The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-02
THE COURT
ON LARCENY
CHARGE
MRS. MARTHA DUNPHY is ON
TRIAL FOR ALLEGED THEFT
OF JEWELRY.

Chicago Feb. 1.-The trial of Mrs.
Martha Mabelle Dunphy, wife of
Boston physician on charge of lar
ceny, was begun in Judge Clifford's
court today. Charles E. Giles also of
Boston, who charges Mrs. Dunphy
with having stolen $4,000 worth of
jewelry and securities from his trunk
at a hotel here, testified that Mrs.
Dunphy last April borrowed from him
$4,000 and that he gave her $1,000, lat
er taking as security an assignment on
her fathers estate in California. Giles
said Mrs. Dunphy' had told him she
expected to inherit a large sum of
money from the estate Giles said Mrs.
Dunphy left Boston on September l,
supposedly for California, to arrange
for the settlement of the estate. Giles
said that he left Boston September
12 for Chicago. In this city he re-
ceived a telegram from Mrs. Dunphy
from Missoula asking him to meet her
there. He left for Missoula and
stayed with Mrs. Dunphy's relatives.
The morning after his arrival, Giles
testified, Mrs. Dunphy told him the
estate was not ready to be sold and
warned him to say nothing to her rel
atives.
I'VE spent three days there, auto
MODELLING, etcS when I started to get
ready to go back. Mrs. Dunphy in
formed me l would have to take her
with me as she was without funds"
said Giles.
Travelled Together.
After visiting several cities, Giles
said. they came to Chicago together.
"While on the train," continued the
witness, Il made arrangements to have
our trunks delivered at the Great
Northern hotel. Upon our arrival in
the city, however, we were unable to
secure any accommodations at that
hotel and were compelled to go to the
Transit hotel at the stockyards. The
next day l was informed that there
was a room at the Great Northern
and we went there. Three days later
we prepared to continue our journey
to Boston and after helping to pack
our trunks I left Mrs. Dunphy in
the room and went to see friend"
What was the condition of your
room when you returned?"
Il found the place in confusion My
trunk was broken open. The clothing
it contained was strewn over the floor
and the valuables were gone"
Tells Of Search.
The witness then told of the subse-
quent search for Mrs. Dunphy and of
his next seeing her on October 10
urh cba iy,fn
courthouse for Identification.
Attorney e. J. Raber, for the de-
fense, in outlining his argument before
the jury. said:
I'VE shall prove that Mrs. Dunphy
went to Giles office in answer to an
advertisement for the purpose of max
ing a small loan. From that day
Giles became madly infatuated with
her and pressed his attentions upon
her. We will show that the jewelry
which Mrs. Dunphy is alleged to have
stolen was given by her to Giles as
security for the loan and that on
meeting her obligations they were re-
turned by Giles in Dubuque, Iowa.
"Giles repeatedly asked Mrs. Dun
ply to give up her husband and mar
ry him and one time threatened her
with a revolver"
The relatives of Mrs. Dunphy, referred
to in the above article, are sister
and brother-in-law who reside in this
city. but whose names are withheld.
Mrs. Dunphy visited her sister at the
time referred to and spent severai
days in this city. At the time charges
were first preferred against the de-
fendant, her sister told a Missoulian
representative that the accusations
We're absolutely without foundation
and were prompted by Giles jealousy
because Mrs. Dunphy refused his at
tentions.