Show mollies mollie thompson on trial today in the third district court the case of the people vs moll mollie ie thompson trial before a J I 1 u ury ry the defendant TO ill charged with grana grand larceny in being associated with charles Wil wildonia donIn robbing a Ci chinaman linam charlie tong wilson was convie convicted twi at the last term terin of lebourt and is now serving out bibri bis sent sentence euce mollie thompson was tried ed ton fori the offense but the jury disagreed since then a she h e hasteen has been in custody the crime was committed on the of october 1887 charlie tong a chinaman who gives his age as fifteen ye the prosecuting witness his story is that on the evening of et the day named he was accosted by wilson who inquired where tie be was going charlie said to the railway depot thereupon wilson la in cited him to get into his bis wagon and ride down charlie accepted the invitation vi and wilson drove over to a saloon to get some whisky on starting off he be drove to ane south end of main street instead the depot the chinaman says ue he did not discover the chaill change e owing to the darkness wilson drove up to his bis tent located near the bottom of main street and told the chinaman to get out the latter objected say BAY ing it was not the depot Wilson told him W tb go inside and said hi he would stop a minute or two and then ka go to the station charlie went in and saw mollie thompson there A minute or so after wilson came in he siezer the chinaman threw him down took off his bis coat vest od aad shoes tied his hands bands with Is a scarf and tried to got get his pants off he searched the pockets ot of these and to took ok which the heathen had in fi nis 1 possession ases then he said he be would k kill 1 1 am mm m and asked mollie to get a knife ku ifer but b ut she would not wilson then got up to get the knife and the chinaman scrambled to his feet and ran up the street screaming while he was in the tent he be saw mollie thompson uke take his money but of his bis purse and throw the latter into the fire charlie notified the officers who arrested the couple and afterwards found the par bially burnt purse in the stove mollie thompson testified in ia her own behalf this afternoon and denied having had say any part in the the robbery she had seea the chinaman with 2 and had also seen wilson choke him to the ground but said it was for insulting her the case was given to the jury this afternoon W |