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Show UK WEST TU SI.KEP. And When lla Awoke III 109 1J Watch wa Xltilog. Charles Thlcdo I r saloon keeper and lull, from Murray. On Monday last he cams to Halt I.axo with one or twoold frlend,niul Indulged too freely In liquor. Amonj hi calling places was thet'sfode Louvre, ar-alooii and reatnuiant on Commercial Htrcet, where ho made Ills appearance during the evening. Keeling, sleepy he ro tired to one of tho private rooms, or boxes, between S and 9 o'clock, for thu urpoaeof hiving, a he himself told It, "a little snoore." Willi h ailcep, two young girls uf very que. tlnnabln re;utatlon, named Itelecca HanaonaiidUmllyAnderoo,wersecn by une of th wallers Hitting to nnd fro nlutig th pAs.-ii;u wlierein H.e tioxe, am Ix-atcd. AnJersou had n Mtraiolln her hand, and, going up to he .)eecr, while her coiunlon re malm-dagalust Ihe box door, ah began be-gan gently to poke at him wllh It. As he awok he state that ho heard An dersoti remark to thn other girl, lu tho Hwedish language, "Pro got hi watch." At the same time she had hold of the end of the chain, which waa hanging from hi vewt pocket. As Tlllcde roused, thu two glrlran upthestalrcaso and Intnth street by th back way. Mr.Thlede followed, calling out to Frit Hlepen, the j-roprletor of tho eatabilshment, that they had stolen his watch. Hut tbey managed to rsca4. Information was given to l)euty Hhetliroieasou, who arrested one of Ihe'accused on Tuesday and tho other yesterday. yester-day. Anderson nt flrst ueuleil having beeb ntar Commercial street on Monday evening, but finally admitted that both alio nnd Hanion were then In' th Car de louvre. Haneon stated that Anderson Ander-son went Into the box whero Mr. Thlede was sleeping ami pulled at the watch chain, I ml there waa no watch then attached. Th foregoing fart camo out In evldeuco before Comtulaaloncr Nnrrell thla morning, uinjii the hearing of the charge preferred agalnal Iho girls of stealing Hi watch which, by tho way, has uot yet been recovered. When called un for her statement. Mis Anderaonsald ah simply went Into th 4,tiot" and linked "th stranger" with her paraaol, "lor run," telling him to get up. Hit never saw tha watch; It was not attached to tho chain when she was there. Hanson said that she and her com anion thought Uiey would hnr some "eiott" wltli tho proiecutor, but they took nothing from him. The defeudanla were sererely cross-examined cross-examined by Mr. H. A. Kenner (who prosecuted), nnd asked why they ran away If they had don nothing wrong, tliry asserted that they wer scord "bee lueelhe gentleman wa the wore for drink." They had lxu In the Cafe do liouvr beforu Ihla occasion. Commissioner Norrell observed that the testimony against ttiodefeudant waisucli that hu thought.the grand Jury ought to pass Uii It, lie required re-quired them to furntah bonds in tho sum of Jfjisj each, otherwise to remain In Hie ieiiitriitlary pending tbo grand Jury's action. Trie accused are good-looking aud well-dreaied, their agea being rcsicc tlvely alrout seventeen and twenty years. There ran b no doubt, however, how-ever, Judging Irom their manner while In court, that they are no strangers tu ways that ar dark. |