The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-21
BUTTE News.
k|HDERs FOUND GUILTY
Husband and Wife Convicted OF
Reosiving Stolen Property.
THREW THE BLAME ON HER
The Husband. . Morphine rsnd. Claims
That Hs Knew Nothing OF the Tbefss.
Carried on Nearly $1,000
Worth OF 0oods-


Clancy's court yesterday on a charge
Of receiving stolen property. and both
were convicted. Mrs. Kinde was for
merly employed as a dressmaker in the
establishment of the M. J. Connen COM
pany and in seven months she carried
home to the husband she was sup
porting, nearly 1000 worth Of goods.
When caught the husband. a morphine
fiend, threw all the blame on his wife.
and claimed hat he had known moth
ing about the thefts or the asst amount
of valuable stuffs in his house. He told
the same story at the trial yesterday,
but the jury did not believe him.
composed of w. II. Rule. John Cook. w.
Ia Crowley. Angelo Balzaria, r. c.
Levin, Richard Treleaven. 4. Gavin.
Dennis Riley, Richard Kent, L. D.. Cur
ny, w. +. Eslick and H. b. Cain.
j. M. Maloney, salesman at the M.
j. Connell company, was the first WIT
ness and testified that Mrs. Kinder
went to work at the store about the mrs,
Of January and continued there Until
the first OF July. On the first of August,
about 1880 o'clock in the morning, she
came into the store and went up to the
second ioo When she came down ne
accused her Of stealing something. she
denied 1t and ne summoned an ONCE
and upon the latter's arrival at the
store she confessed and took from her
bosom a silk waist which she said was
all she had taken. She said she was
poor and took 1t to help herself out
She was allowed to go, but when the
saleswomen arrived at s o'clock and
learned OF the affair with Mrs. Under
1t was discovered that other goods and
articles had been missing. Maloney
then went to the home of Mrs. Kinder
accused her of stealing some lace, feath-
err boa, ribbons. etc. At irst she denied
il, but after some clubbing she pro-
duced them and surrendered the ar
ticles. She was then arrested and tax
en- to Jail. Later the witness went TO
the Jail to see her and try to get her to
confess. He met her husband at the
court house and Kinder appealed to him
to save his wife. Maloney look at
Kinder's feet and recognized a pair OF
NJ. j. Connell company shoes, and ac-
cused him of wearing a pair OF stolen
shoes. Kinder collapsed and fell to the
floor. The witness saw Mrs. Kinder at
forwards and she denied stealing any
thing more. A search warrant was is
sued and the house of the Kinders was
examined and $50 different articles of
goods stolen from the Conneil store
were found, the total retail value OF
which was s913.25. Among the articles
were q number OF lace curtains, valued
from $3.50 to S25 a pair; expensive
feather boas, Is pairs of shoes. m
Gus dress goods stun and patterns. ia
pestry, ribbons in great quantities. 20
handkerchiefs. IA ladies' ties. five pairs
OF gloves, eight packages Of needles.
seven silk umbrellas. expensive capes,
56 yards of laces. FIVE night gowns. 26
pairs of stockings. garters, a toilet set,
c%orsets. nine pairs or draw
ers, six silk dresses, is yards of tweed,
children's suits. skirts, etc. The ar
ticles were found in trunks, cases. bu-
reau drawers, under the beds and hang
ing on the walls. A few of the articles
had been worn. nj most of them had
never been unfolded.
Other witnesses for the state. mostly
statesmen and saleswomen of the Con-
nell company, testified as to the various
articles that had been stolen from the
different departments of the store. and
identified some OF the stuff found at
the home Of the Kinders.
At the conclusion of the states tes-
timony Attorney Parr. for the defend
ants, made a motion that the court in
struct the jury to return a verdict of
not guilty on the grounds that the in
formation did not allege that the goods
were stolen or that the defendants ev-
err had any knowledge that the goods
ndu DtCh ~ tNldtAtts IA sdtas
showed that Mrs. Kinder had stolen
certain articles and she could not be a
thief and a receiver of stolen property
also. The motion was argued and ov-
erruled.
j. w. Kinder, one of the defendants,
was then put on the stand and told the
jury that he was suffering from kid
ney trouble and was addicted to the use
of morphine. and that one of his w1fe's
children had st. Vitus dance. The
morning on which his wife had her
trouble with Mr.. Maloney at Connelrs
store she came home and told her hus-
band all about II. but said the matter
had been settled n that Mr.. Maloney
had promised to say nothing about II.
Later in the day she was arrested and
the officers searched the house and
found a lot of stun which the witness
a never seen before. and had known
nothing about IL. The witness said he
was confined to his bed % hours out
OF the - and didn't know much about
his wife's business. She worked as a
dressmaker for the NJ. j. Cornell COM
pany and received s. a week.
On cross-examination Kinder told Mr..
Connolly that at one time he was as
sistant secretary OF state for Idaho. He
came TO Butte from Boise.
do you know James NJ. Reynolds al
Boise"
Yes. sir
"Are YOU married to this woman you
cali your wife?"
Eyes, sir"
Were you married to her before or
after James NJ. Reynolds secured a d.
vorce from herr"
After, / think"
why do you say you Think"
We'll. I think so.'
Have you got a marriage license?"
II think So"
Where were you married."
A Pocatello."
by whom we're you married."
Il don't know minister Of the Cos
pei"
Did you not take this woman. who
you say Is your wife, and run away
with herr"
IT did not"
WAS she living with her husband