The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-30
Continued from Wednesdays Astorian
CHATTER NJ

Whph NtAFN1lf H'tuNH 10 HI& OWN,
Morcoycr-@l may own II now--I fcIi
that his acqnttnl would SAVIOR OF q
personal triumph for myself One OF
The most sklllful criminal practitioners
at the bar was pittcd against me. and
II | wonf All. wcll, now | am mp
proacblng the sunset Of life. when the
bun changes TO crimson, tho purple Ia
amethyst aud tho violet 10 ruby, yet
even tho witlefcd lcnf OF autumn wns
once green and full of sap, and then
cherished confidence Ia my own sue.
cess which has been rndcly shaken by
tho multlform ylcissltudes Of years.
Tho district attorney opened with the
usual disnyownl of malice on the part
either OF the state or Of himself. mud
tho customary protcstatlon that no was
actnated only BY n stern. uniilnchlng
sense Of public duty. (My experience
Of later years hna led me to question
whether tho state prosecutor does not
six times out OF ten feel as much per.
sonnl pride In securing a conviction as
does the attorney for tho criminal In
obtaining his clients rclcnse) When
he outlined with tho utmost perspicacI-
~ whnt hc proposed TO prove and after
q seemingly sincere appeal to the Jury
to put aside bitterness. malice and oil
unchnrltablencss' no summoned his
1rst witness. Mr., Pope.
Tho latter described his relation 10
tho library. the building itself and Its
contents. the counsel for tho state
dwelling particularly upon It's OK.
treineiy valuable collection OF rare
coins. Bcing shown gold coin and
asked II he could Identify II. the wit.
ness unhcsitntingly pronounced II a
"noble" OF tho reign OF tho third Ed
ward. In response 10 further question.
ing, hc said that II was the property
Of the library tas 10 TINT he could not
be mistakcnl and narrated all the cir
cnnstanccs connected with It's sup.
posed loss and alleged discovery as far
as they had fallen under his personal
observation. made him repeat his
story In detail on cross examination.
but he varied not hairs breadth.
Asked an TO his previously formed e.
timate OF the prisoners character. he
replied freely and without reserve
and with an evident emotion which
was apparently not without influence
upon some OF the jurymen- that he had
always heard him mentioned with re-
Hpect and that prior 20 the date In
question hc had himself held him In
the highest esteem.
Then Golson. the assistant. detailed
the leaning Of the tray Of coins 10 the
accused, the latters extended exam
ination OF the Same In secluded nj.
cove. his sudden discovery Of the loss
Of ono Of them. the unsuccessful
search for the same and the clrcum.
stances attending the arrest. On cross
examination his answers wcro frank.
and he. too. appeared rather to lean
TO the side OF the defense. Yes. he
had known Mr.. Scarborough although
only an m hatltue OF the library and
by nance for several years. He had
always regarded the prrsJiser as gen
tleman. He scarborough had repeat.
ediy examined trays OF valuable coins
In tho Same alcoye and none had been
missed before that date. when he hud
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 10
strange. and. besides, y was bis duty TO
do 10 under the rules. If@l he been In
the alcovc In question witLta 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 weak
back and partly to assist his wife In
the management of boarding house
formerly kept by her mother. who had
recently died.
The next witness called by the dis.
trict attorney was n small eyed. beetle
hrowed, dirt begrimed man, who
said bis name was Raphael Swzoni.
He was employed as a sweeper, clean.
or 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 II he could say what II con-
tanned, the beetle browed man replied
that he recognized the contents as be-
ing particles Of yellow metal which |
be had found on taking up a breadth |
Of the mating In the alcove in ques-
tlon to be shaken. OF his own knowl-
edge he could not say Of what metal
the particles were.
| thought that I here perceived an
opportunity, for II 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 ]
questioned him the witness asserted
that ha was In the habit OF taking up
the breadths indiscriminately and could
say nothing as to which one had af-
forded 80 rich a "fnd." He had shak-
on the mating under general orders,