The herald., 1895-05-03
Another Attempt to Identify
That Voice Fails
EX-PRIS0NER AS DETECTIVE
Charles EtzIer Tells How He Tried to
Find the Hidden Coin
Detective Lawson Plays an Important PART IL
Securing the Evidence Which Was
Produced Yesterday

The Kid Thompson trial in department
one of the superior court was the center
of attraction at the court house yester-
day. The attorneys on both sides are
contesting every inch of ground, and there
will certainly bs no stone left unturned
either in the prosecution or defense. The
defendant maintains stolid indifference
and listens attentively to all the evidence.
Frank LIE Rey, postal clerk who was
in the Roscoe hold-up, was the first wit
ness yesterday. The prosecution again
tried to prove by this witness the iden-
tity of the Kid with the owner of that
noted voice that was so much in evidence
in the two Rosco robberies. But this
time they could only get the witness to
testify that the voice heard in the lai
here was similar to the one witness had
heard in both the hold-ups. And on cross
examination the witness said: Il don
say it was the same voice, but that 1T was
similar. In a case of this kind | don
think person can be positive.
Miles t. Bowler, special officer OF the
Southern Pacific Railway Company. was
next called. He testified to going to the
scene of the robbery next day after it oc-
Cured and following the robbers trail
about four miles and finding number OF
express tags which we're put in evidence.
Mrs. Ollie Trogdan, sister OF AVA
Johnson. who is now living as domestic
in Detective Lawson's family, testified to
Kid Thompson and Etzler coming to her
brothers ranch in September, 1894, and
wanting some money of he1 brother.
Defense tried very hard to break the
force of her evidence by showing that she
was under obligations to Detective Law
son.
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ious witness, testified to having met Kid
Thompson at his brother-in-law' 5 ranch IN
September. '94 when he said that he
had come to get his share of the money
which Alva and he had taken from the
Roscoe holdup. Witness had known De-
tective Lawson for ten years. Lawson
had promised him to keep his brother-in-
law from being hung, and he would help
to get him pardoned.
Defense tried to show that the witness
was under deep obligations to Detective
Lawson. But witness denied very en-
phatcally that he was under any obliGa-
tons to the detective. although Lawson
had assisted him when he needed it
pretty bad.
Charles Etzler, the next witness, was by
far the best and readiest that has yet
been on the stand. He told a connected
story very fuently but al of his tes-
tmony was simply rehash of what he had
testified to before-how he had met the
Kid while beating his way over the road
with one Mcfford, who knew the Kid and
had Introduced him as lone of the
d-dest horse thieves and cattle thieves
in the world.''
How the Kid had taken liking to him
and had told him all about the holdups
and promised him part of the money if he
would leave Mefford and accompany him.
They went 10 Johnson's ranch to get the
money; johnson would not give it to them
but afterwards sent $500 to the Kid at
Tempe, Ariz., under the name of Parker,
which they received and sold to u China
man at cents on the dollar.
j. Z. Dake was the next witness. lie
had been a prisoner in the jail here with
the Kid, who had told him where the
money was hid and wanted him, when he
got out, to so and get the money and
bring it to him to pay his lawyer. That
he went but failed to find it. at which
Ben Goodrich. the Kids attorney, said
he was very sorry. He told how he had
stood in with the sheriff to try and find
out where the money was hidden. How he
had played Hawkshaw for the prosecu-
ton. This testimony closed the session.
The case will be resumed at IL o'clock
today.