Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-23
CARL REYNOLDS DENIES ALL
Your Man Under Dsluge Of Charges
Priests He is Innooent.
EAGER TO TAX OF THE ACCUSATIONS
Arraigned in Police Court and Bound
over on Three Charges and
Expects to Give
Bail.

Il want to say that I'm innocent per-
fectly innocent, Of the charges that have
been made against me-" said Carl Rey-
holds Tuesday morning in his cell at the
city jail to a reporter for The Bee.
The young man who Is accused Of hold
ing up and robbing Julius Waxenberg and
James OHanlon on the night of January S;
Mrs. Jane z. Rockafellow, 1868 st. Mays
avenue, at her home December 20, and
August Wolf, Martin Tibke and Jacob
Thelkeldsen in VOLTS saloon, on the West
Dodge street road, December 20; of I'M
dressing and robbing George Barker the
night of December 20. as well as half
dozen burglaries and other crimes, APP
peared to be eager to talk, although he
had maintained absolute silence to the
police.
"Idenlfcations don't amount to any
thing" said Reynolds. THAT is the film
siest kind Of evidence on which to convict
man of any crime, and those people were
positively mistaken I'm saying that l am
guilty Of any criminal acts toward them.
| Anyone is liable to make a mistake in
Identifying a person and those people who
| accuse me of so much came to the Jail ex-
pecting to find the right man and, of
| course said l was the man, even though
| they weren't sure. / never committed one
crime in Omaha or elsewhere and, in fact,
don't even know of half of the crimes of
which l am accused.
Not Sure About AIibi.
| Il don't know whether l shall attempt
| the alibi method or not, for l don't know
where l was when the crimes were COM
mitted with which ! am charged. l have
lived in Omaha twenty years and am now
p years of age. l attended the Farnam
| street school for several years, but did not
! have the chance of attending the high
! school, as | had to earn my own living.
! No. never learned a trade, but have sup
| ported myself by honest work at different
Jobs. My father is we'll known here. He
is a railroad man and has been in and
out of Omaha for several years l don't
care to say anything about my relatives
except that my father has been here to
see me several times and will stand by ms
in this trouble"
| Asked what he was doing in Lincoln
where he was arrested last week and
brought back to Omaha by Detective Fer
ris, Reynolds said:
II had only been there a few days and
was visiting with friends. I was not en-
ployed there and intended to return to
Omaha the day after l was arrested"
Bound over for Trial.
Reynolds and his attorney, j. NJ. Mac
farland, had an extended conference Mon.
day afternoon, and when Reynolds was ar.
raigned in police court again Tuesday
morning on the charge of holding up Mrs
Rockafellow, Waxenberg and OHanlon, his
attorney entered pleas of not guilty ir
each case and waived preliminary exam
nation Judge Crawford bound Reynold;
over for trial in the district court undei
bonds of $3,O00-$l,OO0 on each charge, anC
it is expected a friend yof the family will
furnish bail for the prisoner within the
next few days. The bond of $1,000 on eact
charge was fixed at that amount at the re
quest of Deputy County Attorney Ellick
Reynolds was photographed Tuesday
morning for the rogues' gallery and hi,
Bertillon measurements taken Monday
evening. Deputy County Attorney Ellicl
said he expected to file three more com
plants against Reynolds Wednesday morn
ing, charging him with holding up and
robbing August Wolf Tibke and Thelkeld
sen in the saloon on the West Dodge stree
road. When the deputy made this state
ment in open court 1t greatly excited tn,
levity Of Reynolds. whose countenanc,
broke into broad smile.