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ATKINSON IS
CHILLED HI
DEFtNGE
Effort Made to Prove That
"Holdup" Was His Plan
to Get Police Position.
ROSS FORMERLY ON
LOS AHGELES FORCE
WAS the visit to the rooms of
the Hotel McCoy on the morn
ing of Jan. 1. where it has
b-tn testified, poker wa betas played,
rrjing out the. plan to secure evidence
n gambling cases, tamed into a "hold
up" by the state's star witness, R. P
Atkinsoi for the purpose of "standing
jn" with the police, in order that he
might s. -ure a position on the police
force?
That sucn a construction had been
nlaced on tne alleged hodp which
The defTice is apparency claiming was
nn a gambling investigation, tbronf
ih."agrc- o Atkinson, was brought
nut in the cross examination of that
witness bj John J Hill. e of tte
j.ttornev for the defence in the toss
aeMrrlnH,n.nahU line of Questioning.
A in the fact that Atkinson had
Shdai .ippl-cation wit.i police chief
1 X ruvib, about a we k prior to the
allied holdup, for a position on the
force, attempted to make Atkinson de
dare that the holdup, which was in
-irt a c imblinp investigation had been
i.irned r.to a real holdup by him so
that he . .. ild make good with the pv
liee Atkinson denied such. He stated
lhat if that -was the purpose of the
Ulan he Fas not aware of it.
The feature of the trial thus far has
been th- fact brought out under the
ross examination of the defence that
,he -holdi'T)" was more or less ex
pected m the alleged gamblers, and
that th " were informed during the
actual "holdup' that the police were
rtmine, and therefore to be quiet.
"noffer point which the defence is
ting to iring out is the fact that
r nor to the alleged "holdup.' Rambling
ad beci in progress in El -Paso for
some ti:ne and that the gamblere them
selves h id l"en made aware of the fact
that thiv were liable to be "heldup in
the furthrrar.ee of a gambling invesn
gation. that was, or had been, put on
IO tklnon further testified fcat when
he informed Capt. W. D. Greet of the
holdup," he wanted to know ttmttt
carrvinr It out would hurt his chances
ofttfnir on the police force. Greet
he laid told him it would iwttorf
inp to the testimony of Atkinson hte
application to become a member of the
m.lice force Is still pending. ,
n A Ross, a brother of the defendant.
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We use the "Dletopbone."
DRVlGnO.VS BtSrXESS COLLEGE
R. F. Davis, Manager. Phone 14S4.
' . tHlib. '
A kfi
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WEsSS
Is a regular attendant at the trial. He
sits between the defendant and his
wife. Mrs Ross, engaged in taking
notes during the trial, and in con
ferring with his brother and his attor-
A "m. t fp number of -rears
was a member of the police depart-
ZZZ r Tia Anecles. but lately n was
iri has ena-ae-ed in the real estate I
business. He came here from Los An
geles. Both he and the defendant ap
pear confident.
liad Ne IvHewIedBe of Poker Game.
Atkinson, who was the witness on
. ,nH satnrilav afternoon when
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SKSJKSffii Sfsis ft? S"SL' '
court aojournra w.- "irr" ,
t?HS'E'1"k,i :
at the hotel. I nau never oeeu m
hQeLAlthough you assisted in the rob-
bery. you did not know that there was ,
'Kir'lS-
Q "You know that it is a violation of
k.i. o nlur ooker at hotelsr
the law to piay poaer """..,
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Q "You know that games are being
played at the hotels?"
A. "No. sir. I only know what Snyder
and Pitman told me about them.
The witness stated that he had taken
several drinks of whisky and beer that
dQ. "You did that to 'nerve yea up,
didn't you?"
A. "Partly that. Tea, sir."
T had a drink in the Lobby bar.
A screen the Witness testified, had
been placed in front of the entrance
10 me iron" " n..w .e,- .---
- -- ,- -th.
This screen, he .said, they
openedup so that it obscured the door
"Iwaited," the witness said, "until
I saw that Mr. Ross was going to get
in his door. I tried my door and found
it unlocked. I wanted to see that we
both went Into the rooms at the same
time. .
"I have been to Marfa since the rob
bery. My gnn and a small automatic
were taken from me. The automatic I
got off of a table after Mr. Ross took
it from a man, and put it there.
Net Aeaualnted With Men In Room.
"I am not personally acquainted with
any of these men in the rooms. I may
have talked to some since. I think I
have been to the races once. Tea. I
have been to Juarea since. I walked
probably know all those men by sight,
but I don't know their names. I re
member seeing them in the room when
they testified in the cottrt.
T remember the man sitting with his
back to the door smiled when I walked
in. I told him at was ne Joke and to
get up.
Had On Blue Handkerchief.
"I had a blue handkerchief on. I
think I have it in my room. Mr. Ross.
I think, had a red one in the agency. 1
don't remember seelngany beds in the
rooms. If there had been a bed in there
I think I would have seen it-
'0y eyes are brown. I think I weigh
between 146 and 15 pounds. I am five
foot seven, I think.
"I was somewhat excited when I went
in the room."
Q. "Why were you excltedr'
A. "I don't know."
q. "Ton knew you were in the clear,
didn't your
A. "Tea sir.
Q. "Now. two men held up 11, and
they submitted?"
A. "TTec, sir."
Q. "They submitted to you without
protest, didn't they?"
A. Tes, sir.that is what I would call
It"
Q. "There was no cry for police, or
ringing of telephone?"
A. "No. sir."
Q. "Did you say something to them
about the police coming?"
A. "Now that you mention It. I be
lieve I did. liaiA them" to be quiet
the police would be there' aeon and
let them out. I believe Rftje heard
that- He' was there." .-
Q. "That was the reason Jtaey sub
mitted, wasn't it?" J
A. "Perhaps so." 7 "
Q. "Then Ross knowing tfce police
were coming "went on down the front
steps?"
A. "Well, I don't know" that be did
this." ,
Q. "Was the game keeper scared?"
A. "I don't know the game keeper.
Q. "Was Francisco searerc"
A. "Pancho. I know kept trying to
lower hte hands; I think he was try
ing to get a key. I told him to keep
his hands up." '
Q. "Why did you go into it and
"then give it awayr '
A. "I didn't go late 4tw -Asked
Aa to Motive.
Q. "What was your 'motlv?
A. "It seemed the right thing."
Q. "Didn't you consider them your
friends T"
A. "Not after they asked me to
commit a robbery."
Q. "Was it to make a scapegoat
of Rossr
A. "I don't think so. I believe he.
was one of the originators of the
scheme. I don't think it was a scheme
to get me. I think tney wanted some
one to, help commit the robbery. I
felt hard against Snyder because he
told me that as long as I worked for
him and carried out his orders he said
he would look after me. I heard the
police were not friendly with a man
running around and doing work with
out the proper authority. Mr. Bed
ford told me If I went to work for
those people that I had better be com
missioned. Bedford runs the Monarch
pool halL
'T put In my application for the po
lice because I thought the agency was
going to go broke, or something.
"Was Not to be Arrested.
T don't know anything about prom
ises of immunity. That was the un
derstanding between Greet and me
when I went up there, I was not to be
arrested."
Q. "Weren't you over in Juarez in
George's bar and told a man by the
name of Dailey there that you was
working for some 'damned informers,'
and was going to quit them?"
A. "I don't know George's bar. I
think I heard the name. No. sir: I
did not tell him that. I don't know
Dailey?"
Q. "Didn't you tell some gamblers
that night that this 'holdup was go
ing to take place; that some game
would be held up. and it was gener
ally known that this was to take
place T'
A. "No. sir; I did not."
The Ring Incident.
On redirect examination the witness
testified to this question: "How did
they know that a man had a ring that
couldn't be taken off his fingerr
A. "Snyder mentioned it. . He said
be would make arrangements about
that. I think he said he asked the man
to let him see the ring."
The witness explained to the jury
that he informed the police because he
thought it was the proper thing to do.
"If any man," said the witness. would
rob me, I would want to see him go to
jail or the penitentiary. . I. 'think other
.men have the same rights."
On recross-examination he testified:
I felt that Pitman and Snyder did
not care about us so. long as they got
their share of the proceeds. -Mr. ru
man and Snyder said there was a
gamekeeper up there who knew that
tliis was going to be done. If any
arrests were to be made I knew that
Ross and I would gst it."
Q Tou say that your only mo-
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!issssHbL -:isssssU
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tiva In tellinc was that if any man
held you up you '-would want to send !
Mm to tne peniieniiary. men wiiy
didn't you tell .the- gamblers V
& "T ma not want to do that. Ross
and Pittnan might have found it out."
(J. XOU OIU 11 uwwiav jvu nouicu
to stand
in with the police, didn't
your
1 believe Greet said that It woum
not hurt my chances. I said that if It
would I did want to go ahead with it.
I put In my application about a week
before the holdup. I told chief Davis
I was working for the "Western detec-
tlva fl?pllCT.
n "v - MA-t tell him vou were
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Xatati mum-
Pitman said the men were a bunch of
cheap race horse sports and wouldn't
snt Koan Testifies.
A. L. Rowan testified: "My business
is race horses. I got down here three
days after the races. I stop at the
,, Mf. t wont to room S12. I
think. There was a suite of rooms.
Hnd nonsiblv eieht or ten men in there.
I only remained in there a few minutes
when I went across to my room and
went to bed.
"I had just dosed off to sleep when
I heard some one say: Hold up your
hands.' Then I heard some one cry
'Oh.' It sounded like Mr. Gaskin. I
tried the door and found it locked. I
'phoned down to the office and' told
them something was going on, either
a raid or a holdup and told them a few
more police would not hurt. I tried to
phone to the room and heard the phone
r. .. .. -.. ... j t
:nne, out 01 course iiu uut miiincira u
k . nmtvtT. ,- t had a conver-
sation with them. I told them there
was a holdup going on in the room.
They said they knew there was and
had been waiting in the alley a half
hour.
"I told them if they had a gun, and
the men put up, a fight, I could be
right smart of a help to them."
On cross examination he testified: "I
know Sam Rowan. I have met him. He
is no relation of. mine."
Identifies Pinchers.
Thomas Taffe testified he was a
dealer in hardware. He remembered
seeing Pitman- during the examining
trial. Me was twwn a. pair m. ptnt:ir
ers and said they looked like a pair
he had SWd the day betMe the al
leged robbery. Pitman," 0e witness
testified, looked like the man be had
sold thm'"H.
On cross examination the witness
stated that -"he eauld not swear that
Pitman bought the pinchers.
AtklBHen Recalled.
Atkinson, who was recalled, testi
fied: "I was afraid that after they told
me this they would have some one
watch me. That's the reason I told
Capt. Greet to meet me in the court
house. That's the reason I went home
and got my gun. I was afraid they
would go to the police and have some
one waylay me"
The witness stated that the reason
be did not Inform the police earlier
was that he did not believe the plan
was going to be carried out. Snyder,
he said, had told him so many things
that did not materialize that he had
lost confidence in him. He said he
was afraid to tell the police, gam
blers, or anyone else.
Q. "Didn't you know that Mr. Ross
was going over there to investigate
that gambling, not to rob?" asked Mr.
HHL
A. "No, sir. I did not know anything
about that."
Q. "You knew that he had talked
with Mr. Horace Stevens and the
preachers' unionT'
A. "No. sir."
Q. "Didn't you try to get them to
put on the gambling Investigations?"
A. "No. sir."
Knows Nothlac; of Gambling.
Q. Tou know that gambling la
going oh In'lH Paso?" -
A. "No, sir. I do not. I haven't
seen It."
Q. "When did you .get your divorce
before you married?"
A. "I think it was in 11J,T
The state objected to this line of
questioning. Mr. Hill had no further
questions to ask the witness.
Tells of Taking Money From Rosa.
Saturday afternoon the feature of the
hearing was . the testimony of R. F.
Atkinson, called the "star" witness.
Previous to Atkinson's testimony, Ira
Ware, mounted policeman, was the first
witness of the Saturday afternoon sea
son of court. Ware said:
"At the station I took off several
rolls of money from Ross, and some
diamonds. I did not count the money.
The monev was in separate packages.
I searched one side. York the other.
A belt and scabbard was taken from
Ross. I did not notice any mask."
On cross examination the witness tes
tified that be did not hear anyone go
down the fire escape. He said he did
not know where the fire escape was.
"It was kind of a sham, arresting
Atkinson, wasn't itr' was asked.
"I think it was," the witness replied.
"I put Ross in an automobile and
took him to the police station," contin
ued the witness. "We did not hand
cuff him. We had chains on his arms.
Some one said that Ross might have
a gun. I put my hand in his pocket,
the right hand side one. I said: It's
full of money.' Greet said not to touch
a thing, to leave it as it was."
"What else was taken off him be
sides this money and diamonds?" was
asked.
"I don't know of anything else," re
plied the witness. "I might have taken
some little thing off him. I don't re
member it I couldn't say that I could
Identify what I took. It was money.
Sergeant Greet was there. The room
was almost full of men."
It was nearly eight oclock. the wit
ness said, that he learned about the
robbery. Atkinson, he said, he did not
know, and had never seen him to his
knowledge until that night The wit
ness said he knew Ross, but did not
know Snyder. He did not know what
either was doing.
"I -went Into the room where the
holdup was." said the witness, "and
the room Atkinson said they bad rent
ed. He said: Tou see the bed all
rumpled up? We intended to go to
'd. but we didn't I think the num
ber of the room was 201. The register
showed that it had been rented by C
F Clark.
""The room where the holdup was wa
pretty badly torn up. I did not see
anything being taken out."
"Did you hear anything that sounded
like some one going down the fire es
cape r was asked.
T heard a racket Finley said H
sounded like some one going down the
fire escape," answered the witness.
J. "As a matter of fact, did you not
know that Snyder had been here two
years?" ,
A. "I did not I saw him that night
I heard about the Western Detective
agency. I cared nothing about it"
The witness stated that he had heard
about the "Wide Open El Paso" arti
cle, but it had not "stirred him up
much."
Otto Kroeger identified the plans of
the floors of the Hotel McCoy, which
'ad been Introduced ir evidence.
Tern Yerk TeMIfies.
Tom York, mounted policeman, -mil
the next witness. Like the other offi
cers, he testified to incidents leading
up to the arrests made at that piaee.
The witness said that he searched the
right side of Ross and found some mon
ey and diamonds. As he searched him.
he said, the articles taken were placed
on the counter at the police station.
Ross, he said, never made an explana
tion. "I saw a white handkerchief."
the witness said. "It came off Mr.
Rosa I don't know what pocket It
came out of it."
He wn shown a white handkerchief
and said it looked like the one taken
out of Rn- c pneket , .
On cro" imlnation the witness tes
tified: ',!'. n ton was not at the po
lice stati"i W. i.- and I were search
ing him I did not take the handker
hief out. We -searched all of his pock
Mf The er- 1 nt -rks ami d'amond" that
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curred. The witness said the man told
them not to go in the rooms. He said
he thought he would know the man
if he saw him again. Ross, he said,
came down the stairway at the Jiotel,
two steps at a time.
"The first I heard about the holdup.
the witness said, "was when Atkinson
came to the station. That was about
eight oclock We left the station a lit
tle before 12."
CohIU Hot Remember Shirt.
The witness said he did not remem
ber the shirt Ross had on. He said he
remembered that Ross did not have on
his glasses. He had a black mustache.
he said. The witness said he knew of
the Western Detective agency, but the
police had never worked with it The
witness said he had never heard any
policeman say anything against that
agency. He said he did remember
something about "gambling" in The
Herald. He knew of no hostility of the
police against Snyder or Pitman, , he
said.
Atkinson, the Star Witness.
R. F. Atkinson, the star witness
during the examining trial, and who
testified that he was to be one of the
"holdup" men, who followed York, de
tailed the alleged holdup in practically
the same way as he did at the examin
ing trial. He testified that according
to plans, he and Ross were in the room
at the hotel when Pitman came in and
said that It looked like it was going
to be a good night for the "business."
"Pitman." he said, "went out of the
room and later returned, about 12:40.
and gave the signal, a rap on the door.
"We then left the room." the witness
said." and went into a aloset where we
put on our masks. Ross put on a
white handkerchief. I put on a blue
one."
The witness then gave his version of
the details incident to holding up the
men he testified to during the exam
ining trial. He said he held the gun
on the men, while Ross did the search
ing. One gun was taken from one of
the men, he said, and one was taken
from a drawer. Pitman, he said, had
told them the gun was in there and
they had better get it out
The witness said he first tried the
drawer and found it locked. Roes, he
said, searched a "Mexican gentleman"
and found a key with which he opened
the drawer.
After telling the police that the rob
bery was to take place, he said he af
terwards met Tom Lea at the postof
fice and told him about it and that the
-police had Instructed him to carry out
the plan. ,
Points to Ross.
The witness pointed out Ross, sit
ting back of Mr. Hill, and said that
he 'was the man who went with him at
the hotel.
On cross examination me witness tes
tified: "I have lived in El Paso since
1907. I was away from here seven
months at one time. I came here from
Denver, Colo. I was a soldier .in the
Philippine islands before I went to Den
ver. I enlisted at Kansas City, Mo.
"I lived in Harrington, Kas. I don't
know how old I -was then. About nine
years. I lived there. I am 24 years old.
I was born in Brett county. Kas.
"1 went to Kansas City where I
worked for awhile, and then enlisted
in the army. I was about 16. I got
permission from -my father. I put in
18 months in the islands and the
rest of my time in the United States.
I was discharged In 1907. I came
here. That would be six years ago.
I have worked up and down the road.
I was sent to Del Rio once, and San
derson once.'
"My mother lives here. I don't know
where my father lives. I was married
here about .three or four months ago.
My wife and I are not living together.
Says Never Convicted.
"I don't know of any charges against
me. I have been charged here a couple
of times for misdemeanors. I have
been charged here two or three times
of things, but have never been con
victed of any of them.
"I was arrested here, charged with
aggravated assault
"They arrested me the next morning.
il got bond. I was finally thrown
out of court Therfi was no one ap
peared to prosecute. I was in the
county jail until I got bond.
"I didn't know Greet I know him
now. I didn't know Ware, York, Fin
ley, Fletcher. I know them now.
Tried For rollce Position.
"I made an application for a posi
tion en the police force somme time
ago. I merely went to Mr. Davis and
told him I wanted to get on the police
force, and asked him if he sanctioned
"
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less than a cent each
if you buy
WRIGLEYSw
Look
for
the
spear
it He said he did. This was before
the holdup. I haven't seen him since.
I gave a reference when I made out
my application.
"T was working for the detective
agency about two months before the
holdup. Before that I was firing on
the G. H. The work did not agree
with my health. I quit there.
"Mr, Bassett, Charley Bassett, I
think, and Mr. Primm, they had me
shadow one time," the witness said.
"I went to Marfa once for them. It
was to get evidence on 'boot legging.'
I think they and the federal govern
ment formed a combination. I stayed
at Marfa 10 days.
"It was near Christmas when I
came back from Marfa. I had never
been discharged. I was still in the
employ of the agency."
"You quit you? wife about the time
you came back, didn't you?" was
asked.
"Yes "
"What bank do you keep your money
inr
"I don't keep it in any. I haven t
any money."
"What time was it you gave your
wife $250 and then asked her to give
you back $50 T'
"I don't know anything about that
"Why was it you told your wife
not to bring the divorce suit until
this case was over?"
"I told her to bring the suit any
time. I told her not to talk about
the case. I had been instructed not to
talk about the case. The police In
structed me. They said the trial was
the proper place. ......
"Snyder asked me if I wanted to
make $1000 or $2000 easy. He said it
was risky, but there was no danger t
being arrested."
"Well, what he told you was a fact,
wasn't It? You weren't arrested, you
weren't indicted were you?" Mr. Hill
"No, sir," the witness replied.
Knew Xe thing of GarahllBtr.
The irltness stated that he did not
know anything about gambling going
on in El Paso. He said he had played
poker when a soldier, but had never
staked very much money on the
games.
"They seldom told me what the pur
pose of the work was." the witness
said." They would tell me to watch
a man. No. they never told me what
for.
"If .there was gambling goinq on in
El Paso. I didn't know It." the wit
ness declared.
"The night before the holdup 1 slept
in my room, 212 1-X Mills street After
I got up I went to ray mother's place
and stayed there until I called Up the
agency. I went to the agency
from there. Snyder gave me
$1.50 for Lee. I went to see A. A.
Lee. He was working for the detective
agency. 'Lee was over here at the city
ball. He was supposed to keep watch
on somebody.
"I gave him the $1.50. He said that
was not enough. He said he was go
ing to pay his poll tax so he could get
on the jury. I gave him a quarter my
self. "I don't know what Lee was doing
at the city halL Mr. Snyder told me
to tell him to stick on the job, and
get as much evidence as he could on
the case. I saw him on a bench at
the city hall. I should say he was
about 31. He is a man about my
height with gray eyes. The agency
'owed us some money and Lee
told me that if I got my money at
the agency to be sure and call him up.
His name is in the telephone book. I
suppose he wanted me to call him up
there. Snyder had told me he would
have some money for me."
"As a matter of fact didn't you tell
Lee about the other matter?"
"No, I did not It would have placed
me in a peculiar position, got me in
trouble. It had been told me in
secret"
"You don't mind telling things to get
others In trouble, do you?" asked Mr.
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Witness: "You can draw your own
conclusions."
Q. "You knew that there was a
game of poker at the Hotel McCoyr
A. "No. I did not."
Q. "Well. Snyder. Ross and Pitman
knew it didn't theyr
A. "They seemed to."
"Mr. Roes. ' myself. Mr. Lee, a fel
low they called Green, were all I knew
working for the agency," the witness
said.
Q. "You did not know Pitman, you
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posed such a scheme before you?"
A. "There were many peculiar
things about it Pitman said: "Is
that the other man who is going to
be in the holdup.'"
Word "Holdup WneWMKil.
There was some discussion between
the witness and Mr. Hill as to the word
"holdup." the witness stating that he
was not sure that was the word used.
Mr. Hill said the witness had used
it In the examining trial, and the
witness replied that he would 'let it
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"I ask the court" the witness said,
addressing judge Jackson, "to instruct
me if I am to use the exact words they
t,sed-' ,. 1-
"If you are attempting to give their
language, you must" judge Jackson
told him.
The witness then testified as to the
drawing up of the plans of the hotel
by Ross and the remarks made about a
diamond ring which fitted closely on
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alleged "holdup" had been made In
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agency. The witness testified about
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Texas and Campbell, and securing his
pistol: telephoning to the nollce sta
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A "If there was anything said
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