The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-10
BOTH BOUND OVER
Lee and Purcell Must Appear
in District Court
BUYING STOLEN PROPERTY
Were Sent to Jail in Default of
Bond.

The preliminary hearing OF Ed Lee and
Ed Purcell came up for hearing in Judge
Harveys court yesterday and resulted in
both men being bound over to The dis
trict court Ia the sum OF $500 in default
Of which they were both returned to the
county jail 1t was. however, the talk
about the court house that bond would
be found for them.
The charge against these men was the
same as that against Gordon Hi, for
concesling or receiving stolen goods.
County Attorney Comfy and his assistant.
Henry huffman, were both present and
George Adams, Of Adams & Adams, was
present TO look after the interests of the
defendants officer Harry Sutton and NJ
II Rudolph, the local agent OF the Frisco
road, vers present and we're the only
Witnesses introduced by the prosecution.
The defense rested when the states evil
Cence was put in and Judge Harvey said
lie would hold the men FOR trial in the
district court.
officer Harry Sutton was the first wit
ness. He said he did not know the two
defendants very wen. He had seen them
II Gordon Hills place on East Douglas
avenue. lie knew that about June l,
lgH they were in business at HIrs place
running the restaurant He had con-
versation with them On the 26th Of June.
sIr. Dulaney Of the Santa Fe and Mr..
Rudolph Of the Frisco, Mr.. Moffat Of the
Wv Trf.Ff1
aII present. He said he asked Ed Lee if
he had bought any butterine, tobacco or
meat OF Warren Mckee. lie said that
Lee first denied that he had but finally
admitted that he had after some Dewey
ham sausage was found IN tho restaur-
ant He said Lee denied having bought
any tobacco from Warren Mckee, but ad-
United it after they found the tobacco
Ia the house. He afterward admitted that
be had tried to deceive the officer and
raid the reason he did it was because he !
wanted TO turn the goods back to Mckee
and not give him the worst Of il and an
other reason that he did not want TO get
mixed up in the matter because he was a
stranger in the city and it might 90 hard
with him. When Harry Sutton told this
part Of the story. Lee nodded his head in
confirmation. The officer said the first
time ne called at Hills place Purcell was
not there and Lee told him that he did
not know where the tobacco was, that
they would have TO see Purcell When he |
next saw Purcell he was under guard Of
an officer and he told him that the TO-
bacco they had bought of Mckee was in /
a barrel in Gordon HIS wareroom and |
he went there and found four caddies Of |
tobacco, which were all in the court room /
There was an effort Of the county attor- |
ney to bring out what Gordon Ein said /
at the time, but M Adams. objected for |
the reason, as he claimed, that what 1
Gordon Hin said was no evidence against /
Lee and Purcell and they were not com I
PEELED to deny everything said I'm their
presence when they were charged with a /
criminal o6ense and besides, Hin was not /
rs yet known in this case. Judge FTar-
vey ruled that the witness might tell any
with the defendants. but not T
with Hill
Mr.. Rudolph could only positively fden-
tify one caddy of tobacco. but he said the
others suited the description Of the other
tobacco stolen from the depot at the same
time as the enc he identified. He said he
did not know Of his own knowledge who
stole it from the depot
The defendants talked 10 = reporter for
The Eagle about the case before it was
called for trial Purcell seems to be very
much worried about the case and the
tears glistoned in his eyes when he talked
He is q small man with auburn hair and
and looks like q working man.
re said that his home vas in Omaha and
hat it was the first time he was ever
arrested in his life and he was now about
30 years Of age TIe said he had only been
here a short time and realized that this
was pretty serious meter for him to
get mixed Up in. but somehow he felt that
be could not be convicted because he had
20 idea when he bousht the tobacco that
( had been stolen. Ile said that ne was
% this neighb0rhood three years ago and
helped Fred Manns of Andale. run
hreshing machine. He said there vas
some trouble in Andale and he was pres
mt at the district court as a witness.
Lee IS younger than Purcell and has
lark hair and black eyes and round face
md head. His right arm is off 1T the
show and he said he lost 1t breaking on
railroad and he livcd in Iowa. but went
.hout and worked wherever he could
lad anything De could DO with his one
lsnd. He thought the arrest OF himself
md Purcell was the most ridiculous thing
Re had never known. He wanted to know
low they would know that tobacco vas
tolen unless Mckee had told them.
Councilman Mckee ives present. but he
vas not called 10 the witness stand. II
vas rUmored that he was there for the ,
efense and that II any statements had .
zen adintted OF Warren Mckee he 1
would so on the stand and swear that /
Warren told him that these men were IN
10 way TO blame fo- the taking OF the :
obacco. Purcell said he and Lee tried to I
et a statement from Mckee after he was ,
rresJed. but when they found he was in ,
sme. they thought anything that he
aight say would not count for anything
q the trial Of this case and had given it
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