The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-06
THE CHAMPION ROBBERY
Still the Subject Of Investigation by The
Officers.
CHAMPION HAS NOTHING MORE TO SAY
Two Mcn-An unIoaded
Cartridge.

Mr.. II. w. Champion, the assistant
treasurer and cashier of the Houston
Electric Street Railway company. who WAS
held UP and robbed of S2ss5 between 10
and II O'Clock Tuesday morning on Frank
lin street, opposite w. II. Coyle & Co.'S
printing house, was at work yesterday at
his accustomed place in the office of the
street railway company.
reporter for The Post called upon MIR.
Champion during the day and asked him
II he had any further statement to make
concerning the affair OF the day before in
which he figured so unfortunately.
NO" said Mr.. Champion, "the state
ment as printed this morning was sub
stantially correct except that | was not
knocked. dcwn. The party came up from
| behind and after | was struck supported
me and prevented my falling while he
| took the money from my pocket. ] scarce
| ly know what happened after that. ! was
completely dazed by the blow upon my
head and went down the street holding
| the handkerchief to my head. remem-
her that my purpos was to look out for
some one / knew to whom | could appeal
| for help The first man ! met was Mr.
Mosehart at Caroline street ! have not
]
me- as | tell you [ did not see him.
81 had not examined the pistol had
with me since the strike and il the powder
was extracted from one OF the cartridges
and 1t had been snapped don't know now
| 1t came TO be in that condition"
Mr. r. r. Trip. ar employe Of the
street railway company, says he was not
standing near the pcstofflce when he saw
young Champion pass Tuesday, but vas
standing in front of the marble yard.
Champion passed Mes8rs. Trip and Schil-
/ ling al that point, and they merely noticed
that he vas going toward the postofice
and gave no further thought 10 the matter
MIR. Trip states that he remained in fFo::r
of the marble yard for only about fve
minutes after Mr.. Champion passed, and as
that gentleman went into the postofficc to
transact some business the assault
probably occurred after Messrs Trip and
Schillng had moved from their position.
~
The only parties who can be found who
witnessed the meeting of the two men or
rather the overtakng of the one by the
other at the point where the robbery was
committed. we're two ladies' who were al
the time in the Office of Colonel o. 7.
one of the bay windows in the direction
: of the postofRce
The statement of these ladies is in sub
stance that at about 10 30 O'Clock they
saw q man walk down from the postoffct
entrance few feet east on Franklin street
when another man walked rapidly up be-
hind him and threw his arms around him
One of the ladies remarked. There are
two long lost brothers hugging" They
were together but a moment Neither o.
l them fell The ladies could not see any
E blows struck. but there might easily have
J been. The men quickly separated. One
OF them walked rapidly east on FRANKLIN
! street and the other turned around ant
walked back up town past the pOstofhce
They paid no further attention to the on
going east on Franklin street. but noticed
the one coming up town. When abour
opposite the Gibbs building and almost il
front OF Butes old paint shop, he met -four
other men and all OF them at once went il
the marble yard there through an opening
In the fence and back into Bute'o ware
house, which was open. They stayed
there but a short time, when they agaiI
came out on the sidewalk One OF then
walked toward the postoffce and the otheI
four in a body went to Main street.
~
Tho pistol with which Champion at
tempted to shoot himself when at the po
lice station was double barrel Reming
ton derringer. From this pistol Chic
Clerk Martin Forrest removed the two
cartridges. One was all right. The othe
had been snapped. They were rim fire
cartridges Ho noticed that the snappe
cartridge did not appear to he all RICH
and that the buiset was loose. 1t was s
loose that he easily removed II and founC
that all the powder had been remove
from the shell, the inside OF which SHOWED
evidences of having been scraped a!
though to get all the powder out of it.
= This robbery, daring and audacious a
1t was. continues to be the absorbing topi