The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-11-27

the loanlng OF the tray or COINS TO tine
accused, the latter's extended exam
nation of the same In a secluded al
cove, his sudden discovery Of the loss
Of one of them, the unsuccessful
search for the same and the circum-
stances attending the arrest. On cross
examination his answers were frank,
and he, too, appeared rather to lean
to the side of the defense. Yes, he
had known Mr.. Scarborough although
only as an habitue Of the library and
by nance for several years. He had
always regarded the prisoner as gen.
tleman. He scarborough had repeat
eddy examined trays OF valuable coins
In the same alcove and none had been
missed before that date. When he had
been asked to aid In looking for the
missing gold piece he had felt no sus-
picion. He had summoned the police
man because everything looked so
strange, and. besides, It was his duty to
DO so under the rules. Had he been In
the alcove in question within the next
few days? No; he had been transfer
red to the other side of the building
and had been employed there until a
week ago. when he had resigned his
position partly on account Of a weak
back and partly to assist his wife in
the management of a boarding house
formerly kept by her mother, who had
recently died.
The next witness called by the dis
:rict attorney was a small eyed, beetle
browed, dirt begrimed man, who
said his name was Raphael Swzoni.
He was employed as a sweeper, clean
er and sort of general utility man in
the library. On the second day after
the disappearance of the gold piece he
had swept the alcove as a matter of
ordinary, routine work. The states
representative produced from his peck
ct small packet. which he carefully
opened and laid before the witness.
Asked if he could say what it con
tanned. the beetle browed man replied
that he recognized the contents as be-
ing Particles of yellow metal which
he had found on taking up a breadth
Of the mating in the alcOve in ques-
ton to be shaken. OF his own knowl-
edge he could not say of what metal
the particles were.
| thought that ! here perceived an
opportunity for if / could locate the
filings in place remote from the
table at which the accused had been
making his examination they might
have been dropped by some previous
or subsequent visitor. But when l
questioned him the witness asserted
] that he was in the habit of taking up
the breadths indiscriminately and could
say nothing as to which one had af-
! forded 50 rich a find" He had shak-
en- the mating under general orders,
which, he understood, were issued be-
cause sometimes visitors reported that
they had dropped gold pencils, tooth
picks or small change on the floor,
which the management was anxious
10 discover and return. He had no
animus against the accused, whom he
had never seen until today. The man
seemed stupid, but honest and when
he left the stand l felt that the prose
cution had dealt us a blow all the more
terrible because wholly unexpected.
An expert assayer testified to an
analysis of sample Of the filings al
ready submitted and declared I'M
equivocally that they consisted of gold
with so little alloy that the body from
which they had been separated might
be easily manipulated with a small
file, such as formed one of the blades
of the prisoners knife.
A little more evidence, chiefly for
NAL, was presented. and then the state
rested It's case.
Then opened for the defense. After
careful reflection. although not with