El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-02
SNYDER-RUBIDOUX CASE.
MUCH EVIDENCE HAS BEEN TAKEN
ANDMORE STILL COMING.
The Full Gist of the Evidence Taken
Up to Noon is Given Below as
Taken i'll Court.

The case against VIM Rubidoux and
Henry Snyder, charged with assault
with intent TO rob, WAS called In Jus
tice Bridgers' court at O'Clock last
afternoon and is attracting good deal
of attention.
The Chinaman, Lee Nun, who is
cook at the county Jail, and who was
the party alleged to have been ASSAULT
ed. was the first witness. His head
was bandaged and he was still suffering
some pain from his wounds. Lee testi-
fed as follows. Lee speaks good Eug-
| Il sh, bat at times apparently o1u no1
understand the questions asked him:
.My name. is Lee Nun. L live beyond
the s Z. depot, where L have my wl1e
and children. o. Saturday night, the
2Sth of August, [ was gambling at 81
| Ryan's. Gambled three different times
during the evening. The last time L
won about $40, or about 100 during the
! time | was playing. Lett there aDoul
; DEL elk and walked across to the State
| National oank corner and down Soutn
| Oregon street to the next corner,
where | turned and went to the Gem
saloon, where l found Woo Chung, who
went with me on my way home. We
walked back down Overland street and
turned into Oregon street. Down near
the house where | was going to sleep
| we met two men in the street (lnd1cat-
ing Rubidoux aud Snyder.) These two
men where together and OH ABOUT
twenty or thirty feet STOOD
big man (McKeogh being
| identified as the big man" by Lee
| NUM-. The two men caught holu OF
my arms, Snyder caught the right and
Rnbldoux the left. Oue of them said:
Give up all your money. Toe Dig
man came across the street and cursed
me- and said TO the men:
Kill tie sou of a b-h If he won't
give it up, and tried to put his hands
IN my pocket. while the 9th
er men were holding me
Rubidoux kick me ana Snyuer struck
me with a rock. l jerked loose from
them and fe | against the gate leading
to the alley by the SIDE OF where L
sept. The gate opened aud L run in
and got my pis' o. from the bed. and
running back shot at the two men when
[ reached the gate. L then run outside
across the street, while the three MN
were all running and fired oice or
twice agaln."
Woo CHUNG, who was with Lee
Mun, testified as follows:
My name is Woo Chung live In
the John Woods house on Oregon
street. | went from 81 Ryaa's to the
Gem, where Lee Nun found me. We
started from there about O'CLOCK Tor
home | live at 2lS Oregon street.
We met two men in the street, ana
there was another man IN the corner
near my place. L saw them stop Lee
Nun. and as [ was afraid they would
roo me, too, | ran into my house. Inc
man in the corner was d tall man.
Gee Woo being sworn, testified as
follows:
Il sleep IN the house whereLee Nun
sleeps. That night [ heard Lee Nun
call for help. | heard the door open
when he came in the house. L heard
the pistol shots"
Tom O'Keetfe, of the Times, being
sworn, testified as follows:
''About 3:3U Saturday night or SUI
day morning, L heard several pistol
shots, and heard some one say, On,
nv Cod right after the last shot. L
ran out to sea what was the matter.
When L got to the corner OF Overland
and Oregon streets these two men in
dicatlng Suyder and Rubidoux), came
up. RubidouX asked Snyder: Where
ia you get hi6:' In the Leg repi1 led
Snyder We had better keep still
about it, though continued 'S"yder,
| and go on | walked on back across
The street to my Office, thinking that
the occurrence dat amount to much,
and about that time Ofdcer Franco
came up and [ pointed out the men TO
him, telling him they could probably
tell him JmethiGg ABOUT the shoot
ing. Blood WAS running from Sny-
d-r's leg wnen first saw him on the
| corner"
DR.. Villas, who examined the wounds
on Lee Nuns head, testified as follows:
1.-The cut on the scalp was an lncisive
wound and could have been made with
any kind of an instrument. l found
the cut to be a lite over al 1nch and
| half in Ter 9Th. If the nat had been on
straight the wound was made from
downward stroke"
Officer Deniston testified that he was
with Officer Bendy when Lee Nun was
arrested. He picked up the pistol.
7. j. White being sworn testified as
fol. ows: L was with Henry Snyder
from about 10 o'clock to 3 a. IN. Sunday
morning, almost constantly, and he
mad not left the Monte Carlo over hf-
teen minutes when l heard toe shoJt-
ing. | just had time to walk TO my
room, which was within aouut lOO
yards of the Monte Carlo. | was drluk-
ing some, but did not court the drinas.
L was not under the influence OF liquor
to the extent that | had not my facul-
ties about ne.
Al Downs te titled that he saw Snyd.
err aud RubidouX at his place during
Saturday evening. they were there
the biggest part OF the night. Rub.-
douX and Snyder left the place alb ut
o'clock, aud in ten or twelve minutes
after | was told of the shooting.
j. a. McKeogh being sworn, testified
as follows: [ work for the Santa t'e
company. On the night of Saturday,
Attorney Wilcox here asked Nc
Keogh il he did not tell him (WilcoXl
that some one throw a. stone or rock o..
brick, and he heard it strike the house
or gate? McKeogh said he did not
the 18th day of August, l was at the
r. MON. | believe it is called. l had
= cen imbibing rather freely. started