El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-11
Trial of the
Freeman Case
CONSIDERABLE INTEREST IN THE
OUTCOME OF THE DIFFICULT
TIES OF THIS INDIVIDUAL.

The jurors selected Saturday after
noon to try the Freeman case were: T
J. Gray. J. II. Wheatley. J. w. Hadlock
l.. Benham, II. Mckay and Sidney Ull
man.
Mrs. Ray Rowe was the first witness
called by the state. She testified as
follows:
| Il live at Rincon. New Mexico. with
my brother-in-law, T. c. Meyers at the
Harvey eating house. 1 knew the de-
PENDANT. Mrs. Freeman. She was en-
ployed at the eating house. / borrowed
a watch from my brother and used it
for some time. l put it away in a
drawer in my room as it did not an
swer the purpose l got it for. 1t was a
gold filed case watch. l first missed
it when my brother called for it to
give it to the watch inspector to be re-
paired. Mrs. Freeman. the defendant
was in the habit of coming in to sit
with me, and had access to my room.
The last time | saw the watch it was in
Potter & Whites drug store
The watch. a Dueber. in a gold filled
case was handed the witness and iden-
titled by her.
On cross-examination Mrs. Rowe said
she went to Rincon on September "a
L
10. l put the watch away because it
did not serve the purpose for which
1 got it. / put it in a drawer in my
ROOM Mr.. Meyers called for the watch
about a month ago. and l did not see
it again until l saw it in the drug store
here in Ell Paso. l recognize the watch
by the deer's head on the case. Mrs.
Freeman was employed in the hotel.
The other employees also had access to
my room. 1 don't know of my own
knowledge who took the watch
Scott c. White next took the stand:
He testified:
Paso. l know the defendant Mrs.
Freeman. She came to the store and
said she wanted So. She offered me
the watch and said it had belonged to
her husband. 1 gave her the money
and took the watch. / afterwards
gave it to Mr.. Meyers. when he came
to claim the watch. I knew the num-
Der and Mr.. Meyers described the
watch and gave the number before /
surrendered the watch
On cross-examination: Mr.. Meyers
was accompanied by Ben Williams, the
detective. Mrs. Freeman came to the
drug store about 9 o'clock at night and
said the watch belonged to her hus-
band''
f. +. Meyers the complaining wit
ness was next called. He said:
Il am a locomotive engineer on the
Santa Fe. | loaned the watch in queS-
ton to my sister-in-law. Mrs. Rowe.
next saw it at White & Potter's drug
store in this city. I knew it by the
number which l always carry in my
pocket. The watch is inspected and
examined every week by the watch in
CT &c n
and has examined the watch a num-
Der of times
In cross examination the witness adj
mitted that the watch had not been in
his possession for long time. He car
ried the number in his pocket. and it
correspondent to the number of the
watch in question. He identified the
watch handed to him as his watch. He
knew the defendant was employed at
Rincon by the Santa Fe at the time
he gave the watch to his sister.
w. d. Finney. was the next witness.
He testified that he was employed by
the Santa Fe as telegraph operator at
the present time. He knew Mr..
Meyers. He had been a jeweler up to
twelve months ago and frequently re-
paired the watch in question. He had
kept a record of the times and the
number. He then proceeded to give a
technical description of the watch. The
number was sos. $50 made by the Fahys
Watch Co.. II jewels. Scratched on the
lower part of the case was the number
1905 underlined. That was a private
record made by him as the jeweler
He had not seen the watch for year
when he issued a certificate on the
watch after inspecting it.
Witness was handed the watch and
pointed ont the marks and numbers
he had testified to.
Mr.. Meyers had no other watch and
the one in question was the only one
on which he had issued certificate.
On cross examination he testified
that he had been watch inspector at
San Marcial for five years. He had
known Mr.. Meyers six years but had
issued no certificate upon any other
watch. These watches were examined
every month. The book he read
from was a book of repairs on
watches and contained some 1000 re-
pairs. He was now employed as rail-
road operator at San Marcial. Knew
the defendant before she was appoint
ed operator at La Tuna. Knew the
Office there had been burned. The de-
PENDANT was employed by the company