The record-union., 1896-07-20
WILL CALLENDINE SQUEAL?
1 Prospect That He Will Plead Guilty
To-Day.
Asks His Wife's Advice-A Review
Of the Prisoners Oper-
ations Here.

It is not unlikely that when the case
of l. L. Callendine is called for trial to-
day in Judge Hinkson's court that
much published individual will plead
guilty to the robbery of the Electric
Railway Company's Office last Decem-
Der.
The main proof on which Callendine
successfully relied for escaping con-
viction at his first trial - the teSti-
mony of Barney Carroll, who
sWore to partial alibi - has
been knocked from under him by Car
rolls confession published in the Rec
ord-Union' ON Saturday. Other things
have also transpired since that trial to
deprive Callendine Of the opportunity
for making amy such defense as he did
ON that occasion.
An incident occurred ON Saturday 60
ing to show that the would-be emulator
of Chris Evans and the Dalton gang of
bandits has found himself in the last
ditch. so to speak. He no longer affects
the jaunty, devil-may air that he
wore on the occasion of his preliminary
examination and even at his recent
trial On the contrary, he realizes that
tempt to saw his way out of the Jail
the other day shows that he is afraid
to again face a jury on the evidence
that is piled UP against him.
But more than that. Callendfne has
virtually made a confession of his guilt.
On Saturday his wife paid her usual
visit to him, but since the attempt to
break jail Sheriff Johnson has kept
a1r +al,
views, and ON Saturday he discovered
Callendine in the act of passing a bit
of paper to his wife.
The Sheriff did not say anything at
the time, but before Mrs. Callendine de-
parted he told her to hand over to him
the paper she had received from her
husband. The woman Indignantly de-
MED having received anything from her
husband, but Sheriff Johnson told her
IN very plain language that she did, and
that he saw it. He again informed her
that she must give it UP.
Being convinced that the Sheriff knew
what he was talking about, Mrs Callen-
dine made am effort to destroy the pa
per, but was not permitted to do So
She finally consented to give it to Jailer
Beckley, and that officer handed it over
to his superior.
It was in the shape of a letter ad-
dressed by Callendine TO his wife. ask
ing her opinion as to the advisability of
his pleading guilty to the charge of
robbery. He said that if he did so that
would probably end the various mat
ters in connection with the crime and
perhaps prevent her from any annoy
ance on that score. 1t might also, he
thought, have the effect of lessening his
punishment, for if he made a defense
and again put the county to the heavy
expense of a long trial and should then
be convicted, he would doubtless be SEN
fenced to a long term of imprisonment
Tt is also said that Callendine re-
quested to be allowed to make a state
ment to the District Attorney-presum-
ably a confessicn-but that Mr. RYAN
declined to permit him to do so. as he
will have an opportunity to-day TO
either plead guilty or stand trial.
HISTORY OF THE GANG.
Shortly after the arrest of Callendine
and his gang of confederates, Harry
Baker and young Townsend, Sheriff
Johnson instituted a close search of the
premises formerly occupied by Callen-
dine and Townsend ON Sixth street, be-
tween / and ], in the rear of Smith
&, Bassett's office, in which Callendine
acted as a sort of an agent and watch
dog of the firms safe.
Deputy Sheriff Max P Fisher and Of
ficer Martin Pennish closely searched
the premises and unearthed whisky
flash and a slouch hat The whisky
flask undoubtedly is the same one pur-
chased by Callendine at the Louvre sa-
loon on J street two hours before the
robbery of the car c0mpany's office, and
1t became manifest during the trial that
the whisky was bought by Callendine
with which to brace up Baker and
keep him from weakening. Callendine.
being a man of cunning, had studied
out the weak spots in the makeup of
Harry Baker. and by administering
whisky literally managed to overcome
the last objections Baker might raise
The hat found there was identified by
Townsend and the three car office en-
ployeS who We're stood UP as the one
worn by Callendine at the time of the
hOld-up.
CALLENDTNES PATRON SAINTS.
Lately Sheriff Johnso.i caused an
other search to be made, and this time