Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-18
MISSOURI SHERIFF ON THE STAND
Ex-0fficial Denies Being Mixed Up
in Any Deal with Dobbins
WAS EMPLOYED BY t, W. BALLEw
Says He Was Offered 0ne-Fourth Of
All the Money Recovered.
SESSION CLOSES WITH ARGUMENT
Attorneys in Wrangle Concerning
Testimony of Alleged Victim from
MissOuri.-JudEe Takes Matter
Under Advisement.

Under Amusement,
The real trial Of John r. Dobbins. al
legged operator for the Maybray gang, OF
the charge of larceny Of $4,000 from T. w
Ballow. a Missouri millionaire, was re
sumed yesterday afternoon in the district
| court at Council Bluffs, when the EN-.
Uttered cross-examination OF the banker
Mike was completed. Through the lonH
and drastic questioning by Emmett Tinley,
Dobbin's lawyer, Mr.. Ballow became him
self almost a defendant. The close OF ;ht
session yesterday found the lawyers IN.
gagged in an argument over the COM
petenee OF the testimony Of w. II, Bed.
ford, victim from Bockow, Mo, whose
| experience is admittedly OF no direct con.
nection with Ballow's
Judge Green took the question under ad.
visement mad will make his ruling at the
opening OF court this morning.
number Of witnesses were examined
on behalf Of the prosecution principally
with a view to establishing the fact that
Immediately following the Fleeing OF
Bailow Dobbins had plenty Of money and
left for the east.
T. b. Minter ex-sheriff from Princeton,
Mo, apparently close to Balow. was
placed on the stand by the state when
the banker was for the time relieved OF
his ordeal
Promised Share of Money.
Minter testified that he had heen en,-
ployed by Ballow to go after Dobbns and
had been promised ore-fourth of\an money
recovered, Ballow, he said, had paid him
about $500 in expense noney up to date
The first direct accusation OF Dobblns
came when Minter declared that the de.
fendant had spoken Of an intended deal
where he expected 10 make some good
money.
II asked him II he wasn't afraid" said
Minter, but he answered He's into It as
much as any Of them, he won't squeal. "
I'm your conversation with Dobbins did
you ask him anything about BaSow's con-
nee ton with a woman by theaname OF Mrs
scott?' asked Tinley when he got TO the
witness
NO"
Then you didn't get note from boy
In connection with this case and take II to
ortan County attorney at Prlnceton) to
get ortan to commence a suit to shake
Ballew DOWN"
NO didn't" snapped the witness with
show OF fire
FINLEY then tried to get the ex-sheriff
to admit that he had been in a deal to hold
up Dobbins when the defendant had been
arrested for selling beer In a drug store
at Princeton and that he was embittered
against him anyway for political reasons
All OF this the witnesses denied
Defendant Called Poker Player.
F. L. Markey. manager Of the Depot
hotel at Sheridan Mo- testified that he
bad known Dobbins for many years and
admitted under pressure that he knew the
defendant to have been a poker player
He told of loaning money to Dobbins on
diamonds and thereby gave the state an
important point
Louis Young, a travelling salesman from
ottumwa, Ia reluctantly told Of his ae-
quaintanee with Dobbins and Of travelling
In his company on that aii-important octo-
Der 15
Yes he asked me to get off Of the train
at Sheridan and buy him a ticket 10 Chi,
cago" at last said Young. ''He gave me a
ten dollar bill to get It with and asked
me to tell Markley to meet him in the
vestibule Of the train"
The state at last wrung from Young tba
admission that Dobbins had conflded TO him
that he had just won $500 Young eountsd
one roll OF 5000 which Dobbins had and
saw another OF several hundreds more
but he hated to tell about IT,
Railway Conductor silent.
me testimony Of Scott Craig a Rock
Island conductor running between Kansas
City and Rock Island, Ill, proved a blank.
He admitted that he knew Dobbins. but
would admit nothing else whatever Clint
Milthorpe' telephone operator on the toll
board at Sheridan. testified that he re-
ceived call from Dobbins making a date
with aMrkley at the hotel in Sheridan for
the payment Of the debt on the diamond
ring.
They call you Hawkshaw the Dstso-
tive down there, don't they?" asked Tin
ley. who cannot refrain from that familiar
little habit OF jocularly hanging on nick
name here and there.
We'll, I've done some work In that ilnSs
replied Milthorpe with stern dignity.
w. II. Bedford, the Mike" from Role
kow No, was allowed to get no further
than the statement that he had been de.
frauded In a Mabray fake and that he had
seen Dobbins ia Council Bluffs in compApy
with that peerless trio known TO him as
George Maxwell, the secretary" Mr..
Gordon and Ed Crawford.
The attorneys for the defense were all ON
their feet at once to enter objection as
TO the competence Of this testimony
no connection with the larceny case shown.
Judge Green took the question under ad-
visement until this morning
Question of Dets.
How much money did you bet that last
day" asked Tlnley
Il didn't bet any" answere Ballew.
Look at this memorandum and tell rna
what Of those bets represented your
money.
Il can't tell"
Tinley forced the witness 70 add the fig
ures on the betting according to the mem.
orandum, IA total OF $4,000
"Will you refresh your recollection and
tell me how II S5S,o0o was bet for you or
by you on that last day?"
Il furnished $1,000 to them that dav"
said Balew.
That was all Of the money your alaA