The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-30

The trial Of Pat Barns. accused Of rob
hing cid Mrs. SoTringtou. vas resumed
g. the superior court yesterday morning
The court room was fairly Well filed
wlrh spectators. attracted by the knowi-
edge fhs5 Mrs. Norrington herself vas
t. take the stand. and that consequently
something rather amusing could BE- look
- for. IN which expectation they were
noE disappointed.
The ir.nsncltns ~ the jury, In which
oas entire day had already teen spent.
Nas not coneigGed t0tH nearly II O'Clock.
a. which time the jury was finally select
ed as follows: VI. Heller. Dewitt Clark.
Walter Walker. J. l.. Attebury owen
Dsfy. 4. X. Lewis. O. 4. Runnen. J. r.
Dixon + : White. John Sesary. Julius
Johnson and }. L. Stewart
After outlining the case the pYosecu-
ton pat Cashier r. Il. Van Tuyi of Dex-
- Horton & Company. on the stand. he
testified "a having given Mrs. Norrington
the morning ~ Mag - So in Ameri-
can money. t1e money having been paid
over 81 ;wo 500 bills enc 80. one 81; one
80, and ono S. ali in bills. He gave
particular description Of the bills. sor7e
having been treasury notes and others
rational bank notes.
rs soon as Van Tuyi's testimony was
concluded Attorney Winstock Cor the de-
the jury was Withdrawn while the legal
battle was aaRed. Mr.. WInstock called
attention TO the fact that the fnforna-
ton. In setting out the stolen money said
that its particular description was un-
known. II appeared that testimony as %
the exact description OF the money WIS
accessible TO the prosecution Mr.. Win
stock quoted numerous authorities 10 the
efect that when such a particular de-
scriptiou could have been made and the
prosecution failed to do so. the Informal
ton was defective
After some hesitation the court over
ruled The objection. and the case went
on. This was the first technical victory
for the state. The turn OF the defense
came shortly afterwards.
William Sutherland was called to the
stanf. and by him the prosecution ok
pect"d to show that on the very morn
Ing after the robbery Billy Newman paid
over 20 him slpo bill which answered
the desc rtption Of one of the bills paid 10
Mrs. Norrngton by the bank r. W
karto Wis also on hand with the identical
hill
The defense streuously objected 10 the
introduction OF this testimony holding
THAI Newman was not Joined as a defend
mt in the Information ana his possession
~ a 500 hill could have no relevancy %
the particular case on trial The court
sustained tho objection. The testimony
of sutherland and Barto was excluded
and an expression % relief passed over
the countenance of the prisoner.
Mrs. Norrinston on the stand
Then the star witness Of the case took
the boards in the person of the redoubt-
abia Mrs. Norrington herself She was
faest decidedly willing witness for the
state aud when once she was started il
vas difficult to induce her 10 stop. the
fIH4erffgEg pF f.r h..
passed unhefdcd. ana II was all the court
could do Ia check her. Under tho care
ful Questioning Of the prosecution how
ever. she told a very straightforward and
coherent story
She said she arrived here from Victoria
ou the Kingston on May II. her home was
In Manchester. England. After her ar
rival in town she dropped into the pfs-
Inond saloon. made the acquaintance IF
Newman. Burns and Burke and had a
few drinks She went to a hotel and
af'"nt the night. In 9he morning she had
a hight breakfast AMI again went To the
Diamond saloon. From there she went
20 Dexter Horton & Company's bank dt-
aeondlly across the street and had her
money changed. receiving two 500 bills
HftE. a twenty. q ten and five She
lad six or seven dollars OF silver in her
pocket. SO she placed Jhls money IN a cloth
tag which She had made on the steamer
md which she fastened underneath her
outside skirt. BURNS ana Newman saw
her going into the bank She then went
to the ticket office. and RETURNING again,
went into tho saloon. She said she want
ed 70 wash. snd Newman showed her int,
tie barber shop adjoining After COM
plotting her toilet she Went back into the
saloon Newman gave her a bouquet and
she entered into n general conversation,
En'us talked about going 20 kootenai
here he had shares in q milne