The Irish standard., 1903-07-04

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From Il small bundle which had ,
been handed him by the chief of po-
lice the coroner took out two ,
watches. One of these he examined ,
for Il moment and then passed it
to the witness with the question: !
Can you identity this watch?"
Eyes: it is my fathers"
''Did this other one also belong to :,
him.
A second watch of handsome de-
sign was handed to her, which She i,
was positive she had never seen be- i,
fore. This watch had no inscription
of any kind, but it bore the number
$500 and was of Swiss make.
The coroner then handed her pair
of sleeve buttons, Il diamond pin and
a pocket knife. Miss Wright idcnti-
fed the sleeve buttons and the knife
as her fathers, but did not think the
pin was his. He never wore .iewelry
of any kind, and she had never seen
the pin before.
While this part of the examination
was going on, Miss Wright was nerv-
Gus and wore startled air, which
might be interpreted either as an
admission that she had been subject
ed to 81 line Of examination that she
had not expected, or a fear that she
was giving testimony to the detri-
ment of her brother in some way
which was inscrutablc to her. Crop
ing thus in the dark, she was growing
more and more agitated, and her self
! possession was near TO breaking down
completely Fortunately she was not
subjected to any further inquistorial
process, and, half dazed with fear
, and uncertainty, she left the stand
, and quilted the room, casting as she
did so a glance full OF questioning de-
slair upon her brother.
The full significance of this testi-
mony was now brought out by plac-
ing on the stand Detective Fcnton.
, lie told very plain and damaging
story.
'lesterday afternoon" he said,
, 'llerbert Wright was arrested on
4 suspicion. and, as is customary, he
searched. MI 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
their possession. 1t has, however, al
ways been Il custom of mine to take
the pawn tickets found on all pris-
i,1n
have been pawned. 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
Neckar's pawnshops. At the first I
found that the ticket called for 4
watch. a pair of sleeve buttons, q
diamond pin and Il knife. The clerk
who took in these articles remrm-
bcrcd that they had been brought in
by seety looking young man named
Abraham .IowHtt about six o'clock on
the day the murder was committed.
The clerk was Just getting ready to
close up shop when .Iowatt 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 appearances, 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
l shortly after six o'clock. I obtained
from the pawnbrokers the various ar
: ticles and turned them over to the
: chief"
| The witness then i&cntifed the ar
: ticles already offered in evidence a:
. those which he had obtained from
the pawnbrolers.
Neckar and the clerk from Rosen
thal's were then introduced, and the.
/, identified Wright as the young MAJ
!, !, who under the name of Jowatt hat
: pawned the watches and other arti
= clcs.
: The testimony was completed will
. the evidence of the sheriff and tn
! chief of police. The material poin
), 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
r, husband and had found no will. Th
significance of this fact was, o
;. course. brought to the attention o
!, the jury by the coroner. VIII" state
i. that in the absence of q will MI
a Wrght's property would be divide
). without prejudice between his chi
dren. and consequently llerbrr
h Wright was direct beneficiary by hi
n fathers death.
e The testimony given by the of
L GERS produced Il profound impressio
not only on the jury, but on til
:, crowd assembled there. Even Wnrd'
q who had been inclined to "ntertai
= IL belief in Wright's innocence. WI;
staggered for moment 1t was M
# an easy matter to conceive an c,
y PLANTATION of the damning facts thG
I. had been brought to light. AS fc
y Herbert Wright himself. he SCENE
to he ,!azrl by the chain of circun
i stantial evidence which had bee
j. wrought around him. His face w;
n strong psychological study. an
upon it Il growing horror drritccd i
y self Was it the despair of innocent
IL surrounded by Il network of appa
emily unanswcrablc accusations
* Every bit of testimony seemed to en-
IT. body charge. Or was il the stupt
of guilt detected that appeared in h