Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-06
PHILLIPS CASE SILL ON TRIAL
rHE STARTLING TESTIMONY OF w
a., RARnEN.
Tuck TrsrE on TRIAL for Contempt.
saia 10 Have rampered With II
ACKNOWLEDGMENT In several
ciNn suits.

SiNii suits
Rapid progress was made In the trial
q the Philips train robbery case yester-
day, The defense introduced all OF It's
dircc, evidence, and the state finished
the examination 81 its witnesses In re-
buiial, Much Of the same ground was
again sone over as In the Ward trial
and bu, little new testimony was
brought out until the witness w. II.
Harden was put upon the stand by the
state in rebuttal
Harden has been confined in the coun-
~ jail since about January l on a
charge OF swindling. During a part OF
that time he occupied the same cell as
Phillips While thus together in jail.
Harden testified yesterday Phillips
confessed 10 him that he. sullivan and
Ward had robbed the train at Ben
brook. and gave him the full particu-
lars Of the robbery. Phillips also furn-
ished thu witness with rough chart,
drawn on paper o: the vicinity and
showing the exact spot near a large
OF wire fence and rock fence on
Mary's creek, where Phillips and Sui
iivan's part OF the booty had been hid
den. This chart was furnished him by
Phillips, testified Harden. because Phil
lips thought that he, the witness, would
soon be released from Jail and would
have an opportunity to recover the bur
NHrH Witness hnNuRNsta~ mot
released and had not had an oppor-
tuuity to use the chart.
As a mater OF fact, however, the Of
fcers learned recently that Harden did
have a chart in his possession. In order
to test the accuracy Of II sheriff Euless,
Deputy Sheriff. Gunnells, Assistant
County Attorney Hanger and u. Il.
Durringer member of the grand jury
accompanied Harden to the scene rep
resented on the chart last saturday.
The fence corner was found as indtcat-
ed The stone some distance away was
also found, and near by this was spot
whore the ground was loose Tor some
depth, as though It had been recently
disturbed and was mixed with grass
and trash, as though it had been thrown
out upon the surface by some one dig
gins hole and then shuveilcd back
again, But no money was To be .ound.
II any had eyer been buried there II had
been removed. The gentlemen who ac-
companied Harden to the spot Saturday
testified 10 these facts yesterday
The states attorneys think they have
a very important witness In Harden
and believe that he testified truthfully
as to Phillips confession, on account
of the fact that he Is believed to have
been away from the state at the lime
OF the robbery and to have never been
In the vicinity of Benbrook. He was
arrested upon his return to this state
from the Territory ON January /, and
1t IN thought by the states attorneys
that he had no opportunity OF gain
Ing the information he possessed as 20
the circumstances OF the robbery and of
the locality In which il occurred except
through the confession Of one of the
real robbers. The defense will very
likely make an EFFORT today to dlscredt
the witness The defense VIII finish
with Its rebuttal testimony this morn
Ing, and In all likelihood, the case will
60 to the jury this evening.
After proceedings in the Phillips trial
had been suspended yesterday evening
Judge Greene heard complaint
against cN-Deputy Sheriff Tuck Trlgg,
charging him with contempt Of court.
1t N alleged that Trigg went Monday
evening to G. y. Edwards and tried to
induce him to leave the city to avoid
a summons to appear before the grand
jury Edwards had been summoned,
It IL stated to testify before the grand
| jury with regard to some of the pro-
cecdings which are said to have been
had in connection with the Sargent muir
der trial, especially those concerning the
alterations that are charged to have
been made In the fremont Hotel regis.
ter. so as to conceal the true date that
| Trgg and Thomas put up at that
] place Complaint was made by the
grand Jury recommending that proceed
ings be had against Trlgg for contempt
| of court, He was accordingly cited for
| trial before Judge Greene yesterday
evening. The defendant was put on the
| stand and testified that he had not
| tried to induce Edwards to avoid the
| subpoena, but had tried to get him
| to go before the grand jury and state
| what he knew. The case was con-
tinued until this morning when further
evidence will be heard and some ac-
ton taken. The defendant was put
under bond for his appearance. as the
court refused to take his own re-
cognl2ance. Bond was furnished him by
Attorney c. Il. Bowlln.
Seventeenth District Court.
The suit OF Elizabeth TheIs vs.. the
| Mutual Life Insurance company OF
| Kentucky was stil on trial all day
| yesterday In the Seventeenth district
court 1t was given TO the jury in the
| evening.