El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-24
STRAIGHT
STORIES
Told In the Bank Robbery
Case At Las Cru
VERY LITTLE CONFLICT
In the Evidence Offered BY
the Principals And Other
Witnesses Ques-
toned.
Special Correspondence of the HERALD.

Special Correspondence of the HERALD.
LAS CRUCES, April 23.-Court was
oalis6 at 9:30 g. m. and the first witness
was William Wilson, alias Billy Will
SON. one of the principals in the bank
-<obbery. He said he, met WILDER
about six weeks before tie robbery at
Hanover, n. NJ. WILDER and q man
by the name of Brooks had planned to
rob the Company store at Hanover.
Wilber claimed he had to raise some
money to pay for place at San An
tonic, Tex. They made their plans
mountains near Hanover and made a
camp and he came over to Gold Camp
in the Organ mountains and got a
horse and two saddles that he had left
there some time before. He then
caught stray horse on the range and
went back and joined Brooks and Will
ber. They started to rob the store,
out and then they also gave it up and
Went back to Damp. Brooks then left
them and he and WILDER came over to
'froo the Las Cruces bank.
They came to the Organ mountains
and found q camo and started ous the
following Tuesday TO catch horses.
They rounded up bunch and caught
two. The next evening they started
for Las CrDces, went over near Organ
and waited until morning and then
along In the forenoon started for Las
han
ped them and claimed the horse rid
den by Wilson. They gave it up snd
took the saddle and started back, tax
ing turn about in riding the other
horse.
Here A. B. Fall asked him who was
with him. He said WILDER and he
were alone. They were getting short |
of grub SO be told Witber they had bet
ter 60 to some place and get some
They accordingly went to Print |
Rhodes's getting there about 10 o'cloox |
at night. They woke Mr.. Rhodes up |
and he gave them some supper and |
asked them to come into the house and |
stay all night. They told him they |
were on their way to Mexico and want
ed to get an early start SO they would |
sleep out. They borrowed an alarm
clock of Mr.. Rhodes.
About 4:30 or 5 O'Clock the next
morning they started. Their reason
for getting started so early was to not
let Mr.. Rhodes know that they only
had one horse. He also said that he
left his shot gun with Rhodes. They
to their camp where they
staid until the next day, when they
went out and caught two more horses
and started for Las Cruces. One of
these horses was a dun and the other
was light bay with white face and
White feet.
Arriving atlas Cruces about 2 D. M
Feb. II they robbed the bank and
started back for their camp. On the
way one of their horses gave out. They
oox off the saddle and left both horse
md saddle, and both rode the other
,orse up as far as they could, when I
hey also took the saddle off OF thst
me and hid it. They then went on
oot to their camp. On The way thew
lid u pocket book stolen from the
,ank.
They remained in the camp until the
4th or 18th of February, when they :
ook their other horses and rode bare
,sck to Ell Paso where they left their
Lorses. He said they left a rifle be- q
onging to Wilber at their camp. Up L
a arriving at Ell PasO they crossed Z
yer into Mexico and went to Torreon
,hera he wrote a letter to Print g
shodes and dated it the 10th of Feb
usry so as to make him think they had 8
ONE on to Mexico after leaving his D
ouse.
They went from there to Monterey
nd from there TO San Antonio where
ley had planned to rob q
ank near that place but s'
ere arrested before they could carry
out He said they only got about