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tective Chief Sheets either. he testified.
all, he said. He doesn't run any games.
either. "unless you call shovellne coal a
game" he retorted,
Note Gets In.
Through William Morgan. held at the
county jail for the United States officers
on the charge OF countcrfeiting. the
state succeeded in getting Drisllelrs self
discriminating note. found, spelling and
all. at the head of this column into evi
dence, although the defense objected bit
terly. on the grounds that 1t was imma-
terial and Irrelevant, and not admissl-
bic, and had no connection with this
case. Tho court ovcrruled the objection,
though. and the defense noted an ex-
When District Attorney Fred C. Loot
bourow presented a piece OF paper with a
rude scrawl on il: Morgan identified IT as
MS own handwriting. Morgan and DrIs-
ty jail and Driskell, he said dictated the
note to him. Although the addressee is
L. k, the note is supposed to have
been intended for Driskeli's brother. on
the outside. and Driskell Morgan says.
told him that he was going to slip It to
his brother when he came to the jail to
see him that day. The brother didn't
come however. and the next morning
Jailer Joe Burbidge and Deputy Sheriff
John Corless searched their cell and
found the note.
Morgan also testified that he wrote an
earlier note. three days before. 10 Dris-
kelis brother; in which the prisoner
called upon his brother to slip him some
saws This note, Driskell told him.
reached its destination all right, Morgan
testified, In response 10 1t five hack saws
came into their cell in corn flakes. Nor
gan said. Two of these were passed on
TO John Furey. the noted California des-
perado, then awaiting trial for holding up
Flnchs cafe, now serving sentence for
his offense In the state prison. and three
were retained In their cell.
Morgan gave his home as Maryland
point in this state is his hearthsidc and
was not pressed for an answer.
In Form of Cigarette.
Following Turnkey Burbidge. who
merely described the interior arrange
ment OF the jail, Deputy Sheriff Corless
said that he searched Driskell In his cell
and found the note Just presented. rolled
In the form OF n cigarette in Driskells
pocket. Then Morgan was recalled by
the st.fe and tnterrogated as to what
kelrs dictation. This was objected to,
but the court overruled the objection
and Morgan said that Driskell told him
TO tell his brother to slip some saws In
do 1t, to so Inform him and he would look
elsewhere for help. Drisken, Morgan
said. afterward told him that this note
had reached his brother all right, and
Driskell exclaimed:
We've finally got emf
MIR. Thomas asked Morgan IL he had
made any suggestion to DrlskeI as to
what to put In the notes, and Morgan
replied that IF you want to know all
about this, I'll give II to you straight"
Mr.. Thomas saw that this would let in
what he had been trying to keep out
and FASTENED to skate away from the
thin ice. withdrawing the question with
the statement that he did not wish to
cause The witness embarrassment by
making him incriminate himself. MI
Loofbourow FASTENED to assure him that
the witness had no objection to answer
Ing the question in full on this ground
merely TO show that Driskelrs brother
brought the two corn-take packages. IN
which the saws were concealed, to the
county jail, and then Turnkey Burbidge
three of the saws In Driskell's and Nor
gan's cell.
George II. Moore. patrol driver. was
called 10 try, to connect Drlskell with
the fiat. black derby hat found at the
back OF the alley. through which Riley's
murderer escaped, the morning after the
murder but in this the state failed
Moore said that he found the hat under
a hay baier and that the wires in n"f9e the
twelvefoot wire fence at the back end
OF the alley were bent, as If some one
had climbed over the fence. but all this
testimony was ruled out, upon objection
by Mr., Thomas.
To show how the overcoat that the
holdup murderers of Riley took from
Frank *. Ncbeker. Jr.. after he had ar
rested them and was taking them TO the
police station, got TO the police station
Patrolman Lynn Young was called
Young testified that he found the over
coat lying by Riley's side and that he
took II to the police station, where Nebe-
ker identified and claimed IT
The state then unexpectedly rested
catching the defense unprepared to pro-
coed, for the reason that IL did not expect
had not notified all OF its witnesses to
appear Monday afternoon Within thirty
minutes the defense got four of five of its