Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-02
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Two Well-Known Parties Ar
rested Charged With the Crime.
Full Details of the Affair-State.
ments from the Man Who Was
Robbed and Both of the
Accused Parties.

davit for warrant for arrest:
wv. e. Grimes, who being duly
sworn, deposes and says that Geo. f.
Oglesby and Frank Henry, in the
county of McLennan and the state of
Texas, on or about the 31st day of
July, 1888, did then and there un]aw-
fully enter into ali agreement and did
conspire together and rob afflant of$5OO
in currency, lawful money of the Uni
ted States, of the value then and there
of $500.
(Signed.)
WILLIAM G. GRIMES.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this the End day of August, 1889.
+. M. MAKEIG.
Justice of the Peace.
Upon the above affidavit Justice
issued u warrant for the ar
rest of Geo. Oglesby and Frank Henry,
and Constable Lee Jenkins and Dep
uty Jim Lockwood made the arrest
of both parties and confined them in
fail.
STATEMENT FROM THE VICTIM.
About the following statement was
CLEANED by the News reporter from
the man that was robbed: "My name
is w, G. Grimes; came from Little
Rock, Ark, and landed in Waco two
or three days ago. became acquaint-
ed and was in company with one
Frank Henry all during the day pre-
vious to the night was robbed, and I
walked around various parts of the
city with him; and he saw me have
my money in a sock underneath my
clothes next to me. On the night 1
was robbed Frank Henry and myself
were in company together. (The man
was unable to tell the reporter accu-
rately what portion of the city they
were in, he being stranger here, but
from his description, we are almost
certain the robbery occurred in the al
ley which runs directly back of the
jail.) He stated that Henry and him.
self took drink together at a saloon
on the square, and when thay were in
the alley above mentioned Henry
made some excuse and walked off a
few steps, when he saw man accost
Henry and have some conversation,
then both parties came up to him and
the stranger went directly to him and
informed him of his object and pro-
ceeded to rob him, and seemed to know
exactly where his money was secreted,
thathe spent no time in searchinghi IN.
but went straight for the place had
the money secreted. The man further
stated that when the robber had COM
pleted his work he ran down the alley
and he and Henry followed, although
Henry did not 90 in the exact direc-
ton the man was going. Healso said
that Henry remarked to him at the
time, "That il was hard luck" and
that he and Henry then went in front
of a saloon on the square, and he
there saw the man that had robbed
him. The man said he lost something
over $500, and that he had fine watch
on him at the time but the robber
refused to take it.
There is also another affidavit made
bv the man Grimes before Justice
Makeig, stating that Geo. Oglesby
(the alleged perpe traitor of the rob-
berry, when committing the act rep
resented himself as being an officer of
the law, and pretended that he wished
to arrest him, (Grimes.)
OF THE ACCUSED MEN.
Mr.. Oglesby and Mr.. Henry were
both seen by NEWS reporter to-day,
and both parties protested their inno-
cence and claimed that they had no
connection with the crime whatever.
Mr.. Oglesby states that he can prove
that he went directly home, to the
Brunswick hotel, on Franklin street,
where he and his family Is boarding,
on that particular night, between the
hours of 9 and 10 o'clock, as he had
been on the corner of Third and Mary
streets listening to the patent medi-
cine band, and as soon as they con-
cluded their performance he departed
straight for home, and says he re-
manned there until the following
Both of the accused parties
were reared in McLennan county, are