Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-21
connected with Smith and Myers which

slcpt ht tue DelLuOut loukluR mousse, LOOl , supper at the Msison Doree. On Apri
 18th Csboose A came to town and V, slept in it that night. On the 30th O
 April we left Tucson with Skidmor, about 9 or 10 o'clock. We stopped on, night at LOrdsburg, and next day arr. yeC at Deming. Next day 1 went to Fl PasC and Smith went back to Tucson. SmitE and SkidmOra and Sldner during ths
 trip from Tucson were often engaged IT conversation while I was down ID the
 csbOose; I did not hear the subject
 heard Skidmore and Sidner both remsr
 that was pretty slick done, ths. 'snY
 ordinary sucker could hold up train or
 that road They were addressing them
 selves to Smith at the tune. saw Smith
 give Skidmore a considerable sum of
 money; it ~ss gold; think over hun.
 dred dollars.
 The night We were in Lordsburg ] saw Smith give Sidner some money;
 how much do not know. Smith told
 me to give Sidner money, Skid told me one dsy that he lSkid) and Smith used to work the Texas and Pacific railroad together. arrived believe on the day of the earthquake; Smith joined me in FL Psso the next evening and We both left that night for Fort Worth. At Bier rs Blanca We came up to Myers in 6 freight car; from tnere we all three came to Fort Worth where we remained for several days. Jack and Dick were gambling most of the time. l met Jack at the White Elephant saloon, Fort Worth, where he introduced me to Harry.
 I last saw Jsck Smith and Harry together at Fl Paso about July l, 1887. "
 To.DAT's PROCEEDINGS.
 The trial was resumed at 9 a. m. to- day, Supt. J. b. Noble being the first witness for the prosecution. Ills testi- mony related to train reports and mat ter connected with his department.
 Engineer Harper succeeded him on the stand and testified to the particulars of the robbery, he being the engineer on the locomotive drawing the III fated train. The Ted red light placed by the robbers on the track, gave him his first notice to stop, snd ID slowing up he dis covered the obstruction in frons of his engine, which had not been brought to a stop before the firing commenced. On coming down from his cab, he was given a stick of gIsnt powder and told to get the mail and express messenger out even if be had to blow open the car door. The agents temporarily refusing to com ply, he vas ordered to light the fuse, and on hearing this the doors were opened. ! The robbers then ordered him to cut of the mail and express cars from the bal snce of the train and then to move the engine slowly ahead. Under pressure of pistol he instructed them how Co work the engine before being ordered ofE
 II. B. Penney of the CITIZEN, was then called to testify to an Associated Press telegram received by the CITIZEN from Gainesville, Texas, October 24th.
 The next witness called for the prose | cutiOn was Constable Shillum, of Ben son, who testified to having srreste d. Skidmore at Benson.
 Here Attorney Goodrich introduced the CITIZEN dispatch as evidence Cyrus W. True, mall agent on the train, was next called. He ststed that they came out of the car but WAS or dered back to put the registered matter ID sack, which he did,
 Wills alias Green was recalled snd identified the photographs of Smith and Meyers, the two dead robbers. Mrs. Green likewise identified them.
 Major MontsndoD. roadmsster of the Arizona < Sonora R. R, next took the stand and testified to having offered | Skidmore a situation on his road which tLe latter did not accept. With this witness the persecution closed its evi- dence.
 Col. Herring, leading counsel for the | defense, moved the court to aequit Sid ner, which the court declined to do. THE DEFENSE.
 | Doc Smart was the first rebutting witness called. He stated that he re- sided in Fl Paso, Texas. His business wss that of buying and selling stock. | He GanIed the con versation reported to having taken place between himself and | Green. He also debIed Carson's testi- | mony and said that he Dever saw Skid more until he saw him In jail here 10 | Tucson. He first knew Gillispie when | he was running east of Fl Psso, at which lime Gillespie made him @ proposition | in regard to the finding of some bolts of cloth that had previously been stolen. He further testified to Gillespie having | called bis attention to the amount of money carried over the rosd. but of this he thought nothing strange and denied ID toto Gillespie's testimony or that be | shared, ss charged, in the proceeds oi the robbery. He also denied Mrs. Greens testimony, going SO far as to say that he never knew her, also the statement made by Wills, and further that he never knew either Ski1more or Sydner. On cruss-examinatiCn he was shown the | photograEhs of Smith and Meyer but | could not recognize them.
 Skidmore was next sworn. In reply to interrogatiOns be stated that he had worked in various places in | Texas He first saw Smith, the dead | rnbber, at Fort Worth several years since, but he did not know him well. Next saw him at Sierra Blanca, Tex, and | subsequently, saw him at Lordsburg at which time he purchased revolver | from him. On that time both Smith and Meyers rode with him to Benson. | On another occasion the same parties got on a train of Strauss and rode to | Tucson where he sfterward saw them. After remaining here time they re- turned with him to Deming. He denied | Greens statement about Smith giving him money in the caboOse and also Gillespie's statement m an Fl faso saloon, about knowing who the robbers
 
 were. He denied knowing Carson and said he had never been in his place: He described bis being taken by Marshal Made and Under Sheriff Shibell to the San \ vier hotel. for dissatisfaction by
 Carson. He denied knowing Carson or
 to the best of his knowledge, having ever seen him before. He further de- nied any knowledge of the robbery and
 told a very straight story sll through.
 He was crcss-e1smined by Judge Goodrich to the effect that he did not
 remember playing pool with Smith i'm
 medistely after the robbery, and that
 Smith did not exhibit any weapons or money st the train. Never knew DoC
 smart before be saw him ID jail. Al the request of Judge Herring, Skidmore gave the s,ory of bis arrest ID detail. Sidner told a very straight story snc did not elicIt anything new. Both th' 3 prosecution and defense announced ths ] that was sll the evidence. District At 3 toruey Rouse made the opening srgu , ment for he prosecution, followed b. e Mir. Mulkey for the defence.
 ' Col. Herring is now closing Tor tn I defense. and will be followed by Bei !, Goodrich, who wIll conclude for th