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jected and the objection was overruled.
The appointment was then read to the

The appointment was then read to the
jury. zl,S1;sEssssi. g> q. S s,Ss
City Clerk L. A. Lydiard was the first
witness called. He identified the bond
and oath OF Office filed In his Office by
King following his appointment. The
documents were received in evidence, the
defense taking an exception. Mr.. Welch-
objected to the introduction of any evi
dence on the ground that the Indictment
contained no statement OF facts consti-
tuting public offense, but the court
again overruled the objection.
Hooper Tells of the Robbery.
"I'll call John S. Hooper, said Mr.,
Smith, and the prosecuting witness
stepped forward. He said he had lived in
retary and treasurer Of the Yale Realty
company. - i.
Mr.. Hooper told Of going to the Great
Western station with the Rough Riders
to take train for Washington, where the
club went to attend President McKinley's
inauguration" -'--. s~,--''.--s>.' -
"Did you see John Reid there?" asked
Mr.. Smith. g.
Il did, in the car. Another man was
with him whose name, l heard after
wards, was Herman Miller"
WAS any property taken from you
there?"
.!"I lost diamond stud. 1t was a spir-
You may tell how the diamond was
taken from you"
Just as the train was pulling out these
two parties came up to our berth and
said: What in hell are you doing with
our grips here2' We moved out of the
berth to let them get something. One of
them got In front of me and another be-
hind. A berth was let down. There was
a wedge formed, and my diamond disap-
peared.'' -. ..--., -.
What value was the iamond?"
About $110. I discovered it's loss
SHORTY after we pulled out of St. Paul..
What did you do then?"
Il looked to see whether the two men
were on the train. They were not and I
sent a. telegram to the clerk of the mu-
nicipal court and to the chief of police.
Then went on to Washington and re-
turned to Minneapolis the latter part of
March. I went before the grand jury
and appeared in court as witness
against Reid"
Did you ever have talk with Nathan
lei W. King about the larceny of your
diamond?" -
II did, in the city hall, in May of 1901.
I went down to the chief of police and he
referred me to Mr.. King. AS near as I
can remember asked him to try and get
Herman Miller: He said he would do
everything he could
There had been several conversations
between Mr.. Hooper and the defendant,
at police headquarters and on the street.
In the course OF these talks, the witness
said, he had asked King about Miller
and had been assured that the man would
be arrested shortly. -
Mr.. King told me-" said Mr.. Hooper,
that Miller was in the city. Afterwards
he said he had seen Miller in Tom LYON 8
he haPo
ne could be arrested. At another time he
told me that Harry Adams was mixed
UP IN the robbery, and that he was going
to arrest him. He told me he thought
he could get my diamond back. He said
some of Adams friends were taking up
collection to get the diamond back
from where it had been pawned. He said
the stone had been pawned for $40 and
had been sold to some gambler connected
with the Syndicate. Afterwards he told
me that 1T wasn't my diamond at all, but
another. He said they had raised s32
out of the $40 to redeem it and I offered
to pay the other SO, but he said it wasn't
necessary. After Adams was released
from jail, went down to see King about
1t. He said he was as much surprised
at 1t as I was. that he didn't know why
they had let Adams go. He accused me
OF putting another detective on the case
and said if I hadn't done that he could
have got the stone for me- I told him
l was going to have Adams arrested again
and that ] was going down to see Mr.
Boardman."
Didn't Recognize Adams.
The witness had difficulty in remem-
bering details of the various conversa-
tions and as Mr. Smith was not permitted
to ask leading questions. progress was
slow. Hooper had hot known of Adams
connection with the theft until King had
told him about It,: After Adams arrest
Mr.. Hooper had gone to- see him In the
jail on the request of the county attorney.
Mr.. Smith turned the witness over to
the defense and Mr.. Welch at once moved
to strike out all testimony relative to the
theft of the diamond at the Great West
ern station. The motion was denied.
Now, OF your own knowledge. Mr..