The herald., 1895-01-30
IOEN LITIGATION WAS COMPLETE
Barnes Held to Answer at
Ontario.
His Bail Fixed at Ten Thousand
Dollars.
The Chain OF Evidence Woven Arou' d
the Bank Robber Was of a Very
Complete Character


Special to THE HERALD.
ONTARIO, Jan. 29.-The arrival OF the east.
bound overland on the Southern Pacific was
anxiously awaited this morning by large
number of people who wished to get glimpse
OF C. II. Barnes, The auburn haired The pris
oner was escorted by Detective Goodman and
the San Bernsrdno county officers to the A.
o. U. w. hall before Justice Hardy. The hall
was crowded with citizens.
Attorney J. NJ. Lucas made strong fight to
prevent his clients being examined before the
justice on the ground that John Roe or Rich
ard Roe were named in the complaint and
warrant, and that c. H. Barnes was neither
named nor described in those documents
good deal of time was consumed in argument
between Attorney Lucas and District Attorney
Speycher.
The objections OF the defense were overruled
and Fred stamm was called to the stand to
identity the prisoner and state the facts con
nected with the bank robbery Mr.. Stamm un-
hestatingly identihedthe prisoner as the man
who entered the bank on the morning of the
4th, leveled revolver al his head and ordered
him to throw up his hands on penalty OF being
shot. Cashier Stamm said that Barnes was
accompanied by companion who went back
OF the counter, showed the unwilling banker
into the vault compelled him to assist the
robber in bagging the gold and after hitting
him on the head several times locked him in
the vault.
During the examination OF the next witness,
r. P. Sibley, some amusement was caused by
Mr. sibley's attempts to answer Attorney Luz
cas- question as to the size OF the pistol into
which Sibley looked as he turned to confront
the robber, Barnes. Mr.. Sibley's strong i'm
preston was that it was as large gun as he
had ever inspected while held in a similar
position.
Witness stated that he was attacked by
Barnes companion, who pounded him over
the head until he became unconscious. His
evidence as to the appearance OF his assailant
was not so clear as that regarding Barnes He
identified him in the most positive manner
Dunbar, the assistant in the Pomona livery
stable from whom Barnes hired horse and
buggy on the morning of the robbery, was the
next witness He positively swore that Barnes
was the man who hired the rig from him and
that the buggy he let him have is now in the
Pomona stable, having been recovered in the
locality to which the robbers drove when pur-
sued by the Ontario officers.
Mr. Mitchell, OF Mitchell & Butterfield ar
round whose store, across Euclid avenue from
the Ontario State bank, the robbers lounged
just prior to entering the bank, swore that to
the best OF his belief the prif on n was one of
those men.
The prisoners demennor tn roughout the ex-
animation was quiet and unconcerned, al
though he.took sufficient interest in the pro-
ceedings to throw piercing glances every now
and then at the witnesses who confronted him.
The court held the pr oner to answer fixing
the amount OF his bond at FLO, 600. He VIII
be taken to San Demanding this evening in
custody of the sheriff's deputy and Detective
Goodman,