The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-08-29
TRIED FOR POCKET PICKING.

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TRIED FOR POCKET PICKING.
The examination of the parties
arrested for picking the pocket of
roadmaster Dunbar was held before
Judge Dow in the court room, Fri
day morning, County Attorney
,Crandall for the state and Geo. W.
Wilson for the defendants. H..
Mr.. Dunbar testified that Saturday
morning he had $36, with passes in
his pocket book, 8 new los one 1
+and:a5 in his right hip pocket. Saw
Harris. McCullaugh, Cunningham,
don't remember Stuart, when got on
train they all crowded around me-:
had grip in ono hand and child in
other getting on train with my wife,
saw them crowd on and off train,
McCullough got on and of the train,
passed me on the steps, discovered
pocket book. gone when about Is
feet in coach, told my wife had been
robbed, came out of car and told
officer Roshon pocket had been pick
ed: First 4, saw Harris afternoon
east of Hubbard and Palmer eleva-
tor, next in Jail about ten or
eleven O'Clock Saturday night.
Harris said in presence Of my self
and Mr.. Bresman, that he and three
others were implicated in picking
my pocket, he expected to raise
amount taken to return and would
also take steps to recover pocket
: book and passes,- also wrote a letter
to man named Thornton in st. Paul,
said, saw you flashing money back
of station and concluded to go after
it, Identifies letter written by Harris
and given to Bresman. Letter
written reads as fowllows: Friend
Marty, IF any of the mob are in
tho city ask if they kept the stiff.
I am nailed here for a poke. Marty
I would like to ask you favor and
hope you won't refue as it will be
made good to you if you can spare
me $50 give it to this man for he is
the copper Of the Omaha road, he is
good fellow. Ihope you won It re-
fuse me this favor, your friend
Harry Harris. - The envelope was
addressed to ''Marty Thornton 491
Wabash st., st. Paul. He said if
had known I was railroad man
would not have gone after the
pocket book sorry it happened,
would get money and fix it with me.
Saw one of the ten dollar bills at
Heron Lake Saturday evening. Saw
all the fellows except Harris there,
saw Bresman got the bill from some
par t If Cunningham's coat pocket,
he told Bresman he had a right to
the money and not give it to me,
afterwards Allen saw Mccullough
swallow something, Bresman tried
to make him choke it up but could
not" He left stand to let another
witness testify.
Nels Larson, restaurant proprietor
of Heron Lake called, testified, he
saw the three men in his place for
supper one gave him 81 bill on
which he marked his initial
Mr.. Dunbar recalled, examined
by Wilson. The picture of buffalo
on the $40 bill attracted my at
tention to it, nothing else except it's
general appearances leads tome con-
clude it was my money the same
conclusion in reference to the one
dollar bill, was jostled while in act
of getting on the steps, from both
ways, Roshon said, that was crooked
crowd standing around and he would
go and get them. Told operator to
wire conductor to see if there were
any suspicious characters on train,
saw Harris on platform that morn
ing, after he was arrested he was