Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

I orchards said he would go down to
| Sulliyan's and get he boy out of the
way. Redrup suggested that he also
| take the old man, but Bill said the
old man had $500 on his person and
! we might as well get that also
\ At this juncture the false whiskers
which Baird wore on the night of tho
| robbery and which he said were fur
nished by Richards were identified by
| the witness. Baird also identified u
| billy that he had taken with him from
Creston at the suggestion. he says, OF
Richards. A pistol and an ice pick,
the latter of which was used to open
| the drawer of a bureau in which the
| money was concealed, were also iden.
titled by the witness.
after comforting in the closet at
| the depot, Redrup and l went to the
house and Richards came along a lit
| tie later. He wore a white cap, but
after the shooting he appeared on
| the scene with Scotch cap. We
| started into the house and Richards
remained on the opposite of the
street.
''Redrup went in first and ordered
the Sullivans to hold up their hands.
We lined them up against the wall and
! demanded that they show us where the
money was. They seemed to think 1t
was joke, but after feeling the muz-
zle OF the pistol the woman got
| scared.
Mrs. Sullivan said the money was
on the machine or ON top of the bu-
reau. We looked and there was only
a pocket book. We demanded a second
time that they produce the money and
Mrs. Sullivan's sister wanted her to
tell. She wouldn't and we threatened
them. This did no good and Redrup
then got a lamp and took off Mrs
Sullivan's shoes | held a revolver to
her head and forced her to put her
feet over the blaze. In few minutes
she told where the money was Sc
GREETED. Redrup pried the drawer open
with an ice pick and took the money
out
When we came out Richards was
still standing guard. We had told the
Sullivans to remain inside the house
for thirty minutes after we had left.
We had not gone beyond the gate
when Sullivan appeared In the door
! turned around and told him not to
follow, when the shot was fred
Il next saw Richards In the billiard
hall where they took me to dress the
wounds. He came running In and
said he was an officer and would take
care of me. The crowd then fell back
and Richards took me into an inside
room. He made some remark about
it being had job.
81 told him II he would send 81, 900
of the swag to my wife in Creston |
would not give him away. He not
only promised to do that, but told me
she should have all OF 1t.
Richards remained with me in the
billiard hall for some time. | was
hardly conscious so badly did the
wound hurt. II seemed to me that the
whole side of my head was shot of
Richards went away after a while
and said he would come back with a
physician. The next morning Rich
ards came In with quilt and covered
me up.
THAT was ,ne last time I saw Bill
| Richards until I saw him at Fort
Madison. He came down there to talk
about the case. had been taking
quinine and was hard of hearing. | do
not know whether the warden over
heard our conversation or not
In the cross examination, conducted
by Judge Henderson, the defense first
| conferred its attention on exposing
Baird's past career. He was a former
penitentiary convict, his prosecution
having been pushed by Richards, then
deputy United States marshal. on the
charge of couhterfeiting. He has for
years been a gambler. His record is
anything but Strengthening to his eyi.
dence. In all essential points the de-
Tense was unable to tangle him.
| The testinony of Mrs. Baird closely
corroborated that of her husband. She
| further stated that she had seen Rich
ards at the depot in Creston the Sun.
day after the robbery, and that Redrup
was with him. Later he visited her at
her home and said that she need not
worry, he would take care of her. and
had friends who could get Frank out
Of prison. The state then called Bes-
sic Fuller, Mrs. Baird's daughter by
her first husband Her testimony also
corroborated that of her father and
mother in essential details.
One OF the strongest witnesses in.
! troduced by the state was Tom Muir.
ply, living about mile north of Ham.
ilton. He had come from Abba on
the same train which brought Baird
and Redrup to Hamilton and had seen
Richards meet them there and walk
away from the depot with them.
Indianola, Sept 25.--The Richards
trial continued yesterday with the
taking of testimony for the prosecu-
ton. The case looks very black for
Richards at present. but the defense
succeeded in getting more satisfaction
| on cross-examination that Wednesday.
The principal witnesses of the day
were Sarah Sullivan and her divorced
| husband, Il. p. Sullivan. Mr.. Sullivan
| told the story Of events at the Sulli-
van house during the days leading up
to and including the robbery and the
day after. Although the state had
abandoned the theory that Richards
took part in the actual looting of the
house, Sullivan still maintains that
he saw defendant IN the house that
night. The telegram sent to Ford"
! at Creston, which was the signal to
Baird to come to Hamilton to commit
the robbery, was produced, with
others, signed by Richards. In order
TO show similarity OF writing The
operator who received the dispatch
sent to Baird could not positively
identify Richards as the man who
/ fled the message. Other witnesses
were introduced TO show that Richards
knew of the presence Of the money in
the house and knew that 1t would re-
main there that night.
Just the minute the average man
f,ofa nm the wafer wagon he tries tn
water the distilier's stock.
! Say, mamma" queried little Mary
Ellen. whats a dead letter." ANY
letter that is given to your father to
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