The age-herald., 1900-05-09

business between Twentieth and Twenty first street. Saw him run across the
 empty lot above Twenty-first street. The
 party took off his overcoat coming up the
 sidewalk and laid it down in the middle
 of the walk Identified coat as one picked
 up by Captain Weir.)
 'I asked the man what the deuce was
 the matter down there and he answered.
 Damned if I know There were several
 memorandum books and papers and half
 pint bottle of something that looked like
 peach and honey. l looked at one of the
 memorandum bookS.'
 Cross-eXamination: "I saw the man put
 a coat on the sidewalk and afterwards saw
 Captain Weir with a coat. Didn't notice
 a hole in the coat until after I saw it in
 the possession of Captain Weir Didn't
 notice particularly the size of the man;
 appeared to be medium sized. (Manning
 was here brought in front of the witness
 stand and witness could not identify him
 as the man he had passed Thought it
 was a small man but might have been
 larger)
 Redirect "It was not very light at the place where I passed the man. Couldn't say whether it was white man or a negro; could not say that there any marked difference in size of defendant and the man I saw"
 G. T. wofford, cashier of the Standard Oil company was the next witness called to the stand. He said: "I live at 221G Fifth avenue. I am cashier of the Stan dard Oil company in Avenue F, between Seventh and Eighth streets. know J. A. Clayton We were employed at same place; I was at home the night Clayton was assaulted. I went to the office next day; found the lock of the safe blown and the safe open. I close the safe every night. locked the safe on the evening | before; don't know how the safe was I l. ,f t,atr nryf1 kOT l. l edge that any explosive substance was l used in opening the safe. I had some l papers and a pocketbook in the safe. They were missing. Qdentified pocketbook) Was returned to me the following day by | Chief of Police Austin. It was an iron l safe and To ,ked with a combination Three hundred and thirty odd dollars were taken l from the safe.
 The cross examination was snort anu unimportant
 Captain Will Weir
 c,antain ". F. Weir of the police depart ment was next called His testimony was l as follows: q am a captain of the city po- | lice. First heard of the robbery of the Standard oil company about Il o'clock on | the night of March 27. Officers Adams and Kirkley's beat was from Eighteenth to | Thirteenth street on First avenue, and back as far as Fourth avenue. The officers were on duty on that night. notified them l of the robbery. Told them about 1;45 l o'clock at night, roll call informed Off, fcers Kirkley and Adams that the Stand- ard Oil company's safe had been ropned l and watchman probably murdered. CNit- ness was shown overcoat and identified it as the coat handed him by Officer Schorber, who was accompanied by MT. Omstead. searched the pockets and found ball Of 1 what appeared to be soap, and half-pint bottle of an oily substance "I also found pocketbook In the over coat pocket. (Examined pocketbook re- | turned to MT. Wofford.) Identified the pa | pers in it as the same which were in the | book which was taken out of the pocket. | q left the bottle containing the liquid in my office.I heard the shooting. Was at the office at the time. Saw Kirkey and Adams | a few minutes later Met them coming to the office. t ef -.. Nothing new was brought out on the | cross-examination, and after Captain Weir | was called down from the stand adjourn ment was taken until o'clock this morn- ing. e1