Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-14
Omaha Court Severely Rebukes
Tom Dennison's Attorney
For Breach of Rules
DENnlsoN ON THE STAND
The Omaha Gamblers Testimony Of
Much Interest as Showing His VII
oious Life in omaha-constantiy
Swallowed by Observation-Disclosures
Over the Evidence.

ment of counsel. Governor Mickey VIII
be spared the necessity OF coming 10
OMAHA to testify in the Dennison case.
Instead certified copy of the records
of the executive office will be intro
duced.
the chief sensation of Mondays pro-
ceedings was the discovery that two OF
the witnesses had been taken into the
private office of Attorney Conneii.
where a copy of the evidence OF ser
geaut HAYES was read over to them.
For this action Connell was severe
~ censured by the court and promised
that he would not repeat the otfense.
Robert Alton, Il colored man. en-
ployed by Dennison at his policy shop'
testified that Dennison acquired the
policy business on Nov. ), 1our DAYS
after the diamond robbery, ana hat
pennison was present at the drawings
ten times every day.
Tom Dennison was then called TO tht'
stand. He stated that he mad nved IN
Omaha off and on FOR twenty years
that from November, 1872. until Two
wears ago he mad sun lottery known
as. IL policy game at 106 South Four-
teeyfh street" that he was in Omaha
on the night of Nov. 4, 1892, and was
not out of the city prior TO nor for sew
eral weeks after that date and that ne
wa. not in the state of Iowa at about
that time.
Attorney Bronze attempted to nave
hin, to Shercliffe as being in his hand
writing. Cornell objected. and bronze
cortended that the letters tenaeu 10
show that Dennison was the man VINO
dug up the diamonds on the nlght VI
Nov. s. The question of the adnnssa-
bilitv of these letters was SUN oeii's
argued when court adjourned for the
day.
an the resumption of the hearing OF
the application Of Tom Dennison Tor
writ of habeas corpus to prevent ms
extradition to Iowa to answer 70 the
charge of conspiracy in the Pollock dla-
,n,nd robbery. the first witness called
Yesterday morning was Miss Ioplt',
city librarian. who was asked 20 laeh-
,ifv the flies of the Omaha daily papers
KEEP, at the library and containing an
.aocoun, of the robbery. 1t was sought
10 Introduce the printed account OF the
crime TO show that Dennison knew ne
WAS being Swallowed, and therefore
would be unlikely to leave the city dur
ing the time 1t was claimed he was IN
Iowa. After long wrangle by counsel
the printed accounts were excluded by
the court
Detective Savage testified that he
lladowed Dennison for eighteen days
after the robbery, that he was never
out OF his sight for more than Two
hours at time, and that he lived at
. the Arcade hotel and spent most OF
his time there and In Sonnenberg
pawn shop. II was also a part of his
duty TO watch Sonnenberg. On cross
examination Witness said Pollock had
displayed his diamonds TO Dennison
and Sonnenberg the day before he was
robbed of theta.
In the course Of close ross-examina-
ton Ii also developed that since Friday
the witness had been called into the
private Office of Council, counsel for
loennison, and that Cornell had read in
his hearing verbatim report or the
testimony given by Sergeant Hayes on
Friday, when all other witnesses We're
excluded from the room. and Attorney
Thomas novel that SaNage's testimony
l,e excluded IN toto. The point was
argued at gretlt length and Council was
severely cens,ired by the court for his
action The evidence, however was al
lowed to stand, Mr.. Connen explaining
| that he did not do it with the Intention
OF influencing Savage's testimony.
Court adjourned at noon for recess.
Police Sergeant Hudson also testified
| to shadowins Dennison, and 1t devei-
| oped that he also had heard the evil
dence Of Sergeant Hayes in Connelfs
| office. Charles Schlanck was proprie-
| tor of the Arcade hotel, Where Denni-
| son lived. John Dennison, a brother of
Tom. and James Wilson, a member of
the police force and a brotherin-law
| of Tom Dennison, gave similar testi-
L n10ny