The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-25
THE COILS TIGHTEN.
More Evidence Against the
ROslyn Robbers.
AFTER
CHINESE.
Keeping . sharp Lookout for Chinese
Agricultural College Regents Meet
-Murder Trial II ColfAx.

ELLExssrRs, Nav 2i.-rSpeclal. 1.-The
third days trial Of Ras Lewis. alias Dia-
mond Dick. and George Mccarthy for rob-
bling the Rosiyn bank last fall resulted In
more firmly establishing the identity OF
the men as the robbers. The case will go
to the jury tomorrow.
In the hearing today Mrs. Darling, iiv-
ing on the Columbia river. testified to hav-
ing seen George Mccarthy las, September.
about the first OF the month. She de-
scribed his wife. 'the q~ueen," who was
with him. as a small dark woman. o
o5 years OF age. The couple said they were
camping in the mountains five miles from
the Columbia. Mr.. Darling identified
George Mccarthy as a man he had seen on
the Columbia last June accompanied by a
small, dark c~omplexioned woman. They
said they were prospecting in the noun.
tains in this vicinity. William L. Young,
OF Baker City, Or, said he had seen de-
PENDANT, Mccarthy, in Sumpter valley,
Or. last May. Mccarthy tod him he had
been in Southern Oregon prospecting.
W. Fisher, OF Oregon, identified both
Mccarthy and Lewis. whom he had not
seen from May to October. Mccarthy
told him that be had been prospecting in
Southern Oregon. Lewis was then going
under the assumed name of Willard.
Mrs. Morgan being recalled. testified to
Lewis being Danish. He told her and his
wife hat he had talked to q man of whom
they got the lantern on the Teanaway. in
the Danish language. Defendant told
them he came here in company with
George, Tom and Nellie Mccarthy in
June. 1892. Witness persuaded Mrs.
Lewis. her sister. to return to Salt Lake.
II. Masterson testified that the horses
shown him by the officers were the same
he saw in possession of George Mccarthy.
The prosecution here rested, and the de-
Tense took the witnesses. Austin Meyers
testified. being n of the attorneys de-
Tending Cal Hale in the first trial OF the
Roslyn robbery when Hale was convicted,
that Alternately, the cashier, swore that
Hale was the man who took the money
from the bank. but on crOss.examination
Alternately was the only witness vino said
he might be mistaken as to the identity of
Hale. Miss Baker, the stenographer who
took the notes in the same trial, was also
introduced. Her evidence was to the eff
feet that Alternately testified that he was
satisfied in his own mind that Cal Hale
was the robber Of the bank, but he might
be mistaken.
Jess jenkins testified to being present at
the Roslyn bank when the robbery oc-
Cured, and that two men came in. The
man who did the work weighed leo or 10
pounds, had brown. curry hair and light
compilations; hat to the best of his judg-
ment at the time Of he previous trial, Cal
Hale was the man. Both men had on
overcoats, but he did not consider them
disguised. He could not see the face of
the man who took the money.
DR.. Lyons. of Roslyn, testified that he
was IN the bank at the tim of the rob-
berry. He saw the man who took the
money. The man weighed about 40
pounds, had brown hair and beard. and
wore 4 dark brown o%vercoat. He also tes-
titled to having seen Hale and kinzie, and
recognized them as the men. This was
the testimony in the first trial, but now he
thought he may have been mistaken. Other
testimony to the same effect beng intro
duced. the defense rested. Argument is
TO be heard tomorrow, and the case will
then be submitted to the jury.