The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-04
you would know the watch then il

"Certainly."
From a small bundle which had
been handed him by the chief of po-
Ice the coroner took out two
watches. One of these he examined
for moment and then passed it
to the witness with the questions:
Can you identity this watch::'
''Yes: it is my fathers"
did this other one also belong to
him."
\ second watch of handsome de-
sign was handed to her, which she
was positive she had never seen be- ,
fore. This watch had no inscription
of any kind, but it bore the number
$500 and was Of u Swiss make.
The coroner then handed her pair
of sleeve buttons, Il diamond pin and
a pocket knife. Miss Wright iaenti-
fed the sleeve buttons and the knife
as her fathers, but did not think the
pin was his. He never wore jcwelry
of any kind, and she had never seen
the pin before.
While this part of the examination
was going ON, Miss Wright was nerve
Gus and wore Il startled air, which
might he interpreted either as an
admission that she had been subject-
ed to Il line of examination that she
had not expected, or Il fear that she
was giving testimony to the detri-
ment Of her brother in some way
which was nsc1utable to her. Crop
ing thus in the dark, she was growing
more and moro agitated, and her self
possession was near TO breaking down
completely. Fortunately she was not
subjected to any further inquisitorial
process, and, half uazed with fear
and uncertainty, she left the stand
, and quilted the room. casting as she
did so Il glance full OF questioning de-
sl,nir upon her brother.
The full significance of this testi-
mony was now brought out by plac-
, lie told Il very plain and damaging
story.
"Ncsterlay afternoon" he said,
, Herbert Wright was arrested on
i suspicion, and, as is customary, he
, WAS taken to the police station and
, searched. All the papers and articles
: found on him were taken charge of.
\ Among these were two pawn tickets.
These tickets did not arous. the
slightest suspicion in my mind, for
there are hundreds of poor people in
the city who have such tickets in
i their possession. 1t has, however. al
ways been a custom of mine to take
the pawn tickets found on all pris-
oncrs and ascertain what articles
have been pawncd. This has in a
good many instances enabled me to
bag some very important criminals.
More from force of habit than any
thing else went to ltosenthal's and
Neckars pawnshops. At the first I
found that the ticket called for q
watch. Il pair of sleeve buttons. a
diamond pin and Il knife. The clerk
who took i'm these articles remem-
bcrcd that they had been brought in
by secty looking young man named
Abraham .Iowntt about six o'clock on
the day the murder was committed.
The clerk was Just getting ready to
close up shop when Jowatt came in,
and the transaction was therefore
made about six o'clock as that was
the closing time. The desert ption
given by the clerk tallies with young
Wright's appearance, and the giving
in of fictitious name aroused my
suspicious. A visit to Neckar's pawn
} shop revealed the fact that under
like mysterious circumstances Wright
, had pawned another watch under the
: name of Jowatt, and it was done
| shortly after six o'clock. / obtained
from the pawnbrokers the various ar
ticles and turned them over to the
chief"
The witness then i~rntiied the ar
: ticles already offered in evidence a:
. those which he had obtained from
the pawnbrokers.
Ncckar and the clerk from Rosen
thals were then introduced, and the.
!, identified Wright as the young mai
: who under the name of Jowatt hat
pawncd the watches and other arti
= clcs.
: The testimony was completed will
:. the evidence of the sheriff and TIL
! chief of police. The material poin
h in their testimony was that they
with the permission of Mrs Wright
y and in her presence, had gon
. through all the private papers of he
:, husband and had found no will. TIL
. significance of this fact was, O
:, course. brought to the attention O
y the jury by the coroner. who state
:. that in HE absence of will MI
a Wrigllt's property would be divide
). without prejudice between his chi
=. drpn and consequently IIcrbrl
h Wright was direct beneficiary by hi
y fathers death.
G The testimony given by the of
n GERS produced Il profound inprcssio
not only on the jury, but on tn
:. crowd assembled there. Even Ward
"a who had been inclined to rntertai
n IL belief in Wrights innocence, w;
staggered for Il moment. 1t was M
" an easy matter to conceive an G:
V PLANTATION of the damning facts tia
ii had been brought to light. AS ft
~ Herbert Wright himself. he SCENE
to be dazcI by the chain of circun
FL stantial evidence which had bee
o. wrought around him. His face w;
q strong psychological study. ar
upon it growing horror dcritccd i
H. self. Was it the despair OF innocene
IL surrounded by Il network of appa
entity unanswerabc accusations
PC Every bit of testimony seemed to or
,t body Il charge. Or was it the stup,