Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-01-14
COOK
WON
COIN
While Shooting Craps and Is
Arrested for Lar
ceHy

c. H. Cook, who is accused of the
larceny Of 500 from his room mate, +.
Sampson, while the two men were
working on the hop yari conducted by
Mr.. Dodge for julius Pincus, of this
city, was given a preliminary hearing
this morning before Judge Turner, and
bound over to the next term of the cir
cult court under $500 bail. The pris-
oner seems to be out of funds at pres
ent, and will doubtless remain in Jail
in default of the sum.
Julius Pincus, who hired Cook to
go to work on December 23, 1904, was
the first witness called, and he testi-
fed that at the time he went to work
the prisoner was totally "broke," and
that he, Pincus, had to advance him
the money to buy his blankets with.
Mr.. Gibson, wood cutter, was the
next witness called, and stated that
Cook had made the statement to him
that they couldn It prove that he took
the money which Sampson lost, but
that he never denied it to witness. He
also said that when he told Cook that
Sampson was going to keep his blan-
kets he said: "Let him keep them; 1
don It care He stated that Cook told
him that he had $50 on Monday, the
9th.
L. ]. Stanton, the next witness, said
that he saw Sampson have a sum of
money over $25 the night of December
3lst, and that Sampson was drunk and
Cook sober, and the last he saw of
Sampson was Cook leading him home.
Cook came back later in the evening
Deputy Sheriff H. p. Mimic was next
called, and said that he had been
making Investigations and learned that
Cook had bought $23 suit of clothes,
the one he was wearing, on the after
noon of Tuesday, at Stockton IS store.
He searched the prisoner when he was
arrested, and he only had about So
cents.
Mr.. Pillit, who works in Kirk s
place, said that the prisoner was in
the place on Monday and Tuesday, and
he was not sure whether he was in
there Wednesday or not. He spent $4
or So and Monday night deposited $40
with Pillit, and did not get it again
until Tuesday evening at O'Clock.
Minto was again called by District At
torney McNary, and he stated that the
prisoner had bought the clothes before
I o'clock in the evening.
Cook, the prisoner, next took the
stand, the case of the prosecution be-
ing all in, and stated that he went to
a dance at the hop yard on New Year s
eve, and stayed sober, while Sampson,
who was with him, got uncontrollably |
drunk, and started to raise a disturb
ance, so he, Cook, took him home and
put him to bed, and went to bed him
self, but wanted to go back and have
a good time at the dance, so he arose
again and went back; he also remem-
bered that he left his hat at the dance
hall When he arrived, most of the
girls had gone home, so he did not
stay long, but proceeded to go back
10 bed again. The next morning Samp-
son discovered that he had lost his
money, and at once suggested that he
mad dropped it while drunk the night
before, and Cook went back with him
10 look for it, but they couldn't find
It. He stated that he came to town
Monday night with $3.50, and was go
ing to the Edison theatre, but he went
to several gambling houses, and shot
craps, and won the money that he
bought the clothes with. When cross
examined by Mr.. McNary he stated he
went into several different gambling
houses, and told which games he
played at different times, and 1T seems
from his testimony that he must have
had good luck, for he only quit one
game without winning from So to $40,
and that time he "broke even" He
stated in detail where he won and
where he won it until he reached the
sum Of $25, but he then became 80
deeply under the influence Of liquor
that he could not account for the 9th
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