The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-16

Pencil and William ]. Kelly who confessed
their guilt. and upon whose testimony before the
September Grand Jury, Bincs indicted. Al
bert Constable Esq, appeared for the accused,
and States Attorney >quier and Harry d. Wolf,
Esq, OF Baltimore. counsel for Smith, Pencil
and Kelly, at their hearing, conducted the prose
cution. Mr. Wolf is in the interest OF the Rail
road Company. Sergeants Hoyle Barranger
and Lancaster, OF the Baltimore police force,
Detective Charles German Pcnnsylvaia Rail
road official and Smith, Pencil and Kelly were
the States witnesses.
Police Captain Ward OF Baltimore had got
hint from Peter Cohen a barker and catcher"
employed at LevinsOn's secondhand store on
Market Space. Baltimore, in July last that Bines,
who keeps a store at Frenchtown and bought
goods from lcvnsOn. was probably running
fence for car thieves vino were operating about
Perryvillc. Smith, Pencil and Kelly had been
arrested but had not vet confessed. HOWE went
to FrcnchtoWn and told iBncs he was car thief
and tried to gain his confidence but failed. at
cr the three Scr@cants, Detective German and
Officer Bcclcv, OF the +. & @. K. K. went in a
body to l'ines. German was seeking trace OF
II pairs OF shoes shipped by Clement & Ball OF
Baltimore. to Smith & Mason. OF Parkslcv Va,
which had been taken from a car between Balti-
more and Wilmington. Bnes denied having
bought any shoes. German. however, found
two pair living ON a box which tailed in dcscrip-
ton with those they were in search of. Bincs
then said: III those are the shoes YOU are look
ing for, here's what left OF them.' showing in
all. eleven pairs. The other officers did not agree
with German as to his noticing the two pair.
They asked him ii he had any other punder and
he told them to search the place, but they
were looking for shoes only they found none.
They told Bincs that they did not want to
make trouble for him and would deal fairly by
him, if he did SO by them. The wholesale price
OF the shoes was S2.25 and $2.35 pair. Bines
got IS pairs at IS cents pair
Smith, Pencil and Kelly, who later confessed
their thefts and implicated Bnes and were in
dicted but have not yet been tried, were brought
from the Baltimore City Jail by the Sergeants
and were put on the stand. They told OF meet
ing Blnes as he was crossing the bridge tOF1avre
de Grace. Kelly acted as spokesman. He Of
fered Bines, who said he took him for an agent
OF LevinsOns. the shoes, and Bnes told him to
bring them to his place, but to wait until even
ing. They got the shoes out OF a box covered
with leaves in the woods near Perryville. where
they hid them after taking them from the car,
put them i'll bag and brought them 10 bines.
kclly said Enes was intoxicated when they ar
rived at his place He took the shoes, paving
IS cents a pair for them. Later they sold him
stolen sweaters and shirts for 20 and Is cents
apiece. The three thieves were used as wit
nesSes against Harre de Grace parties, but the
Hartford Grand Jury failed to indct them. and
against Fences" in Wilmington, one of whom
was given fifteen months imprisonment and fined
$500. Carmel Eracoto an Italian, of Perry
vile, who was also indicted on their testimony
for receiving roll of cotton duck, has disap-
peared, and bench warrant is out for him.
Mr.. iBnes took the stand and admitted buy
ing the shoes but said he took Kelly, who was
we'll dressed, for an agent of Levinson's. He
denied all the material statements of the SER
geants and German and that he had bought
the sweaters and shirts. The officers had told
him they did not intend to lock him up when
they said he would be wanted at the thieves
hearing, and after their confession was indicted.
Messrs Squier and Wolf held that Bines guilt
was clearly proved and asked for a verdict of
guilty the latter saying that when fences" were
put out of business thefts Of this character would
cease.