[Greg's note: The T. Lovelace listed in the newspaper story below is probably Thomas J. Lovelace, older brother of the twins Lemuel and Manuel Lovelace, who we recently were discussing. They are all sons of Archibald. I checked the 1900 census for Hanford, and Thomas J. was listed there, with the occupation of "keeper cigars and tobacco", which I assume to mean he was a shopkeeper in a tobacco shop, which would fit in the story below. We're beginning to know a lot about this family!] >From: Dee Sardoc <deesar@frontiernet.net> >Source: NORCAL@rootsweb.com >Subject: [NORCAL] Hanford, Kings Co., CA - 11 December 1896 > >Hanford Journal >Hanford, Kings Co., California >Friday, 11 DECEMBER 1896 >********************************** > >HELD TO ANSWER -- >Hugh WELBORN Will be Tried in the U.S. Court at Los Angeles -- >On a Charge of Robbing the Postoffice at Hanford -- >Gist of the Evidence Introduced at the Examination -- > >The examination of Hugh WELBORN, the Hanford boy accused of stealing >letters from the Hanford postoffice, was tried before U.S. Court >Commissioner PRINCE at Fresno last Wednesday. > >There were present from Hanford: >Jap WELBORN and his wife (parents of Hugh), and his little brother and sister >Postmaster TANDY >T. LOVELACE, of the Postoffice store >Constable GOODRICH > >A Fresno lawyer represented the defendant, while Commissioner >PRINCE, with a view to obtaining the facts relating to the guilt of >the prisoner, asked questions. U.S. Deputy Marshal Bart ALFORD had >charge of young WELBORN. > >The testimony of Messrs. LOVELACE, TANDY & GOODRICH was taken. The >postmaster testified that mail had been missing from the office for >a year and he had suspected WELBORN of the deeds, because he was >hanging around about the front of the office a good deal, sometimes >very early in the morning and again late at night; also how on Dec. >2d, when notified by Mr. LOVELACE of the fact that young WELBORN had >been seen to open a box and insert his hand therein, he ran after >WELBORN and took from him a letter addressed to J. Cooper LEGGITT. >The letter was offered in evidence and was the only exhibit made. > >Mr. LOVELACE, who conducts the store in the front part of the >postoffice, told how on Dec. 2d, he saw young WELBORN enter the >postoffice and go to the row of boxes on the south side of the >office. He (LOVELACE) stooped down behind his counter to make the >boy think he was busy at some work under the counter, but he kept >his eye on the boy, whom he suspected of stealing letters. He saw >young WELBORN look carefully about and then put his hand into a box, >unlock it apparently from the inside and then insert his right arm >clear up to the elbow. When young WELBORN withdrew his hand there >was a letter in it, which letter he thrust into the left breast of >his coat and then walked rapidly out of the postoffice. As soon as >the boy as gone, Mr. LOVELACE went to the box into which the boy had >inserted his arm and the door of which was half open. Mr. LOVELACE >inserted his arm into the same box and called to Mr. TANDY, to see >whose box it was. It was box 90, rented to J.C. LEGGITT, to >whom the letter found on WELBORN was addressed. > >Constable GOODRICH told of the arrest of the prisoner and the >finding of a large number of letters, addressed to different parties >in Hanford, in a water closet in the rear of the vacant lots just >east of the Opera House. Young WELBORN who is quite thin, could >wiggle himself down through the hole in the closet into the vault >beneath, where, secure from detection, he could open letters and >take from them anything of value. > >The testimony was all in at noon, and at the afternoon session >Commissioner PRINCE held young WELBORN to answer before the U.S. >Court at Los Angeles. The trial of the defendant is likely to come >off within a month and the witnesses at the examination will also >have to go to Los Angeles to testify. Young WELBORN remains in >charge of Deputy U.S. Marshal ALFORD and will be taken to Los >Angeles later for trial. >------------------------------------------------------ >Transcribed by Dee Sardoch >To see more old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/ No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3050 - Release Date: 08/04/10 00:45:00