Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-16
COUNCIL BLUFFS
LEVI on TRIAL FOR ROBBERY
Two Witnesses Express Belief he is Man
Who Held Up Harden Saloon.
DEFENDANT IS DECIDEDLY NERVOUS
Levi IL hardly More Thau Boy and
Has None of the Appearance
of the Typical HoIdup
Artist.

Arthur Levi OF this city. a youth OF 20
years and alleged to he an accomplice Of
Pat Grove In the hoid-up OF two motor
ear crews last summer was placed on trial
yesterday afternoon in the district court
on the charge OF being one of the two men
who on the night OF August last held up
and robbed the saloon of o. X, Harden,
on Broadway and Twenty-hrst street.
Judge Green, who arrived yesterday TO
assist Judge Thornel in disposing of the
business OF this torn, is presiding, and
these comprise the jury before which the
case Is being tried: Joe Nansel, II. W.
fhyne, d. F. McCarty, Fred Morgal, c. e.
Norgaards c. 8. Morse, Peter Peterson, j.
r.. Wimot, NJ. Peterson, J. NJ. Dollarhide,
r. A. Bachman and w. W. Lutz. The
prosecution is being conducted by County
Attorney j. J. Hess while the defendant
is represented by Attorney s. b. Wads-
worth.
Levi was jointly Indicted with Pat Grove
On the charge OF having held up and robbed
The crews OF two motor cars at the east end
OF the bridge last July. His bail on the
two indictments aggregated $500, which
he was unable to furnish, the court hav-
ing refused to reduce the amount, and ne
has been in the county Jail since his arrest
last October
Levi is a beardless youth OF small stature
and comparatively frail physique and any
thing but the popular idea of hold-ur
man. While in court yesterday he APP
peared decidedly nervous.
~ Victims Tell of Hoidup.
Only two witnesses were placed on the
stand yesterday afternoon by the state be.
fore court adjourned for the day. They
we're Kirk Ham and Harry Medley, two
young men who were in the saloon at tho
time Of the hold-up and were, with o. X
Harden, the proprietor, and another Gus
toner, lined up against the wall with theli
hands above their heads while one of tn,
bandits searched their pockets for money
Kirk Ham, the first witness. is car
riage painter for Keys Bros OF this city
He testified that he, Harden, Medley anC
a stranger 10 him were seated at tabl,
in the far corner of the saloon when tn,
two bandits with handkerchiefs covering
the lower portions of their. faces entered
the place and at once ordered them to hole
up their hands and then lined them up will
their faces to the wall. After goinl
through the pockets of the four occupant
OF the saloon the bandits. according I,
Hams testimony, robbed the cash registe
and took sack of money from a drawe
beneath the register. The bandits then or
dered the four victims to get into the ie
box, but at this point of the game Harder
made. dash for a side door leading 10 hi
living apartments upstairs. One OF tn
bandits fired n shot at Harden, but the bull
let went wide OF it's mark and hit tn
transom over the hack door The bandit
then ran from the saloon through the from
door through which they had entered.
The witness in his cross examination
testified that be had managed to take on
nr two looks at the smaller of the TIVE
bandits, who had searched their pockets
while the ether kept them covered will
his revolver and that in his Judgment tn
defendant answered the description OF tn