Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-10
PRELIMINARY HEARING
CONTINUED BEFORE JUSTICE
FIN. MAKE1a TO-DAY.
Examining Trial of Fank Henry
And Geo. Oglesby on Charge
Of Robbery.

yesterday AteruOOu, hltei luo eoS'
timony of w. c. Grimes was COM
pleted; Marcus Flournoy, sheriff Har-
ris, Charles Hairston, M. j. Eyerly
Van Hall, A. Strasburg and Will
Talley were called to the witness
stand in order named. The first tes-
titled as to the time when he saw
Oglesby and Henry on the night Of
the robbery and that Oglesby wished
to borrow gun saying he was on
little lark and might need one before
morning.
Hairston testified to seeing stran-
ger whom he described come in and
get cigars and soon after to Oglesby g
coming in.
Sheriff Harris testified as follows:
~ know the defendants; / met
Henry the day after the robbery on
Fourth street and we had CONVERSE
ton about the robbery; he said con-
stable Lee Jenkins knew; l told him
that Lee had not told me; then he
said George Oglesby was the man
who did it; was surprised and said,
"You don't say So" and he replied:
eyes do say So" asked him how
he knew and he said; ~ saw him do
it," / asked him what he was doing
and he said, ~ was there" Then he
said he had put Lee Jenkins and Van
Hall onto the case and was helping
them work the case up. l assisted in
the arrest of Oglesby. He was in a
saloon on Franklin street. He
slipped roll of bills to Curt Riddle,
which Lee Jenkins took away from
Riddle. 1t amounted to $40 and was
mostly in twenties; there was one ten.
Mr.. Van Hall testified: son the
day before the robbery Frank Henry
came to me and told me about Grimes
and said he had been drinking with
him that morning; that he heard that
Grimes had shot man in South Car
DINA and was here waiting to hear
from his father; he said if there was
anything wrong about Grimes he
would find out and let me and Lee
Jenkins know; he said the man had
big roll of money on him; 1 asked
him how he knew, and he said he
had seen the fellow take bills from
time to time out of his sock when he
wanted one changed. Next morning
Grimes came to me with EdmOndsOn
and told me he had been robbed, and
asked me to try and recover the
money for him; he was drunk then;
before Oglesby's arrest. Lee Jenkins
brought up Frank Henry to my office
and we told him that we had settled
on him as one of the men, and we
wanted him to tell who the other
was. He would not tell for some
time, and Lee told him that we knew
it was Geo. Oglesby, and then he con-
fessed that it was Oglesby, but said
he was afraid to say so for fear George
would kill him."
Mr.Strasburg swore to seeing Oglesby
and Henry that night and Mr.. Talley
that Henry came that day to get the
key of the tower in the federal build.
ing saying that he wanted to take Il
South Carolina cousin up there
when the court adjourned to Q this
morning.
THE TRIAL TODAY.
Jack Randle, for the state, testified
as follows:
"Know defendants; first time saw
Henry and Grimes was on the nigh
of the robbery; they were coming
down Austin street; went down t.
the Medicine company; saw Geo
Oglesby there; 1 went to Marcus
Flournoy's billiard hall; saw Geo
Oglesby there; he was standing in tn
door; Flournoy came to me and asket
me if 1 had gun; said George wante'
to borrow one; / told him didn'
have one; he said George was going o
lark; Oglesby. was not with Henr.
and Grimes at the Medicine company
never saw Henry and Grimes at tn
Medicine company; / do not remem
Der of ever seeing Oglesby alta billiar
hall before"
Mrs. White was witness for tn
state. Her husband told Constable lie
Jenkins she was sick in bed. Count
Attorney Blair put Mr.. White on TIL
stand he said his wife was in Den