Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-21
TALBOT CASE ON TRIAL.
AN IMPORTANT CASE BROUGHT
HERE ON CHANGE OF
VENUE
Talbot charged with having received ~tO
len silks B"th defense and prosecution
ably represented


WEDNESDAY.
The Talbot case is now on trial lii
tins cry. John u. Talbot. lawyer Of
south Bend. is charged with having an
lawfully and feloneously received st0-
len properly taken from the IS. X O
railway Three hundred yards OF silk
were seized by Chief Gassiday al the
room of Kate Mccullough which the
prosecution claims 10 be the silks sto-
len from the b. X O. railway company.
The persecution claims that Talbot
has been known 70 have endeavored to
sell silks ana this effort on his part lead
to his arrest,
The attorneys for the prosecution are
Baker and Sick Of south Bend, assisted
by Logan and Lauer OF tins city. The
defense is III charge OF attorneys Myer
and Brick of South Bend ald attorney
Parker of Plymouth. Mr.. Baker con
duets the prosecution.
During ;he session today the prosecu-
ton endeayored To prove the larceny Of
certain silks which were produced in
court. The purpose as outlined is to
show that the silks found in possession
OF Mrs, Kate Mccullough at South
Bend were consigned to her by the de-
Eendant, and are the identical silks
which we're stol5n from the B. & o.
railway.
If tnis can be established they hope
to fasten the crime upon the defendant
The attorneys for the defense will dis
pute that the described goods are stolen
goods and Will endeavor to convince
that there has been no larceny ON part
OF defendant SO far as the goods in
question are concerned.
Even thoagh there has been d larceny
of goods, the defense Will deny any con
nection of the defendant In the matter
1t was apparent this morning that the
defense viii question the right of the
compliments III the case as 1t seems
that various receiverShips OF the railway
have complicated affairs such as to in
yOlve question of law as to this point.
Fhe prosecution has a list of twenty
two witnesses to examine.
Mr.. Finch, deputy sheriff of St
Joseph county, testified that he took
the silks which were produced IN court
from Kate Mccullough in her room at
Columbia hotel in South Bend. There
were $50 yards of same.
pom cross examination it was
brought out that Miss Mccullough had
| said that she took the goods OH chattel
mortgage. Witness stated that he was
ready to swear that goods produce /
We're same as the goods he took from
Miss Mccullough.
as. Griffin, freight conductor on tn
B X O. was next, through whom the
prosecution endeavored TO put at rest
the dispute as 10 the right of claimants
to prosecute in the case. The questions
were mainly over ruled and in conse-
quence the testimony Of this witness
). \. Ginger was next witness but
was excused until Thursday.
Joseph Erple, manager of Mandell
Bros. SILK Dept, at Chicago identified
the goods as the missing silks which
were consigned TO Mandell Bros. by the
manufacturer.
julius Nigel of New York managing
salesman for the manufacturer of silks
testified claiming that to a reasonable
certainty the silks iii the court room
were of their manufacture.
The prosecution will probably ex
haust its witnesses tomorrow.
THURSDAY
The Talbot case has progressed con
isideca5ly as special night session OF
court was held last evening. The effort
of the prosecution during the evening
session was mainly TO establish that the
crime was committed in st. JOSEPH
county and the defense by its cross eX
animation jnst as ardently endeavor q
10 show to the contrary.
Albert Breen, night watch at Chicago
for the h. and q. railway, Frank Willis
a railroad man, Frank buckley, check
er for the B. and q. road and Edwin
Burke, caller at Chicago all gave testi
mony which was calculated to show
the place at which the goods were stol
en-. 1t was shown that the goods were
all right at Garrett, Ind. but that when
the train reached Chicago, car had
been opened and box consigned tt
Mandel Bros broken open.
w. Ii. Strickland, the b. and o. claim
agent at Chicago stated that the boz
consigned to Mandel Bros was emptl