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

him 10 the penlIeuJiaf4- 1len why
didn't YOU tell the gamblersE'
A Il did not want TO do that. Ross
and Pitman might have found II out.
Q. you did it because you wanted
to stand in with thes police, didn't
q believe Greet said that it would
not hurt my chances. 1 said that II II
{ would 1 did want to so ahead with 1t
L put in my application about week
before the hOldup. 1 told CHER Davis
1 was working for the Western detec-
q. you didn't tell him you were
working for the ThieI agency? You
know that the Thiel people stand in
with the police, and work through
A. No sir. I do not know that"
In discussing the liability Of danger,
9 Pitman said the men were bunch OF
I cheap race horse sports and wouldn't
A. L. Rowan Testifes.
A L. Rowan testified MY business
J days after the races stop at the
Hotel Mccoy. 1 went to room 312, 1
q think There was a suite OF rooms,
I and possibly eight or ten men in there
I 1 only remained in there q few minutes
I when I went across TO my room and
+ went to bed.
L had Just dozed of to sleep when
I heard some one say Hold up your
, hands Then 1 heard some one cry
Z on It sounded like Mr.. GaS1in-
/ tried the door and found 1t locked. l
.
/ them something was going on, either
! a raid or a hOldup and told them a rev
! more police would not hurt. tried to
phone to the room and heard the phone
. ring, but of course no one answered II
'The officers came had CONVEX
satiOn with them. 1 told them there
was a hOldup going on IN the room
! They said they knew there was and
/ had been waiting in the alley a halt
! hour.
| ha
| right smart of a help to them
! On cross examination he testified: i
I know Sam Rowan. I have met him. He
/ is no relation of mine"
Identifies Pinehers.
! Thomas Yaffe testified he was a
! dealer in hardware He remembered
| seeing Pitman. during the examining
| trial He was shown a pair Of pinch
| ers and said they looked like a pair
{ he had sold the day before the al
/ legged robbery. Pitman, the witness
] testified. looked like the man he had
/ sold them to.
On cross examination the witness
stated that he could not swear that
/ Pitman bought the pinchers.
/ Atkinson Recalled.
Atkinson, who was recalled, testi-
I was afraid that after they told
/ me this they would have some one
/ watch me. That's the reason told
! Capt. Greet to meet me in the court
I house. That's the reason l went nome
| and got my gun. I was afraid they
/ would 80 to the police and have some
| one waylay me
| ne did not inform the police Garner
I was that he did not believe the plan
/ was going to be carried out. Snyder,
/ he said, had told him so many things
] that did not materlallZe that he hau
! lost confidence in him He SAID ne
! was afraid to tell the police, gam
/ blers, or anyone else
Q. Didn't You know that Mr.. Ross
! was going over there to investigate
! that gambling, not to rob?" asked Mr..
A. NO. sir. did not know anything
Q. You knew that he had talked
[ with Mr.. Horace Stevens and the
1 preachers union2"
Q. Didn't you try to get them to
I put on the gambling Investigations
a. NO, sir
Knows Nothing Of Gambling.
O. you know that gambling is
| going on in FL PasOg"
A. No, sir. I do not. haven't
Q. when did you get your divorce
| before you married.
A. Il think it was in 1914
The state objected to this line OF
| questioning. Mr.. Hill had no further
/ questions to ask the witness.
Tells of Taking Money From Ross
Saturday afternoon the feature Of the
hearing was the testimony Of R F.
I Atkinson, called the star witness.
! Previous to AtSinsOn's testimony, Ira
/ Ware, mounted policeman. was the first
! witness Of the Saturday afternoon ses-
son of court. Ware said
I AT the station 1 took off several
| rolls Of money from Ross, and some
diamonds. I did not count the money.
The money was in separate packages
II searched one side. York the other.
/ a belt and scabbard was taken from
Ross I did not notice any mask"
/ On cross examination the witness tes-
titled that he did not hear anyone &C
down the fire escape He said he did
not know where the fire escape was
1T was kind Of a sham, arresing
Atkinson, wasn't itT' was asked
i think it was" the witness replied
'I put Ross in an automobile and
took him to the police station" condn-
ued the witness. I'VE did not hand
cuff him. We had chains on his arms
Some one said that Ross might have
I q gun. I put my hand IN ms pocket
the right hand side one. I said: It's
full of money Greet said not to touch
a thing, to leave it as il was"
J What else was taken off him be
sides this money and diamonds was
[ i don't know Of anything else" re-
/ piled the witness Il might have takeI
]
member it / couldn't say that could
identify what I took 1t was money
Sergeant Greet was there. The room
was almost full of men"
It was nearly eight o'clock, the wit
ness said that he learned about the
robbery Atkinson, he said, he did not
know. and had never seen him to his
knowledge until that night The wit
ness said he. knew Ross. but did moi
know Snyder He did not know what
either was doing
4 went into the room where the
holdup was" said the witness, ~anC
/ the room Atkinson said they had rent
I ed. He said: You see the bed al
rumpIed up2 We intended to 20 tC
cd. but we didn't I think the num-
Der of the room was POI. The register
showed that IL had been rented by c
F. Clark
] pretty badly torn up. did not see
anything being taken out
Did you hear anything that sounded
like some one going down the fire es-
/ cape2" was asked
Il heard q racket Finley said Il
/ sounded like some one going down the
| fire escape" answered the witness.
Q. LAS a matter Of fact, did you moi
know that Snyder had been here two
| years."
a. II did not I saw him that night
I heard about the Western Detective
! agency. I cared nothing about it
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