The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-13


ed to do for her In a substantial way,
In the matter Of education and other
things necessary for the rearing Of
e girl.
Held for Trial.
The preliminary hearing of Mrs.
Barclay. Joseph Gentry and Capt.
Frank T. Tillotson in the kidnapping
case closed this afternoon at about
o'clock. Before the county attor-
ney had really closed his case all the
defendants waived preliminary
hearing aud were released upon the
bonds they had already given at the
time of their arrest. The cases will
be called in the district court some
time this winter.
While it was foregone conclusion
that the prisoners would be bound
over there was a surprise in the de-
velopment Of the case against Cap
tain Tillotson and Gentry. 1t was de-
veloped that after the kidnapping Of
the child by Gentry and man who Is
still unknown, that the two men ran
through an alley to a nearby street
where there was a buggy waiting.
Two witnesses today identified Cap
tain Tillotson as the man who was
watching the horse and buggy while
the others were at the house taking
the child.
1t was also shown by hotel regis
ters that Captain Tillotson was in
Topeka the day before and on the day
of the kidnapping. Tillotson denies
that he had any active hand in the ac-
tual taking of the baby. He says that
he was in Topeka having business
with the secret service department of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway company.
Clarence Bellnap was the most in
teresting witness of the day. 1T was
Bellnap who attempted to prevent the
kidnapping. but who was slugged by
the kidnaper, whom he identified as
Gentry.
"On the morning Of August 21,"
testified Bellnap, 81 was at the Bleak
ley home, Mrs. Bleakley is my cousin.
was there from my home in jack
son, Tenn, on visit About 10
O'Clock a woman came to the screen
door and asked to see Mrs. Thomp-
son, Mrs. Bleakley's mother. I ad-
mitted her and then latched the
screen door. Marian was playing on
the floor. went to call Mrs. Thomp-
son. who was in the kitchen.
"As I crossed the dining room I
turned and saw Gentry coming rapid
ly upon the front porch. He burst
through the front screen door, which
the woman caller had unlatched for
him. AS Gentry came into the house
Mrs. Thompson came out of the kit
chen. She rushed Tor Marian. Gen.
try did the same. Mrs. Thompson
got to the child first. He attempted
to wrench the baby from her.
started to Mrs. Thompson's assist
ance. Gentry drew a revolver of
large caliber and held it on me.
tried to work around s., as not to be
in front of the muzzle of the gun.
Mrs. Thompson got the child and
ran with 1t to another room and shut
the door. Gentry struck me on the
head with the revolver / was knock
ed unconscious. He then ran to the
door behind which was the grand
mother and Marian. He<fo the
door open, grabbed the child and ran
out Of the rear door. In dazed way
l followed him. In the back yard he
was met by another man and togeth-
er they ran through the alley to the
street. followed. but they got in the
buggy and drove rapidly away
"Was anyone holding the horse
when the men came up?" Bellnap was
asked.
"Yes; man. After they had driv-
en- away this man walked. toward me.
He asked me what was the matter
and l told him. He smiled and walk
ed away
"Do you know who the man was?"
Il am not sure, but | think that is
the man." pointing to Captain Tillot-
son. ut is my best judgment that
that is the man.
Sheriff J. D. Norton testified that
Gentry had confessed to him that he
Gentry had been employed by TIL
lotson at SIS day; that Gentry had
said that he had been in Topeka a
month before the kidnapping and had
mapped out route to Nebraska, and
that he had been hired to get the
child and place her in the hands Of
NAi .. DdlCldy, anu ludL uc udU Carried
out his instructions.
NJ. l.. Stalker, farmer, living
southwest of Topeka, testified that on
the morning of the abduction he was
near the corner of Tenth and Garfield
streets and that he had seen a man
holding horse near the alley. 1t
was a roam horse hitched to buggy.
Can you look around this court
room," asked J. J. Schenck, county
attorney, land point out the man who
was holding the horse on that day?"
Mr.. Stalker stood up and looked
from face to face of the crowded
space inside the rail. The moment he
saw Captain Hillotson he said:
That's the man."
Another woman, declared to be the
divorced wife of j. NJ. Gentry, the
Kansas City detective, was brought
into the case this afternoon. w. M.
Gloughty, owner of garage in Kan
sas City, declared the second woman
to be the wife of the Kansas City de-
tective. She went to the Bleakley
S, oil