The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-26

in Portland at the time Of the rob-
berry.
The first witness called By the pros
ecutlon was Mrs. Copeland. Of the Bee
Hive. who stated the amount and kind
Of goods that was stolen from the store
and Identified the recovered property
ss a portion OF H. Court was then ad-
ourned till afternoon.
The first witness called In the after
noon was VI. s. Copeland. Of the Bee
Hive, who Identified Davis as one Of
the men who came into the store the
day preceding the robbery and purchas-
ed valise which was recovered with
the other property
Detective lack Kerrigan Of Portland
was then calle1 and told OF the arrest
OF the two men. Davis and Sullivan,
by Detective Snow and himself in
Portland, and Of the offer Of the two
men to give them all the blunder 70
let them 20.
Detective Frank Snow was next call
ed and corroborated the testimony OF
| K@rrigan.
The next witness vas the japanese
merchant. N. Nakatani. who testified
that he purchased a quantity Of the
goods from the two men. Davis and
Sullivan. and that they told him they
had a store in Astoria and that they
were selling the goods very cheap. He
said he purchased goods from them
iwo different times and afterwards
identified the men as the ones he Sc
hured the goods from.
Court was then adjourned till 1870 o.
M, when It met and Sheriff LinviIle
was called. The sheriff Rave some OF
the conversations he had had with the
prisoner and also told some Of the con-
IiictlnR statements made by Sullivan
regarding DAVIS connection with the
a1alr. This closed the list OF witnesses
for the prosecution and Captain Reeves.
mate Of the sSaanner Luriine was call
ed for the defendant. He stated that
on the morning OF the robbery which
was the first trip Of the Lurllne. but
four passengers came aboard and but
two Of them for Portland. and describ-
cd the luggage they had with them
which answered partially to that Of
the stolen property and said that the
two men were msSh unlike in appear
ance. the two men COW on trial.
Next Mrs. Mitchell was called and
testified that n pair Of shoes were Civ
en- her by one OF the men. Arthur or
Morreli on the day after the robbery,
answering to the description OF the
shoes taken from the Bee Hive.
The defense then ,alled for John Sui
livan and little diversion was caused
by the bailiff E5ing to the door and
calling nut John Sullivan" Some one
informed him that Sullivan was in Jail
and deputy was sent for him. The
witness took the stand and when ask
ed gave his name as John Miller. which
he said was his right name. He testi-
fled at length up0a .he meeting with the
ether two men who he said furnished
him the goods. telling him the goods
were smuggled goods and that he took
them to the room occupied by his
friend. the prisoner and asked him to
help him sell them. That he did so.
and went with him to a number OF
places to sell the goods He also swore
positively that defendant had never
been in Astoria. but admitted that ne
had been; claiming that he was here
the tenth Of August. looking for work.
He was followed by the defendant. who
was sworn and testified along much
the same lines as taken by Sullivan or
Miller. as he gave his name.
Davis says he was born in Column
bus. o.. and that his parents are dead,
but that he has two sisters living.