Evening star., 1898-10-26
PRICE DID NOT MIND
PRlCE DID MOI MIND
Stood U ihEourt Under the Gaze
Sef Miss Searles.
SEE T4fEqpa 4 10 IDENTIFY him
-'
. confEctlof ~ Testimony About the
s$chA in the Case.
MIR, BABMDR1ER's DENIAL
MN 7'ssf
MIR, BABMDR1ER's DENIAL

MIR, BlBMDRsllElR's DENIAL
-, II.
When ,tse trial afs-5onn Price, charged
with the larceny Of 81 6s2 from the Metro
politan Railroad Company was resumed
today in Criminal Court No i the impanel-
! ing OF 3ary was completed by the selec-
ton Of Elraer E. Dwyer, John L. schaffert
harry A.rDalton. Thomas Foley, Benjamin
F. Harper, ChaHes r.. Murray, Douglass
Thompson, John | Curtan, Charles Merkle
THEODORE =. McGawley, William Mckinley,
jr.. and Philip ~AisDsano
The opsMfng address+ssas made by Assist
ant Dis striet, Att asnes, u ohm. E. Laskey, who
detailed to the 3ury the history Of the case;
He told of Nr. A Thur p Bahendrier drawing
sum of money March 30 1897 from the
washington Loan and Trust Company, at
9th and F Streets, and placing it in
satchel. Mr.. Ra bendrier next proceeded to
the Vatold dining rooms, on 9th street be-
tween E and r streets, for luncheon, where
he left the -satehel with the young, lady
cashier The satchele was stolen from be-
side the cashiers desk BY man who en-
tered the establishment and ordered sand
"iches. lie declared that the government
expected to- prove that Price is the guilty
party.
The first witness was Mr.. Arthur o.
Babendrier who explained that he is the
superintendent of the 9th street branch.
Metropoiitan Railroad Company After
telling the story of the theft he was asked
ny the district attorney:
Did you. Mr.. ;Babendrier. remove any
money strnm that fsetchel ?ss's,l-,, ~
Win mo, sirs aia.asot.'. replied the witness,
WIN e''iphasis. -1s-a-' -.
Not the sntchcI He Used.
The governments representatives were
evidently surprised and counsellor the de-
fendant undoubtedly pleased when Mr.
! Babendrier declared that a satchel handed
him for examination was not the one used
by him the day Of the robbery, although
there was resemblance.
The witness stated that as he left the
| trust company's building he noticed a
heavy-set man sitting at q table. He
could not state, however the color of the
| hair of this individual. or whether or not
| he had a beard or mustache. The defend-
ant, Price, has grayish hair, with short
beard and mustache.,
On crOSS-exarninati considerable time
was occupied in questioning Mr.. Baben-
drier as to the location of the cashiers
9esk' safe, cigar case and tables in the
dining room of the Vatoldi
Mr.. Robeyt F,IMiller, paying teller Of
the Washington Loan and Trust Company
testified that Mstth 30 1897. he paid to
Mr Babendrier. check, the sum in
volved in the robbery.
Mr.. Miller was examined ct length as to
the denominAt hof the bills and coins
paid Mr.. BabendrIer and the methods of
the bank ;sAt. this point a recess, was
taken. =
William J. Wilson, treasurer of tn. Metro
| politan Railroad Company, went on the
ste nd after TAce esq He Identified the satchel
which Mr.. HAbe ndrier declared, earlier in
the day. Yves nat the one in which he
placed the money. -afterward stolen, as the
one used in Carrying the money for use on
the 9th streSa 1tn9$ Mr. Wilson pfodrtced a
key that fftfad ,t1 d sztchel~ He added that
it was bis =otss tom t4 Aurn over the .satchel
fe M & s1ssy ~ Iuesday sa when tn
.s.s Mis" ,Ss ss",Iss. 81, Evidence.
MISS Elite seariss. cashier at the Va
| teldf. was next called and examined as to
the arrangement of the dining room and
furnishings and the-svtsit of the man Who
! ordered sandwiches Mafth 30, 1897. Moth
ing newsor iniportantSfwass developed by
her testimony s except that the man siip-
posed to haves stolen: the. satchel resem-
much to figure
l. Price stood up the request of counsel
when the matter. of Identification was in
order. He met the searching gaze Of Miss
Searles without the slightest change of
| expression and was apparently the most
unconcerned individual in the court room.
Miss Searles stated that she could not
positively identify Price. . -,
I The next witness. Alfred l.. hoffman. a
barber. now ifving-in Baltimore testified
that March 20, 1897, between 1880 and /
| pm. he was lunching at the vatoldI. He
noticed man at the cashiers desk, wear
| Ing an Alpine hat, with iron gray beard
and hair. He had not seen the man since
till yesterday, when he noticed him in the
court room ss-sz:..
Look around the room and tell us If you
| see him now 2 edireeted Assistant District
Attorney L.asksy. n
Il am most, positive that Is the man."
stated Hoffman, pointing to Price The lat
ter smiled. ss
James B. Weikert a salesman, who was
in the Vatoldi the day the robbery oc-
| CURED, testified that his attention was at
tracted by. a man who entered and pur-
chased a cigar. The man stared at wit
ness. and then went outside. He later re-
| turned inside the dining room about the
! time witness departed. The man was short
and thick-set with gray mixed mustache
and goatee Mfr. Weikert Identified Price
as the man referredSto.
The head waiter at the Vatold1 Richard
Boston, colored alse identified Price. -.