The record-union., 1891-06-03
FURLONG'S FUTILE EFFORT.
Police Judge Cravens Holds Him
Over for Trial.
Counselor Anderson Raises Ali Sorts
of Objections. but the Court
Would Not Give In.

| William Furlong, the bartender re-
Gently in the employ of Robert Allen,
and who is charged with being one of the
parties to the conspiracy to rob the latter,
! had his examination in the Police Court
yesterday, and was held to answer before
the Superior Court.
Furlong was represented by attorney
w. A. Anderson, who said he would adj
nit that the testimony of all the wit
nesseS in the Gordon and Smith cases
would be the same as would be intro
duced by the prosecution in the Furlong
case, but he asked that all that testimony
be stricken out, claiming that it did not
tend to show positively that Furlong was
in any way connected with the conspi-
racy.
He objected to the testimony of Casey
and Gordon, on the ground that it in no
wise connected his client with the rob-
| berry, and claimed that conspiracy must
| first be established before such testimony
as that given by Gordon and Casey would
! be admissible before jury. He objected
to the testimony Of each of the witnesses
named, as being irrelevant, incompetent
and immaterial.
Judge Cravens overruled the motion
and objections.
City Attorney Hart then stated that,
as defendants counsel was willing to adj
NIT so much, he had only one witness to
call to the stand.
James A. Murphy was sworn, and in
answer to questions said that previous to
being arrested on charge Of embezzle-
ment he had been tending bar for Jack
! Smith. He knew Gordon. Casey, Brady
and Furlong, and had seen Haley. The
| latter had his back turned at the time,
and the witness would not be able to
recognize him again if he saw him, I'M
| less by the hat, which was white derby
| The witness saw all five of the men in
the saloon. For several days prior to the
time the robbery took place Furiong was
in the habit of coming into the saloon
early every morning after he closed Al
| lens place, and he always inquired for
Smith. He saw Haley and Gordon in the
saloon the Saturday night preceding the
robbery between the hours of and IL
O'Clock.
! Continuing, Murphy said he saw Fur
| long in Smiths place on the Tuesday
| following the robbery. Witness adj
dressed Furlong, saying, BILLY, that's a
bad job" Furlong seemed very much
| agitated, and walked away without say
| ing anything.
Smith on Tuesday morning, but the
| latter only laughed and turned away,
saying, Whoever did ii are towards"
| In reply to a question by City Attorney
Hart, Murphy admitted that he had a
conversation with Smith while in Jail.
Smith and he occupied adjoining cells,
and could talk with each other. The
other day Smith called to witness and
spoke to him thus:
"Say, now, Bill, you was on early
watch that Sunday night-you under
stand me. Now, you came on at and
stayed till Y. 1 came on at u, and relieved
! you. See? Now you didn't see Gordon
or Casey in the saloon. That's all you
say. That will kill Casey's statement"
| Attorney Anderson moved to strike
out all this testimony, but the motion
was overruled.
Judge Cravens then ordered that the
| defendant be held to answer before the
Superior Court, and fixed his bail in the
sum of $4,000.
Mr.. Anderson objected to the order, on
the ground that the committing magis-
trate had no power to hold defendant to
answer to the Superior Court, but this
objection was also overruled, and Fur
| long went back to Jail.