Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-10
JURY'S VERDICT
IN ALLEGED BANK
ROBBERY SCORED


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A.. And at the same time as
they came ia Daniels was pulling
down one blind OF the door.
Q. tMr Leach). Did you know who
they were?
A. Not at that time
QDo YOU know now?
A. Yes. sir.
@. Who were they?
A. Fisher and Bell.
Q. Fisher and Bell?
A. Yes. sir.
O. Which is Fisher?
A. Fisher is this little fellow here.
@. With the black suit on2
A. Yes, sir
@. And which is Bell?
A. Bell is the one on the end
A. saw Bell and Fisher
coming in Bell was carrying a black
satchel
@. Was there anything about his
clothing that you noticed?
A. IL was coat some sort OF
a skin coat OF a brown or yellowish
tan.
Leather coat and black satchel
| taken from Bells room at Baltimore
Hotel identified by Reese as being
like" satchel and coat he saw with
| BelD.
Describing movements of Bell. the
witness said:
A. lie was STOPPING down, almost
kneeling. and Bell--both kneeling and
in their efforts TO open the .satchel.
Bells mask dropped of entirely .
| saw Bell pick up a box containing
/. quarters and half dollars and
empty II into the satchel {. we were
commando by Daniels to stoop down
= with our hands UP.
| George +. Needham. assistant treas
urer, testified:
@. (Mr ch).-Describe that sec
ond man.
A. He was tall, thin mani would
say. man about 30 years old.
Q. Have you since seen him?
A. | recognize him as the man Dam
| iels.
| (Which is Daniels?
A.This man dndicating).
q. You identify him as the man you
saw that day?
| A. Yes. sir
Q.Are you sure of that?
| A. Positive
| q. tMr. Leach).-Now. are you able
to identify the first one. the man you
saw leaning or pointing the pistol to-
ward the window through High Street
at Mr.. Reese and you?
| A. At the time he was in there his
face looked familiar to me--that / had
seen him before. but could not place
him. | laid awake practically all
night trying to place this fellow.
q. Have you since been able to
| place-him?
Ayes. sir. I caused his arrest.
q. Which Is he?
A. This man.
| Q. What is his name?
A. Clark Ellis.
Q. The man that was coming
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door, what did he do?
| A. He threw grip on the floor.
He had on tan leather coat
and green hat and his mask was off
when | saw him.
@. Who is Bell?
A. Bell was the man who had the
grip. who identified as Bell.
q. (Mr. Leach) Which is Bell?
A. That man right there dndicat-
ing).
q. Which one?
A. This one with the brown suit
=. He had absolutely nothing on his
| face. | saw him.
William A. Lilly testified:
A. | saw three men rush out of the
bank two of them I could recog-
nize.
| Q. Will you roint them out?
A. The first and second man. iBell
and Daniels. pointed out, stood up).
@ Are you positive?
A. | am.
O. Certain of il?
Il les, sir, and i think l saw the
third man (Ellis). but am not posi-
tive, but of these two | am positive.
. | don't know their names but
those are the two men, One of them
had dark satchel and he had a
brown coat on that looked like
| leather
Asks Rail Reduction
Bert Bell. one of the five men ac-
quilted. obtained writ OF habeas cur
pus in the City Court yesterday in an
effort to have his bail reduced from
$4,000.
Bell is now in Jail awaiting trial on
charges in connection with the holdup
and robbery of messengers of the