The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-01
THE BLIND TIGERS
Durham Officials Deter
mined to Break Them Up
The Attempt Has Resulted In Much
Perjury and Arrest was Made
With View of Stop
ping 1t.
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Durham, n. c., Nov. 5O.-A badly
mixed no state of affairs developed In
the court room this morning as the
result of the arrest and preliminary
trial of two persons charged with sell
ing whiskey One of he defendants
was Bertha Brown, a white woman,
who is no better than she should be,
and the other was Jim Hayes, ne
gro man. AS a result of the trial
Bertha Brown was discharged: Jim
Hayes was sent over to court under
bond of $500 Thomas Rowan,
white man. who was a witness against
HAYES. was arrested on the charge OF
perillry and sent over to court under
a bond of $500, and a warrant for
neriury has been issued against
Charles Broyal, another white man,
whose case will be called tomorrow
morning.
bertha Brown was arrested on in
forna ton of Charles Broyal, who
swore in court yesterday that he pur-
chased his whiskey from the woman,
her Arrest following in a short while.
This morning he, swore that he did
not intend to say that Bertha Brown
sold him the whiskey. but that he
purchased the whiskey from a man.
who was at the Brown woman s
his arrest and he was held for trial
tomorrow morning. The woman was
discharged.
Then Thomas Bowen, who was the
star witness against Jim Hayes, was
arrested as AZ result of his swearing
he being tried before Justice of the
Peace owens. who required bond in
the sum of $500. Hayes was arrested
last night by information furnished
by Bowen. In fact he piloted Ser
geant Aldridge and officer Weather
spoon to the house, al three men 60
ing on the same car, and While he
was in the house. after the purchase
is said to have been made. the Off
GERS closed in on the pair. Bowen
had a pint of whskey in his pocket
Under cross examination of promise
for Hayes. the star witness, Bowen
swore that he did not give informa-
ton to the officers, and that they did
not go to North Durham on the same
car. The two officers We're also wit
nesses and when they were on the
stand the attorney asked them about
the transaction and under a fire OF
questions told that Bowen had given
them tho information and that all
three went to North Durham on the
same car.
Attorney Victor S. Bryant, who rep
resented the defendant, then de-
named the arrest o. Bowen as d
prisoner and a moment later, when
this was not done. he had the wife
of jim Hayes, Becky Hayes. swear
out the warrant before Justice Owens.
In the trial of these two blind
tiger cases one man, who failed TO
make a case against d defendant was
arrested for perjury, and another
man who made his case was arrested
on the same charge by the other
side. In this way the court will get
cases going and coming" as 1t were.
During the course of argument of
counsel that followed the trial of the
Hayes case the attorney referred to
Bowen as q Derjurer, this before he
was arrested on the charge. Mayor
Freeland called down the attorney
and then the attorney repeated that
the court must of necessity believe
either Bowen, or else the two officers,
and that one side or the other had
sworn 70 falsehoodS. He stated that
he believed Bowen had lied, and that
the court must believe the same way
or else the court would be placed In
the attitude of believing that the
officers we're Derjurers.
The affair created considerable IN
terest in the court room at the time.
Recently the officers have been max
ing a lively campaign against blind
tigers and the mayor has been wor-
ried no little by witnesses saying one
day that they bought whiskey and
the next change their statements. For
this reason the arrest of Broyal was
ordered with view to breaking up
blind tigers.