The record-union., 1896-04-24
MUST STAND THEIR TRIAL.
Callendine, Baker and Townsend Held
to Answer.
The Defense Put in No Testimony at
All-Bail Fixed at $4,000
Each.

The preliminary examination IN the
case against L. L. Callendine, Harry w
Eaker and Fred w. Townsend, charged
with having robbed the street-car oTIice
in this CITY. was concluded before JUS
tee Davis Yesterday. The defenSe, as
was exnected. offered no testimony, ano
the nrisoners were held to answer IN
5000 bail each.
Police Officer PenniSh was the only
witness called. and at the conclusion OF
his testimony the prosecution resteo
end the ong-drawn-out case closed sc
far as Justice Davis court was con-
cerned. 1t was II O'Clock before the
calendar was cleared and the case hnal-
j. resumed.
Police Officer Martin PennlSh testlhed
to having assisted in the arrest OF
Townsend and Baker. He corroborated
the statement made the day before by
Deputy Sheriff Fisher that Baker, when
arrested. said: "Oh, my God! what will
become of my wife,
The next day Pennish said to Baker:
you've got fine wife and Baker be-
gan crying, and said:
I've been expecting this trouble for
some time Townsend has been after
me for money, and told him not to come
hack again, and requested him to let
NE alone"
On ross-examination witness teSti-
fed that Baker had said nothing about
hard feelings between he and Town
send. but reiterated that he had said
tnat Townsend bothered him recently
q bout money matters. Baker had asked
the witness to intercede with the City
4 ttorney in his behalf. and said that if
any leniency was to be shown he would
Ike to have it, This was after being
told that Townsend had "squealed,' and
tnat there was a dead case against him.
The witness had kept memorandum
O. what was said, and was allowed to
refresh his memory from the same. The
attorneys for the defense insisted that
the entire memorandum be read. To
this the City Attorney objected, and
quite a breeze was occasioned thereby.
T ut the court ruled that the memoranda
should be read and placed on the rec
ords. and the witness read it.
1t did not vary from his former state
nlent, except that there was an addi-
tional statement that Baker had said:
IF I get out of this scrape, I'll not go
within five feet of any other man. This
has taught me a lesson.
Police Sergeant John P. McManus
was called to verify the description
written by him, and which he had copied
f ON the notes taken by officer Talbot.
Il was the intention of the defense to
preserve the description of the robbers
a given by the street-car men and taken
down by officer Talbot
The court allowed a copy of the notes
t. be spread on the records, not as a
matter of evidence, but in order to pre-
serve them only.
General Hart then stated that the de-
fense would offer no testimony at that
me-
City Attorney Brown. after the case
had closed. returned thanks to Detective
Max Fisher and Officer Pennish for the
a Die and efficient manner in which the
case had been prepared, and stated that
their efforts should be an example to
the rest OF the police force of the city
CT all the cases brought before the court
nee he had been City Attorney, the
present one was the most ably and the
most conscientiously prepared. and the
officers deserved great credit for their
efforts.