Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-28
Davenport Hotel Register
Shows He Was In That City
Five Days After Ro berry
DENNIsoN DENIES SIGNATURE
Occupied Room Next to That of Patsy
Grant Whose Record Was Being In
vestisated = Discovery of the Names
on the Register - An Affidavit From
Pollock Who Was Robbed.

Omaha, Neb., June 2S--Ihe alibi
which Tom Dennison has attempted to
prove by testimony of the Omaha po-
lice officers was badly distigured by
several severe blows dealt by witnesses
examined yesterday.
The first refutation of the statements
that Dennison was in Omaha for two
weeks following the robbery came in
the shape of the hotel register or the
Kimball house at Davenport. The name
of Tom Dennison appeared on this reg
lister for the date of Nov. 3, 1892, tive
days after the robbery, and at a time
when the Omaha officers had sworn
that Dennison was under their suryeil-
lance. The register indicated that Dem
nison stayed at the hotel until Nov. II.
Dennison's name also appeared on the
same register for the days Dec. and
10, 1892.
The register was brought into court,
and upon being questioned. Dennison
studied the register intently and then
answered.:
III that is in 1892, it Is not my sig
nature"
Expert witnesses will be called in an
attempt to prove that they We're.
The discovery of the name on the
Davenport hotel register came about in
this way In looking over the reports
made by Captain Weber, who was sent
to Omaha by the Pinkerton agency to
work up the Pollock robbery, 1t was
found that Weber reported to 1ead-
quarters that Lew Hibben had told him
some time after the robbery that Dem
nison and "Patsey" Grant had returned
to Omaha from Davenport, where they
had been for the purpose of trying TO
buy a gambling house. The registers OF
the Davenport hotels were then
searched, and 1t was found that Denni-
son occupied room No. As and Grant
room No. ~. On the occasion of his
ilext visit, month later Dennison was
again booked to room No. 4S.
The deposition Of William G. Pollock,
the diamond merchant who was robbed,
which was taken in the office of James
Fl. Mcintosh in New York City. was
read by Attorney Bronze. Pollock
states in the deposition that he knew
Dennisun we'll enough before the rob-
berry to call him by his Christian name:
that on the day of the robbery he met
pennison and others at Sonnenbergs
and that after he was
wounded Dennison called on him in
friendly way at the Willard hotel as
others did: This testimony again con-
trhdicted that given by the Omaha po>
lice officers, who swore that during the
time referred to while they had Dem
nison under surveillance he never
enec. entered the Willard hotel. Mr..
Pollock further stated that during this
period he did not know that Dennison
was being Swallowed, and had no idea
that he was mentioned In connection
With the robbery.
Another deposition from w. A. Pink
erton. head of the Pinkerton detective
agency, was read by Attorney Bromr,
Mr. Pinkerton stated that on account
Of newspaper reports mentioning that
on the day OF the robbery Poilack had
been in Sonnenberg's pawnshop. ana
had there met Tom Dennison. He had
looked up Dennison's rec
ord in Leadville and Denver, as the re-
suit of which investigation, he direct
ed Captain Weber, assistant superin-
tendent at the Kansas City branch
agency, 70 set watch upon the move
ments of Dennison. Mr.. Pinkerton tes-
tifying that so far as he knew this
was the first time it was suggested
that Dennison be watched, and the
date of his letter to Weber was Decem-
Der S. or about four weeks after the
w. S. Seavey former chief of police
In Omaha at the time of the diamond
robbery, and now OF Chicago. directly
the evidence of the Oma-
ha police officers that they We're
obliged to shadow Dennison imme
diately after the robbery. After the
robbery I Investigated the case and
that Frank Bruce was the
man who robbed Pollock and notified
Sergeant Orrnsby to spare no efforts TO
locate Bruce. The first time ! heard
Dennison's name mentioned in connec-
ton with the robbery was in a con-
with Sergeant Ormsby. who
was accompanied by Pinkerton Detec-
tive Weber After this conversation,
Dennison was watched. ! believe it
was at least two or three weeks after
the robbery"
Chief Seavey further stated that
Sergeant Ormsby reported verbally and
in extensive written reports on his
work on the case every twenty-four
hours and that IL he had Swallowed
Dennison, as testified by the police,
Ormsby would have reported the same
TO him.
On cross examination, Seavey stated
that he had discovered that all of the
reports OF Sergeant Ormsby, which had
been left In the office of the chief of
police, had been burned.
At the afternoon session three ma
tional bank signature experts We're
placed on the stand to show that the
on the hotel register were
by the same hand that penne1
the name to letters which Dennison
had admitted writing. All three wit
nesses declared the signatures were
the same. Evidence was also intro
auced to show that the book was the
register Of Kimball hotel. The case
was continued until this morning
because of the absence of Billy DON |
nelly, an old time Omaha gambler, |
who has gone to Bonesteel and is ex-
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