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


that he knew Sam Rowan when he saw
him Also that he had seen him in the
rooms al the Hotel Mccoy.
AS a matter OF fact, wasn't sam
Rowan the game keeper that nightF'
I don't know anything about that
the witness said
"To your best knowledge can you
say that Mr.. Rowan was not there that
night2' Mr.. owen asked
Il cant testify as to that"
Did you have a conversation at the
I holdup with some one about the hold
up. and you said Snyder was the man
you all were after and that you felt
sorry for Mr. Ross2' Mr.. owen asked
Felt Sorry for Ross
Il don't know about that / have said
! that felt sorry for Mr.. Ross, but don't
know who 1 said it to-" the witness
was that conversation held with ].
J Fl. Adams2"
! 4 don't know"
/ Iicemau in uniform about those games -
4, NO. I saw some after the hold
Q. why We're the games moved
( down from the fifth floor Of that hotel
: to the secOnd2"
A 7 don't know"
The witness did not remember which
! room the telephone was in. He said
! he used the phone in ordering an au-
tCmObiIe to go home
@ Did you know the police knew
/ these games were Tunning?
\. I did not We did everything to
conceal them The doors were sup
posed to be locked"
Q. Wen. on this night they were
both open?''
~ They looked to be"
SO far as he was concerned. he said
that he went in and out OF the hotel
without ever being questioned. He did
not know about the others.
4 said 1 was more sorry for Ross
than Snyder the witness said
The witness said that he had seen
Snyder at the games Pitman, he said
had played in some Of the games
Snyder being with US all the time"
said the witness, was the reason felt
more grieVed against that Ross Pit
man was up there about 10 minutes be-
fore the hOldup."
The witness said that on the night
Of the hOldup he had not seen Snyder.
What is the smallest You could get
into those poker games for?" asked Mr..
Price
Could Get in Tor s..
"Oh. So OF $40 the witness said
That was 500 game, wasn't it2@
Mr.. Owen asked
-Oh, no." the witness said, you could
get in for 10 or 20 cents"
Capt. Greet TestifIes-
Capt, W. D. Greet, of the police. tes-
titled: i was a deputy sheriff under
Hall about three years. I have been
a peace officer Is years. I have known
has been in the department Of justice.
Before going into. the Hotel Mccoy,
l was in the alley between the Mills
building and the White House. Letch-
er, Finlay, Ware and York were with
me
7 saw shadows on the window
shades. Confused shadows; some OF
men walking around some holding MP
their hands. We left the alley and
finally went Up to the rooms on the
third floor where we had seen the
shadows
1--WE came back to the second floor
because 1 thought that would be the
best place to make the arrest. II there
was any fighting no outsider would
have been hurt
Arrests Ross and Atkinson.
at wasn't long until Ross and At
kinson came down We threw down
on them Finley searched Ross. I felt
the pinehers in Ross pocket and took I
them out tIhe witness was shown q
pair Of pinchers which he identified as
the ones he recOTerCd-b Ware and ]
went on up then to let the other men
out Of the room. The door to the sec
Ond room was not locked It was only
a few minutes when the men were out |
OF the room, / came down. I ordered an
automobile and Ross was taken to the !
police station. Hoss was searched (
there. Money and diamonds were taken !
from him About $500, 1 think, was I
taken from him.
Some diamonds were shown the wit Z
ness, which he stated he thought were /
the same ones taken from Ross
I'VE tried to keep the money in the /
same condition in which ii was taken 1
out Of the pockets said the witness
Says Mask Was Taken From Ross.
Besides the money and diamonds, \
mask was taken from Ross. A white Z
was shown the witness
which he said he was pretty sure was
the one taken from Ross.
Ross had on a soft shirt. soft hat.
and a dark suit of clothes the witness
station went to the offices OF the
Western Detective agency's Office, on !
the seventh floor OF the Mills building. /
1 found some wearing apparel in the I
office, and a derby with the letters /
Ross was walking fast when he
came down the steps Of the Hotel Nc
Coy"
on cross examination the witness
testified: st came here from Nashville,
Tenn did not know Snyder before
this. know Ross. I never knew Pit
man have worked with Ross ]
knew at the time the robbery occurred
that Ross was working for the de-
tective agency.
7 learned through a man by the
name OF Atkinson that the hOldup was
going to take place. I have known him
several years. ] had not seen him for
several months before this night We
were after him He was not in good
-epute with the police department. The I
light of the holdup I saw him at the
,orner OF the courthouse. Over the !
phone he did not tell me who he was !
Says He Was Told the Plans
''He told me that he and Mr. Ross
we're going into the hotel That Pit
nan was going TO rent the room That
he and Ross were to go in there and {
oitman was to go in the rooms and II I [
everything was all right he would come I
back and give the signal Snyder, he s
said, was to be in the alley Atkinson s
aid he would rather tell me that IN I
he presence Of others, and I took MIN Z I
% the police station. When he first
allied up he asked for the police when I
We got back to the station 1 called IN
-wo mounted men and he went over
he same thing he had told me.
Il phOned up the Hotel St Regis and
through Mr.. Johnson arranged Tor a :
Dom right on the alley.
'Hrhe plan was. we were 10 separate
10 that we would not be detected We
vent to the ST. Regis little before T.
Johnson came down 70 the police sta o
ion.
Il did not see Pitman or Snyder there
hat night The intention was to catch
snyder in the alley, but when we saw .
his holdup business we went up there"
you knew those games were there
,efOre. two weeks ago" he was asked
You knew that gambling had been
-oing on beforeG
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