Imperial Valley press., 1920-03-29

me the $3.50 and | came on out.
Q. Wasn't there any one else there
when she handed you that S12.50?
! A. In the room, no.
Q. Was there any one in another
room?
A. Yes. sir. q.
Q. Who else?
A. Mr.. Jeffries he was in room
There where they had fixed for poker
table and a fellow named Trimble.
Q. Did you observe whether they
saw you receive the $3.50?
A. Yes, sir, Mr. Tirmble seen me and
this old lady and Teddy.
Q. She handed you $3.50 there?
A. Yes, sir
O. In what denomination was that?
A. 1t was silver.
| Q. All silver?
A. Yes.
G. On the first occasion?
A. Yes on the first.
@. Do you remember what time OF
the night it was YOU received that
$3.50?
A. Right around 10 or half past 10.
! Q. What did YOU DO with 1T?
A. l gave it to the chief the next
mornino.
@. Where?
A. At the city hall.
Q. Did YOU give him the identical
money you had received from Mrs.
A. gave him all except S4.00.
Q. You kept S4.0O yourself?
A. Yes.
Q. And gave him $3.50 did you?
A. gave him eight dollars and 30
cents. He figured it up. | had this
little piece of paper he figured up on
in the book, and he burned it up.
Q. One-third was to go to you and
one third to Chief Hill and one-third
to Wilkins Hill?
A. Yes.
@. And he received eight dollars and
thirty some cents?
A. Yes.
@. Did YOU receive money from Mrs.
Willard on any other occasion?
A. No, sir.
Q. Is that the only time?
A. Yes, sir
Q. Is that the only time you have
knowledge of money being paid over
by Mrs. Willard?
/ A. Yes, | am sure that is the only
time.
Q. That was the Saturday night be-
, fore you left the force was it?'
A. Yes.
Q. Have you collected any money
from the Ramona rooms?
A. Yes, sir.
G. Do you remember whon that was.
the first time?
A. No, l could not say.
G. On how many occasions did you
collect money there?
A. Two.
Q. How much?
a. $500.
Q. Do you know what that repre-
sented?
A. This fellow at the Ramona told
ne that the chief said he could run
4 poker game in there and keep wom-
en- in there.
Q. How was the S25 to be distribat-
ed, was half to 60 for the women and
holf for the poker game, do you know :?
a. ] could not say.
! 0. Had Chief Hill instructed you
to go there and collect S25?
A. Yes, sir
q. Had he given YOU those instruc-
tons just prior to the time you went
there?
A. just the one time.
O. When you first went there, was
any one present?
A. The proprietor there.
q. What was his name?
A. | cannot cali his name.
q Would you know it If you heard
Il. l think so.
O. Was it FaSsio?
A. Something like that, some Span
ish name
r O. No one else was present?
! A. No.
@ How much money was paid by
him to vou?
A. S2500.
O. In what kind of coin?
A. In green backs
Q. Do you remember what month
that was?
+. A. In January.
@. How long after the first occasion
you went there again?
4, The next Saturday night.
o. Was that the Saturday preccd-
ing "our resignation from the police
force?
A. Yes, sir.
S25 you received?
A. taken the S25. went home and
put down the numbers of it and there
was five tore half in two, pasted over
put the number of that down, and
also made a mark that the bill had
! been torn in two, and l gave this to
the chief, and he said he did not want
that five, and he takes this five back
and gave me this other five. and /
had this other $3.50 from the River
side held out that and | did not get
any of that, | had to give him all OF
that in order to get this ether money
that | had marked / did not get any
out of the $25
@. Did you get any out Of the
seiond S25.
A. Yes, | got SO and something.
z. Representing one-third OF the
$500?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you turn the balance to him?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Where?