Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-04-01
Storm of Questioning
Fails to Shake Damaging.
Story of Witness in Trial at.
Ration.
L0WTHER'S EVIDENCE
SHOWS CAREFUL PLAN
Court Room Crowded as Tale
Is Told of Robbery Of $685.
900 From WeIIs-Fargo Of
fiCeS at French in 1903.
Especial Correspondence to Morning Journali

Especial Correspondence TO Morning Journail
Ration, n. NJ, March 30.--A large
number of witnesses on behalf of the
prosecution In the case of the Terri
tory VS.. j. b. Humphreys, better
known as "Arkansaw,n and Henry
Farr, charged with the robbery of
$4,000 from the Wells-Fargo com
pany. at French. N. NJ, in May. 1908,
told their story of the robbery in the
court room at Ration today. Link by
link the territory, through its wit
nesses, forged chain of cirmum-
stances which seemed to prove beyond
any doubt the guilt of the defendants.
The court room was crowded with
spectators, large number of ladies
being present. Notwithstanding the
crowded condition of the court room,
perfect order prevailed, and at the
time when Charles Lowtner was on
tho stand, and detailed his story OF
the defendant Humphrey coming to
him at Springer, n. NJ, short time
before the robbery. and asking the
witness to participate in the hold-up.
the interest and silence was Intense.
Humphreys had known Lowther when
the latter was boy at Sequin. Texas,
some thirty years ago: tney had not
met for years, until they came acrost
each other, according to the testimony
Of Lowther, on the work for the large
reservoir of the French Land and 1rs
rigation company I'M the south part OF
Colfax county. where Humphreys waA
working as laborer, and Lowther
was acting as cook for one of the con-
struetion camps. The witness told OF
Humphreys coming to him one night
in the month of April, 1908. about a
month before the robbery and talk.
ing to him about their former homes
in Texas, and that he had known the
witness there, and his father and his
family. The witness stated that no
could not remember Humphreys, but
did remember that there was faml'
ly of that name living in Sequia, Tex
as when he was young man.
The testimony was as follows;
The witness stated that a few nights
after the first conversation Humph
reys came to his tent again and en-
gagged in conversation, saying: This
work we are doing here is too hard
for any man; we had better be dead
than to work as hard as we have to
work here: wouldn't you like to pick
up g little easy money?" The witness
asked Humphreys how It could be
done and Humphreys replied: by
holding up a train. ] have plan In
view now by which we can get some
easy money. If 7 can get couple OF
men to assist me-" The witness re-
piled that he would not go into such
an undertaking Humphreys then
asked him If he knew Of any good
man with nerve whom he could rely
on, and witness told him that he knew
man named Ed. Canvaniss, now In
Denver. who might help him. Hum
phreys asked him to write Canvanlss,
and tell him to come to French and
witness promised to do so. 1t is said.
A few days later. the witness stat
ed, he was discharged as cook at the
grading camp and went to Springer,
and Henry Farr advanced him some
money to buy out small restaurant
in that town. Very soon after that
Humphreys came TO Springer and got
a Job as porter in the saloon OF Henry
Farr. He boarded at the restaurant
OF witness, and they met frequently.
and each time Humphreys broached
the subject of how they could make
some easy money. Finally the wit
ness stated that Humphreys told him
that Farr was going to go in with him
and they were going to rob the pay
roll of the Dawson camp, at the first
and he solicited the Wit
ness to join them-the witness again
refused. About this time, some two
weeks before the robbery. two horses
were brought to the corral near Farr's
saloon. and the witness observed
taking care OF these hors-
es-riding and training them One
horse was a very fast running horse a
bay. known as the Joe Nipier horse,
and the other was a mousse colored
horse, and was known about Springer
as the Parker Wells horse. Both hors-
es were known as being excellent sad |
die horses and very speedy. Humph-
reys trained them for mt leazt three |
weeks before the day OF the Tobbery. |
The witness then related a convcrsa-
tlon he heard between Farr and
above the Farr saloon. |
He said that he went to the room,
heard some one IN there, that he !
knocked at the door. and Farr asked |
who was there.
Witness told him, and Farr said:
'T am busy. don't bother me now,
Witness pretended TO go down the
but crept back and placed |
his ear to the key-hole Of the door
and listened TO q conversation be-
tween F'arr and Humphreys. Farr
said, 81 will find out from Bud Farm
er just when the Dawson money VIII