The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-06

LActometers. barometers, Babccck test
ers. sand. Adams paper. mix cans With
out tags. cans with tags. cans that con-
tanned good milk, cans that contained
skim milk. cans that contained milk that
had been SKINNED and watered all these
and many other things combined to give
Judge Glasgow either Q very distinct or
a very ciouded idea about the milk BUSH
ness in Seattle.
his court yesterday afternoon after Patsy
Carroll had been disposed Of for being
disorderiy, two little boys had been told
10 20 home until this afternoon and At
torney de Bruler and City Attorney Raw
son had argued At length as to whether
. resident of Interplay ought to be pun
tshed for carrying q revolver.
II was about $50 when Judge Glasgow
looked up at the clock and inquired II
there was other business on the docket.
City Attorney RawSon cast his eye over
the audience and remarked in q doubtful
tone OF voice: well, your honor, I was
prepared TO go on with the trial Of n. T.
JollifEe for selling adulterated milk. but
my first witness has disappeared"
II think II was through ignorance" In
terJected Bailin Brooks He was In
court all the afternoon and went out only
a few moments ago. He Is . Jap" Then
bring In the missing witness. In tha
meantime Judge Glasgow discovered that
the case would take considerable time
and concluded to adjourn court. This did
not sui. Attorney Cross, who represented
Milkman Joiliffet and he begged his honor
to reconsider. II have a witness here
from Tacoma" added Mr.. Cross. land it
would be a favor to me II the case was
commenced this evening. II the court
hali MI ri = Of Ia hn
case win not take up much time any
way"
AT this instant Bailiff Brooks startled
the Judge and audience-attorneys never
get startled-by declaring that the wit
ness had refused to come back.
Issue bench warrant" sad the judge.
land bring him back at once" While
Bail.f Brooks was running down the
recreant Jap. City Attorney Rawson pro-
ceeded to place his second witness on the
stand. As Assistant Sanitary Inspector
Frasch took the stand every mikman be-
came deeply interested. AIR. Frasch start
ed In with MS evidence just as a sail boat
starts out on Lake Washington on a clear
day. There was q storm behind the hill,
however. and II struck when the city at
torney asked Frasch what ne found in the
milk that he took from the cans Jolline
Is supposed to have delivered at the Queen
City restaurant, ia Occidental avenue. on
the morning of September "a
Il object to the witness answering that
question" said Attorney Cross, as he
arose from his chair. stretched one hand
up in the air, put the other on the edge
OF a table and crossed hts legs. City At
torney Rawson scented breakers. and
squinted up one eye as II looking for the
first ioophole.
Nov. your honor" said Mr.. Cross. VITA,
an impressive drop of his right hand from
the wrist, 'the ordinance under which
this prosecution Is brought says that the
Inspector shall give the alleged offender
a sample Of the milk condemned. This h
mandatory. 1 contend that the prosecu-
sion is obliged to show that this was done
in order 10 have foundatio for the ques-
ton asked"
Judge Glasgow called for the ordinance,
and after running his eye UP and down its
numerous sections in an unsuccessful
search. asked the city attorney why he
had not specified the section. The city at
torney replied that the complaint had to
do with several sections. so he had just
named the number of the ordnance.
Judge Glasgow then sad that the SUI
prenle court had wisely decided that
complaint must specify the section as well
as the act under which complaint was
drawn. The complaint was then amended
and the case went or. Judge Glasgow did
not seem to be deeply impressed with the
point made by Mr.. Cross. and was about
to allow the witness to proceed, giving
Mr. Cross an opportunity to make his OBJ
lection later. 1T will not do me any good
10 make 1t later" replied Mr.. Cross; nov
is the eime when II is essential"
1T does not affect the guilt or limo
oence of the defendant" replied the Judge.
land Is on the same line as the objection
raised that an officer did not follow the
law in making an arrest. However. win
hear you again later on this point"
Mr.. Frasch then tod all about his meth
oil OF testing milk He said the proprietor
OF the Queen City restaurant told him that
he did not think the milk In four cans
left by Jolifre was up to the standard.
Frasch opened the cans and found that
they were full. He mixed the milk thor
oughly IN each can and tested Il. both
by lactometer and by the Babcock tester.
with the result that only per cent OF
butter fat was found. There should have
been per cent He took a sealed sample
himself, ard left others for the restaurant
keeper and the nilkman. He also left q
written notice for the milkman. which tho
restaurant keeper put on a spindle and cid
not deliver.
When the cross questioning commenced
Frasch took a good sweat In answering
questions about the effect different condi-
tons would have on n cows milk He
battled manfully with specific gravity.
heat and cold, the resultant effect OF in
PRODUCING different grades Of Hs 500 in
the Babcock test for butter fat. Things
were getting very technical. but when 1t
came 70 the testimony OF City Chemist c.
f. Bogardus, IL was even worse. City At
torney Rawson caused a smile to pass
over the Judges face when he tnadvert-
entity asked Mr.. Bogardus to describe his
method OF assaying milk.
What is that" quickly interrupted At
torney Cross
~ meant ANALYSIS" replied Attorney
EawSon. Then Mr.. BoCarius started in
He cut things up into grains and atoms
and thousandths o: one per cent. and
brought out ashes and solid matter and
water and got the audience well mixed N.
"wul you tell me IN ordinary language"
asked the Judge. 'how much milk you
used in making the analysis" After sew
eral computations Mr.. Bogardus said that
& was small fraction Of an ounce.
''Tsd You find any foreign matter IA the
MILK asked the court
mo: 7 should saw that the milk had
been SKINNED and that a quantity Of wa-
ter rad been added"
As 10 the water Nr Boearius could
not swear positively. Barir Brooks hsv-
ing returned in triumph with the missing
sorns evidence was received from
him 20 ne effect that the cans from wheh
The milk was taken belonged TO the de-
PENDANT. The court adjourned until this
Witness Ecsardus what hs knows about
Snalyx.rx milk.
Al Mass OF uuursrs