Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-05-10
Gets YEAR IN JAIL
FOR HIDING jewels
Motion to Parole Cahall,
Connected in Kleitz
Case, Is Refused
BAD CHECK PASSER
ALSO GOES TO PRISON

Harvey Cahal in General Sessions
Court today was placed on trial I'M
4 der three indictments charging him
with receiving and concealine goods.
including four watches, stolen from
/ Kieitz and Brothers COMPANY. That
/ firm had several thousand dollars
worth OF jowelry stolen from It.
Deputy Attorney General Chaytor
represented the State and James
I salisbury appeared for Cahall.
Detective Lorenzo C. King was the
I first witness called. He testified that
he arrested Cahall and after his ar
rest he tried 10 get rid Of a number
! of pawn tickets. Detective King said
he followed up the tickets and re-
covered four watches in Philadelphia
from the pawnbrokers where they
were pawned. After Cahall's arrest
a number OF conversations took place
with Cahall and the latter told him
about the watches, King said. lie
quoted Cahall as saying at first that
a man from Philadelphia nad given
him the watches to pawn, as his faith
er was in the jewelry business in
Philadelphia. Cahall said that he felt
tho watches had been stolen and de-
scribed the young man. King said
Cahall told him he got the watches
on April Q and pawned them next day.
After Robert l.. Luckerman was an
rested, Cahall told King the first state
ment was myth and that he got IT,,
watches from his Cahallsj brother, De
tective King testified.
Robert Lee Luckerman was shown Tho
four watches. and ,hc testified he stol.
them from b. kleitz and Brother Com
pany. He gave the watches TO Rolant
Cahall. the defendants brother, he said
Detective Robert Benson testified I'D
had a conversation with Cahall and th'
latter made several statements regard
inc the watches. One story was that h'
was to receive part OF the money ob
tanned for the watches. He said he me
the young man from Philadelphia a
Harlan's gate and the stun was turned
over TO him. lie said he knew the stul
was crooked"
! Theodore W Francis produced the rec
ord of incorporation of the b. klcitz AM
Brother Company. The record was ad
mittcd in evidence
Bernard Nleitz identified the fou
watches, and said they were valued a
sl4. $40 $50 and $50 The clerk keep
record OF the watches sold and he kne'
they were stolen by Lee Lockerman'
confession, he said.
David Spauburacr. employed in
! pawn office at Fifteenth aud Snyde
} avenue. Philadelphia, Identified a waite
he took in pawn from Cahal.
IIn- IA 4 "a
r ker's clerk in Philadelphia. idcntiho
another watch. Cahal told him he needle
a loan OF 50 on the watch.
! Mr. Salisbury objected to the ADM
}. sion of two other pawn tickets. as q
= pawnhrokers were not present.
Detective King was called and testiii'
that Cahall admitted he pawned tw
y watches for which the tickets called.
n r. Lee Lockorman said he got half
y the money obtained uy the pawnins
r the watches
y Detective Sergeant David Wardl
{ testified he had one conversation Wit
G Cahall and he admitted he had gotte
e the watches from his brother, Rolan
2 Cahau. Cahall said he at hrsi did ne
y think the articles we're stolen bu
h later learned and believed they ha
5 been stolen. These watches were tn
last articles pawned.
James Salisbury said the only vii
!. ness for the defense would be Cahal
d The accused young man testified tina
h he works for the Harlan and liol
N lingsworth Corporation. He ider
3 tilted the watches he pawned. IL
,f got the watches from his hrotho
|, Roland. he said, and afterwdrd h
k pawnod the watches and turned tn
= money over to his brother. He do
a tailed the conversations he had wit
the city detectives. He received tw
rings. watch and a stick PIN n
said He pawned these here cXceI
the rings. He could not tell wher
his brother got the iewelry and hi
= brother refused to tell him. lie wa
j, TO get the jewclry out and at a
y times believed his brother was hoi
: est He did not know that Rolan
n Cahall had been convicted of larccn
= in 1905, nc said Cahall admitted ths
, he had been convicted Of felony twic
in 1906. when lie served a year, an
the following year, when he serve
six months.
Judge Rice charged the jury and a
. ter twenty minutes deliberation a vel
dict of guilty was returned.
j. James Salisbury asked that O.
!, ball be paroled because Of his prev
! Gus good reputation
~ Deputy Attorney-General Chsyto
I, however. opposed the parole an
- Judge Rice sentenced Cahall TO pa
TO Kleitz Brother 1854 restitution an
be imprisoned for one year.
>, Harold Pullman. colorcd, was pla'
:, ed on trial charged with the larcen
i of shawl valued $40 from Mar
!, Price. Of st. Georges hundred. tt
~ case went to the jury shortly before
r. o'clock.
Marian Brown. alias Arthur L. Ga
rett, colored. who wss convicted la
week of passing worthless check G
~ the Secuprity Trust and Safe Depos
Company. was sentenced to be in
> prisoned for one year.
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