Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-02-18
IDENTIFY ROMAN
AS ONE Of TWO
TEMPE BANDITS
Three Witnesses For The
State Are Positive Ip Their
Identification of Man On
Trial In the Superior Court

Tomas Roman, on trial in the supe-
rior court, was positively identified yes
terday by three of the states witnesses
as one of the two bandits who partfc-
ipated in the holdup of the Baber-Jones
store at Tempe on Jan. IL and the
murder of young Hintze and c. M.
Spangler, night marshal Pointing at
Roman, H c. Baber. who was wound
ed by one of the bandits, said: This
is the man who entered the store, held
me up and then shot me-" OF this, MI
Baber said he was positive because
he saw Romans face behind blue par
relied gun pointed at him and under
such circumstances he said, the mans
features were impressed upon his mem
ory
Mr.. Baber told of the holdup of the
store Roman, he said, entered and
asked for cigarettes. Before he could
get them, Baber said, the Mexican drew
gun and ordered him to hurry up
| Then Roman shot him in the shoulder,
Baber said holding the pistol in his
| left hand, after which he ordered him
back to the office where he took the
money in a drawer in the safe as well
as the money from Baber's pockets
| The Mexican then ordered him back
took the money from the top tray of
the cash register, which was on top OF
| the showcase.
| Roman then started to leave the
| store, he said but turned and point
| ing the gun directly at him, fired bull
| let into his left lung. Baber said he
did not remember falling or anything
which took place after that. He said
| when he recovered he was lying in the
! door of the store Baber said he had
noticed the Mexican limp as he came
| in the door.
James V. Robbins identified Roman
| as one of the two Mexicans who got
on the stage for Nogales about six
miles from Tucson. Romans com
panion. Robbins said, was short Mex
lean, light complexioned, had slanting
eyes. Both men, he said, got off the
stage at Calabasas.
Tells of Sons Death
Ernest A. Hintze, father of Angus
| Hintze, told of the death of his soT
after he had been struck by the bulIe
| which came from inside the store. Mr.
| Hintze said he and his son were pass
ing the store when he heard a sount
! like breaking glass and looked into tn,
! store to see two Mexfcans with Babel
between them. He heard a shot, Hintzt
said, and then another shot, and hi:
son cried out, ooh, papa!" and fell Il
the walk.
The bullet struck the boy in the lef
| side, Hintze said, and upon examining
the front of the store later, Hintz'
said, he found marks where a bulle
| had passed through the crack of tn,
| front door of the store His son died
Hintze said, few minutes after the!
had carried him across the street to
| store.
Mrs. j. w. Kinney told of hearinl
| some shots and of seeing August HintZ'
throw up his hands and fall. Mrs. Kin
ney said she ran across the street anc
called the officers and then went bacl
and helped Mr.. Hintze carry his sol
| across the street She said she saw
someone standing ON the bank corne
shooting and heard bullet pass owe
her head. Mrs. Kinney said she ad
ministered first aid treatment to tn
HintZe boy until the doctor arrived
About five minutes later. she said. tn
boy died in her arms. He had a gun
shot wound on his left side over tn
heart, she said, which bled profusely
Anna Pyle, Is years old, said sh
met Roman a few minutes before tn
holdup coming across the street from
the Baber-Jones store. Shortly afte
that, she said, she met him again i
the middle of Mill avenue going to
ward the store Roman, she said lai
his hand on her shoulder as he passed
which caused her to remember his face
She pointed to Roman and said he wa
the man she met. A few minutes la
ter. while she was in a butcher sho
nearby. she said, she heard shots an
came out on the walk. Roman, sh
said, was backing across Mill avenu
, firing a revolver. She said she wa
positive the man backing across tn,