Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-18
WOMEN BRASS STEALERS.
Two of Them in Court This Morning
 Watch Case on in superior Conrt

Watch Case on in Superior Court.
 The clock in the city court room this morning showed it was 2:45 at any side of the first meridian one wished to take of it, which also showed that It was past the customary time for the opening of court when Judge Peasley took his seat on the bench. But that IS the way of the city court clock and those who are accustomed to it do not mind it and it does not take very long to bring about that state of mind for the clock is as regularly irregular as clock can well be. once it makes UP it's mind and it works to be that way.
 There were on1w two prisoners be fore the court though when business began there was only one. That was Pauline Lipiani who was charged with theft of one pound of brass from the factory of Plume & Atwood J. L. Scott who said he was the cashier and bookkeeper at the factory recognized the brass as the kind produced at the factory. He said it was worth nine cents a pound and there were 160 pounds in one bag and ten pounds in another Both bags were found in the prisoners room yesterday. The eyi- dence of the eliminating character was furnished by the detective department
 The prisoner after being warned that she need make no statement stated that she was q stranger in the country and that she took the metal at the suggestion of her landlady who hinted that she knew several girls who pay their room rent ill that manner The prisoner did not understand quite how I ltaf ISfan more explicit and the accused followed the hint by taking hea lunch to the factory in q cloth and upon leaving the factory there was always a quan- tity of brass in the cloth. She could not tell how much she removed in this manner. but before she began she used to pay S:5 q month for her room and afterward she paid only S2, sometimes | less. sometimes more. but seldom S3 after she had begun.
 1 From this evidence it was apparent that the actual and responsible culprit was the landIady, Mrs Petronelli Jock aite. and she was arrested in court charged with receiving stolen goods | to the amount and nature of fifty pounds of brass She stated that she merely sold the stuff for the other wo- man. Judge Peasley said both were equally guilty and fined each S1 and costs and sentenced her to thirty days i'll jail.
 The trial of John Kingsbury for the theft of q gold watch. the property of q man named Griffin. and a silver watch owned by George Harris began in the superior court to-day before a jury and Judge Robinson. The com 1 plainants were employed at II. M. Rig ney's garbage crematory at the time of 1 the alleged theft. Kingsbury was q teamster and Harris v-as cook and was referred to among their fellow em- I ployes as governor. One Saturday evening Kingsbury disappeared from the boarding house attached to the cFematOrv and soon after Griffin missed l his watch and Harris missed his bank book and a gold watch. Kingsburys l disappearance threw suspicion upon l him. He was traced to town. It was 1 found he left late in the evening in q team that he was well provided for l the road having dressed himself in two suits of clothes. From here he went to New York and according to the tes- timony he was enjoying himself in the big city He tried to get the money represented in the bank book but fail ed That was the reason he was not charged with the theft of the book. He was taking things easy in New York He lived in cheap hotel down town and one day was baslzing in the rays of a schooner and the intelligence of the daily papers when someone touched him on the shoulder and beck oned to the street. Bpon reaching the sidewalk Ilingsbury found himself face to face with Sheriff Rigney. Tn the city court Tzingsbury said that had he known what the sheriff was after would have made things interesting for him. He made no trouble, however, and accompanied the sheriff back with out requisition papers or going through any red tape. The value of the watches is s55.