Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-02


and asked for a drink Of water. She gave
II to him and talked with him a moment
or two. He thanked her for the water
and spoke Of It's excellence. She had a
good look at him and identified Jack Shell
ton as the man. She was certain in her
Identification. Shelton at once grew in
tensely interested and stepped over and
talked animatedly with his attorney.
Sensation No. I. was when S. I. Tilden,
operator and ticket seller for the Union
Pacific at Fremont, testified to Grigware
coming to the ticket window at the sta
ton about 8 o'clock the night OF May %
and asking him about the arrival of train
No. 2. He came to the ticket window a
second time about fifteen minutes later
and asked for a Union Pacific folder. Mr..
Tilden saw one or two other men with
GriEwaFe, but they did not come close
enough to the window for him TO get a
good look at them.
Elusive Red-Headed Man.
At this point Of tine testimony Mr.. Mac
J Farland, one of the attorneys for the de-
Tense. asked a question that he has put
several times during the trial to other wit
nesses. He asked II the witness did not
see a red-headed man and two other men
hanging around the depot that night?"
The witness replied that he had not seen
any persons of such description. The red
headed" man has been injected into the
case by the defense every now and. then,
but thus far none of the witnesses has
been able. to connect a red-headed man
with the circumstances OF the holdup. ,
Henry Hink, q driver for a grocery house
at Fremont, testified that he had seen the
three men twice during. the late afternoon
Lof May % ut Fremont, once on the streets
Enear the railroad tracks aud once south of
the railroad track near X street, at the
| point indicated in the testimony of Mrs,
McDermott. He identified Torgenson be.
cause of his maimed 'ean p s.st
Miss Hazel Ben of Oman gave a bit OF
interesting testimony relative to a mar she
Identified as Grigware coming to the room
ing house Of her aunt, Mrs. A. M. Sinhold,
SIS South sixteenth street, the Her Grand
Annex, and renting a room there by the
day. He told her that another young mar
would occupy the room with him. About
an hour after he had engaged the room q
man whom she identified as Shelton came
to the house and occupied the room with
Grigware.
Captain p, Mostyn told OF the finding and
searching of Torgenson's and Woods room
the night of the capture Of the three meI
and identified the two grips taken from
the room. officer Joseph A. Hell told o.
recovering the shelton grips from Shelter
and Grigware's room in the Her Crane
Annex the folio wing day.
story of Arrest Told.
The story OF the arrest of Woods, Tor
censor and Grigware the night Of May 2
was the general substance OF the testlmon,
given in the case Monday morning, Will
Chief Of Police John Briggs OF Soutl
Omaha as the principal witness.
Two other witnesses of the forenoon wer,
Mrs, II. e.. Dickinson and Mrs. f. Sieber
Of Kansas City. The former operated
rooming house at 1921 state I rect, that city
and a few days before May 10 I'D rente,
a room to Woods for a week. Both womel
identified him as the man who engaged an,
occupied the room. $50
Court adjourned at 8 o'clock Monda,
until 2 p. m. Tuesday to give the Jury al
opportunity to vote at the election.
Among other important witnesses now Fl
Omaha were Detectives Peter Carr an,
Coleman Bell of Denver. who arrested Jael
Shelton, one Of the accused men, in tina
Iclty, as well as Miss Stephenson. g.
Rex Buck OF Buhl, Idaho. a witness 70
the defense, has-arTiyed in Omaha, ais,
Charles splaln Of Twin Falls. Idaho, .wh,
viii be a witness for the government.