Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
LEUCH IDENTIFIES SUSPECTS
hotorman Certain Doran and Trattssr Are
Ones Who Held Him Up,
OTHER CAR MEN ARE NOT so POSITIVE
Hearing Goes over TO Allow Defense
10 Decide whether a win Intro.
duce Testimony ut Pre-
liminary.

The preliminary hearing OF Barney Doran
ana Joe Trattner. the Omaha youths
charged with holding up and robbing the
crews Of two motor cars near the east end
or the bridge oyer the Missouri Sunday
night, July 2 vas commenced in Justice
Fields court yesterday afternoon. At the
close OF the evidence of Conductors Mathi-
son and Raph and Motorman Leuch a con-
tinuance was taken 10 Tuesday morning in
order to give the defense time to decide
whether to Introduce testimony in support
OF an alibi at this time or. not. The two
suspects are being held in 81 1000 bonds each
Motorman Leuch was the only one of the
three witnesses who was positive In his
Identification Of the two men He said that
on his trip to Omaha he noticed the two
men and a woman standing at the east end
OF the bridge and he took particular notice
OF them. The witness had since seen the
wife Of the prisoner. Doran, and he said
she was not the woman with the two men
that night. The two men he noticed on his
trip to Omaha were the same. he was pos
tive, as held him and Mathison up. Leuch
also stated that IL he saw the woman again
who was with the two men at the bridge he
was sure he could identity her
Conductor Mathison, from whom the rob-
bers secured the largest sum OF money that
night, was not so positive in his identihca-
tion Of the suspects, He said they cor
responded in size TO the two men who held
him up and their voices seemed similar
The larger one OF the two pointing towards
Doran, Mathison said, had long, curly hair,
and he took particular note OF this. Doran's
hair is long and curly.
Conductor Raph, who was somewhat
roughly handled by the robbers because he
had not as much money on him as they an
ticipated, was only able TO swear that the
men '1oked like the two who held him up"
When arraigned Friday before Justice
Field, both Doran and Trattner appeared
TO treat the whole matter as a Joke and
when their bail was placed at 81 ZOO. Doran
laughed and said; oh we can easily get
that. We are already out on a 81, 900 bond
In Omaha" Yesterday, however II was
evident they had begun TO realize that II
was no Joking matter and watched with
much interest the testimony of the three
car men who were robbed. They are be-
ing defended by former County Attorney
John p. Organ, while the prosecution is be-
ing looked after by Deputy County At
torney Dillon Ross
The little court room was crowded during
the hearing yesterday afternoon despite the
fact that the room was Of a Turkish bath
teHnperature' IL was noticeable that though
several women were present Doran's wife
was not In attendance. She called. how
ever, later in the afternoon at the county
Jail to see her husband.
The sheriffs force is now working on the
theory that the woman seen by Motorman
Leuch with the two men at the east end
OF the bridge prior to the holdup is a young
woman with whom Trattner is said to have
been keeping company. UP to date all eff
forts to locate this young woman have
proven futile.