The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-04-02
CIRCUIT COURT.
Theodore Jones, ColOred, of Port Deposit
Acquitted Of the Charge of RObbing
Railroad Car.

from Hartford county, came to a close on
Wednesday, when under instructions OF the
court the jury rendered n verdict In favor OF
the defendant The court decided that the
defendant had probable cause for causing the
arrest of the plaintiff, out of which the case
had grown-the case for damages being based
upon alleged false arrest and malicious prose-
cuton. O'Toole had check for $40 cashed
by WychgIam at his store at Edgewood. Har-
ford county, the check being drawn on the
National Bank OF Hartford, at Belair. When
the check was presented at the bank 1t was
protested through a mistake, although
O'Toole had sufficiet funds on deposit there
Wychgram swore out n warrant for the arrest
of O'Toole charging him with obtaining
money under false pretences, and o'Toole
was taken into custody in Baltimore. He
accordingly brought suit for damages.
CRIMINAL CASES.
On Thursday morning the criminal docket
was taken up. Jim Holland, colored, OF Elk
ton, who had been indicted on six charges
for selling liquor plead guilty ON three
charges, and was sentenced to "a months in
the House Of Correction and fined $780, The
The other three charges were stested. The
charge agains, Fred Holland also colored,
indicted for selling whlskey. was also stetted
He was brother Of jim Holland, and in the
case in question 1t was shown that he had
simply handed out the goods at the house
of his brother, Jim Holland, and had not
made the sale in his own interest.
William Rheur and Theodore Jones, the
latter coored storekeeper, were arrested in
Port Deposit, on February l, on the charge OF
robbing car loaded with merchandise at
Deposit, on the Pennsylvania railroad. The
case had been worked up by Railroad Detec-
tive Davis. The men were taken into custody
and arragned before squire Brown, and
each held under $500 bail for court. Rheur
turned States evidence and stated that tho
seals on the cars had been broken by Jones
and together they had robbed the car. Jones
emphatically denied this accusation and
stated that he had no hand In the robbery
but that the goods had been sold TO him by
Rheur and that when the sale was made
Rheur had given him to beive that they had
come into his possession honestly. The stolen
goods had been discovered in loft over the
office Of the Rowland Manufacturing Com
pany, where Rheur on many occasions took
the place of his father, when the latter was
too unwell TO serve. How the discovery Of
the goods was made was told in court on
Thursday, by Roy II. Snyder, a witness in
the case, who is employed as a clerk by the
Rowland Company. Knowing of the rbberies
OF cars that had occurred, they were sur
prised one day to notice Il quantity of soap
on the first floor of their Office building aud
having their suspicious aroused made Il
search of the premises, the result being that
other goods-tobacco, gloves, coffee, etc.
were found stored away in the loft. The find
was reported to Railroad Agent Wilson, Of
Port DepOst, and the investigation that led
to the arrest was taken up. Town Baililf
Reuben Bond was also detailed on the cuse,
and the goods were allowed to remain where
they were, in the Office loft, with the view
that the culprit would return for them when
disposins of his booty.
Baiff Bond and one or two other men
watched the building the night before the
arrests were made, and saw Rheur making
his rounds. The bailifr noticed later a light
moving about in the office and which shone
up into the loft (where tho goods we're known
to be) and moved about. The light then
went out and he saw a man come out OF the
building carrying something. The man was
soon joined by another one and the two
L.. ~ la, .hn
then pointed toward William Rheur who was
known to have been on duty at the COM
pnuy's place that night and the later devel-
opments were brought out. A quantity OF
the goods stolen were found disposed for sale
il Theodore Jones store. As stated above
William Eheur turned States evidence and
incriminated Jones. and who as stated above,
claimed he mad bought the goods from
Rheur.
When the case came up on Thursday morn
ing, Rhear was the first witness called by the
State. His testimony was to the effect that
he had known Jones intimately for about n
year and that Jones had asked him il he
would go and get goods out OF the cars. I
didn't say anything, and he came to me three
or four times and at last | made up nv mind
to go.
He said he was going to get goods out OF
the cars and asked me if | wouldn't go, and
said I would. We went on the 10th of
December. We went to the cars and | told
him that was not going to break any seals,
as it was penitentiary offense. Jones said
he would break them. He only broke the
seals on one car. He took out a box OF
gloves and took them to his store. We went
again on the night Of January Is and took
soap, coffee, tobacco and "a basins. Jones
handed them to me and we took them to
Jones store.
We went again on January 25 and secured
tobacco. coffee, soap, yeast powder and cart
ridges, which we put in the loft OF the office
OF the Rowland Manufacturing Co. Rheur
also testified that Jones had gone into the
loft after goods the night OF January 81,
when Bailff Bond and others had seen the
light in the Office He had gone there other
times after goods.
Rheur stated that as part OF his share OF
the plunder Jones had given him 80 and
some potatoes. At the time when Jones was
arrested Rheuer had gone to the store and
pointed out to the detective the stolen goods.
or the gloves stolen Rheuer said that Jones
had given him four pairs, which he had sold