Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-25

he thought that the stone had been lost
from the ring through having become
loose in the setting. he expressed the
opinion that 1t had been removed, and
that from the appearance of the ring the
work had been done by jeWeler. He
could not state positively that the ring
shown him was the one in which he
had set the stone for the complainant,
as the settings for stones of the size
of the one in question are very similar.
At the conclusion of Mr. Wood s
testimony the respondent took the
stand in her own behalf The first
part of her story, relative to the Dor
rowing of the rings. was similar to
that of the complainant. She then
went on to say that she had left for
Lewiston on the s o'clock car Satur-
day evening and had arrived at her
destination at o'clock: that the COM
plainant had expressed a willingness
to sell the rings and had asked her to
find out what the stones were worth:
that after arriving in Lewiston she
had gone to a jewelers. Drew's) while
a lady friend who had met her on
her arrival was doing some shopping.
and had inquired the worth Of the
stone in the ring in question; that the
man in the store had told her that it
might be worth s25 or s35. but that he
should not set the value so high. She
set the time of the visit to the jew
elel's at $50, but a little later when
in answer to questions by the court
as to what she and her friend had
done Saturday evening she replied that
they had gone to the pictures she set
the time at 9.15.
When asked about the loss of the
ring she said she had missed it Sun
day afternoon; that she and her friend
had slept together Saturday night
and that she had worn the rings to
bed-the two borrowed ones on her
left hand and her own, which she said
was a much more valuable one, on
her right hand In regard to the
search for the missing diamond, when
asked by the court if a careful search
of the bed in which she had slept
had been made-if the bed had been
taken apart, she said it had not, but
but that a careful search of the house
had been made, hut without success.
She could not remember that the ring
had caught on anything that would
have had a tendency to loosen the set
ting of the stone. She further said
that the wedding in question did not
occur until Monday morning. that on
that day she had telephoned Miss
Paulson regarding the loss Of the
stone and that the latter had told her
not to mind, that she nad ,nougnt of
selling the ring anyway. Asked about
her own ring, which she did not sar
at the hearing. she said that she did
not wear it when working
At the conclusion of her testimony
the court told the respondent that the
value of the property concerned plac-
ed the case beyond the jurisdiction Of
his court, but that he was not salts
fed with the explanation given by her
relative to the loss of the diamond and
should bind i1er over in the sum of
$3.50 for appearance at the April term
Of the superior court, and that in de-
fault of said bond she would be COM
mitted to Jail. She was left in the
custody of City Marshal Colgan while
the court held a conference with the
complainant and finally through the
willingness Of the latter she was al
lowed to go on her own recognizance.