The record-union., 1899-12-09

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would turn around when he reached the
bridge, but he did not After they had
gone up some distance, witness said
We'll, I've got all the bridget want;
| I'm going back" He then turned around
and started back, and after going few
feet heard a. noise, and turning around
saw the .''old man" down, and Clark
beating him Witness said Lamb came
back down the middle of the bridge,
and witness said: Its a -- shame TO
see that old man beaten up that way
Lamb said: Come on; you don't want
to get mixed up in this" He and Lamb
then started down the bridge, and IN
few moments Clark came running
down the bridge, and said: Come on;
let's get out of this" Witness SAID:
Here, if you got anything from that
old man you'd better give it to me and
I'll take it to him, and go back and
see if he is hurt" Clark said: you
come on; he's not hurt"
| Witness was excited and frightened
and concluded it would be better for
him to go along with Clark and turn
hiiE over to an officer if he met one.
Clark said to witness: That's all l
get" and gave him 81 or So. Clark
had i'll his hand two $40 pieces, one Of
which he gave to Lamb. Witness said
neither he nor Lamb had had anything
to do with the robbery, and that ne
| (Witness) had no idea that a robbery
was contemplated. He had told the
officers everything he knew about the
! matter, and when arrested did not i'm
aS1ne that he was to be a defendant
thought he was being held as witness
in the case. He passed near the po-
| lice station in coming back to town,
but did not want to lose sight of Clark
and Lamb, and for that reason accom-
panied them down Front street.
| Cross-examined by Acting City At
| torney Jay r. Brown, the witness said
he had not been in the Lafayette sa-
loon at all on Sunday last; that he had
never been in the place but twice in
his life and that he never took but one
drink in the place. He said that if
Lamb was in Jim and Harry's saloon
with Clark and Wilkes he did not see
! him.
After leaving the saloon at the corner
of Second and I streets witness said
he heard Clark say to Lamb in an I'M
dertone: 81 got some knockout drops IN
wouldn't drink it, Witness then got
near the old man. CWilkes) and said:
| For Gods. sake don't go on the
| bridge" The old man seemed to be
affronted and said to witness, Whats
| the matter with your" After that they
| started for the bridge Witness was
about ten or twelve feet from Wilkes
| and Clark when he heard the noise and
| looking around saw Clark on top CT
| Wilkes beating him.
Witness could not say positively
whether or not after Clark came down
off the bridge anything was said about
catching train. Just before the ar
| rest Clark and Lamb We're near the
curb and were talking together. Wit
ness did not see any money or anything
| else thrown away, and knew nothing
| about any watch.
| At this point the examination was
continued until O'Clock
| AFTERNOON SESSION.
| Cross-examined by j. Frank Brown,
| Clarks attorney, Howell said he did
not go back onto the bridge after
Wilkes had been knocked down, be-
| cause he was afraid the other men
| would do him up He followed the
men. or went with them to the bridge,
| in order to get the old man (Wilkes) to
go home
| Witness said when Clark and Wilkes
| left kennedy's saloon, the latter said,
Come. on: lets go out and get drink
! Witness said he did not leave the sa-
| loon with Clark and Wilkes, but some
time later. He supposed he went out
after them because he wanted a drink,
but at Second and K streets he told
Wilkes he had had enough to drink
| Witness said he did not want to go
on the bridge. He thought something
was wrong when he heard Clark men
ton knockout drops He was afraid
of the man and had an idea, after that
| that they intended to do Wilkes up"
Witness began to get '1eary" of the
men and several times tried to get
Wilkes away from them. He did not
| see Cation, or any man on the ap-
| proach of the bridge when he Clark.
Lamb and Wilkes walked onto it,
| Witness said he didn't leave Clark
| and Lamb at Front and I streets to
notify the police in the station which
| was near, because he wanted to keep
an eye on the men and find where they
went.
| Cross-examined by J. D. Moynahan.
Lambs attorney, the witness said that
after leaving Jim & Harrys saloon. he
| overlook Clark and Wilkes at Second
| and ] streets. He was ten or twelve
| feet from Clark and Lamb when he
heard their conversation about the
knockout drops. Witness said he did
not speak a half dozen words to either
| of the other defendants
Attorney Jones announced his case
as closed, and Attorneys j. F. Brown
| and Moynahan declined to offer any
testimony on behalf of their respective
| clients.
| Attorney Jones argued the case on
behalf of his client HowelD, urging his
| discharge.
| ALL HELD TO ANSWER.
The case being submitted, Justice
| Anderson said:
with regard to Mr.. Howell, that is a.
matter l shall leave entirely with a
! jury. His statement may or may not
have effect or weight with one. / GER
| tainly shall not consider it in passing
upon this case at this time. The cues
| ton of good character is always one
| that has weight with a jury
Il do not care to comment upon the
| testimony further than to say that this
| Is very strange, not to say an ont