Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09
RICHIE is ON TRIAL.
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and was taken before the late judge |
Goggin where a bond was furnished,
that is said to be of the STRAW" vari-
ETY.. At any rate Indian Joe" left
the country and has not been seen
since.
Dick Dodd turned states evidence,
unwillingly, 1T is said, and by means
of his testimony those who stood trial
were convicted. 1t was said at the
time that it was a race between Stew
ems and Dodd as to who would serve
the state in return for his liberty.
Dodd beat Stevens "to it," and since
that time he has been at liberty. The
indictment against Dodd on the bur-
glary charge has been dismissed but
another charging him with breaking
and entering a building is still in
force. A short time ago Dodd left
the country and could not be found
for several days. The sheriff finally
| located him in an Illinois town and
brought him back to Ottumwa. This
feature of Dodd's leaving may or may
not have been for effect and to i'm
press the gang with the fact that he
is unwilling to testify
Samuel Richie the man now being
tried, was captured in Baltimore, Md,
last spring, where he was conducting
a saloon and sailors boarding house.
He gave another name and stuck to
the story that his name is not Richie
Habeas corpus proceedings were
brought for his release and Dick
Dodd and Chief Williams left for
Baltimore to head off anything of the
kind. Sheriff Suits arrived with his
prisoner and placed him In the steel
cage at the county Jail, where he has
been ever since.
D. Cameron, to whom some of the
kilograms were addressed, has never
been captured. He never visited OF
tumwa and had but perfunctory
hand in tle work. He is not wanted
very badly and unless he runs after
the Pinkertons, will probably never
be taken into custody.
The Trial.
n Shortly before Bailiff Giltner open
ed court this afternoon, Richie and
Sheriff Suits entered the court room.
Richie was dressed in a neat bust
ness suit, wore colored shirt
land necktie and black derby hat.
!, He is clean shaven and is square
! shouldered, good looking fellow. He
looks as if he might be an unassum.
ing business man and has none OF
, that hang dog look usually associated
with criminals. His glance is keen
but does not linger long in one place
He is withal a prepossessing looking
man and about the last person an or
binary individual would take for q
bank robber and safe blower. He sal
down inside the railing and when the
, Chicago detectives came into the
room talked to them with no hesitan
cy. Neither did he seem to be bold
He created very good impression
upon the crowd of people who had
: assembled for the purpose of catch
, ing glimpse of what is said to BIZ
the king bee of the gang. This latter
,. statement is denied by the Pinker
! tons, however, who say that Murray
was the most desperate man.
+ Judge Sloan told the clerk to cal
! the jury and after twelve men were
, called into the jury box, Richie NOV
) ed his chair behind his attorneys
: Messrs. Jaques & Jaques, o
!, this city, and r. A. Wade, o
!. Chicago. The latter is a rattle
p short, heavy set man. with thick, je
, black hair and is very unassuming il
I manner. He is the man that defende,
Prendergast, who killed Mayor Carte
/. Harrison, ST., in Chicago, severa
:. years ago, and won much notoriet
= for the manner in which he handle
! the case.
Q Richie is not shackled, nor j
q there anything about him to sugges