The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-04-09

1eSs SIT.
Describe it,"
1T was plain gold watch with
out any ornamentation whatever.
don't think it had even his name ON
u. 1t was presented to him few
years ago by Creole friend of his.r
Was there any sort of inscription
on it?"
Yes; the French word 'Amitie'
was engraved inside the case"
you would know the watch then If
you saw it?''
Certainly"
From small bundle which had
been handed him by the chief of DO
bee the coroner took out two
watches. One of these he examined
for a moment and then passed it
to the witness With the question:
Can you identify this watch?"
Yes; 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
was positive she had never seen be-
fore. This watch had no inscription
of any kind, but it bore the number
5000 and was of a Swiss make.
The coroner then handed her pair
of sleeve buttons, a diamond pin and
pocket knife. Miss Wright identi-
fed the sleeve buttons and the knife
as her fathers, but did not think the
pin was his. He never wore jewelry
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 line of examination that she
had not expected, or fear that she
was giving testimony to the detri-
ment of her brother in some way
which was inscrutable 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 inquisitorial
process, land, half dazed with fear
and uncertainty, she left the stand
and quilted the room, casting as she
did so glance full of questioning de-
spair upon her brother.
The full significance of this testi-
mony was now brought out by plac-
ing on the stand Detective Fenton.
He told very plain and damaging
story.
yesterday afternoon" he said,
Herbert Wright WAS arrested on
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 arouse 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 custom of mine to take
the pawn tickets found on all pris-
oners and ascertain what articles
have been pawned. This has In
good many instances enabled me to
bag some very important criminals
More from force of habit than any
thing else went to RosenthaPs ano
Neckar's pawnshops. At the frst
found that the ticket called for
watch, a pair of sleeve buttons .
diamond pin and knife. The cierf
who took in these articles remen
bered that they had been brougnt II
by seedy looking young man nance
Abraham Jowatt about six o'clock OF
the day the murder was committed
The clerk was just getting ready t'
close up shop when Jowatt came IN
and the transaction was therefore
made about six o'clock, as that wa'
the closing time. The descrIpuoi
o;ven bv the clerk talies with young
Wright's appearances, and the givin'
In of a fictitious name aroused IN,
.usnicions. A visit to Neckar's pawn
, shop revealed the fact that unde
like mysterious circumstances VIRGIN
had pawned another watch under Tn
name OF JOWhbts GIN ~
! shortly after six o'clock. optaine'
, from the pawnbrokers the various az
ticles and turned them over 70 IN
chief"
The witness then identified the al
; ticles already offered in evidence .
: those which he had obtained frof
the pawnbroksrs.
reckar and the clerk from hosei
7 THAT'S were then introduced, and the
! identified Wright as the young ma
7 who under Che name OF Jows" IN
pawnsd the wetchss and other sf'
> clss, Il.
The testimony was sosnpIe'so Wy
the evidence of tbs sheF1h ana ~
chief Of police, The material ~
y IN their testimony was shs5 !. ~ 's,,
WITH ths permission Of hfs, WIFE,
and IN her presence, bad ~
y through al the private papers ~ ~
4 husband aud had found po v'n' ~
signincence ~ this fsei w.,