The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-14
SMITH INSANE.
The Jury Returned a Ver-
dict of Not Guilty.
Beer Team Driver Charged
With EmbezZling Money.
Newell Land Case is Still on Trial
Before Judge Rogers.

trleu To-Day the case OF state Vss Artnur d.
Crawford for embezzlement. Crawford,
II is alleged, while in the employ OF the
Standard Bottling Company OF Pawtuck-
ct, as driver OF a team and salesman sold
goods to different customers and retained
cash paid HIM for the same TO the amount
of S97.
James w. Beach, who does business
under the name OF the Standard Bottiing
Company, testified that Crawford, during
the six months between June 20 and De-
cember 20, collected small sums of money
from different parties .and acknowledged
his wrong dong to him about Christ
mas time. Connolly was not discharged
by witness until January {, and he was
shortly after arrested. Beach testified
that when he sued Della Merchant TO re-
cover bill due him Connolly swore that
Mrs. Merchant had paid him all but 90 of
the bill. Beach said he was not satisfied
at the tardy manner in which collections
were coming IN, SO he went out with the
defendant TO collect the bills, but after
going TO half dozen or more custom
ers and finding that the parties had paid
Connolly he gave the Job up.
On cross examination to Charles II.
Page, Jr., witness stated that Connolly
was paid S12 week and was allowed b
cents q dozen on all empty bottles return
ed, but ali other money spent By him IN
treating customers WAS deducted from
his salary. Witness stated that in Oc-
,ober last Connolly owed $50 to him for
money spent in buying stuff to treat GUS
toners with, and this amount had been
deducted from his salary in amounts OF
S6, 81 and ~ week, and Connolly had
said his mother would make up the 800
shortage.in his. accounts. Letters were in
troduced by the defence TO show that the
money alleged to have been EN- bezzJed
was treated the same as balance due
under the over expenditure of 500 in treat
ing customers. Mr.. Beach did not be-
litve Mrs. Merchants statement about
paying the bill to Connolly and still con-
sidered she owed 10 to him.
Fred Newman, restaurant keeper
on Charles street near the foot of Orms
street, testified he bought lager OF Con-
molly for family use and he paid the lat
ter when the goods were delivered to
him. He was, therefore, surprised to get
a bill for S1l.75 from the Standard Bot
tling Com any; when he called defend
ants attention to it he signed the re-
ceipt.
A Mrs. Lawler objected to saying
whether some of the whiskey she bought
from Connolly was sold illegally.
Judge Douglass ruled the question out
as immatefial and the defence took an ex-
ception TO this ruling
His Honor, at the close of the States
case, refused MIR. Owens request that the
jury be directed to return verdict for
the defendant.
Counsel for the defendant then said
that the defence would show that there
was no attempt on the part OF the de-
fendant to conceal the fact that he had
collected money for his employer and
while the money might be still owing
the defendant could not be held under
the charge of embez7leinent or larceny.
The defendant testified in his own be-
half and denied the construction put up
on his acts by his former employer
claiming that II he failed to make proper
returns il was because he forget to do SO
or was una bic on accent OF having taken
toe much liquor TO properly account for
the cash received by him.
Attornes General Il. &. Dubois repre-
sented the State.
SMITH DECLARED INSANE.
The trial OF Andrew $. Smith for set
ting fire to his house at Crapston with
the intention of defrauding the Royal
Insurance Company of Liverpool result
ed in a.yerd,ct of not guilty by reason of
insanity.
The State introduced several witnesses
10 prove the fact of the burning and the
defendant, but one, DE-. Eeene of the
State insane institution for the insane.
Attorney General Dubois represented thu
State and Dennis j. Holland the defend
ant.
DIR. Keene testified that there could
be no question as to the insanity OF the
defendant and that he had seen Smith
once week since October and that he
had every symptom of parcsis. No testi-
mony was offered by the State to contra
dict DIR. Keene and no arguments were
made, the case Seing given directly to the
Jury which promptly returned verdict
OF not guilty. Smith was returned TO the
state institution as he Is deemed an un-
safe person TO be at large and the Cover
nor will no doubt at o6ce appoint q conn
mission to formally pass on the unforl
tunate's condition so that he may be
permanently confined at the insane
asylum.
Walter NJ. Gardiner was acquitted by a
jury yesterday on the charge OF stealing
a horse.
Of the Supreme Court which nave been
suspended the present. week Will be re-
sumed tomorrow.
Judge Wilbur IL detained at mis- homo
in Woonsocket on account OF the serious
illness OF his wife and Judge Douglass
will probably sit during the trial OF the
pending indictments.
DIR. NEwELL's APPEAL STILL on TRIAL.
The whole OF the forenoon was taken up
in the taking OF testimony in the APP
peal OF DIR. Newell from the award made
10 him for his house and land taken for
the new State Normal School site. The
evidence showed that the Newell home
was very finely constructed one and
that in the yard surrounding the dwell
ling house were many beautiful fruit
trees and vine trees, the beauties of
some OF which have been preserved from
| perishing Tor many long year TO come
on the canvasses Of Artist Leavitt of
this city.
This afternoon Walter Y. Angoli made
his closing argument in support OF the
claim that the commissioners who award.
ed damages for land taken for the new
Normal School gave Dr. Newell all that
his property was worth. Several witnesses
gave testimony In support OF the conten-
tion that the award made was sufiicient-