El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-24

Cured The witness said the man told
them not to go in the rooms he said
he thought he would know me man
if he saw him again Ross ne salG'
came down the stairway at the MOTEL
two steps at a time. -
The first I heard about the holdup,
the witness said, was when Atkinson
came to the station. That was about
eight o'clock We left the station a lit
tie before u"
Could Not Remember Shirt.
The witness said ne did not remem-
Der the shirt Ross had on. de said ne
remembered that Ross did not have on
his glasses. He had black mustache,
he said. The witness said he knew OF
the Western Detective agency, but the
police had never worked with it The
I witness said he had never heard any
policeman say anything against tnat
agency. He said he did remember
something about gambling in The
Herald. He knew of no hostility Of the
police against Snyder or Pitman, he
said
Atkinson. the star Witness.
during the examining trial. and who
| testified that he was to be one of the
/ "hOldup" men, who followed York, de
! tailed the alleged hOldup in practically
| the same way as he did at the examin-
/ ing trial He testified that according
/ to plans, he and Ross were in the room
/ at the hotel when Pitman came in and
/ said that il looked like 1t was going
q
'Pitman," he said, went out of the
room and later returned, about 1910,
and gave the signal, rap on the door.
1--WE then left the room, the witness
said" and went into a closet where we
/ put on our masks Ross put on a
white handkerchief. I put on blue
one"
The witness then gave his version of
l the details incident to holding up the
men he testified to during the exam
lining trial He said he held the gun
/ on the men, while Ross did the search
/ ing. One gun was taken from one OF
I the men, he said, and one was taken
/ from a drawer Pitman, he said, had
told them the gun was in there and
I they had better get it out
/ The witness said he first tried the
/ drawer and found it locked. Ross, he
said, searched a Mexican gentleman
and found a key with which he opened
After telling the police that the rob-
/ berry was 20 take place. he said he at
| forwards met Tom Lea at the pOstof-
flee and told him about it, and that the
Ipolice had instructed him to carry out
Points to Ross.
| The witness pointed out Ross, sit
I ting back Of Mr.. Hill, and said that
/ he was the man who went with him at
/ the hotel
On cross examination me witness tes-
| tified: Il have lived in FL Paso since
| 1901 was away from here seven
| months at one time I came here from
| Denver, Colo. I was a soldier in the
| philippine Islands before I went to Den
] yer. I enlisted at Kansas City, Mo.
| I lived in Harrington. Kas- I don't
! know how old 1 was then. About nine
/ years, I lived there. I am p years old.
| 1 was born in Brett county, Kas.
II went to Kansas City where I
worked for awhile, and then enlisted
| in the army. 1 was about 16. / got
/ permission from my father. I put in
IS months in the islands and the
/ rest of my time in the United States.
/ I was discharged in 1907. 1 came
! here. That would be six years ago.
] I have worked up and down the road.
I I was sent to Del Rio once. and San
/ derson once.
MY mother lives here. I don't know
! where my father lives. I was married
/ Ny wife and / are not living together.
says Never Convicted.
Il don't know of any charges against
| me I have been charged here couple
/ of times for misdemeanors 1 have
| been charged here two or three times
I of things, but have never been con-
! victed Of any Of them
/ 4 was arrested here, charged with
! aggravated assault
/ They arrested me the next morning.
i got bond. was finally thrown
/ out Of court. There was no one ap-
| peared to prosecute. I was in the
| county jail until I got bond.
Il didn't know Greet I know him
! now. I didn't know Ware, York, Fin
| ley, Fletcher I know them now.
Tried For Police Position.
81 made an application for a posi-
[ ton en- the police force sOmme time
/ ago. I merely went to Mr.. Davis and
told him I wanted to get on the police
force, and asked him if he sanctioned