbor-
ough street police court to-day, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter NJ. Castle of San
Francisco, who were arrested at the
Hotel Cecil last Tuesday charged with
stealing a quantity of furs, etc, from
various dealers in this city, were ar
raigned on remand and, after a short
hearing, were again remanded for a
week, bail being allowed in the sum
Of $3.50, 600.
James R. Roosevelt, secretary of the
United States embassy, and 81. Hold
son, one of the under secretaries of
the embassy, were accommodated
with seats on a specially reserved
bench. Castle appeared. His wife
was led in by two policemen. She was
stylishly dressed i'll dark brown with
a blue cloth cape, the collar Of which
was turned up so as to partially hide
her face. She sobbed violently while
in the dock and held her handkerchief
to her face. When the first witness
was called she became hysterical and
her condition was such that the police
allowed her and her husband to sit on
a bench. Castle put his arm around
his wife aud did his utmost to calm
her.
Mr.. Avery, who prosecuted for the
treasury, said that it was lot a case
of wealthy persons buying goods for
which they did not intend to pay, but
a regular case of shoplifting. He
called the attention Of the magistrate
to eighteen tortoise she'll combs.
seven hand mirrors, two sable boas,
two mutfs, two neckties, seven gold
watches, nine clocks, seventeen val
liable fans, sixteen brooches, seven
tortoise shell eyeglasses, two plated
~toastracks marked Hotel Cecil" and
a large number of smaller articles of
less value, such as trinkets, ETC.,
which were plainly stolen. During
the reading of this list Mrs. Castle
appeared to be upon the point of los
ing consciousness. She frequently
calculated, "Oh, dear! Oh, dear!.'
Inspector Arrow of the Metropoli-
tan 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.
- PidCCu D. OURS were lOuuO at
the bottom of one of the trunks COW
cred with clothing.
The prosecutor asked that the pris-
oners be remanded for a week, and
Charles Mathews for the defense
asked that the prisoners be released
on bail. In the course of his remarks
he said: eve can clearly prove that
MIR. Castle is entirely innocent, and
that he is a man of the very highest
reputation. 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"
After some ~formalities the magis-
trate granted the release Of the pris-
oner on $50, 900 bail. The following
gentlemen were accepted as sureties:
Mr.. Seymour, managing director Of
the Anglo-California bank; Charles
Guthrie Of Guthrie & Co., bankers;
Idol Lane; Lewis WE'LL, a watch man
ufacturer of Hatton Garden, and Aug
ust Cohen, a diamond merchant of
Holborn.
Mrs. Castle was removed to the Jail
sobbing violently and a doctor was
called in to attend her.