El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-18
CHlLES' RECORD.
He Is a Cracking Good Base
Ball Player, Which Fact
Has Got Him Out of
Trouble Before.

Pearce Chiles and d. p. Sherwood,
the two alleged bunco men who were
brought in from Sierra Blanca Satur-
day morning charged with stealing
money from a discharged soldier, were
given an examining trial before JUS
tice Spencer this morning. and their
bonds were fixed at $1,000 each, pend
ing the action of the grand jury.
The case was called at 10 o'clock
and occupied the time of the court un-
til 12. The two prisoners were defend
ed by Peyton Edwards while County
Attorney Eylar took care of the prose
cution.
The first witness introduced was
Ben F. Henry, the discharged soldier
who claimed to have been robbed. He
The Herald Saturday. He said he was
on his way home to Albany, Ga, Fri
day night when Sherwood. one OF the
men. came to him on the train and op-
ened conversation with him. Soon
afterwards Chiles came up and wanted
a match. Sherwood handed him a
match box but Chiles failed to open
it and said that no one could open it.
Sherwood then offered to bet that the
soldier could open it and a bet of So
was made between Sherwood and
Chiles. Sherwood also asked the SOL
dier to bet and Chiles said that the
soldier did not have s5 and he would
pay him dollar for dollar for every
cent he had if he would open the box.
Sherwood then claimed his money
from Chiles and asked the soldier to
pull out his money and make Chiles
stick to his word. The soldier drew
out his purse with $95 in it and handed
Sherwood S. to have the same amount
it is charged. snatched the purse and
it appears gave it to Chiles who left
the car. The soldier made a complaint
and the conductor brought in T. 7.
Cooke, who was a deputy sheriff of Pc
cos county and an employe of the FIT.
Worth stock association He searched
Sherwood. who had nothing but d pc
culiar box which he could not open
on him. He then searched Chiles and
found the money.
led up in the cross examination but
repeated his statements substantially.
Deputy Sheriff Cooke was then plac-
ed on the stand and told about the
same story told by the soldier.
Judge Spencer placed the bonds of
each at 81 900 and they were both sent
to Jail in default of bond.
Pearce Chiles is a base ball player
of some note and played with the Phil
adelphia team in the national league
last year. He had signed this year for
an engagement with the same team
and was on his way to Jacksonville,
Fla, where the team would practice for
some time before going on the road.
Sherwood says he is from Shawnee.
Oklahoma He and Chiles both oper-
ated the secret match box bunco game
in FL Paso during the carnival and as
stated in The Herald Saturday, had
just been released from the city Jail
where the chief had kept them for sew
eral weeks in default of the payment
of a fine of $101 each.
Both prisoners were quiet during the
trial this morning and never fiinched
when the judge announced the result.
They were taken back to the county
Jail and will endeavor to make bond.
Chiles's Sporting Record.
Pearce Chiles for the past two sea-
sons has been the utility outfielder for
the Philadelphia National league base
ball team. He was drafted to the Ma
tional League from Galveston where
he had been playing in the outfield for
several years in the Texas League.
He is the originator of the baseball
its no use The express