The daily sentinel., 1903-09-16
Saloon Cases.


maintaining wine room and J. II.
and Harry Ackerman for keeping their
saloon open after the statutory hours
and also for maintaining a wine room
was called in Justice Byers police
court this morning.
The hearing was held in the city
hall. Judge Byers was not in smil-
ing mood. He was suffering from a
very bad cold and his overcaot was
thrown round him. He would have
graced sick bed. much better than
the hall of Justice.
The state was represented by city
attorney Carnahan and the defendants
by Samuel N. Wheeler. The first
witness called, was George Smith.
W no has been particularly active in
securing evidence against the liquor
men. He stated that he had gone to
the vicinity of the Abbey saloon, after
being called for by Rev. ]. E. Weir
on Tuesday night Sept. 9th. When
he reached there he met Revs. Weir,
Becker and f. F. Phillips, the latter
of whom it afterward transpired, was
an employee of Thiels Detective agen-
cy in Denver.
These four men were together be-
tween the hours of nine and ten
O'Clock on the night of Sept. 9th.
After a consultation Phillips the de-
tective and George Smith made an in
vestigation of a room in the rear por-
tion of the Abbey saloon and found
that it was occupied by two men and
a women. On the table in front of
them were beverages. which looked
like whisky and beer. The testimony
of Smith was that he saw the woman
and two men in the room. that they
went there together. that he
saw them come out from there, that
while in the room they were served
by the colored porter with these bev-
erages and that when they came out
of the saloon Smith followed the two
men and woman down Colorado ave-
nue. to Third street and then north to
low them home. He said he did not
know the woman. nor the men. but
would recognize them if he saw them
again.
For the prosecution Revs. Weir and
Becker testified that they saw the par
ties in the room from the outside
from point on the sidewalk, that
they did not enter the saloon. but
that the detective Phillips did. The
m nisters saw the woman and two
men come out of the saloon and that
they remained there until they did
come out, probably an hour and a
half from the time they entered.
None of the witnesses for the prose-
cution would positively swear that the
beverages they saw were liqour and
beer. but they did say that from what
they knew of the appearance of these
two articles, that it must have been
what they stated as their belief.
Nearly all of the testimony of Revs.
Weir and Becker, was corrobrative of
Smiths with the exception that they
did not follow the men and woman
on the streets.
The watching of the saloon was
done from vantage points on the side
walk, the middle of the street and on
the side ON which the Grand hotel is
located.
Frank f. Phillips. who was one of
the witnesses. stated that his occupa-
tion was detective. That he was
in this city at the instance of his
chief, of the firm of the Thiel Detec-
tive agency That he was told that
he could see Rev. Becker when he ar
rived in this city. ON Monday Septem-
bar 18th and receive instructions. of
the manner in which he should work
from him.
He stated further that he was to re-
ceive five dollars per day for his labor
while here as detective and as a
witness. That he was here for the
purpose of obtaining information
against the saloons. He said he open
ed the door of the alleged wine room
at the Abbey saloon and that there he
saw what had been seen by Smith and
the ministers. who had testified pre-
vious. He stated also that he had
seen on the previous night two men
and two women in the same saloon.
The detective is dainty faced
young man. with a delicate white
,no1efacba and doas not look like a