Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-26
THE RECENT H0LD-UP
NoRGANrIELD AND sEARCEr
IDENTIFIED ny MANY MEN.
All Expenses Horne by the Adams
E.press Company-A Cincinnati
pctccttxc.s Admirstous-Thc Find
tng OF the Pouch Explained.

STAFFORD COURTHOUSE, February
ESPECIALLY THE first witness called In
the MorganGad train.robbery trial to-day
was Mr.. e. l.. Brown. Of Shenandoah
Junction, who testified that on october
18th he sold Morganheld and Searcey
tickets tho former purchasing one 10
Cumberland and the latter 20 Cincinnati
lie also identified the coupons "a those
20 the tickets he sold on cross-exaraina-
ton he stated tina, he was sent to I'm
cinnatl on the 9Th OF January by INV
Adams Express Company. for when ~
received s2l5 day. that being '"'
amount Of his salary.
Walter w. Clay. Of Cumberland ',S'-
fed that he saw three men Ia DIS pa
on october 18Th. and recognize
and Morganhed az being TWO % NV '
ties on cross.cYaminstion he s'a'''
tba, Csntain Hinde FIRST Approached MN
4, reference 10 the case. and that ne nan
,yyn ,tc,ures both Of which ne sa'u were
,bc rs,,tes now charged with the crime
\ wright. Of Cumberland an
ogccr 81 that city. ana VINO arIes'eu
e.a,cev and MOrganheld IN that piac''
also Identified the men. in MS c'"ss-
examination he t'stihed uha' VINE" NJ
,,'st,cd cincinnati for the purpose OF
Identifying the prisoner he received 40
per day and all expenses
THE PURSES.
Air 4 ". Pritzer. chief Of Police Of
cumberland. Identified the purses found
on Sctrcey as being those that Searccy
Identified az having been stolen by Nor
garfield on the night ~ the robbery. This
evidence occasioued considerable argu-
rnent. and resulted I'm Judge Ashton or
dering u 20 be- ruled out. on the grounds
that the Identification Of the property had
no, been assured.
Captain j. L. Peters. Of Parkersburg.
W. Va testified that MorFanfield boarded
his train 1T Cumberland and went as FAR
a. ParkersbuTg. and that the ticket pre-
scented 10y him Tailed with the coupon Of
that purchased by arcey at Shenan-
doah Junction. ON cross examination he
said he had received $tiS q day when he
visited Cincinnati. that being the amount
Of his salary.
Ills OCCUPATION.
Mr. s j. McDermott. II detective Of
Cincinnati. saw Morgan nt WintQn Place.
near that city. on October 18Th. and tesu-
ncd that Morgan said he was from Rip
ley county. Tenn. and that he had just
come from Cumberland. His occupation.
hc said was that OF a carl-player and
crap shooter He also identified coat
shown him as being that taken from
Morganhcll. snd further stated that the
Nalise was also the one Morgan had, ana
In which he found the money.
Mr. H. J. WHITE. also detective OF
Cincinnati saw Morgan Inc that city on
October 18Th. and the prisoner stated that
he was - years Old feet & inches high.
and weighed about 15j. md that the man
lying on the cot was the same one.
FORCED TO ADMIT.
Mr. Wttc was put through most rigid
examination. and forced to admit that he
had been arrested In Cincinnati while
engaged In his detective agency. on the
charge OF Incorporating funds and
that. pending his trial. he remained IN
Jail three months. lie also admitted that
the agency was a bogus one and that
two others connected with II were ar
rested for bank robbery. At this point the
witness asked that he might be allowed
To explain himself to which the Court
consented. lie said that the charge upon
which he had been arrested was untrue
ana that he had been honorably acquitted
when IL went before the jury. Then.
turning to Colonel Shay. he said: This
Is quite clever In YOU"
ooh. don't get back at me-" replied COT
onel shay. TOR If you do. will give you
. more of IL
Mr. ". H. Dinsmorc, the secretary OF
he express company, testified as 10 the
existence Of the corporation, and pro-
duced In his testimony the original copy
n agreements. which were drawn July ].
iNi ON the admittance OF the minutes
a- evidence there was considerable areu-
qont. but the Court sustained the Com
mpnwcalth
FINDING THE POUCH.
A.
ney. was then sworn, and. taking the
stand. began To- make Il statement as to
the finding Of the pouch TO thE the de-
fence objected. and asked that his as
socidtc counsel BE- required To- examine
him This met with objections from the
witness. ana. seeing no way out Of the
difficulty he said II will ask myself the
question" which was AS follows:
MIR White. where did you see that
pouch, and were you not present when 1t
was found?"
Answer. 4 was II was found buried
under a tree. near Calvcrton."
The defence. on CrOsS-cNamination.
asked II MI. Pinkcrton did not furnish
Whisky lunch. and cigars on the trip.
and whether or not Sea,cey was given
some
The answer given was: Yes"
Mr. g W. Moss. the general agent OF
Adams Express Company. identified the
pouch as being the property Of the com
piny
RESTED THE CASE
with this the Commonwealth announced
that they would rest their ease, ana. on
motion Of counsel for defence, who want
cd 20 prepare their Instructions. the court
adjourned until tomorrow. when testi-
mony for the prisoner will begin. which
viii not occupy more than one day.