Evening journal., 1908-06-10
ALLEGED ROBBERY
CASE WAS HEARD
John R. Query and James
Jones ATraigned on Serious
Charge in City Court
COURT RESERVED DECISION

Doubly accused OF assault and bat
terry and larceny, John r. Query and
James Jones received a hearing in the
City Court to-day Judge Cochran.
after hearing the evidence. reserved his
decision until next Saturday. and the
men were released in $500 bail each
until that time
William T. Lyman appeared FOR
Query. and Lllburne Chandler repre-
sented Jones.
The charge against the men Is that
they committed an assault and battery
and robbed Samuel X. Jones of $50 on
last Thursday afternoon in a vacant
/ lot in the Ninth ward.
Prosecuting Witness Story
The prosecuting witness. Samuel X.
Jones. testified that he lives at No.
2226 Market street and that he has
been living in this city for two months.
Il met Query and Jones In saloon"
he said. "and after we had had several
drinks, Query asked me TO talk walk.
which I did. We later met Jones. and
the men walked on each side OF me.
While crossing a vacant lot both men
struck me and l fell to the ground
don't remember anything after that,
and did not come TO my senses until 3
O'clock the next morning. When 1
reached home / found that / had but
ten cents in my pockets. and there
must have been between $50 and s37
taken from me-"
In cross-eXamination, Mr. Jones ad-
United that he had been drinking beer
during the day. He was asked II ha
had not been drinking hard for two
or three days. and replied that he had
not
Saloonkeeper's Evidence
Otto Miller, who conducts a saloon
Iat Twenty second and l.amuCte streets.
testified that the defendants and the
prosecuting witness were IN his saloon
on last Thursday afternoon He said
that while inspecting some repairs
which were being made In the rear OF
his house. he saw Query and the prose-
, cutting witness walking toward Garter
street. and a half minute later saw
Jones, the defendant. follow them. "ln
twenty-five MINUTES or half hour
Query and Jones. the defendant, came
hack" said the witness. 81 noticed that
Query's hand was cut and was bleedinf
freely. / asked hm what he had don,
+ with the old man (meaning Jones), and
he replied; I got tired OF him and iea
him in the field The defendants stay
p ed in the barroom probably fifteer
minutes and they then left"
- In explaining how he received the cut
on his hand Mr.. Miller said Query told
him that he was sharpening a lead PEN
ell when Jones pushed his arm and the
knife blade cut his hand.
did not diverge from his original story.
T and the court took occasion TO remarE
r that he was one Of the best witnesses
: he ever heard on the stand.
a Testimony Of Defendants
a Jones. the defendant, in his own be-
. half, testified that he lived with his
F; parents, at Edgemoor. Last Thursday
I afternoon he said he met Query and
they had several drinks together. Ho
= admitted being in Miller's saloon, but
denied having seen the prosecuting
witness there. He said Query went
out OF the place. but where he went he
could not say. He himself left later
and witnessed a game Of baseball be-
tween some boys in a field nearby.
Query also emphatically denied that
he saw Jones, the prosecuting witness
on last Thursday.
In rebuttal Patrolman Charles Hut
ton took the stand and testified that
! he questioned Query as TO who the
; other man was who took part In the
robbery, and the defendant answered
a man named Jones. who lived with
his father near Gordon Heights.
Judge Cochran, in summing up the
case. said that the charge against the
men was a serious one. and he would
take until Saturday to make up his
. mind what sentence TO impose. He
said, however. that he did not care e
hold the men on the larceny charge
as the prosecuting witness might tshavs
lost his money. He continued both
charges until Saturday. however.