Show i 1 1 UE is the china dishes were not stolen I 1 I 1 BY CAPT W ANDERSON the testimony given in the case value of the dishes the first witness in tha th W anderson petit larceny case was mrs esther milner one the of march last defendant with a wife baugher and a little child came to io her boarding louse house and remained there a mouth boath at the end of which time they loft during darins the boath witness lost wates plates spoons and a berry aberry dish neither she rho nor her hired uirl cirl could find these articles in one of the rooms occupied occa pied ty deafen dant and family was a box left in charge of witness by her daughter with the lid nailed down on sunday last white while defendant and family were still at the louse house she noticed that the box had bad been opened and somo some silverware was wag missing therel rom mrs anderson had previously brought in a belt which witness knew had been in the box defendant and family left on monday last at tuis stage staga of the testimony deau deputy ty marshal clark took from a larze market basket a number of knives forks and alleged to bo be silverware a china plate plato and a china berry dish mrs milner identified the tha chinaware but was not positive as to tile the other articles it resembled some she had lost loaf 1 tha he plate was worth 10 to tn her bar major berry testified fied to removing from mrs Mil milners Mila ners ert a trunk a grip sack back and a basket he identified the basket as that from which marshal clark took the dishes nand knives and forks magale barkley mrs milners Mil ners hired girl identified the chinaware and thee teaspoons she know knew the teaspoons because they were marked william rogers X 2 4 11 which ars the tha brand en cu mrs milners Mil ners teaspoons on cross examination witness stated she had several times removed from the rooms of the ho defendant an and d family dishes which had been taken in with food on for the little boy maj anderson did not take the dishes in the room in a stealthy manner but openly hattie simmons testified fed to the loss of several articles from mrs milners Mil ners while mr anderson and family were there search wa baj 3 made for the art articles icea but they were not found the witness identified the plate and dish deputy marshal dark clark testified to having examined the basket in th the a presence of defendant the chin chinaware waro was waa found in the folds folda of a coat over the tha basket one of the tha dishes full fell out when h picked up the coat and th the e other it he took oat on cross examina examina tion he stated he was searching for a typewriter defendant made no tion don to the search propeller davis davia h d seen the deputy marshal examine the baaken baske tand and had 6 eek him take the dishes from the coat ue lie knew them to be the proper ty ly of mrs milner as he ha had seen been tuam them on the ane table tabi eat av ine luanies buard luW couzo during the past three years he had missed the dishes during the list three weeks week and offered to tell a story of how he came to ens them but the stor stora y was choked off by in an objection alexander Hai hamilton ailton another of mrs milners Mil ners boarders corroborated the tha propellers testimony the tha prosecution rested and the defense took a turn attorney soren boren christensen gave some of hla his mercantile experience he said aid the dishes were not genuine china but only in an imitation a 1 sort of a semi por celian the large dish clish was waa not worth over 50 cents cent and the tha smaller not over 35 cents W anderson the tha defendant recognized the spoons and knives and forks they were his hia prop property eity and had been brought to the city by himself and family they had used them ou on the railroad for eating lanch the chinaware was not his hia property he did not know how it came cama in the basket bailet he had not placed it there maggie barkley had brought some eoma of mrs milnora Mil nera spoons spoons down and they were introduced in evidence and were given to the jury to be compared wi with th the found ia the basket hyrum jensen placed the tha valus of the china plate at 1 I 75 cents and the small dish at jc L 0 taft placed the tha value of the plate at ai 40 cents and of the fruit d diah ish at 25 cluts mm anderson andersen the dishes its at mrs milners Mil ners on sunday moraine before leaving milners Mil ners she packed the basket baake putting the forks and spoons therein she placed the coat over the basket but she did not place the dishes in the coat she did not know how came there the family were all out of the tha rooms at us times during the day it had been customary for witness to take dishes to her rooms with bread p pie is or pudding for the child but all dishes had been le ie turned on sunday this concluded the tha testimony in the case and the attorneys proceeded to argue the jury was waa charged and retired and after being out cut a hort time returned a verdict of acquittal mr andersone demona Ander An sona trucks are still in the hands of the tha deputy mar marchal lial on attachment |