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Show ACCUSED INNOCENT MAN. Miner Forgot Watch in Restaurant and Caused Arrest of an Acquaintance Ac-quaintance for Theft. (flumU s Dallj ) S. If Hnrrlnglon, a miner from Tirk Cll, auffered a lup.o of memory whllo eating his breukf.ist In a Main street rectaurant, early yesterday moinlng, and left his gold watch lying on lha table when hc undo his exit A few minutes liter when he rouihed In his pocket for his tlmeplcie he discovered its uhtunic nnd having no recollection nt hiiving left It ut tho restaurant ho concluded ho hud been rubbed 1 he matltt was at once lepnrted b hlui to tho police, together with a description nf n oung man with whom Hnrrlnglon Hnrrlng-lon hnel been taking In tho fights during dur-ing the nlkht. The Pirk illy mnn, who was somen hit under tho Inllu-eneo Inllu-eneo ot liquor nnld he won sure the suspect won the one who had Inlcen the watch and after a seirch tho officers offi-cers located the ouug man und placed him under nrnt He sticnuounly denied de-nied his guilt, but as Harrington was sure hla suspicions were well founded, the suspect wns on the point of being locked up when n wallet from tho icstnutunt In qu"atlon uppeuivd on tho pemo with the exploited watch, nnd tho explanation that It had been left nn u table Hurrlngton undo profuse pro-fuse apologlei and beat u rctr at. 'The miapict would In ull prohibit-Ity prohibit-Ity have been convicted on Hurrlng-Ion's' Hurrlng-Ion's' testimony," said an officer ' it s u mighty lucky thing the wulch was not lout by him In some nl!cw.t or nn Innocent man would hnvo hid to suffer," |