The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15


After William Henderson, J. c. Cam
efon' F. II. Cole and James Colman,
charged with blowing the Anderson
Armstrong safe February had taken
the stand to testify in their own defense
ana the attorneys completed their argu-
ments the case went to the iurv at
noon: This mornings session of the
district court was consumed by the at
lofneys IN the argument of the case
captain McNary opened the argument
by J. F. Reitz, attorney for the defense.
ana county Attorney Hungate closed
the argument for the state
Inc testimony Of the prosecution was
OF q clrcumstantial nature only but was
rather pointed. 1t was shown that the
four men were rooning together and
were around town together. When they
were arrested they told the officers that
they had never seen each other until
they met in Topeka but in the trial it
was developed, and admitted by the de-
Iendants when they took the stand, that
they knew each other before coming to
Topeka
Sheriff Lucas introduced in evidence
photograph of William Henderson
taken by the Duluth police and sent to
Lucas by the police department Of
Sioux City with the statement that
William Henderson's real name is Emil
Holt and that he is a son of Fred Holt
of Sioux City. Lucas also testified to
EEClli6 LiAG picture Oh L1OlL, al1dS E1eQQeT-
SON IN the rOgue'S gallery at police
headquarters in Los Angeles. Hender-
son denied that the picture was a pho
tograph Of him, although those who
looked upon the photograph have no
doubt of its being a picture of Hender-
son.
The Sioux City police notified Luce
that Henderson has served several
terms in the Iowa penitentiary and that
in 1900 he was sentenced for burgiariz-
ing a clothing store.
The four defendants all took the wit
ness stand in turn and each testified
that they were in Topeka looking for
a. location to go into business and said
they had been seeing the town" and
that the night the Anderson Armstrong
safe was blown they were making
merry at Kline's chop house.
Henderson testified that the reason
he had his pockets full OF silver the
night they were arrested at their rooms,
100 Jefferson street. where the officers
stopped after, following the tracks, in
the fresh snow from the location of the
safe blowing, was that in seeing the
town he had always given bills in pay
ment and received change in order to
flash his roll" Sylvan Kline, and his
head waiter. Ike Kicker, who is serving
/ time in the county jail for selling liquor,
testified that the four men spent their
money freely at the chop house for
food and refreshments and that Cole
had rendered a 800 bill in payment for
a purchase and that change had been
given him.
cole testified that the reason the po-
lice found money in his sock and spec
tacIe case, when they searched him at
4 the police station was because he had
heard what a wild town Topeka was
and he was afraid that in making the
rounds he might be touched. He didn't
want to flash his rolf as did Hender-
| son.
J. c. Cameron was badly ratified when
| questioned about the package he took
out Of an express office when he signed
| another name to the receipt. The box
| was supposed to have been the same
one which was found, after the safe
| was blown, and in which the drills had
/ been carried. He said a fellow in Wich-
/ ita asked him to express it here for
him and he did and then got the box
here and waited for this fellow to come
after it.
Sheriff Lucas has suspected that two
! safe blowings, Immediately preceding
/ the blowing of the safe in Topeka, were
committed by this gang. Cole and Cam
eron came to Topeka just after the safe
! of a hardware store at Wichita was
/ blown. The store was across the street
\ from street stand kept by Cole.
! While Cole and Cameron were at the
! Auditorium restaurant. Cameron was
reading paper one day and saw
/ something which caused him to exclaim.
He took the paper to Cole and pointed
out an article which greatly interested
| them. Miss Mary Atchison, VINO was
at the restaurant, saw the episode and
saw Cameron point to an article under
a picture in the paper. Later she look
ed at the paper and under the picture
saw a dispatch about the Dlowlng OF
the safe of the Arkansas Milling COM
panv at Peck, Kansas. 20 miles from
Wichita The next day Henderson and
Coleman joined Cole and Cameron al
the restaurant
Judge Dana, in his instructions in the
case told the jury that the defendants
collective or separately. might be founc
p1,i1tv or not guilty and that as they
9-are charged with burglary and with
larceny they could be found guilty OF
I both charges or os one.
A T.yncIling Expected
lincoln. Neb., June 15.-Max Ploehn
Who assaulted and killed Miss Alms
/ Goose. near Plattsmouth Neb.. las
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