Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-10
Erred FIRST.
Evidence in the Phillips and
Brooks Trial Clears Up
One Point
PROGRESS MADE WITH THE CASE
Taking of Evidence Begun and Is Now
Well Under Way-Member of the
Posse Which Captured the Men and
Killed One Placed on the Witness
Stand.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Storm Lake, Jan. 1O.-Good progress
is being made in the trial OF Phillips
and Brooks, the Greenville bank rob-
bers, who are charged with the murder
of Marshal Sudblad of Albert City
Altho the matter was brought out
clearly in the first trial, there seems to
be a misrepresentation in some quarters
as to the actual facts in the case. Only
a few days since, an ex-justice of the
supreme court of the state who heard
the argument before the supreme court,
seemed to be in serious doubt as to
which side fired the first shot in the
depot. We are not in much doubt here
in Buena Vista and we are anxious to
be set right before the world. Testimony
for the state yesterday showed conclus-
lively that the robbers fired the first
shot.
Friday III. F. Shultz, county attorney,
made statement of the case on behalf
of the state and +. +. Faville on behalf
of the defense. The defense secured
a ruling that all the witnesses for the
prosecution should be kept out of the
court room except the witness who was
at the time testifying. E. B. Harring-
ton. the first witness called, the cashier
of the Greenville bank at the time it
was looted, testified that the building
was left in good shape and securely
locked when he left the evening of No
vember Is, 1901. When he went back
next morning, one door had been tam
pered with, the other had been broken;
the outer door of the safe had been
blown open; the inner door blown off,
and about $3.50 taken. He telephoned
at once to the owners Of the bank at
Sioux Rapids.
T. NJ. Murdoch, cashier Of the bank
of Sioux Rapids was the one who re-
ceived Mr.. Harrington's message. I'm
mediately, he began telephoning in
different directions and early in the at
ternoon understanding that the three
suspects were heading in the direction
of Albert City sent a message and de-
scription to the agent at Albert City
for the marshal of that town to be on
the lookout for them.
Mr.. Gillian, a druggist at Albert
City, who has the telephone Office in his
store, testified to receiving the message
about o'clock in the afternoon. and
notified Charles Iodine,
the town marshal. Iodine asked him
to go to the depot and identify three
men in the waiting room. He went in
he For ar,N
matter. Upon coming back. he assured
the marshal that he was satisfied that
those were the three men wanted. The
then organized posse, of
which Mr.. Gillian, Mr.. Gulbrandson.
John Sundblad, NJ. C. Conlin. and 9th
ers were members. Conlin was un
the others We're armed, Iodine
led way into the waiting room, into
which he advanced eightfeet; Gulbrand-
son and Sundblad went about four feet
and the others followed. Upon enter
ing the room, Iodine said hands up,
hands UP, we want YOU" Gulbrand-
son said 'shands up" nothing more.
The three suspects then opened fire on
the posse and the posse retreated In a
hurry. When Mr.. Gillian had reiterated
ten or twelve feet he looked back over
his shoulder and saw Iodine limping
past the bsly window OF the depot Gill
ham then retreated abou: seventy-tive
feet; opened fire on some one who was
standing in the door of the depot and
firing.
f., NJ. Ely, court reporter, identified a
confession signed by Phillips and
Brooks, that they and the dead man.
were the Greenville bank robbers.
Phillips Past.
Sioux City, Jan. 10.-Albert Phillips,
the negro who with Lewis Brooks was
sentenced to be hanged for the murder
in connection with the Greenville bank
robbery, has been identified as a negro
who served ten years in Michigan peni-
Tertiary for burglary. He was sent up
from Eaton county, Michigan. May 2,
1891, under the name of Arthur M.
Lawrence, alias Fred Curtis.
Phillips and Brooks are now having
the second trial at Storm Lake for the
murder. UP to this time Phillips past
has been deep mystery. He has been
reticent to the greatest degree. While
confined in the Anamosa penitentiary
prior to the decision of the supreme
court, which reversed the district court
verdict of murder in the first degree,
Phillips has attracted a great deal of
attention because of his unusual liter
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