El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-22

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] TO my left Jackson, I think, was next
| to him, and a Mexican by the name Of
/ Coucho next to him. They stood US up
/ against the wall and told Us to stand
! there. with our faces to the wall ]
turned my head lhree or four times. Mr..
Haynes was Icross from me in the
! northwest corner Of the room I
] turned my eyes and could see them take
the ring off him.
Says He Saw Ross in Hallway.
Z As we were coming out with the Of
Z ficers, saw the gentleman there the
/ witness indicated Ross, ''in the hall
way. He had his arms elevated
I 7 am confident the man did not have
Z on a derby. The other man, I do not
remember what kind Of hat he
I won't say what kind Of a hat the
] other man had on. Yes, 1 know the
color Of the eyes of the man"
The witness said that there was a
! telephone in the room connected with
[ the main office Of the hotel He
{ stated that he did not remember any
I one talking over the telephone. He said
| he remembered the telephone ringing
! when they were being searched but no
/ one answered it. The telephone, he
| said was in the room where the holdup
| occurred
( wires cut" the witness said. I heard
! the clippers. L heard the wires fan
/ Afterwards saw them, and they were
1 cut
D
: It paid attention to the man with
( hazel eyes. I don't think he had on
{ tie 1 think he had on a dark suit
/ The robbery occurred at 1880. hard
I " think il took them more than 20
7 think it was a Yale lock in my
( room. I don't know whether anyone
/ had a key or not About 10 minutes
| the officers let US out. There was no
unusual cOmmohOn. believe there
/ was some one talking. No louder. than
when they were in there playing.
DO You know sam Rowan" Mr..
7 know him. I don't know him per-
/ sonally. I met him Yes, I have seen
there that night I did not see him
"As we went out the door was open
I saw the officers and AR Ross IN the
( hallway. Some one in the room said:
Here is the boy that did the holding
up I believe It was Mr.. Carson who
was in the room adjoining PA. opened
the door as we passed down the nall
way. don't know Mr. Meredith. The
II Of US went down to the police sta
ton, yes sir, and were docketed I
don't know on what charges
Il have got $50 bill in my hand
Tell me when # was NADER" asked Mr..
Il can't tell you" said the witness
"You don't know any more about II
than they told you. You never saw II
from the time It was taken from you
until today2" Mr.. owen declared
Tesfifies as to Money.
Mr.. Price then handed the witness the
bills that he testified were the same
taken from him. The witness read the
denominations Of the different bills to
AT the time you went down the hall
and saw Ar. Ross. what kind OF
shirt did he have on ?" Mr. Price asked
"a soft one" replied the witness.
How did that compare to the one
the man had on in the room%
he
Jury is Givea Recess.
The jury was given a 10 minute re-
cess at the conclusion Of the witnesses
testimony.
George Gaskins. the next witness.
stated that his home was at Gaslrin
City, IL. and he was in the real estate
business there. He said he knew B c.
Cage and Walter Haynes. The witness
testified that on the night Of january
Is he went to the Hotel Mccoy about
II o'clock and remained there until two
o'clock the following morning. Some
had been playing cards, he said he
sat down about one o'clock in the
morning to have something to eat
when a man came in and ordered all
to hold up their hands. He SAID that
all were marched into one room
Il had a ring on my finger that
would not slip off" said the witness.
The man had a pair Of pinchers and
Identifies Diamond.
A diamond stud was shown him,
which he testified was the one taken
from him. The witness Identified anOth-
er diamond as the one in the ring which
he stated was cut from his finger. Both
diamonds were shown to the jury, TO
which the defence objected A pair OF
pinChers was shown to the witness,
were used in cutting off his ring.
Mr.. Cage was to my right" said tbs
witness yes, there was something
said about not talking, and we minded
them pretty well. had a pistol in the
drawer in the room We were held up
in" A pistol was shown him and he
said it looked like his
Il don't know the caliber Of the pis-
toll the witness said
THE men that held US up had some
thing over their faces. can't testify
as to what color it was"
The pistol shown the witness was Of
Tered in evidence
Cross examined By Mr.. owen, the
witness testified that FL Paso was his
home. T07 st. Vrain street being his I
residence. The witness said that he
had been in the room at the hotel since !
Z or o'clock and did not remember !
anyone leaving the room Mr.. Cage, !
Cooper. Wilson, Jackson and several |
others, he said. were in the room. Some /
might have gone in and out of the I
rooms, he said
would play Cards. Sometimes.
Some times we would play cards. !
and sometimes we would not" the wit !
ness said Some times the boys would !
make books on the races.
Il said they were playing poker. had I
been playing poker" the witness de- /
-lared II don't think there was any I
bed in the room. There was a Mexi- l
AN, Francisco, there"
Was Francisco the game KEEPER
Il don't know. Some times we got \
the chips ourselves. 7 won't testify he 1
gave US the chips" the witness said
Who did you settle within" was !
islCed.
I'VE settled among ourselves. We
ook the chips out OF box and put our
PAPER in it."
Asked About RakeOff.
Who would take the rakeoff when
'Ou antied?"
It don't know"
was there a hole in the tableg"
IF there was I did not see it,
I was in the room next to the al
ey," the witness said. "They lined as
Up in there and marched US into the
,ther room. I don't know the numbers (
If those rooms. I think after the hold
I'D they marched US back. 1 did not see !
he other men searched, and do not I
lnoW what was taken from them.
Il don't know who gave the key to I
he man to open the drawer to get my |
gun The drawer was open when I put
{ In there. I heard some one say: !
Give me the key. ! want to get the gun |
tut OF this drawer guess Ii was