The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-12-27

the jury IN p tanelled. The attorneys for tn.
plaintiff are County Attorney j. W
Taylor and Judge II. \. Wool. Hon. T. L
Ferlon, Hon. Z. stillinl;s and Lucirn Baker
were present for the defendant. Seyera
witnesses were examined, among whom wa.
Mrs. Grebe, who stated, among other things
that her husband, Jacob Gr-be, had frequent
ly visited Jake Schwagler.s saloon in tn,
country with Frank ZIpp and other parties
and commenced telling what some one hac
told her abou, money being given him, wher
She was stopped by the attorneys for the de
Tense The objection was sustained. The re
mainder Of her testimony was;substantiaIIy
| as follows:
| MRS. GREBE's TESTIMONY.
went to the PeniIentiary with Mr.. Schott
to see nay husband; 1 said to ham II would b.
| better FOR him to make "a Statement Of tn,
! other parties who We're connected with the
| robbery; he told me that Winter took tn.
money, and he watched outside; that Winter
| divided IL with him near the gas works, Oh
the following THURSDAY; Winter wanted hin
to take II Christmas, but he declined 10 do II
ON that day and said they agreed 10 do IL some
sunday night; he told Inc Winters waited I,
put coal oil On the bed and in the house ana
sci the house ON fire, and they would nevei
ind out who did ii f; lac also told me the same
| thing in the county Jail, before ne went Ia
| the Prnltenti'ry; i Remember the night
I that sass house was robbed. / was
Il
| when some one come up and Knocked at the
| back door; the person who knocked "A
small man about Mr.. Winters size; could
| not tell whether IL was Winter or not;
| could not see INN distinctly; did not AN
| swer the knock, the knock was on the door
| TO the room was IN; IL was at the back door
OF the house: Mr.. UreDe then went out; ne
| cam. back again about or 10 O'Clock the
| women who lived in the front part OF the
| house let him IN, when he came back he
| came in the front door; the women VINO
| lived in the front part Of the house were
| fancy women; the reason 1 did not answer
| the knock was, and thought il was some one
| VINO came to see the women living in the
| front Of the house, and did not pay much at
| teutiOn 10 that at the time.
| Considerable excitement was manifested by
| the Large crowd present during the examine
| ton. Several other witnesses were exam med
| and the same ground gone over as in the de-
| lendants trial heretofore. Maj. Hopkins,
| while on the stand, detailed the interview be-
| tween a TINES reporter and Grrb- at the
| PenIIentiary, and said the report WAS in the
! main correct.
| John Schort testified that he visited the
| prison once when Gr,be said that Charles r.
| Winter aud a man ntIned MagiIn had helped
| HIM la rob Mr.. sass Of Il large sum OF money !;
| that Winter mad made the nrst proposition
To commit the robbery; that after the 70 bery
| he iGTebel got $40, which was paid him after
| the money had been stolen. Mr.. SctIoit said
he hid not been IN the employ of Mr.. S&ss in
working up The case; had mol carried IA petit
| ton around To have signed Tor GreD.s par
don, but had signed such a petition.
~ l.. Keenan, testified as 10 having found
Grebe walking toward the city from the p,n-
itentiiiy, with his boots in his hand let him
| get into his wagon, and learned from him
that he had been imprisoned. GreDe told
him that at the time OF the robbery, the sub
Jecl of pouring Coal oIl ON the fiooi and burn
ing the house, WAS talked Of
Mrs. Sass testified that she had never count
ed any money OF evenings AT her home
Main street. John Sass during his testimony
said his wife had never counted any morey of
evenings, as had been stated. County AtIor-
ney Taylor showed him letter and asked
him if that was Winters hand writing. The
witness said yes"
Considerable time was taken up dur
ing the afternoon in the examination Of eX-
City Marshal ID. \. Hook and Others, with re-
gard To the exact location OF the preini-
SEES where the robbery was committed,
The size oft'e tracks found in thes snow and
in relation Ia "a gold coin which had been used
a. "a breast pin. The witnesses for the prose-
cuIIon did not remember OF having seen TN.
coin referred 10. Capt &. j. Hanks test fled
that lie present at the p-nItentiary a.
deputy Warden when Grebc WAS talked 10 by
aim rs reporter, ana that no direct promises
had been made To tine prisoner, as To his par
don Saw Grebe just before lie was pariOned,
when he said Winters would have 10 take his
place in the prison. had told the prisoner
months before he was paIdoned of his
chances Tor Release
RECESS.
At this junciure the Court took "A recess until
seven o'clock, at which time the eXamiua-
ton was resumed by the prosecution. ii. L. |
Green, Esq, was called To the stand and tes- !
r.,
Sass, aud had talked with Grebe, but had |
told him he would not make him any prom |
i>eS whatever he might say. Grebe had told |
him that the statements in the papers Were |
true; first knew Chas. +. Winter when a |
search warrant had been issued TO search his |
premises; there Were certain silver and gold |
coins. among which was one that had been /
used as a pin, but did not remember whether |
he mad sen them i'll the Police Court, or in 4
the District Court had not been Mr.. SASS /
attorney III any criminal action against VIM
L. NJ Goddard and Scott Ashton were both
examined but nothing new WAS eliclted from
their testimony.
EX-Dolicemen James Kilker testified to
having been AT Mr.. Sass residence on the
night Of the robbery in company with Mr..
Hook and that he saw tracks In the snow
which afterward were III, assured and that the
measure did not fit the boots found in Grebe's
room.
The time Winter WAS in his store ON the night
of the Ioberry, which Is a matter To be dts
cussed by the jury.
A SENSATION
which had been bubbling during the after
noon in the case, was begun by County At |
torney Taylor, who opened To the stand, the |
clerk OF the District court, Mr.. McCown |
Hunt. The witness was shown letter which
he recognized as having seen about twenty
five minutes after O'Clock on the 9th of
March, 1871 He said that County Attorney |
Taylor had entered his office after dinner,
and taking AN envelope out of his pocket,
and alter opeDinp IL, had called him into the
vault Of the the office, saying, Il will show
you something" Mr.. Taylor then produced |
a letter, and showed him 60 which was IN |
the .lyf.i
Everyone in the room was as still as death
In eager expectation, especially as the letter
was passed from one attorney TO another on |
The opposite side, and finally 10 the court, |
who, alter reading IL in silence. passed 1t
back. objection after objection was raised,
md finally
HON. ]. ". TAYLOR
lrose and desired TO be sworn. On taking the
taud, he said that on the oath of MarcII, AS
ne was leaving the court house he mel Charles
;. Winter. who handed him "A sealed letter.
saying he coad read IL when he got home |
lie put it III his pocket ami forgot about
louse and went into the Office OF the
Jerk of the District court. There he II ought
{ 1t and taking it out IN the presence OF Mr.
iunt, opened IL and found letter and two
GREENBACK BILLS,
ne a twenty. and the other five dollar bill.
here Mr. Taylor displayed the two bills I
Iunt into the open vault of the Office and
bowed him what he had secured. The latter '
Iade a memorandum OF the occurance on the | |,
'all, at the time, noting th- date and the
At this point in the testimony the ex- a
ltement was intense, every one of the audi Il
ne railing surrounding the bar,
sch one intent on hearing the latest phase y
a the case. Several objections were made TO | n
ne offering OF the letter "a evidence, but the
ght prevailed, and IL was read by the County q
Itorney, with the money in his hand. I
THE LETTER "A
-as as follows:
Mr.. Joseph Taylor, Ledpenuorth -
DEAR SIR: Please accept thi as a token | u
" your good will towarts my.
Your friend, CT W." u
The council for the prosecution here rested II
he case, and Mr.. Stillings for the defendant | a.
lade a statement of his line Of defense.
Several witnesses were then exam "
led 10 prove that Winter was In his store at !:
ie time the robbery was com mitted and that \,
2 had ON slippers which could not have ~
ade the heel marks in the snow as described, v
le latter being small and narrow. ~
Chas. r. Winter, the last witness put on the ~
and during the evening, stated that he had y,
zen in Leavenworth since lsd3 Had at one 20 20
me worked for Frank Zipp, then a shOema- 81
n. That he had then started in the grocery -
he had been ever since. Had n,
nown Mr. Sass for long time and H.
at mp TO the time OF tine ~
boery they mad eeen good friends n
at on the night of the robbery, Mr.. SASS a
Id wife were al his house until late, playing .,
rds, and that shortly AFTER they left Mr.. -,
is returned and told him he bad been rob- w
q OF all his money hi
He went into many minor details, which ~,
>ted over an hour. =,
Before his testimony was completed Court ~ =,
lock, and the jury were admonisbed, aud u
dered to be present at that time. e,
An Array of Talena. an
Ed. and Alice Murray, John E Henshaw, =,
ID. Griffin, Charley and Emma Austin, ~
ss Kitty Emmett, Mr.. Billy McGann, Mr.. Ii
ines A. Graham. Mr.. Harry Armstrong Is
:. Charles Lilley, Mr.. Joseph Armstrong Lii
!. Charles a; Dennison, Mr.. John Smell and OF
:. Fred Miller, will be here Monday and va
esday evenings with McEvoy's Hibernica- fol