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Show to drink until he, Goff. had paid for what he had already had, whereupon Goff went through his pockets for money and presented only 80 cents, which was not enough to pay what he owed the bar. Oscar Collins. "Kelley," porter of the ( Apex saloon at that time, testified that he was one of the men who assisted in j taking Mr. Goff to his room in the I Apex saloon building, he telling the same story regarding the affair as did Mr. Roselle, reiterating that no money was taken from the old man. Detective Pender and District Attorney Attor-ney Harris were called as witnesses, both testifying regarding the investigations investiga-tions made by them as ofllcers in th-j case. Both Pender and Harris stated that they had examined all the witnesses witness-es they could find in the premises and that they had not undertaken to "suggest" "sug-gest" as toMvhat any of the witnesses should testify to, but that they had received re-ceived a straightforward story from all of them, upon which they felt justified in having the defendants arrested and i placed on trial. I The defense not having concluded , its testimony at rather a late hour, the court took a recess until next Mon- . day at 12 o'clock, when the hearing I wiil be resumed, i HEARING OF: FRANK GOFF CASE 1 LIVELY TILT BETWEEN CONTENDING CON-TENDING ATTORNEYS. Detective Pender and District Attorney Attor-ney Harris Called As Witnesses Case Continued. The preliminary hearing of Robert J. McGuire, B. E. Bramlett and Mr. Garrett, charged with having robbed Frank Goff of $350 on the night of December 11, was resumed In ihe municipal mu-nicipal court last evening. The state having concluded Its testimony in tho case, the defense offered its testimony. testi-mony. The testimony given by the defense by a number of witnesses was to the effect that the old man, Goff, came to the Apex saloon Friday night, December Decem-ber 11, and proceeded to partake freely of the liquors that were on sale at the bar. It was testified that Goff became highly Intoxicated and fell upon the floor In a supposedly drunken stupor and that he;was carded by Roselle, Cody, Collins and Burns, under un-der the direction of Mr. Bramlett, to au upstairs room.5' number 6, where he was "placed In bfld and covered up." and that no money was taken from him at that time. G. C. Brown, a barber, stated that he saw the old man the next morning on the street In front ot the Apex saloon, sa-loon, in his stocking feet, without a coat or hat upon him, which caused tome amusement on the part of those who saw him. The witness designated desig-nated the occurrence as "a laughable f tunt." When Mrs.Loeless, the woman having hav-ing in charge the rooms above the Apex saloon, was called to the stand she wore a heavy veil upon her face. Ji'dge Maglnnis. for the defense, asked hr.r to lift tho veil, which she refused to do. and the district attorney, N. J. Harris, interposed an objection to tho demand made by Mr. Maglnnis. Judge Muginnls Insisted that the woman should explain why she wore the veil, to which Judge Murphy replied, "It is none of Judge Maginnl6" business why she weary the vel!. At this a lively tilt ensued between the lawyer for the dei'endant and the prosecuting attorney, attor-ney, which was largely indulged in by the court. Judge Murphy stated to Mr. Maginnis that he (Maginnls) was supposed to be a gentleman before the court and abide by the court's ruling. rul-ing. Mrs. Loveless did not remove her veil. She was Immediately excused by the attorney for the defense, who, at the time, interposed the Idea that the. lady was wearing a veil because of a black eye which had been occasioned occa-sioned through certain 1 family disturbances dis-turbances of recent date. Mr. Roselle, a Drother-ln-law of the defendant McGuire, stated thnt he was acting as bartender at the Apex saloon on Friday night, the llth of December, when Mr. Goff came Into the place and drank quite freely at the bar. He 6uld he had occasion to step to the rear of the building and while there ho heard a heavy "thud upon the floor." He rushed into the saloon and saw GolT lying upon the floor in a sort of stupor. Under the advice of one of the proprietors of the place, Mr. Bramlett, Bram-lett, he and three other men carried Goff upstairs to room No. (. where he was "put to bed and covered up" with the bedding. Mr. Roselle stated that while Mr. Goff was being taken to hia room no money was taken from him. He saw Goff the nxt morning in the bar room and gave him a drink. Goff was hatless, coatless and without Phoes. Tne witness also ttated that on Friday evening after Goff had had a number of drinks and wanted more, that Mr. McGuire. one of the defendants, defend-ants, told him he could have no more. |