The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-27
WEB TICHTENS
AROUND HOTEL
BANDIT SUSPECT
MetrOpole Clerk and ScrubwOm'
an Identify Won Walden in
Court as HOldup Man
TAXI DRIVER ALSO
SURE HE'S CULPRTT
Prosecution Will Soon Finish
Case-Defendant's Mother
Listens to Testimony

William r Burns. nigh; clerk Of the
Hotel hetropCie. asked 10 identity
the man who robbed the hotel early
IN the morning or March =, left the
stSad IN Judge Connolly's court, Mon
day morning, came 20 where Edwin
Won Walden was sitting, and pointing
his finger al him said
That's the chip. and this is the
way he pointed the gun at me
Won Walden looked up al him and
grinned
Mr. Burns was the first witness
against young Won Walden. The spec
tatOrs' seats were crowded Mrs. Won
Walden, the defendants mother was
present with her faithful attendants.
Mrs. J X. Galley and Mrs. K. G.. Stod-
dard. They listened attentiyely to the
ties timony but said very little among
themselves.
/ Charles Clements, proprietor of the
Hotel Metropole, identified the cash
boxes which Won Walden is accused
OF stealing. They contained $302 20.
according 10 Mr.. Clements
Sophie Kozak, dream in blue and
" lite, admitted that she was scrub
! bling the Office floor when Won Walden
entered.> She tried TO testify In Eng
fish, but became confused and 10 set
a straight .storH.-an Interpreter VAS
ic&Hed she atsE. idsn,ifed Non Wal.
den. He. SAID TO her. sha pId n
you get move. / shoot you, too
He had some gun" she added
Eugene Johnson, a driver for the
yellow Bonnet Taxicab Co. testified
a I'M br
Is and 10 he took Won Walden from
THE Hotel Cadillac to No ga Eliza
beth-st. east He testified as TO how
Won Walden was dressed. He ad
mitte6 that he was also known as
Whitley Cross, as his stepfather's
name is Cross
Robert Smith. another taxi driver.
took up the story. He was called to
the Elizabeth-st. address at about
3 so on the morning OF March 10. Won
Walden. whom he identified, told him
10 drive TO the Hotel Pontchartrain
Then Won Walden changed his mind,
and made the Metropole his destina-
ton. Telling him TO. wait, Won Wal.
den entered the hotel, and soon
emerged again.
"He said TO me, Drive Smith tes-
titled.
And you drove?' asked Assistant
/ Prosecutor Kelly
} II did. was scared because he had
gun" replied Smith.
Smith drove 10 Piquette-aye. and st.
IAutoine-st., and then stopped, saying
that his machine was laying down. "
Something was wrong with the bat
teries,' he explained
He said that he heard Won Walden
oEen the door, during the trip and
throw something out
Jack price. II years old, No. 1874
FcIeYt-ave, east, pupil In the irving
school, testified that he discovered the
empty cash boxes, later in the morn
ing OF March 10. at Garheld-ave. and
Antoine-st
Barbary Waldecker. No. 1879 Mich
igaE-ave., told how she was working
in a Canoy store at $3.50 on the morn
ing or March 49, when Won Walden
entered and asked her IL she could
rent him a room. She complied with
his request. She said that he stayed
lin the room until $3.50 or o'clock
that afternoon, and then left In taxi
cab
Alexander Leparl. taxicab driver for
tue yellow Bonnet Taxicab Co, SAID
that he called for Won Walden at NO
.l274 Michtgan-ave. Won Walden want
ed TO 90 TO the Wabash station. On
the way he changed his mind, and
said that he preferred to take a train
at suburban station. Leparl men
toned several Won Walden chose
Wyandotte. They drove thither.
Ven Walden. according TO Leparl,
offered 10 trade his coat and hat and
s. Tor those OF Leparl. The trade was
effected though Leparl cautioned Won
Walden that hrs cap was too large TOT
'Vcr walden's head. Leparl identhed
the clothing produced in evidence
over Attorney Thomas f. Chawkes
objections.
Leparl said that he left Won Walden
two blocks from the station in Wyan
Idotte.
The prosecution will probably nave
an It's testimony in before noon, Tues
day.