Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-11
PRELIMINARY HEARING
CONTINUED BEFORE JUSTICE
FIN. MAKE1a TO-DAY.
Examining Trial Of Fank Henry
And Geo. Oglesby on q Charge
OF Robbery.

Rufe White. WAS called ana testl
ned to action of Henry and Grlme
just after the robbery.
E. d. Russell testified to seeing
Oglesby the day of the robbery, plac,
and time.
Liv Birmingham, testified to actions
of Henry and Oglesby when together
the dav after the robbery.
N. b. Rinker, testified: II know
Frank Henry; saw him Wednesday
night in front of Mr.. Campbell's sa'
loon; another person was with him
they were talking loudly; Grimes
came to me and asked protection; he
was boarder of mine; I promised to
protect him If could; went to the
front door and saw that Frank Henry
and the person with him were drunk;
I told Grimes to 60 up the back stair
way to bed; l heard Henry say, at
would only take two bits to kill the
ID s-n of b-h and will get rid
of him; do not know who the man
was that was with Henry; I have
seen him since and can point him out;
do not know his name; they were
talking loudly, and Grimes appeared
to be in great terror. Frank Henry
said, II can have the id son of a
BIB out of the way for so cents"
Grimes was seated near my front
door when Frank Henry and the
other person came; Grimes was in
front of Cambell's saloon which /. next
door to my place; Grimes claimed my
protection; l went back to the front
door and saw that Frank Henry and
the man who was with Henry were
drunk; it was not George Oglesby
who was with Frank Henry on that
occasion.
Robert Brooks, employed at Jones
& Goodloe's, testified to selling Ogles-
by suit of clothes on the first and re-
ceiving pay in a $40 bill.
Mike Palmo doing business at the
Missouri Pacific depot testified to
changing twenty dollar bill for
Oglesby, he thought OIL the night of
the End.
w. A. Henry father of Frank
Henry testified that Oglesby came to
him three weeks ago to borrow mo-
ney, saying his family was suffering.
Betty Donahue, cook for Mr.. Palmo,
and who was once q cook for Oglesby,
was put on the stand and attorney
Blair thinking her testimony evasive,
asked that she be held until an infor-
nation for perjury could be filed
against her.
THE TRIAL THIS MORNING.
Mr.. Bill Berry for the state testified |
that after the robbery Henry gave
him twenty dollar bill to get |
changed and to pay himself small |
debt owed by Henry.
Alexander Campbell for the state
testified to Grimes identifying Ogles-
by on the morning of the trial as the
man who had robbed him. This con-
Guided the testimony for the state
and testimony for the defence was be-
gun at once.
TESTIMONY FOR DEFENCE.
Jerry Sleeper testified, for the de-
fapoa a @ fo11ouo.
II know Geo. Oglesby; have known
him u long time; 1 am in the shoe
business;I had some. business dealings
with him prior to the robbery; he
came in and bought pair of shoes
Tuesday evening; I sold him pair of
shoes: he had money for one pair of
shoes in his hand in silver and finally
decided to take two pair and run his
hand in his pocket and got the
money and he couldn't find the
amount he wanted in that and reach
ed in his pocket and pulled out roll
Of money and got the amount he need
ed out of the roll; in his vest pocket
he had two or three bills; he got the
roll out of his watch pocket; saw a
$40 bill and $40 bill; can't say how
much was in the roll; he paid me
with S. bill; the roll looked to be a !
pretty good sized one; never noticed |
the size of the bills in his vest pocket. |
Cross examined by attorney for the |
state.
This was in the evening; do not
know the date; it was on Tuesday
evening of last week; there might