Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-20
THE CASTLES CASE.
Will b Hard at CIsrktlg,ll SESSION
Mex Month.
TESTIMONY IN rnr roLIcr COURT
Mr.. Cis'lo Cofild ~ 1hat lie Cav
Prove Ills lnucc ner-ih he Wife
Nearly pios raud

1890 by the Associated Eftn'I blfeo'-
~ after routine police cases hal been
disposed Of today Tho court RON wa
cleared Of the thIong which hal been
interested In them aud was nlmost I'm.
niedlately Afterwards rtfillei, thi, Tine
by an overwhelming gathering a.
si1rehscpsrs, city men ana other. ~
tho bondsmon Of the Castle wrfe
present. Polson, representing the
United sisiCs embassy, was acoomo-
datoi with q scat nt the tolicliofs
table. There was n humminE Of *.
oiioi comment. which was quickly
hushsd ~ tno magistrate, dr
Robert Mllnns Newton, ne M6 Castle,
calm aud dign,fied IN dumsanor, co..
tered tho court. Au was followed by
his vile, WIN was ttylshly aud
necomingly dressed 10 n tailOrmade
dtets OF grey material. Aiu. Cattlt
Carried = handkrfchief In hof fignt
hand ami held " almost oontiuuously
10 her face a. n 90 thVaft the ,ti1fts
Of court artists, u there were any Ia
tue vicinity, TO sketch her features.
She was n0fe compapi than last
week. when her distress touched every.
body ptcseut. Bat In spite Of this gain
In strength, due, no dOubi, 10 her To-.
leAse fIom prison Aud rect Of the resi-
dsnce Of friend, Mfs. Castle 20
sooner iound herself In the prisoners
docs than sue showed symptoms o.
iaintnoss vrfging 90 " collhpie, which
caused the policeman on uuty ni htr
siie 10 fetch scat anu place Ia tho
dock for the use Of Mt. aud Mrs.
Castle. Tue latter sank woafily upon
~, closed her eyes aud leaned hut head
UPON hur husbands IN lulder, ~ u
seeking there tue strength necessary 10
enable h.f TO bear ~ against such q
trying oEdsaL
Mf. Castle, ~ ON Tuesday, supported
her o. ossl ne c1uld.
Dufiug the further heariug OF the
CAT. against her aud, incidentally,
agalral ner husband. hirf. Castle Ire
quruuy moanVa % piii1uHly that IN
ally tie klnd.heafioi policemen al.
featy REFERRED 10 hando1 hrf bottle
OF salts rad Mt. Castle was hepi busy
Whispering comfort Ia the suiiurtf's
car, holding het hand while str.viug
10 every possible way - encourage tue
haii.iairing ~sniau.
Miss Patty Atwood, n aaleg woman IN
the employ " Oussavo Eilub Fur
COMPANY VI Regent street, testified
that on Thursday, Oct. l. Mrs. Castle
aud her fou, 10 yeAu OLD, visited tue
store. Tue woman, uis wi,nrtl added,
niked " the concern could make a
ohiIchilla cape and was informed the
work could b. done. Witness further
gestltioi that the prisoner showed her
two small ohinehilla Gains and fs-
mHTkudi
81 SHOULD like to have these
matched"
Continuing, Mlsa Atwood testified.
~ went 10 another pat Of the STORE %
speak 10 Mt. Ellua anI on returning
the prisoner said she could not wall
auy longer, ar che wanted 20 lake her
sou to lunch aud would return Ia hall
an hour. But 4 did not SEQ her again
until October stu, when / vAs sun.
moned 10 Vino street police station.
There I raw TINS sable nun when
Identified ~ tho property OF Mr.. Ellui.
| last saw tue mum 10 toe shop, ten
minutes before tue female pfiionrf gu.
tered. Tue mufi was In a glass case,
close 10 where aus was siAnding."
Replying to a quottiun on tue sub.
loot, witness said ihu door Of the Gas,
must have been opened In order " got
tho mufi and that the door was not
properly closed when tho prisoner ltfl
tue shop.
Replying 10 another question Mia
Atwood stated that after the female
prisoner had left tue store the noticed
A. a - a
orly closed.
Srhwertxel, futrlef on Portland stfeet,
1 a substance he testified that on Sept.
B0th, Mrs. Castle went 10 his st0ft
alone and asked 10 zoo u ohinchillu
cape. Her s0n came Ia. later alone aud
while Mis-. Castle was IN tho store shs
was followed by Mt. Castle.
Witness continuing said csnliuuei
talking TO Mrs. Castle, W nile Mt. Castle
stood looking NJ some iurs on the right
hand aide % the show room. There
were fur trimmings aud ties near
where he was standing. lie continued
looking ~ this iurs. bus l canno, sty
that he touched them. Mr. CAsIis
anu tho boy left the shop first Anu
werc followed soon Afterwards by Mrs,
Castle, aud | saw no more OF them
until Oct lst. Then tho wlio came
during ihs morniBg alone, anu l
showed her some ohinohilla skin,
to be matched. uamei cil
rs thu prizes OF zane abe wauIud
madt; she offered az which 1 de.
clineu. The hoy then entered anl
asHed her 10 call somewhere at I
O'Clock. Sho said she would thinI
over my proposition hnd they left the
shop, alter promising 30 return. uid
not miss anything uulil October The
SIN, when / went 10 WINS Street police
station anu found two ties, one sabl,
and one kaliDsky iuf, belonging 10 me,
aud valued NJ 81 ana cl5 respectively
They were la the IiSnt hand part o.
the show room where MT. Cas,i,
STOOL"
Alter similar evidences had been fur
niuned by other fuHieTs, the manager
OF Hotel Cecil Identified u plated t0at
rack nnd n creainnr mafhvd hOie
"Cecil' found among the effects Of tn,
Castles.
A detective Tecounted tue incidontl
which accompanied the arrests Of tn,
prisoners anu the case Tor the proseeu
lion was closed.
Alter this feature OF tue Gaze hAd
been formally wound up, Mr.. Chariol
Matthews, leading counsel for Ia,
Castles, asked that the prisoners b,
committed Tor Trial nj the Contra
criminal court. Newton refused 10 dc
/ 20, say ing his instructions were TO zen.
all shopliting oases for trial nj the sss