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lightsd and the little fellow asked wit
ness IL he wanted to buy watch. Wit
ness Identified the watch showed to Elm
y the attorney general and said Ii was
in his shop on the 18th of November.
There had boen a conversation % to what
he would give for the watch and tnslly
1t was srrsnged he should pay t6. He
positively identified Manchester as the
party who was In his shop and refdsed
10 take les' than $5 for 1t.
witness claimed that he kept his eye
constsnily on Manchester.
On cross exa mination by Mr. Lyman
witness after a good deal of beating about
the bush admitted he had made an sp-
plication for a position on the police
force. Mr.. Lyman stated that he went
into that topic to show that Perylman
was an interested witness In the case.
witners also told Mr.. Lyman that be was
sitting in a onair in tns middle Of his
bto-e when the two men came in and his
testimony was not broken rs to the idsn-
tity OF tue two men on trinl up to this
point. After the witness had answered a
question or two put by Attorney O'Con-
nor the Attorney general asked witness
II ne knew Sarah Jackson and the reply
was eyes, / was standing talking to her
on the sidewalk when O'Connor snd Man
chester entered my store" "Thst's all"
said the attorney general.
Very quickly Mr.. Lyman asked the
W tness IL he had not Just said he was
standing talking to Sarah Jackson as the
men entered his shop. His reply was In
the affirmative. "Thsn" said Mr.. Lyman,
"what did you mean by saying a short
time ago yon were sitting in the miodle
Of your store reading paper when the
men came in. The witness did not think
he had so stated out the stenographer's
notes were referred to ano 1t was found
he had stated as Mr.. Lyman claimed he
bad. The witness trieo to make the two
statsments agree and finally stated he
was not used to testifying in court.
Detective Cannon testified to tie arrest
of Manchester and was positive that the
latter was the one Officer Mcdonald had
pointed out to him.
Officer Mcdonald testified substantially
as In the district court In regard to the
arrest OF the two men. The reason he
took O'Connor and let Manchester alone
was he found the watch In the latter's
possession and thought Manchester's
condition was such that he could not go
far aud he, witness, knew where the Off.
GERS were. He positively identified Man
chester as the man who was with O'Con-
moi In Perlymsn's store.
Sarah Jackson terrified that she was
standing on the sidewalk In front OF
perlyman's store talking to the latter
when the two defendants went into the
store. She did not positively identity
and said the emsller man of
I he two that went into tins store did not
appear to be drunk.
Detective Nickerson testified Ia regard
to tbs arrest of anchester.
Attorney Lyman in his opening state
ment in bshalf OF Manchester. said what
the defsnsce would be, and ir did not
differ from the line pursued at the hear
ing In the Sixth district which resulted
In the discharge OF snchester.
Attorney O'Connor said it would be
shown that O'Connor was not near the
place of the robbery and it would he
shown how he came In possession Of the
watch.
James O'Copnor, ore Of the defendants,
was called to the witness stand, and be
denied ever having seen Manchester until
he met him at the patrol box after his
arrest. The watch was given 70 witness
by two sea fariDg men near the Colurn
biz theater. He admitted having at first
told the detectives the watch was bis
own, but claimed the true story was that
1t was given to him by big fellow and |
a little red-haireo chap who had a nous
tache of three weeks growth. The two |
men asked witness to take 1t to q shop |
and sell 1t, saying they would wait for
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