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5, -«-»► *is?*1ifi.*-!gV'V x* ■^•wvviiiax; me narascra bie par £;jfflnch and win talte possession March 1.1 at Peyton Friday night.T tTW• Srau xittiusuniDDie party ana Jyceam':'V■■ yft.■JtW-CLAIMS SHE THOUGHT DENNYm.mw fmeWAS A KANSAS CITY MERCHANTfti Colorado City Woman Who Purchased Stolen Silk Knew She Was Getting a Bargain and Says• She Supposed It Was All Right.r-tfV..V:Denny furnlBhed a small sen-iy(. f^patlon on the. witness stand ys3terday |7i^s he promlsed to dt when he told his i f'v1;-.;. et0l'y- . Benny admits his connection -/With the stolen goods but states thatt '•*he5r were .given to him by Sam Wll-y'.'a negro restaurant man of this ?'V;y .-city,, who told him to sell them for e 'him.[7. ■ : Denny tUd not state that the- : Hibbard robbery was committed by-lt;y illiamB, he did try to throw suspicion i• : i:. T^hllams. Denny, however, failed l; lr/. lt;•-tell a straight story concerning his ; -own actions the night of the burglary \,r y ;, yand the district attorney had him c; squirming and quite uncomfortable dur-;jHF the hot cross-examination.•: • Benny's defense is that his leg, whichr I. ..■:■*tito- had hurt in Pueblo before coming /iw'-ytv to Colorado Syrlngs, was so bad that i ■••he'was physically Incapable of commit-! the burglary. On cross-examina-however, he admitted that he aid !:-‘ry;PW?lP lively walking around this nelgh-• -borhood on the day of the burglary and also on the following day. He further admitted having done considerable drinking and going the rounds’*in Colorado City (luring those days.In regard to his connection with the stolen property, he says Williams told mm to try to dispose of It in Colorado City and suggested that Laura Bell, a white woman of that place, might buy some of It. Denny said he sold a considerable quantity to Laura Bell at a remarkably low price. The testimony snowed that Laura Bell secured about 31) yards of silks, etc., worth as high as *1.10 per yard, and puid $10 for the lot The woman states that Denny represented himself as being a Kansas merchant and she supposed the deal wag all • right. The goods were bought by her the Sunday following the burglary.The testimony throughout the day was quite interesting in that new parties were being involved as fast as questions could be put, for a while.PrtVlrWoSGolSIAteAolBaiBe;BeiBliBolBu-Ca:Co:Co*CrtDejDUEaiFiCGo]GolGolGolHa:Ida3ro:JolKe;EOi
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Colorado Springs Weekly Gazette
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Thu, Jan 21, 1904
Page 5
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