El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-24

ing payment on house and lot ne
had at San Antonio with his share OF
the money.
| Wilson denied having seen Craven
at all in connection with the robbery.
which they stayed at his place. He
denied that either Rhodes or Craven
| had any knowledge beforehand of the
robbery at Las Cruces.
The saddle found on the trail was
then produced and Wilson identified
it as his. He said he bought IL Of Print
Rhodes About q year before ne had
done some assessment work for Fall
and he (FslD had seen him with the
saddle.
Wilson was then turned over to the
prosecution and they put him through
severe cross questioning in which he
admitted being arrested at Cooks
Peak and being in the Silver City jail
for year and six months.
Tim Isascs was then recalled for the
defense. On being questioned he de-
scribed the horse caught by him and
Williams in Bear canon as a light
bay with white face and white feet,
brand double E bar on hip, E bar
crossed out ON shoulder and W bar
He said this last brand belongs to Mr..
Murphy. W. w. Cox had horse with
the same brand on the hip aud it was
exactly like Murphy's: N fact, one
couldn't tell them apart across the
street.
viii Mccall next testified that he
was WITH Craven at Bear canon on
the llsh OF February: that Craven
caught the horse described before but
he did not know what Craven did
with it. He said he went to a camp to
each some more horses and that
CrsveH joined him little later--that
Craven went home with him and aid
all night.
Upon being crossed questioned he
said Craven was his brother-in-lsw.
Court then adjourned until , p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
w. B. Murphy was called first. He
testified that he had requested Crsven !
to bring IN horse he had on the |
range, the same one brought in later |
by the officers. He said he had owned !
another horse that looked just like this
,ne bat had sold it 80 ". W. Cox.
MIR. Cox was called. He said be had
bought a horse of Murphy like the one
above.
Mrs. Rhodes, wife of one of the de-
'endants, WAS next called.
She said che knew Wilson; that he
had come to their house about the 85h or
'th of Feb with d man whom he intro
iuced as WILDER. IL was about 10 or
II O'Clock at night. Mr.. Rhodes got
,p and got them something to eat, but
iidn't leave the house. They said they
,ad come from Hanover and were go
ng to Mexico. WILDER left a shot gun
here. They offered to fix them bed
n the house, she ssid, but they said
hey wanted TO get al early start and
lad rather sleep outside. They took
n ALARM CLOCK to wake them up and
we're gone when the family gotup the
lext morning.
Ia the cross questioring Mrs. Rhodes
aid Wilson was at their house about
Christmas.
William Craven, one OF the de-
sndsnts, was next sworn. He said he
aught the horse belonging to Murphy
he Saturday before the robbery, but
urned him loose later. he said be
rent to McCall's and staid all night
hat night. Murphy had asked him to e
ring the horse in. That was the
=ason be caught it. He knew Wilson,
ut had never seen Wilber until he
NV him in Jail. He did not take any T
orses To WILDER and Wilson nor have '
ny talk with them about robbing the
snk. He said he did deny catching
he horse before he was arrested, be- c
ause he was efraid 1t might inplica.e Q
I'm le the robbery, as he had heard +
at one OF the robbers rode this horse, d
ns he admitted IL upon his arrest and II
ad never denied 1t afterwards. He
ad been around Bear Canon for three
four days previous to the robbery d
ding the range. He said Rhodes was r
tt and went with Coners to find the I;
'rse ridden by the robbers
The nsxt witaess was Print Rhodes
9 said he had known Wilson about II
ght years, thought he knew the sad
e, had owned Ii at one time but had
Id 1T to Wilson when he was working
the gold camp. Wilson was at his
'use about the Sth of February. He
u there about IL o'clock at night.
'ilber was with him. He had never a.
en- Wilber before nor since until sf- tc
r they were arrested. He gave them
me supper and offered To Lat .haxa