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Show A WATCH, A BOY AND A 6REEK Thomas Koerkos, the Greek charged with having held up and robbed a boy of an Ingursoll watch in broad daylight on Washington avenue, was given a preliminary hearing in polico court this morning and the felony charge against him dismissed Koeikos stems to have been the victim in the case. Aceordiug to the testimony of the boy, Roscoe D. Reese, he found the Greek standing at tho corner of Washington avenui? and Twent-fourlh street, em November Novem-ber 10. The Greek was waiting for Superintendent Joseph Bailey to come out of the office of the Rapid Transit company's ofllce. Thr boy testified that the man asked him what he would take for his watch. Koerkos contends that it was tho boy who accosted ac-costed him and attempted to sell him his watch. 'The timepiece was attached to a long chain and, as the hoy passed it to Koerkos, the ring came fiom the stem, leaving the watch in the man's baud and tho chain with the boy. Young Reese accused Koerkos f i breaking his watch and demanded that lie give him a dollar. The Greek gave back the watch and told the boy that he had not broken it and would not pay him a dollar for the damage. The loud demands of tho bov for the dollar begnn to attract the people passing nnd the man walked away, the boy following him. For a block the crying urchin trailed Koerkos, demanding that he bo paid, a dollar for the watch. Other pedestrians pedes-trians tool: notice and the man, becoming be-coming frightened, cither struck or pushed the boy from him and started to run. From tills joint the chase was a veritlble moving picture episode and Koerkos was soon captured by some men who joined in the rush. Koerkos Koer-kos now offered to pay the dollar which the boy demanded, but was not permitted to do so. He was taken to the police station and locked up. Since then ho has bee-.i a prisoner, charged with having held up and robbed young Reese. Reese, although but eleven years old, is a lad of the street. Part of his time is spent in Salt I ake City and part in Ogden. It appeared from the evidence that on the day the r.up-posed r.up-posed robbery was committed, the boy desired to go to Salt I-ake City. Koerkos slated that when he accosted him he said that he wanted to sell the watch for a dcllar fo that he could buy a ticket to Salt Lake. It was also shown thai the ring in the watch was loose and that It could he very easily taken from the stem or replaced. After he heaiingt of tho bov's evl-denco. evl-denco. County Attorney David Jensen, who was piosecuMng the case against Koerkos, admitted to the court that there was not sufficient evidence to hold the defendant on a charge of robbery and asked that the case be dismissed. The county attorney in-misled, in-misled, however, that Koerkos be held on a charge of battery", because of him having struck the boy. Koerkos' attorney slates that he will demand a trial by jury on the battery charge. |