The herald., 1897-02-06
4 DEALER N Old JUNK
Comes to Grief When Ac-
cused OF Burglary
HIS LUCK IN FINDING vALUADLES
The Impugned Receipt Sustained
by the Jury
IN LLv2EAW.CLEARY TRIAL
Fuuu, Letter to Judge Clark by One
Matrimonialiy Inclined
Supreme Court Ruling on sureties' RESPONSE
bities for Deficiency
The HoIIenbeck Case SettIed-FuIksrson Ac-
quilted In the Federal Court-Bailerino
IN LLV2EAW-CLEARY TRIAL
Euun, Letter TO Judge Clark by One
Matrimonialiy Inclined
supreme Court Ruling or su-eties' RESPONSE
biIities for Deficiency
Tho HoIleubeck Case SettIed-FuIksrson Ac-
quilted In the Federal Court-Bailerino
Has to Pay Specification at the
Highlands AsyIum-N'tes

Charles Sears was convicted of burg
larry yesterday in department one, and
he maintains he is an abused individual
On the night of the 18th of November
the house of Mrs. Eliza Caery, at 62S
Olive street, was broken into and large
trunk containing quite valuable ana
miscellaneous assortment of property
was stolen. The lady of the house heard
the noise in the hallway, just outside
her bedroom door, but as there was
number of boarders she imagined that
one or the other of them was coming in,
and thought no more about the matter,
but went to sleep. In the morning, how
ever Mrs. Caery missed the trunk, ana
the hue and cry was raised.
Officer Talamantes, after some diff
Guilty, got track of the stolen goods, and
on the 5th of December found the trunk
in the possession of Miss Minnie Gotta,
at the ,Buena Vista house. This young
lady, who was the lady-love of Sears
stated that the trunk had been given to
her by her sweetheart. Some sheets.
bed-spread and other goods were found
under the bed and Sears was soon after
placed under arrest.
These facts were shown yesterday,
and at first glance it would seem as If
they clearly connected Sears with the
burglary of the goods, but he ventured
an attempt to explain these doubtful cir
%umstances. He stated on the wit
ness stand that as junk dealer he
habitually made the rounds of the al
leys and by-ways Of the city searching
for valuable refuse. And he found it.
Going through an alley between Hill
street and Broadway, and entering Sixth
street, he found pile of ash barrels, and
on top lay the trunk in dispute. 1t was
empty, and had the top off. When close
to ST. Vincent's college he found a COM
forter and one blanket, and the greatest
good luck attended his efforts, for he
found some other nice things in out-of-
the-way places. Dainty articles of
lady's attire, Photographic albums, etc,
were picked up by him on his promis-
cuouS wanderings in search of junk.
Some other things, too, he purchased
from man to him known familiarly as
doc" He had workedwith him pick
ing grapes at Selma, and thought his
name was James Middleton, and he had
sold him sackful of things that Sears,
in the innocence of his heart, thought
he had probably got by begging. a val
ualbe hunting case gold watch. found in
Sears possession, he accounted for by
saying he bought it from a man whose
name he did not know at all, and a de-
scription of whom he could not portray
with any possibility of recognition.
And right here the funny part comes
in. All these various effects that Sears
picked up from the four quarters of
heaven We're originally in the trunk of
Mrs. Caery when it was stolen. The gold
watch belonged to her deceased husband
and was readily identified by her in court
yesterday, as were the other miscellan-
eous effects.
In the light of these facts the jury only
took ten minutes to return verdict of
burglary in the first degree, but Sears
maintains he is the victim of chain of
circumstances that are not truthful, and
render him great injustice.