The San Francisco call., 1899-08-12
ROBBED HIS WIFE
To PLUNGE ON
HORSE RACING
Young Robert Carter
in Trouble.

A peculiar case of misplaced domestic
trust came to light yesterday when a
warrant was sworn out by Mrs. Jennie
w Hearne vile of a prominent Alaska
miner, for the arrest of her son-in-law.
Robert A. Carter, on a charge Of grand
larceny. The party who will be defend
ant in the case is charged with having
pawned $4,000 worth of jewelry, the prop
| erty of his wife and her mother, on the
pretense that he would Immediately re-
deem and return it, and of having skipped
! to the East without having fulfilled his
promise.
Another feature in the case is the
youthfulness of Carter and his wife. The
| latter was Miss Lillian Hearne and she
| met and loved Carter in New York about
| two wears ago while she was II years OF
| age. At the time of her marriage her
| husband was nearly 20. The couple came
| to California with the Hearne family ana
! stopped at the st. Nlchoias Holel III lhlS
Young Carter soon became fascinated
Tlhgt6 With the and sport often Gf ost heay % His
| mother was the proprietress of fash
| ionable boarding-hous in Brooklyn ana
upon the death of one of his relatives ne
| Inherited considerable money and some
! stock OF the latter he turned over one
thousand dollars worth to his VIE. ne ne
! had no occupation and his money SWl1tiy
! sped over the counters OF the pooIpoAJs'
! realizing for him but small returns IN
! time it was all gone and he began to look
| elsewhere for coin with Whlch 10 play
| the horses. a.;
The first of the family property dis dis
nosed of by Carter was the SlQUV sLQch
Certificate which he had given ms oSsinn Mil1;
After it had passed out OF MS poSSesstII posses tIa
| everything on which he could reallze IN, t1e
price of a pool ticket was taken an anu 10y mE
pothecated. Jewelry, alad1oin9 ,,1oneV e panic.
! EvaI hi. wife's engagement ring ana tIed Id
! fathers watch were transIeiIffu f f - tbese e.s
pawnbreker AS security nromised 19T ft Il inheri-
tnnrs The iewelry was all taken "a, uuilLis
the months of April. June ana july; ny 1yneT [aT
ado each pr excuse for the delayed heritage
mae ma about 61 the last of June departed for
Brooklyn to ascertain am u tne ,e@s eau'o u
ulIato Iu Srssence in the East did not make
matters ate any better and his wife an9 her h3I
relatives soon becam1ee, eoaU dacIared
phot Pr he had married for money only ana
did not propose to either reimburse ms
Wife or return to San Francisco. "A war
VIZ VIZ was issued for his arrest yesterday,
md If having been discovered that the
iewelry had been paWned Win w, 49,, -
9Iaeth9I at 101a Sixth street Searcn war
rant was issued for the recovery OF the
valuables. When an officer visited tne
pawnshop he was told that Ihe PITY p[Ti89ency 1ct
Fad already been redeemed, but could not
ehow any records Of the TRANSACTION. He
cmt fhe officers search short by informing
him that information could pc secured
only from his attorney. Now there prom
ises to be a fight for the recovery OF the
nawned articles from the paWnbroker.
While the stuff is valued at $4,000 Carter
only secured about 500 on it. The list or
naWned articles is as follows;
cluster ring diamond and turquoise dia-
,,ond maro,.ise ring; diamond crescent breast
MN. breastpin set with rubies and diamonds;
breastpin set with rubies surmounted with dla-
monds; two cluster turquoise earrings sur.
,nomnted with diamonds; diamond sunburst
ring; gold watch and locket; solitaire diamond
ring small gold watch; two diamond Soditalre I,L
rnes. small ring with five diamonds; pair OF
diamond solitaire earrings; marquse ring Win WIN
emeralds in center and cluster OF uiai'io''u
nendants and sealskin sack