El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-27

I the valley since the advent Of the
/ drainage canal and farms are look
/ ing especially well
/ Clare Rogers, wa then called. She
Z said she knew defendant Ware She
] testified Clare had sent her $500 in
! payment Of a loan, but "he said moth
l ing about how he made the money"
l Two postOffice inspectors came 10 see
Z her later, she said.
/ Mr.. Ware also came TO see her, she
/ added. He spoke TO my (other) son
| and myself and said there was no rea-
| son why we should have answered the
! inspectors, and we shouldn't have
I done it," she continued. I'VE said
We had received the money and had
/ told the truth to the inspectors"
Says NOreOp There.
! Mr.. Norcop (now Lieut. A. W. Nor
/ copl also came TO see her. witness
when did your son tell you he had
I taken this money! was asked. The
question was withdrawn on defence
Witness said in April, 1917. her son.
then in the penitentiary. gave her a
letter for Mr. Ware, which she de-
@He read the letter and handed It
] back TO me. I told him my son felt
/ he had suffered long enough and
/ thought he could get the money back
from Mr.. Ware and return il in such
[ 4 way as not 10 bring Mr.. Ware in
] it," she said.
! What did Mr.. Ware say2r
/ "He told me he could hardly DO
l business with me, as inspectors might
I have followed me. He told me to
] come back in the afternoon I did
and he said 7 can't settle with You.
/ There are certain matters / must talk
! over with your SON
Did he say he would 90 see your
'He said he would go the next
week"
! A crump1ed letter. the same which
/ witness said she handed Mr. Ware at
I the time. was then read in evidence,
I defence making no objections Il was
! addressed by Rogers to his mother
! and said. among other things. Il wish
you'd 90 10 FL Paso TO Mr. Ware and
! get back the balance OF the money"
sDidn't Know II Guilty"
! When Ware visited her, witness de-
{ clared he said The didn't know II my
/ son was guilty or not, but IL he was.
they would never get the money
/ back"
A letter from witness TO Ware,
dated Emporia, Kansas, June g. 1917
was then read. It stated witness had
/ been informed by her son that Ware
I had not gone 10 see Rogers at Leav-
enWorth. Wares reply. stating ne
1 had communicated fully to Rogers,
was also read
she didn't think she was pleased at
all times with Wares services Wit
ness admitted that when Ware came
Z TO see her, he said he was endeavor-
I ing to have bond made for her SON.
You refused to make bondE
There wasn't much said about 10"
Suspicion Aroused.
Weren't your suspicious little
aroused when YOU got that package
| OF money marked plans with the
name I. G. frost on the outsider"
MY suspicion was aroused some"
wasn't il q shock to YOU when
! Clare confessed when you had De-
lieved in that boys innOcence|
ct doesn't matter. Could Il be
otherwise" witness retorted-
Did you smuggle the note out OF
the penitentiary2
yes sir"
| representing bonding company ana
/ Clare tell YOU 20 say 10 Ar. WareE
Its in the letter"
Met Jones Here.
was &c the understanding that you
were to meet Mr.. Jones here.
yes sir. We were on the same
train. I think"
sWben YOU went to Mr.. Wares Of
/ flee, you handed him the note? You
didn't tell him Clare had confessed 2
Ct handed him the note
Didn't Mr.. Ware tell you, well II
YOU refer 10 money about sl5y5)
Clare left for expenses, I'd be glad 10
return the balance"
mo sir" CWitness here laughed-)
who were you going 70 turn over
/ the money TO If you got it2
NY son. and he was TO give II TO
the Insurance company.
do YOU know what line OF political
| influence Lake Jones was promising
ayVhy Not Return s25OOs-
IF you were so anxious for the re-
I turn Of the money. why oldnt you
turn over the $500 YOU got from your
SOM Why didn't YOU make retrlou-
/ ton yourself first?'
"Well. I wanted the whole business
settled first"
I early days Of September. 1917
cam I on trial2' witness asked.
and then said she and her other son
! had the money invested
when did you first know IL was
ssThen nv son confessed"
You've had a year, then, and why
haven't you returned that S2500T
Cant do IT now. We want TO walt
until the whole matter is settled
Not In Agreement.
] wasn't part OF the agreement with
Lake Jones that you could keep that
| s25002"
no. sir"
Are you certain that you didn't
money was stolen lucreE
I'm under oath Mo-
when YOU got the package out Of
the postOffice 18th socalled plans,
| containing all that currency, didn' Z
you think Il was unusualF
Am 7 on trialE' witness asked ana
Judge W. r. Smith ruled this matter
had already been gone into.
says She's Not Rich.
Are YOU a rich woman was the
first question on redirect examination.
NO, sir" witness replied. smiling
After a ten minute recess. assistant
district attorney Hugh Robertson an
nounced that the government rested
/ its case. Defence counsel retired for
q short conference and then called
attorney Victor c. Moore to the stand.
] He testified he had practiced law
! here Is years and was Intimately ac-
! ouainted with Ware. we went
] through the hardships OF young law
! yers together" he said. Witness was
one Of Rogers's defenders. he said.
/ the amount OF the fee being $500.
/ witness understanding Wares Zee was
] the same
] saw Rogers in jal2'
Shortly after was engaged, about
/ February. Ware was with me-
Tells Of Jail Conference.
! Rogers said something" witness
| continued. about Mr.. Ware making
] satisfactory arrangements. That was
/ only reference TO fee. Ware had told
me about Rogers sending money TO
! his mother. ] said TO Rogers. for my
part. I regard this sending OF money
as the most dangerous feature Of the
| case, and unless you have perfect ex-