The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-07-16
CONCERNING THAT EXAMINATION

Two weeks ago the FredOnia Citi
zen contained the following para
graph:
Humboldt has four opea saloons and the
city extOrts 500 per month from them,
This is what is discrediting prohibition.
And Allen county gave S54 majority for the
| prohibitory amendment when it was adept
There was an insinuation of incon.
sistency against the people of Allen
county that we didn't like, aud So we
made the following comment which
we believed then and believe now to
| be true:
And the shame of it is that every one of
these saloons could be closed if the county
attorney were lawyer or would do his duty.
1t may be difficult to close Joint where the
violation of the law is secret and guarded
But it is not difficult to close saloon. where
the violation of the law is open and motor
ious. II such places are allowed to ran, tits
I simply because the county attorney does not
wantto close them. or because he is not a
lawyer.
Somehow it has always been hard
matter for US to please the county at
tOrney. A few years ago, when he
was elected president of the Allen
county Farmers Alliance on the plat
form, "Dewn with the lawyers, we
made him very angry by saying that
he was lawyer, statement that he
bitterly denied until we printed his
business card showing that he was
advertising himself as agent and
Attorney" And last Friday he was
mad again because we intimated in
the mildest way that he is not a law
yer. And so in order to prove that he
is lawyer and that he is determined
to prosecute all whiskey sellers 10 the
bitter end, he issued a subpoena un-
der the old Knocked out section of the
Murray law, asseverating that he had
reason to believe that Chas. f. Scott
had personal knowledge of the viola
ton of the prohibitOry law in the city
of Humboldt and citing the said Scott
to appear before him and testify to
the same, Of course he did not have
any reason to believe that we had per-
sOnal knowledge of the violation of
the law at Humboldt. The statement
upon which he claimed to base this
reason was taken from and plainly
credited to another paper, the REGIS
TER asserting nothing whatever on
its own knowledge. And of course we
were under no obligation to respond
to the subpoena or answer his ques- |
tions, Knowing, however, that our
failure to appear before him would be |
distorted and miseonstrued. we re- |
spOnded to the second subpoena,-the |
hrst was not made out in proper |
form-and duly and dutifully submit
ted to an examination of which the |
following is verbatim report:
Question l. State your name, sge and place
Answer. Chas. F. Scott, Sc, lola, newspaper
publisher.
Q. 2. Do you know of any person selling in
toxicating liquor in this county within The two
years last past.
A. have here the names of seven or eight
persons, given to me by one who have reason
% think knows. as the names of persons who
have been guilty of violating the law
q. 3. DO you of your own knowledge know
y y any one who has sold intoxicating liquors in
MS county within the two years past?
A. No.
Q; 4 What is the name of the person who
ol ola You the names OF the persons referred to in
line to answer
9. ; Why viii you not give the name of
A Because he requested that should not
Y 6. When did your informant give Won
his information? ~"
A This morning will sdd however that
ne names referred to were already made
amlliar 70 me by common report in connection
WIN alleged violation of the prohibitory law
eport? '---S ~ 4ii1ii0n {
A: From various persons and from the Dis
rict Court records ,
Q. s. What are the names of the persons Won
lear have violated the law and where do thew
eside? my I
A. The names given me are as follows: !
has. Groth, - Blum, - Langley Nan |
'a1, John Witch, Ed Voght Harmon Sheer {
nd the residence of all of them is Humboldt,
q Do you know of any person who has Z
ctual khowleage that the persons above named
them al int
quor IN this county within the last two wears L
a. know one person who told me that r
men IN humboldt last week he walked past a :
pom IN which he saw a bar, with glasses and [
ther nXtures commonly used in a saloon and a
len lounging about as is usual in such place z
understand that the room mentioned is run
yo one OF me PaIoes above named but do not
g 10. What is the name OF the person who +
A. Pearl Knapp.
Y u. Have you any knowledge of the fact. "
II be fact that there are open saloons in I,
or elsewhere in the county y
The fact that there are open saloons in "
I'm ooldt is not denied, understand, and T.
we The same knowledge of it that every intel -
.ent citizen has of an open and notorious y
T. -. nave not heard it charged that there
Z Y. What actual Information have you =,
II there are open saloons in Humboldt VI
nave been told so by persons who claim tr
!. b.. Then you have no actual personal -;
oWledge Of such open saloons yourself? X
|. No. Chas r Sco.t III
ubscribed and sworn TO be fore me this 10th tn
: OF July, 1897. Chris. s. Ritter, O.
r. Co. Atty. %
It will have to be admitted that the co
oWledge gained by this examine vo
q is hardly sufficient to warrant til
; county attorney in swearing out pc
information. But of course it vim Z
'ates the upright intentions of the a.;
lnty attorney. For if a hard and Ui'
Oltual drinker, a confirmed sot, q
N companion of drinking men, flol