The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-05
WOODARD WAS RELEASED.
40 Evidence that He Assisted in Bun.
Going ]. 7. Bond.
BOND OF ONE DEFENDANT FORFEITED
Tie Third. Who Entered Plea Of Guilty
to Gaming, Is Still De-
nquent.

lug Ou n charge OF thctt nom the person,
atd ns a result Of the Investigation Assist
snt county Attorney Dick Lewis asked the
count to discharge the defendant, there
hsiDg no evidence connecting him With the
case
Ia tbs case Of James Watkins. charged
with hc same o1cnse, the defendant fall
ed io 1ppear for trial, ana Judgment nisi
vae i against his houdsmcn Messrs.
EcoaFur & Kahn These eases grow ont
of ran paints made az the iustigation of
J. Bond who claimed to have been
robbed n siG0 at a saloon near the Milan
street bridge and who appeared before the
city council some weeks ago and made
statement concerning the matter.
one OF the defendants alluded 10 In the
evidence given below Is the man who en-
tered n plea OF guilty TO gaming when
carried 10 the police station, and IT was
out Of this transaction that charges and
counter charges against the efficiency Of
the police force have grown
The evidence taken in the case tried yes
terday was as follows:
j. L. Bond-My name is j. r Bond.
reside in Beaumont ! saw Mi Woodland
on September % at the saloon lie wasn't
doing anything He walked into the saloon
IN the saloon that day, | had just got
on the Houston and Texas Central early
morning train IL was my first visit to
Houston. ! saw q man on the corner TINS
side Of the depot whom l took To De-
carpenter. | asked him II he knew MI
Anhs. He said he didn't know him An
other man came up and said ne knew
where the mill was, and II | would follow
him he would show Ine. He said he htd
just got up and wanted a cool drink. When
We got 10 the saloon / told him diu not
drink He pulled me tn hy the arm j
waited until hc got glass II soda water
He FIRST tool, glass of beer and after
ward the soda. About that time another
man came in Both had ten dollars bills
which they put on the counter. The bar.
tender said be could NOT change but one
al them. Then they proposed to shake
dice To- SEQ which one II them should pay
Tor The 80 drinks. Insisted ON going
iu with inc came 10 mn aud said ne l.,t
won SO off tic other and wanted to al
vide 10 with ne. / told him / was going
nv myself II he wasn't rprdy He insisted
that ! put up $40 with him. us be could
win 500 from fbc nfhar man Who, I
refused, me other man. who had lost ST. The
SIC insisted that ! Ind So " mis- money
ana tbot Z bad ia s.t s.,, nm l.. f,r, Il i,ft
ihcre. / dccided 10 set 'oi1 I'm 10 cot rI.l
uf the crowd and whom started TO pav
Tor the drinks fIar i6, three btd nixon ii
had taken none mvs,lf + puilnd on, m,
money and thr man who TOOK me- Inn thcro
snatched my money out nf my hand ana
handed n over To- the lprtsnd,r Thor.
was S1G6 I'm he RON H., rcr,s.tsd "a tr,
man ,ri,b ,y,n1 t,'. Ntt u" AK HEX
thnt he wonlI shot" hin, for tbs vbnlc
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