Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-02-05

Of BUTTS AND PHILLIPS IN
7a-i f7s RENO roea 7
The sHoId-up Pistol Identified
as Phillips Property

The preliminary examination OF
Harry Butts and w D. Phillips vas
continued in the Justices Court in
Reno yesterday morning
Every available seat in the court
loom was occupied. and the audi
ence listened to the proceedigs with
as much interest as is usually given
the production of good melodrama
The first witness called was Au-
ditor McMurtry of the Southern Pa.
cific Co. The witness went over the
same ground almost that he did on
the evening previous, and nothing of
sensational nature was developed.
J. H. Williamson, agent for the
Southern Pacific Company at this
place, was the next witness called to
the stand. and his examination occu-
pied all the morning session. of the
court
He described the duties of Mr. Phil
lips as ticket agent, and gave many
details connected with the work that
| could be of interest only 40 the rail-
read company and those in its en-
ploy.
Nelson Coffin was called as the first
witnes at the afternoon session. He
| stated that he had been employed in
the ticket office with the defendant
! fer something like seven or eight
! years,
| He gave a detailed account of how
Mr.. Phillips performed tre work of
the ticket Office and stated that as
in the afternoon. A book was pro-
duced in court, and Mr. Coffin identi-
fed it as the book containing the
transactions of the day the robbery
is alleged to have taken place.
/! After a lot of questioning by both
sides in relation to the book an old
evidence.
The pistol was shown to Mr. Coffin
and he identified it as one that had
been in one of the drawers in the
Office for some time The pistol was
an old powder and ball weapon, and
Mr.. Coffin was enabld to identify il
by its antiquity. He stated taht the
pistol had been shown to him after
the robbery by detective Ahern, who
told him that it had teen found or
the street.
Herbert L Connors was the next
witness called He stated that the
pistol in evidence mad been seen /,
him in the ticket Office a number OF
times, and he also ~t-ted that he haC
discharge" - ..5t d On the Fourth OF
July -.
Mail ,,-.rrier John c. Shaver was
then called. He testified after seeinE
the pistol that he had found it on the
; day the robbery is alleged to hav,
taken place. He said it was lying il
the dust at the corner of the Claren
don Hotel. Mr.. Shaver gave the tim,
? he had left the Office with his mai
e at 9:35 a. m, January Goth. He start
, ed out on his route. and after havin;
gone short distance discovered tina
, he had forgotena bundle of letters
/ and returned to the postoffice to ge
t it. 1t was upon his second trip fror
o the pOstoffice that he found the pisto
t He stated that he turned the pistC
= over to the Sheriff about two hour
n later
r After Mr. Shavers testimony ha
been read to him and signed Distri<
Attorney Pike moved that the Coul
adjourn until 10 o'clock this morning
y He stated that the prosecution woul
l. probably have all their evidence
4, 1 by the noon hour There being 4
objection on the part of the defens
! Judge Nash ordered an adjournmel
until the hour stated.-Journal.