New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-28

he was in Indian Territory when the crime was
committed The chief accuser OF De Armand. or
Rice IS a convict now in Crow Hill Penitentary
named william Cash. held there charge Of
,o,s. stealing In Texas. As there no other
,.,,n.sses on hand and Cash being "A convict. his
Identification OF the prisoner was not taken as con-
elusive and Comm ssioner Moric adjourned the case
until next Wednesday 20 allow Sheriff Williams to
send for A man In Texas whom he declares can
identify De Armand De Armand Is small and
s,,ckiiv buuf with keen. decp-set gray eyes He did
not appear to be at all abashed by the attention
bestowed upon him. The examination was conducted
by Assistant United States District-Attorney Robert
II Roy and Commissioner Morle The Indictment
charges that DE Armand in company with WI liam
Bureson and Frank Jones, alias Frank Shuch.
sho, Howell in Pckens County Chlckasaw Nation.
Indian Territory. Howell at that time was mem
Der OF band Of regulators They had started our
to clear the country OF a number OF desp'radocS
rbo had been stealing horses. The two bands came
together one day. and the death OF Howell was the
result 1t supposed some time previous 10 DE
Armand's release that ne was the man who com
mtted the murder. The information was given by
Cash who hoped thereby to gain his freedom ana
who said that he recognized Rice as De Armand the
first day he say him In the penltentiary. Cash's
Testimony given yesterday that he and his fell
low prisoner confined in the Paris jail together
in 1890 or 1891 Cash said that while in Paris De
Armand or Rice, told him that he was charged with
killing Edward Howell In reply 10 questions Cash
said:
II knew De Armand tho minute laid my eyes
upon him There Is no doubt to his IDENTITY"
Are you sure asked Mr.. Roy. that this man Is
tn. same one whom who knew In Texas as De
Armand In 1890? =,
Yes sir, knew him both In Paris and also in
sherman Tex where were later transferred"
cash added that he left the Paris jail in 1892 on
bail He had been there year without trial. ana
afterward in 1893 was In Indian Territory. MT
ROY brought out the statement that while Al the
Kings County Penitentiary the two men had not
talked with each other, but that Cash had written
n note to De Armand. telling him to keep quiet and
say nothing. :,
In explaining the note De Armand said that he
never knew Cash before he met him In the peni-
tentiary but from another prisoner he understood
that Cash was wanted In Tennessee. He was mixed
up in IA murder there. DE Armand sad and a
reward OF 81 900 offered for his capture. In
his own defence De Armand. with much confidence
stated that he had never been In the Indian Ter
ritory and was never inside of jail In Texas,
although he had been In the latter State for three
or four wears 'and | never saw this fellow In my
M. before saw him at the penitentary."
sheriff williams said that he was sure that the
prisoner was the man he wanted. and upon being
told by Commissioner Morle that Cash's evidence
was not sufficient. the Sheriff said he would tele-
graph 10 Texas and have man brought here
who could positively Identify the prisoner De
Armand II was brought out that De Arm nd agreed
10 waive examination and go directly Texas II
Warden Hayes would give him his ransportatiOn
could go to-day early tomorrow morning
Sheriff Williams was angry at this statement and
said that he was generally accustomed TO consult
his own convenience and not that OF convcts. In
view OF the fact that the prisoner stoutly main
famed his Innocence and utterly repudla ted Cash's
testimony and also that OF Sheriff Williams Com
missioner Morle continued the until the arrival
OF the Texas witness.