The age-herald., 1899-09-21
JOHN DONAHUE
 WAS FINED $1OO Detective in EmpIoyof Police De- partment Comes from Cover. HAS A CAPACITY FOR BEER Bought Five Glasses in Daily Saloon Sunday-Bryant Kennedy ofSame
 Establishment Fined for Selling
 Whisky Without License
HAS A CAPACITY FOR BEER

John Donahue, the bartender who was arrested for selling beer in Syl Daly 5 saloon last Sunday, was found guilty by Judge Feagin yesterday morning and fined s1OO. Bryant Kennedy. another man work ing in the same saloon, was also fined $l0O for selling whiskey without license.
 The star of the whole performance pulled off by Judge Feagin was E. E. Holeombe, jolly, beer drinking professional detective from Atlanta. The melo-drama was strong ly supported, however, by Chief Austin, Alderman Daily and Attorney Allen as lead ing men. Holcombe made his debut in police circles yesterday and created con- sternation among the alleged law breakers. He is the mysterious man over whom Chief Austin and Alderman Daily came near coming to blows on the day previous. In a bland manner he confessed to having bought several glasses of beer and half pint of whiskey from the Daily saloon on last Sunday, and to back his argument produced the whiskey bottle in court.
 Role of Striking Carpenter
 MT. Holcombe travels under the tncogni- to of one of the striking carpenters and it is said can do the Dr. Jekyl and MT.
 
 make himself anybody he wants to- He can twist his round. jolly face into all kinds of shapes and can appear as a Dutch bartender or a Mexican cowboy just as it suits his pleasure. The evidence yesterday brought out the fact that Birmingham alone cannot boast of artists in the beer drinking role. This man Holcombe can drink with a glass of beer in each hand and sometimes lets the schooners go by altogether, using a funnel. Holcombe said that he is employed by the police commis- sion and Chief Austin, and that he has been at work sometime. MT. Allen inter- roEated him as to his future career, but the detective only maintained silence
 HYou haven't enough beer yet?" inquired the attorney. ''No, I am little hoggish,'' = was the blunt reply.
 TIolcombe said that fle went to the Daily saloon on several occasions in the guise of a carpenter; that he flad left his kit of tools inside, and said he would come back for them the next day. He said further that the sentinel told him to tell the one who would be on the next day Sunday who he was and it would be all right He passed the sentinel all right and was lTluhlllS Ills III LII SldSS Ol ptSI Hneu SOule one cried Police" and the crowd rushed out.
 Holcomloe also testified to having bought a half pint of whisky from Kennedy. For this he paid p cents
 Run Under schillenger License
 The evidence showed that the saloon op- erated by MT. Daly is run under a license bought by the Schillinger Brewing company to sell beer. Tax Collector Gamble said that this saloon had no whisky license. Attorney Allen then addressed the court at length on the point that a person who induces another to commit crime for the purpose of having him arrested cannot be used as witness against the defendant. As authority, he cited case in tine 10th Alabama. Judge Feagin was of the opin- ion that ths casa mentioned did not apply