Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-11

There might have been 5000 in the
roll"
]. s. Crowder testified for the de.
fence as follows:
IT know Grimes by sight; saw him
shortly after he filled this complaint:
he was talking about the robbery; he
said he did not know who robbed
him; that he couldn't tell to save his
life; that he was travelling for
whisky house.
Cross examined by attorney for the
state.
never had seen Grimes before; he
had never seen me before that know
of; he never told me any Of partic-
ulars; said he was q stranger; said he
couldn't tell the man who robbed
him to save his life; said he did not
know the name of the man who
robbed him"
Claude Clark, for defence, testified
as follows:
~ remember the circumstance of
the robbery; I saw Grimes the night
of the robbery; after he was robbed;
in front of the Cotton Exchange
saloon; did not hear him talking any
there; I heard him talk after that at
the corner of Fourth and Austin !
streets: when was at the Cotton Ex-
change with DR.. Montgomery;
musicians and DR.. Montgomery came
in; he walked in and asked us to take
a drink; Percy Burleson came in then;
Grimes and Henry was in front; then
they walked up the street; DR.. Mont
gomery asked us to 60 out with him.
Grimes and Henry walked up to
the corner of the NcClelland
hotel; when they got there Henry
walked down Fourth street and
Grimes went across to the Citizens
National Bank and set down; Henry
told us to go across the street as he
wanted to talk with us; we went over
to the drug store and he came across
after us; Henry walked up to DIR.
Montgomery and told him that he
had nothing to do with this man
Grimes accusing him of robblng him,
and told DR.. Montgomery that Grimes
had accused him of robbing him of
$500; DR.. Montgomery asked Henry
where he was; Henry pointed him
out, setting on saw horse. DR. Mont
gomery asked one of the boys to go
and ask him to come over, that he
would like to see the man who &C.
cused him of robbing him of $500; 1
went over to Grimes and called him !
to me; he said, fyou want to see me [
worse than do you to come over J
there; told him I wasn't stuck on s
seeing him at all; started across the
street then, he said, "hold ON and l
Will come and see what you want; we 6
went under the Electric light; I told
him that this man Henry had said ,
that he had accused DR.. Montgomery :
Of robbing him; he said, "that was !
right" rs he had been watching him ,
all the evening; I asked him If he was d.
sure that DR.. Montgomery had rob- =
bed him and if not he had better !
come over and apologize as DIR. :,
was going to lick him; '
Grimes said, "by God won't apollo
slze to anyone" as he knew he had
robbed him of $3.50; !, then asked him {
f he was certain that DR.. Montgome-
y had robbed him he said he was;
Mr.. NJ. b. Davis was coming across {
The street and 1 stopped him; Grimes
asked me if knew where he could
ind policeman; 1 told him Mr.. Davis
night tell him; when Davis walked
ny turned and started across the
street; Davis called me and said,
come back; said Knott and Sam Hall
was on that beat and for me to take
his man and find them; Davis turned ,
md went towards the telegraph Of
ice; / asked Grimes if he was going
over to see If DIR. Montgomery was the
nan who robbed him; he said, "no by
iod, know the son of BIB who ,
'obbed me-" as he had been detecting
hem all day; while he was talking ,
1e was standing with his hand in his
breast, and said if he knew positive
y that DIR. M. was the man who rob-
bed him he would go over and kill