El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-25

stenographer was in there. and the rule
was that the door should not De let
says Atkinson Called Him Up
7 left the office about $50 and went
home. Atkinson called me up at ny
home and said that he had some good
dope and asked me If he could denver
the goods, would L use my influence
to get his job back.
, I got my old clothes, because the
night before I had been shadOwing a
man and he had noticed me Howell,
of MOrenci, gave US that JOD- hOWeH
said that the man had run away from
his wife and he wanted to see II ne
went out with another woman
I got my clothes and got down TO
the office I got there a little AFTER
s. Atkinson when he called me up
asked me if L had a gun He said ne
wanted to borrow it.
Asked About the Lineup.
Il was changing my clothes / asked
Atkinson what the lineup was he sara
that he had the dope on the game at
the Mccoy. He said it was FLOODED
game. That you couldn't get In 1or
less than 800 I told him We would
be glad to get the evidence as 1t was
in our line. and told him that If he De
livered the goods he would probably
get his job back with Snyder.
Atkinson told me that he had rented
a room, POI, at the hotel. I told him
l would meet him there at 10 o'clock
Gathers Up His Party.
4 then went over to the sheldon
and picked my party up. L followed
him down to the Grecian theater. He
went in there and 1 knew that he
would not come out for an hour. 1
then went to the hotel That was 10
o'clock. I saw the clock on the corner
went up TO room 2O1- AS
coming down. He finally come back.
by the name Of Lewis. who had been
playing in these games at the Mccoy,
Sheldon, and 1 think the PasO Del
NOrte.
going in 10 size up the situation He
said they were putting up roulette
wheel and arranging a first class gam
bling place
Atkinson asked me If I had my
gun. He said he did not want 1t as
he had got one / was tired ana
sleepy and I insisted on going in there.
He wanted me to stay with him and
insisted on my staying with him and
assisting him in anything that might
come up. Atkinson was drinking pref
ty heavily He had a whisky flask
After awhile I went out / was tired
and sleepy. I undid the laces of my
shoes and lay down on the bed and
went to sleep. That was a little after
II / think The next thing I knew
Atkinson was in the room He caught
me by the shoulders. and jerked me up
into a sitting position He was saying:
Come on Hurry! They are wise to
Is stopped On stairway.
i got up and we went on down the
steps 1 had my hat in my hands
When we got TO the bottom of the
steps / heard some one say: Hands
up I saw the flash lights. I was
dazed-s 1 did not hold up my hands.
recognized Greet. He pOked me in
the stomach with a gun and told me
TO hold up my hands. They jOstled me
around and had me on the floor. I
heard something hard fall 1t was
that pair Of pinchers there, / guess
They did not get them out of my
pocket They took off my gun. They
took Atkinson and put him into a
little room Coming down the steps
looked behind and Atkinson was about
10 feet behind me They took me down
to the police station after putting
chains on my wrists. I don't know
lice station they searched me and took
off some money and jeWelry, then
locked me up"
Ross Cross Examined.
On cross examination he testified
4 am not much of a pugilist and
I did not want to get my skin broken
O. When you were stopped by the
police, you did not offer any explana-
Thought Gamblers Protected.
A NO i was not asked Ny i'm
preston was that the gamblers had
always been under police protection
and were getting it in that instance.
/ have had too much experience as an
officer to say anything until I knew
Just where I was 1 recognized Greet !
He showed a gun against me and made
a black and blue spot.
1t must have been 1 o'clock when (
Atkinson came in and shook me. Car !
son was the name Of the man I was I
shadOwing that night Mr.. Howell /
came to the office and gave US his |
description.
7 had on a soft shirt"
he L Of
men testified the man in the room hadg'' /
shirt he had on"
Q. Wen, you heard the testimony. /
Why did you quit working for the 1
A I resigned got more money 1
from the Mexican government"
Q. Who put that money and dia-
monds in your pockets. MIR. ROssE
Thinks Money Put In His Pockets
\. i don't know. 1 have a well de-
fined idea who ii was"
.. Who was it,"
\. I think it was Atkinson"
@ You never were around any of /
these poker games We're your
A No, only one time"
Q. Was Snyder around them?'
A Yes, / think so.
G. Played in them, didn't hep
sought Gambling Evidence
A. L presume so. That was the 4
only way one could get in them The
plan Of Atkinson was. i believe have /
stated, TO be introduced in the game
and play 1 was TO stay in the room
and wait for him TO turn this stuff /
over TO me 1 did not know what he
was going to get j asked him He
said he did not know. he would have !
to go in and see. I was not after
evidence to convict. Where they play
faro or roulette there is considerable
tangible evidence. 1 wanted some
thing to show these ministers"
@ What was your idea Of what
ne was going eratT"
A Well, my idea was that he was
going to get some poker chips, marked
ards, or markers"
Q. wei, he did not put any poker
chips in your pocket. did hep
A 4 don't know
@ We'll. why didn't you knOw?"
g We'll, if he had put poker chips
lnd cards in your pockets, what would
you have dOne?'
A Marked them TO show where
hey had been gotten"
g Who do you think put that mon
" and diamonds In your pOckets2"
A / have stated that 1 think At