Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-03

north door of the car, when he was
greeted by a shot and an order to jump.
After the bandits had lined us all up
they assured us they we're all good fellows
and did not want to hurt any of US unless
they had to. but they wanted to get Uncle
Sans money" said Mr.. Rush.
when we were all lined up with our
hands in the air one of the robbers ordered
Whitmore to go into the car with him and
sort out the registered sacks While they
were in the car the bandit who was guard
ing us said, If that man gets hurt inside
that car I am going to shoot every one of
you fellows We assured him he was not
apt to get hurt
Mr.. Rush identified the three alleged
bandits as having the same general appear
ance as the men who held up the train.
He identified the registered pouches by
their numbers and also identified a pack
age in one of the pouches as a package for
which he had receipted at Lexington and
which he had put in one of the pouches.
Good Stories of Children.
The evidence of the afternoon was that
of the Brown Park school children who
discovered the cache of the robbers near
that building and which resulted in the
capture Oh WOOO, 1OTuOn anu lOTBeHbGn.
Harold Whitaker, aged s years, and
John Potach, aged 9 years, who found the
flash lights and o~veralls, told their stories
very intelligently. Whitaker was particu-
uarly bright in his answers, merely reply
ing yes" and mo- as different questions
were put to him. Nor were the little fell
lows Disconnected in the slightest by the
cross examination. Both boys were 100
young to be sworn, but their stories were
so plain and truthful that they carried
conviction with them at once.
The accused men watched the children
closely during all their testimony, p~articu-
larly the evidence of John Perrina, aged
10 years; Anton Patch, aged IA, and Joe
Tesnchlidek, who saw the three men
prowling about the school house Thursday
evening after the pistols and flash lights
of the bandits had been discovered by the
other boys. Each testified to the fact that
they saw Wood reckoning to the three
men to come on, and the actions of the
men were such aS-to attract the atten-
| ton Of the boys. They all three identified
the three men, although it was after s
O'Clock when they saw them Thursday
night and sent word to the police that
the men were hanging about there.
Boys Tell of Find.
John Krowlak aged u years, the boy
who made the first find Of the strap and
pistols under the telegraph pole, told Of
his find and that he had taken the articles
to the home of his grandmother a short
distance away, He made the find about
noon, and Immediately told the principal of
the school, Miss Hayes, about it.
John Swoboda, aged IA, told of his find
ing one of the guns, buried under about
four inches Of dirt, and how he took II
to Janitor Bentz.
June Corey. mail clerk, was the first
witness in the afternoon. He said: There
were eight clerks in the car. Rush was
the first man at the door and he called
back this is a hold-up, fellows and just
then som one from the outside called
out, Come out OF that, you fellows, and
hurry There was some shooting outside,
We jumped down and were told TO line
up, and were searched ana were asked
where the mail clerk was. i told them
we were all mail clerks. They then set
us to work carrying pouches after they
had been thrown out OF the car Just then
a man came round in front OF the engine
and began shooting at the headlight. He
shot four or five times. While we were
lined up one mar stood behind us and be-
tween us and the car. l think II was
Torgensen and Wood VINO stood in front