Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-28
SEVEN POINT OUT BANDITS


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ton car at the rear, end Of the train when
it was stopped and ,supposing It to be a
| wreck. started back as was his duty to
torpedo the tracks and flag any train hat
might be approaching from the rear. He
had gone but d short distance when he
looked back toward the head OF the train
and saw the .partyYaBeing held up, and at
the same moment four or five shots were
fired in his direction. accompanied by the
order to get back sinto the train. One
OF the bullets. licked his left thumb, but
the wound was so slight as to cause him
no Inconvenience except a slight bleeding
Of the wound. la3tr-
A very important feature of Crisis testi-
mony was to the effect that two or three
nights beforeilhsa saw and talked with
Grlgware near the depot in Fremont. He
asked GrigwareuWhat5he was doing there,
and GTigware replied that he was waiting
for q woman. uCriss positively identified
Grigware as the man he talked with. and
his peculiar %actions then excited Crisis
suspicious. t'srhs ny
Postal oIerR's story Graphic.
George G. WhitnRoFe Of the railway pos
tai service, In ehsfge OF the postal car
that was robbed the night Of May %. told
a graphic storyo6fot the shoidup. He said:
'""when the trait stopped a shot was
fired intorthe caF ana we were ordered to
get out and aid yso%sAner we were lined
up and searched ons,of the robbers asked
for the boss cierief Iatold him that / was
in charge Of the1ear. n he commanded
me to climb back into the car. as he
wanted them sank shipments. 1 told him
that II knew nothing Of any bank ship.
ments. Then he remarked that he wanted
that Reno CNev.) sack. Covering me Will
a gun he ordered me to pull out the regis.
tered man sacks and pile them near tn,
door. I remarked that he was making m,
do all the work, then he turned in and
helped.
"He was masked with a dark handker
chief over the lower part of his face, blu
whenever he caught me looking at hin
he commanded ms to keep at work or h,
would blow my head off, He finally go
the eight registered pouches to the doc
and threw them out onto the ground. Thi
man directing me to throw out the pouche.
was Woods.
Another heavy-set man, Weighing abou
! 1876 pounds and abott five feet eight o
nine inches tail stood outside, covering M
from the front rs Woods did from behind
he still being in the car. The mail clerk
were then all grouped IN a bunch unde
guard OF two men. There were four bandit
In the party at this time"
HeRvy-set Man the Pivot.
r An effort on the pare OF the government
attorneys to draw out a closer descrip
ton Of the heavy-set mar was Illustrate
by the objections Of the attorneys for tn
defense.
Mr.. Goss then asked that the prisoner
be required to stand up singly for Nj
Whitmore's Identification as the heavy-se
man. Shelton, .Grigware, Torgenson an
Woods stood up, but whitmore said this
neither Of them was the heavy-set maj
Matthews was not asked to stand VI
though he is the only heavy-set man in tn
party of the accused men.
The purpose OF the government in guard
: ing against any possible misldentificati
Of Matthews at his stage OF the trial
, TO give no ground for subsequent error.
; An important feature of Merrill
! Rush's testimony was the positive ident
j ~fication OF Torgenson as the man who COY
L cred the mall clerks when they were line
L up and searched by another Of the bandit
? 1t was Torgensons too, who fired the fou
or five shots at Conductor Wallace an
Brakeman Crisk- He was standing In Ii
j. center Of the west bound track guarding III