Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-01-10
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of testimony began late Monday af-


of testimony began late Monday af- II
ternoon.
Prunty, who wore a black business
suit, is smaller than Funk and not as
handsome a man.
Among the exhibits in the case,
which will include over $4,000 in mon
ey found in grip in the motor car
the men were driving when arrested at
Peoria, ILL.,, are the doors of the vault |
and safe Of the Bank of Farber
When these we.t. unloaded at the
Court House, Monday morning, j. D.
Miller, custodian of the building,
thought some mistake had been made
and that they were destined for Sam
Morris junk heap.
The vault door has two holes in it.
Both made by explosives. One is near
the center of the door and opposite
the combination. 1t is about six inch
es in diameter. The other is near the
bottom of the door and smaller. The
small safe door is completely shater-
ed and little left to tell what it or
iginally was.
Jesse A. Prunty, one of the de-
PENDANTS, took the stand late
Tuesday afternoon. He stated
that he was in Pennington, ILL.,,
on the 14th of November and
that a man by the name of Ad-
ans owned the Ford car in which
he was arrested. He said he had
never been in Missouri, except
to pass through from st. Louis
to Hot Springs. He gave his age
as 35 and said he had owned a
saloon and tended bar as well as
sold motor cars at different
times
The State rested its case the middle
of Tuesday afternoon in the trial of
Funk and Prunty, charged with rob-
bing the Bank of Farber. 1t is
thought the jury will be considering
the evidence by tonight or Wednesday
morning.
Judge S. D. Sutton, cashier of the
Bank of Farber, was the first witness
placed on the stand. He began his
testimony in the middle of the af-
ternoon Monday and continued until
almost five o'clock. He identified
the doors of the vault and safe which
were broken open and gave testimony
regarding the amount of money in the
bank the night of the robbery, and
gave further detailed account Of the
occurrence as he knew about it.
The court room Monday was crowd
ed and Tuesday even larger attend
ance marked the session.
C. W. May, assistant cashier of the
Farber Bank, was on the stand follow
ing Judge Sutton. He identified some
d of the wrappings on the coins found
in the grip containing the bank loot
as well as some of the checks.
4
j. W. Green, of Farber, testified tc
hearing the explosions and the robbers
o talking. He resides next to the bank
He could not identify any of the mer
u charged with the theft.
: Jack Williams, of Farber, testified
e to hearing the explosions as did D. E
p S. Branstetter. nightwatchman at thu
e brick plant in Farber.
: Joe Gray, who resides near Farber
S told of motor tracks in the vicinity O.
S his farm, which were presumabl!
: those of the car occupied by the rob
n bers. He said the tracks resemble'
n those of Ford and were going il
k the direction of Center, Mo.
W The Rev. N. E. Mccoy, owner o
l. the car in which Funk and Prunt,
% were arrested in at Peoria, was on tn
S, stand, and identified the machine a
y his. It had been stolen from him il
TX Slater.
L. C. H. Welty, mechanic in the U. 5
lie Aviation Section, who was motor
TX cycle officer in Peoria and arreste
r. Funk and Prunty, because they ha
ir no license on the car, told of the ar
he rest and his conservation with tn
g. men at the time.
Id W. W. Rhoades, chief of police a
Peoria, took the stand and testifie
concerning the arrest and his CONVEX
Sc sation with the accused.
he w. Kunst, detective in the Peori
ne police force, testified to opening tn
e. grip containing the loot and identifle
rt various articles in it. Among othe
IS things were shirt and several collar
u stamped with the name III. Funk"
ry The State closed its case at 2:9
after introducing in evidence tn
lie money and grip found in the car tn
ay two defendants were arrested in an
ell the shirt and collars bearing the in
print "H. Funk"
he The first witness for the defens
10 was Walker Burns, of the Mexic
re Savings Bank, who testified to tt
ad tearing of paper money and its di'
.or carding
is He was followed by Constable job
nic Atkins, of Vandalia, who told of h
'r- coming to Farber the morning of IL
ed robbery and of following the tract
of the motor car the robbers were SUI
ed posed to have escaped in.
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