The daily sentinel., 1903-01-27
THE HoLD-Up CASE.

came up for trial before Justice
Sweeney at the county court house. a
10 o'clock, this morning. A large
before the court was called to order
The two defendants, John H. Klingel
and Harry Williams. were brought in.
Williams was accompanied by hil
wife who came here from GlenwooG
Springs when she learned Of his con.
finemnet in Jail. She appeared very
pale. Her face was covered with q
black veil. Her attire was costly and
stylish. Several witnesses for both
the prosecution and the defense were
also present.
Attorney j. S. Carnahan assisted by
Guy V. Sternburg for the state; At
| torneys Sloan and Wheeler were pres
ent in behalf of Klinger and Williams
respectively. Mr.. Wheeler opened
the proceedings by stating that he ex-
pected an important witness to arrive
late tonight. He therefore asked that
the hearing be so conducted that he
iiaNO " oHahSo W but thAo oup-oh w w II
witness on the stand A large
amount of testimony to be heard was
sufficient assurance that the case
would extend over into tomorrow and
tn refore accommodate Mr. Whe ,ler.
When this matter was settled Job
Payne, the complainant was sworn in
and mounted the witness chair
In answer to the questions put by
Mr.. Carnahan. Mr.. Payne repeated
the story which he has told so manv
times in the past few days. A few
moments before ~ O'Clock. Thursday
night. January 22nd. three masked
men entered his saloon. He was
standing behind the bar. Six or
eight customers were chatting and
drinking about the room. Revolvers
in hand the masked men gave the Or
der. Hands up! Get in line!"
Payne did not obey promptly enough
meant business. One of them struck
John Hynes on the head because he
demonstrated. A second went to the
safe looking for money where. as it
happened there was none. Mean
while, third. while striking Mel son
Briefly. who was III the rear of the
saloon, on the head. with a pistol, ac-
cidentlv pulled the trigger The shot
did not hurt Briefly badly but it
served to frighten the gang out Of
the place.
Payne said that all three men wore
sweaters and black masks. He fur
ther remem bered that Que of them
had on blue overalls. He noticed
also that another limped as though he
had some back or hip trouble After
the men went away. PAYNE remained
in his saloon while fearing to close
up for he believed that the men were
borhood of l O'Clock, three men enter
ed the saloon. They asked for a long
distance telephone. The first of these
three men was Klinger. and second.
Williams and the third. the Mexican
Cordovie. Payne at once concluded
from all appearances that these three
men. were the very ones who tried toll
hold up his place an hour before
When they left he followed them
The next morning found the trio in
Jail.
At the time of going to press, Mr.,
Payne was still on the stand. He
was being examined and cross exam
ined by several attorneys. 1t appears
that both the defendants viii endeavor
to prove an alibi. Klinger. it de-
velopes. when taken il, charge early
Friday morning. maintained that he
had been in certain house of i'll rel
pute on Colorado avenue at the time
of the hold-up. Accompanied by Mr.!
Payne and others he went to this
house The assertions of the inmates
seemed in every way to confederate
his statements
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