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

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YOU have a bad case Ware said.
Rogers. If you have that money you
better turn il in, and let me and Mr..
Moore try 10 get you of as light as
we can Rogers said I tell you, !
never got that money and can tell
where / got every cent OF the money
I sent my mother He said ne naQ
two safety deposit boxes, because OF
trouble with his wife and that be had
more money left, money made from
farming, leTee work and sale OF prop
critics. I told him he would have 70
have corrobOration OF those state
ments. I can state NOrcop was not
there. At no time did Rogers ever in
innate 70 me he was guilty
Never Saw Notebook.
Witness said he, Ware nor Norcop
had never suggested TO Sogers 20
testify falsely. Witness said he had
never seen the notebook introduced IN
evidence and containing memoranda
which Rogers said Norcop made.
After the trial, witness said, Rogers
still protested his innocence. and
thought an effort for pardon should
be started at once.
Witness said his fee. $500. had
been paid by Ware in three equal IN
stalments.
"Did ware tell You how much
money Rogers left himg
NO. II was none Of my business
Ware Takes stand.
W. 3. Ware himself then took the
stand He said he was 50 years old
Witness related a brief history OF his
life. He had been a cotton planter,
hotel clerk. cowboy and legislator.
he told, and came TO Fl Paso IN
1905.
witness said he first met Rogers in
1907. when the latter was mail car
rier. He came TO my office along IN
June. 1914. and told me he had mar
ried in FL Paso, had gone to her farm
and hadn't got along well; that ne
had a good deal Of money saved; that
she was a spendthrift and trying TO
get the money. He asked me TO write
her. I told him il was doubtful II he
had grounds for divorce. He cold me
he had a friend, Mrs Bancroft VINO
also wanted a divorce He lher nus
band) seemed attached to her and
didn't want TO be divorced"
when did Rogers first consult you
about defending him about the re-
ported stolen money!
He wrote me from California
Denies Admitted Theft
when was the first you ever heard
any money had been stolen.
Il read a brief account in the
DO you remember II he ever came
TO the courthouse for you-
q don't remember. He saw ne
nearly every day about the Bancroft
matter"
Did he ever come to you and ad-
NIT he stole that money and wanted
you 10 act as intermediary in its re-
Never. There's not a word Of truth
in that"
Later. after Rogers told witness Of
appointments with pOstoffice inspec-
tors. he told witness, witness tesu-
fled: i believe they are going TO &C
cuse me OF taking that money" Then
witness said, Rogers told him he had
sent $500 TO his mother a day or two
later. Rogers came witness said, and
told him he was about 10 be ar
rested. witness telling him that the
sending Of money to his mother was
a bad circumstance
says Fees Were $1,000.
When retained, witness said. he
had fixed his fee at $500, the same
amount TO 20 TO another attorney be
had in the case. Il asked him II ne
had money to pay this and he said
he had it. About three days before
his arrest, I told him 10 arrange FOR
the fees and his expenses That Of
ternoon he brought 20 500 bills and
so $50 bills" witness said, "and next
day he brought so $50 gold pieces
where did you think that came
from %
4 believed what he said. 1 thought
at the time he was being prosecuted
and was a good church member"
Has Rogers ever in his life. direct
~ or indirectly said that ne stole that
NO. sir. In fact. I told him. If you
are guilty, plead guilty; but II you
are not quit talking 20 the postotfiee
inspectors
says Total Was S3595.
Witness added. before Rogers's ar
rest. he gave witness a belt contain
ing $685., to be used as expenses The
sums already referred to (S3595) were
all ever received from Rogers except
500 sent by ROgers's brother and S25
or $50 paid on the Bancroft case. Wit
ness said. and OF that money $4,000
was for Wares and MOore's fees and
$500 was given Mr.. Norcop at
Rogers's request because Of personal
favors, the balance being for eN-
penses.
Witness declared that Rogers's tes-
timony that the two rode in an au-
tomobile to the First Baptist church
one night and that Rogers got money
out Of the church and gave il TO wit
ness was manufactured from begin
ming TO end"
Witness then corroborated Mr..
Moores testimony relative to the con-
ferences at the jail. repeating that
Rogers was advised to give up the
money if he was guilty, but that he