Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-20
Is WITNESSES
TAKE STAND in
M'GINNIS CASE

Dolores Sullivan, bandit queen,
member Of a trio Of robbers that
stole thousands OF dollars worth OF
merchandise in this and five other
states before being captured, was the
first witness called by the state yes-N
terday morning in the trial at Tomb
stone of T.. P. McCinnis, former
Kelton postmaster and general store
keeper, charged on four counts with
receiving stolen property. Twelve
other witnesses were heard before the
end of the first day OF taking testi-
rnony.
Judge Dave W. Ling is presiding
at the trial.
| Mrs. Sullivan was well dressed, but
| her manner was hesltant and un-
easy. Her low voicec replied we're
scarcely audible.
Mrs. Sullivan testified that she
first met It. P. NcGinnis, defendant,
on January 16, 1927, the day after
her marriage to the bandit leader.
, She said at that time that she and
her husband, in company with D. G..
/ Williams, went to the store owned
Ihy McGinnis at Kelton. In the
course of the conservation there the
latter made it known ;:1a5 he wanted
about 500 pounds of butter and a
large quantity OF coffee, tea ana
other groceries.
bandit queen, with her husband and
On the night OF January 7, the
Walters, went to Stafford where they
broke into the Stafford Ice and
Creamery company and stole approx
imately 500 pounds OF butter, she
testified After the rcbbing she said
Walters took the butter and stored
it in the McGinnis warehouse. Up
on objection, Judge Ling ruled that
the jurors should consider nothing
but what the witness had actually
seen and heard. The bandit queen
then mos55 positively stated thai she
did see the butter in the McGinniS
warehouse on the morning of jan
uary 8, last. She said her husband
admonished the merchant at this
time to keep the butter back for at
least q month.
MHs. Sullivan stated that on the
night Of January 9, tires, most or
Which were -Springfields, were
delivered TO McGinnis
NJ Richmond, OF Stafford, book
keeper of The Stafford Ice and Cream
cry company, and Robert B. Trueby,
butter maker FOR the same company,
testified that the butter room at the
plant was broken into on the night
of January and that II cases. $40
pounds Of butter, were stolen. Upon
being shown a box of the deScrip-
ton in which Trueby said the SAT-
ford Ice and Creamery company
packed their butter he testified that
it was the same.
During the cross examination Of j.
N. Lester, the owner of the Bank
head Garage at RodeO in January OF
this year, frequent objections were
made and sustained by Judge Ling.
Lester seemed to have great deal
OF information which he was ANXIOUS
to disclose. The Bankhead Garage
of which he was owner was broken
into on the night OF January and
many tires, castings, and other auto
mobile supplies were stolen Mrs |
Sullivan had previously said that ner
husband left her from about 6 O'Clock
on the evening OF January till
about $3.50 the next morning.
When Sheriff George Henshaw OF
this county came to the stand, he
testified that on his second visit tc
Kelton he took Mrs Sullivan with
him. She talked to McGinnis few
minutes alone and later he heard
her say: Nick and Jack have come
clean on this stuff and are serving
their term SO you might as well,
too" 4
McGinnis showed Sheriff Henshaw
and his men a we'll where he said
there ought to be loot When q
man was lowered in, several sacks
Of goods were found. These proved
to contain tobacco, cigars and SIM
liar merchandise in them.
Jurors who are serving in this
case are the follows James Call
agher, Douglas; L. G. Stoner, San
Simon, rancher; Ray C.. Helens,
Warren; T.. j. Gardenshire. Wilcox;
George Flcetham, Douglas; Bert
Policy, Bis5ee, auto salesman; D. M
Bloodworth, Douglas, railroadman; E.
G. Belcher, Douglas; Wendell Spence,
Douglas; Carl Cook, Bisbee; j. NJ
Tiuish, Douglas, merchant; Willis E.
Mason, Douglas; alternate, J. E.
Royett, Louis Springs,
State attorneys are James T. Cen
try, B. G.. Thompson and Rhes Co..
nelius. The attorneys Off the de-
Tense are j. T. Kingsbury and Alex
ander Murray.