The record-union., 1899-05-05
L1CHTFoOT AND WILBUR
MUST ANSWER FOR BURGLARY
IN SUPERIOR COURT.
Steen and Boggess Testify That
Wilbur Acknowledged the
Crime to Them.

rest Lightfoot and Henry Wilbur
charged with having burglarized John
Stems saloon at Oak Park early in tbs
morning Of the I'd instant, was held be-
fore Justice Allen at Oak Park yester-
day, and resulted in their being held to
answer to the Superior Court. bail being
fixed in the sum of 81 600 in each case
Assistant District Attorney Eugene
Wachhorst looked out for the interests
Of the people, and Attorney j. H. Lig-
gett appeared for the defendants.
Edward M. Brady, who lives at High
land Park, was the first witness called.
He testified that on the morning of
May I'd, about 1 o'clock, he saw two
men standing alongside of Stems sa-
loon, but could not swear that. they
were the defendants The men he saw
ran away. He saw a nickle-in-the-slo
machine by the men, but did not look
to see whether it was broken. He was
about fifteen feet from the men when
they jumped up and ran. He saw the
two defendants about an hour later at
their respective homes, and was
with them until they were
taken to the County Jail.
Witness did not identify Wilbur and
Lightfoot as the men who jumped from
behind the slot machine. and said they
did not answer the description of those
he had seen.
John Steen, who conducts the saloon
which was burglarized and the slot ma
chine which was mutilated. was the
next witness. He testified that early
in the morning of May ID, Brady woke
him up at his home and told him he
thought his saloon had been burglar
lied. Witness got up, went to his sa
loon and found his slot machine all
broken up. Brady did not tell witness
who the men were
Witness said he and Constable Bog
CESS subsequently found Wilbur. and
asked him about the burglary. Wilbur,
witness said, at first claimed that he
knew nothing about the matter Wit
ness said that he and Borgess. told
Wilbur that if he would tell all about
the matter they would not press the
matter against him very hard
Attorney Liggett objected to the ad-
mission in evidence of the statement
made to the witness by the defendant,
Wilbur, on the ground that the state
might not have been made without the
lnducement offered.
The court overruled the objection,
and the witness proceeded, stating that
Wilbur admitted that he and Light
foot had done the job Wilbur took wit
ness and Boggess down in the cellar
of his home and showed them where
he had hidden the money. 1t amounted
to S5.15 and was in a small tobacco
sack. Witness and Boggess then went
to Lightfoot's home where the latter
arrested him, and both were taken to
the County Jail
On cross-examination witness said he
had nothing against Lightfoot, and
thought he was one of the incest young
men in Oak Park. Witness said that
the afternoon before the burglary
Lightfoot was drinking in his saloon,
and admitted that he had treated him
before the saloon was closed, but de-
MED that Lightfoot was crazy drunk.
Witness said his intention in telling
Wilbur that he would not press mat
tiers against him was for the purpose
of finding out whether he had had any
thing to do with the burglary. Wit
ness said he had got all of the money
back which had been stolen.
Constable ]. S. Boggess testified that
between and o'clock on the morning
of May I'd, Steen came to his house and
told him about the burglary, and that
he believed Lightfoot and Wilbur had
done the job. Witness and Steen went
to the homes of Lightfoot and
Wilbur but they We're not in
They saw a light in the basement
Of Wilhur'S house, and found Will
Dur coming out of the basement
door. Witness said inducements had
been offered to Wilbur to tell about the
burglary, to the effect that if he would
tell all about it, it would be lighter
on him when the matter got into court
No reward was offered to Wilbur. and
no inducement except that stated.
Steen, witness said, told Wilbur there
was no desire to prosecute him. and that
his idea was to find out who the second
man was. Wilbur then took witness
in another room and told him that
Lightfoot was the other man Wilbur
told witness that they got about S11. 20
from the slot machine, and took him
to the basement and turned over his
portion of the money which was in a
tobacco pouch.
Witness subsequently arrested Light
foot, and lodged both men in the County
Jail.
Attorney Wachhorst intimated that
the prosecution had other witnesses,
but he declined to place them on the
stand.
Attorney Liggett moved the court to
discharge the defendants on the ground
that the only evidence of their guilt was
the statement made by young Wilbur,
which statement made on the induce
ment held out by Boggess and Steen,
would not, he said, be admitted as evil
dence in any court
Justice Allen said the evidence
showed reason to believe that a serious
offence agaisnt the law had been COM
mitted, and held both defendants to
answer as heretofore stated
GILT EDGES LINE UP.