Show DUNGEON PRISONER DUNGEON PRISONER TELLS TELLS' STORY OF HIS CAPTIVITY ON WITNESS STAND w E E. Cro Crockett kett Declares Under Oath That the theMen theMen theMen Men Held by Chief Paul Robbed Him at att t r Pistol Point Frank Franl Cline lne better known knon n ns nR Pat Pat P kune lInE th the th football player on or th the All II Mallows Colle College team team- and Jn Joseph eph Mc- Mc Ic- Ic the young drug lint clerk who were arrested u on September 2nd on suspicion cion don of having hel held up and robbed W E. E Ct Crockett on the preceding night were arraigned for trial before Judge Tanner this morning These are the men one of whom ll declares de do- clares h ho In was as kept in the dungeon of the elt city Jail for fot six and one half dasI days das daysI I a diet of bread and water In an effort ef of- r fort ort by th the tho police pollet to make them confess con con- fess ess an and who wlm declare the they were re refused ye- ye fused used permission to see an attorn attorney C or consult with friends regarding their de- de ense Victim on Stand r William E E. Crockett HG West Vest S Seventh South street was the first witness witness wit wit- ness culled called by the pro prosecution He Is the he man who was robbed He testified that at at 1130 o'clock on the tilt night of September he was held up and robbed ft at the corner of Fifth South and Sixth West street He lie first saw MW the footpads walking east on Fifth South street while hew he he- w s on Sixth West going south The Themen men were wen walking about tift fifty lifty feet Ceet to the west and the they turned south routh and followed about the same dl distance be- be Ind him The They followed 1 him a block to 10 o Sixth South street when one of oC the theS the'S S 'S men n Jl cried H IT ITy y there partner have ha you ou got a match atch 1 Looked Into Pistol Muzzle He replied that he had one and as he turned one of oC the men shoved hod ho d a L revolver re ol ver ter in his face and commanded him to throw up his hands hand The The- two men were and Cline the witness de ito- dared Crockett said that Clino Cline then took watch and mone money and said Mid t I Now ow you ou hike right on up the street nd nd If you holl holler boiler r or turn around Ill I'll put ti n t hole I In Iii you ou Crockett hiked Crockett said that this occurred about twenty five feet or 01 possibly a n little nore from a street lamp The n man n l who vho held the gun iun un on him stood about tsi feet distant and the man who searched him wa vcr very close lose f. f of the Hold old U i v. On cro s ex much str stress s J vas t laid the statement of oC the wit wit- f r ness that the hold up occurred at 1130 L k The witness said that he told r rj rj nn an engineer of the power house 1 of oC the I hold up and Immediately telephoned r r The police pollee He could not remember the I description of oC the men as he had given Jt It to the police except that he had tIe de- i. i scribed their hats and told of their heights and complexions J I. I Crockett next saw the men in the elt city Jail where he lie was taken by Policeman Police Police- man Roberts Hobert who said he had the al- al eged robbers In custody and wanted them hem identified k Returning to the time of the hold up Crockett said he could identify the men t I ns he had ob observed er ed them closely While f he e could tell the comparative c color of oC i I. I I. I their hair he could not tell the color of ot otI I their clothing I I Jail Identification i When he the men In the Jail r L they had their hats on and he recognized ed the hats worn by them as aR the i iame ones worn at time lime of or the hold holdup Patrolman Parry was sworn He tes- tes titled tined that he arrested line Cline and McGuire Mc- Mc Ic- Ic Guire on the morning of oC September at the Comstock saloon When I arrested Cline said he had been out In the evening e to see friends friends- and had missed his car At the time lIm of ot the arrest ar ar- ar- ar rest est McGuire wore a dark clark stiff HUff hat and Cline a light soft hat When hen searched the prisoners had a few letters and 5 i tents Cents In money He found no watch and find no revolver er on their perso Defense Opens Its Case The The- State rested Its case at the conr con con- r elusion of oC Patrolman Parrys Parry's t testimony sand and the defense began hean to take teltI non nony tUt importance was laid by the de do- on the time lime the report of the aCair af at- laIr fair air was rec received l c h by 13 the Police department depart depart- ment and the d was waN produced In Crockett's Crocketts testimony fp it was HIS shown hown that th rubbery robbery r occurred within a minute of cr 11 1130 30 The police pollee record book bool that the affair was telephoned to the station a at l 11 1120 O A r report oC the up hold-up was 3 telephoned tel tele phoned to a R morning fl paper per at 1030 o'clock e Lime rim Question Important Crockett tt swore that h he looked at nt his vatch between n 25 1125 o'clock and and 1130 1131 Idock The robbery robber occurred live minutes min mm- utes later It took him five minutes to Co o to the power power house house where he told of vf the occurrence to the tile cn engineer and Ithen then telephoned to the police This make the time of the report of oC the affair to lo th the poll r 11 between n 11 II 40 AO 11 1145 45 oclo k Frank Prank A Cline one of th the defendants testified that he was a student of nC All 1 colic go l' l and had been for several several sev sev- eral years ear He lie said that on the nl night ht o of et the up hold-up he and a a. friend walked town to until S o'clock when hen he lie met nt Guise and two WInt to call on friends Remaining thet for COl a time the they returned to town and met two girl friends The They separated and met again aln at nt the Lace House Hous Explains His Movements 10 After nel walking about town for a time they hey separated td once more line w went scent nt to a lodging house and remained there until with 1145 o'clock From there he wont vent to a house gambling and met McGuire rhey They i played cards until about 2 o'clock in n the the- morning and anti went to the ComMock Com Com- Mock saloon where they the were arrested He lIe declared h he had hrad not nt been heen In the neighborhood In which the robbery robber oc oc- oc- oc on th that l night and stated that h he i had never seen the complaining wit wit- ess n He contradicted the testimony of Crockett and stated that he had no coat or hat on In when he was Identified In the Jail On cross examination his testimony 1 In 10 regard to hi hla hilS actions was wa unshaken Interview Cuts n a Fh Figure ure 1 The Thc prosecutIon Introduced a number f a.- a. ot DC 11 qu regarding an Interview i. i which Cline wn was said to have had with C Eo k rC Orter for a n morning paper A part of r the Interview was declared h by him f V to 10 h lie He said that Detective e f had told him that he Cline 5 n was 13 a celebrated crook against whom hom charges had been preferred In regard reg to the treatment received recel In the Jail Curie Cline said Jailer Kimball had told him that Chief Paul had said that lie hE could have no lawyer la no writIng writIng writing writ- writ Ing material nor anything else Continuing the witness told of oC the various places he had halt roomed and boarded and gave ga a cr very clear account of his habits o of life lICe here A At t noon the case was wa continued to 4 o'clock this afternoon when hen Cline will wilt willbe willbe be cross |