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Show LARCENY CflARfiE Man From Whose Trunk She Took $8,000 in Jewels, Testifies Chicago, Feb. 1. The trial of Mrs. Martha Mabelle Dunphy, wire ot a Boston physician, on a charge of larceny lar-ceny was begun in Judgo Clifford's court today. Chailes I. Giles, also ot Boston, who charges Mrs. Dunphy with having stolen $8,000 worth of Jewelry and securities from his trunk at a ho- tel here, testified that the defendant last April borrowed from him Jl.uUiJ and that in August ho gavo her 51.500 more, taking as security an assignment assign-ment on her father's estate in California, Cali-fornia, Giles said Mrs. Dunphy had told him she expected to Inherit a. large sum of money from the estate. Giles Bald that Mrs. Dunphy left Boston Bos-ton September 1. supposedly for California, Cali-fornia, to arrange for the settlement of the estate. Giles said that he lett Boston September 12, Tor Chicago, in this city, he received a telegram from Mrs. Dunphy from Missoula, asking him to meet her there. Ho loft lor Missoula and stayed with Mrs. Dun-phy's Dun-phy's relatives. The morning arter hi? arrival, Giles testified, Mrs. Dunphy Dun-phy told him the estate was not ready to be sold and warned him not to say anything to her relatives. "W spent three days there, automoblllng, etc. When I started to get ready to go back. Mrp. Dunphy informed me I would hae to take her with mo, as she was without funds." Giles said. After vlBitlng several cities, Giles f-ald, they came to Chicago together. "While on the train." continued tho wllness, "I made arrangements to have our trunks delivered at the Great Northern hotel. Upon our arrival in ihe city, however, we were unable to secure any accommodations at that hotel and were compelled to go to tho Transit House at tho stockyards. Tho next day I was informed that there was a room at the Great Northern and we went there. Three days later, wo prepared to continue our Journey to Boston and after helping to pack our trunks I left Mrs Dunphy in the room and went to sec a friend." "What was the condition ot your loom when you returned?" "I found the place in confusion. My trunk had been broken open. Tho clothing it contained was strewn over the floor and the valuables were gone." The witness then told of the subsequent subse-quent search for Mrs. Dunphy, and ot hi3 next seeing her on Oetober 20, when she was brought into the Boston court-house for . ldentlllcation. |