The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-04
Recent Occurrences Have Deeply Stirred
II Greensboro.
aSNOMJNINT MEN ARRESTED
Messrs. Giles Mcbane and Manly Tate
Boufn oVel to Court Under $500
BoIids - Colonel Staples Office
Watched by Observation-Disclosures
for IDdignities May be Asked
Moore Has Disappeared.
Especial to The Messenger.)

NPNNAoA II 41CSSCuSGT.J
Greensboro, N. c., June 3O.-At the
tnal set this morning before SOUR.
Collins to investigate the charge OF Sc
duction under promise of marriage
brought by the father Of Miss Lana
You've, againt w. P. Moore, manager
Of the Singer Sewing Machine Corr
pany here, Moore failed to appear for
letting MS appearance bond of two
hundred dollars. Moore, it is said had
received a message from the girls
brother, Archie Iowe of High Point
giving him until Wednesday night tn
TIght the wrong. 1t is now learned
that ne took French leave Wednesday.
and is now out of the state. At the
hearing this morning the girl and her
parents were present, but Moore's at
torney stating that his client could not
De present, secured a continuance until
Monday. 1t is no secret that he has
left the state for good.
The blind tiger crusade here is abb
sOrbing all the attention of the nublio
and all the talk of the populace.
First a bogus drummer spv at he
-NA"O AOINA q L"O VI Tic DELL DOVS
there arrested for selling liquor. thew
having filled his order for two different
pint TASKS. These boys placed in jail.
were made to squral and they said thar
the elevator boy at the Benbow Arcade
across the street, furnished the TASKS.
n elevator boy was arrested Wednes-
day afternoon. He said that Messrs.
Giles Mebane and Manly Tate, VINO
rim n hrnlnro oo lN,rciyo1r~ I~-z
ed him the liquor. These gentlemen
were arrested Last night by the police
men until the mayor himself turned
them loose on their own recognizancf
70 appear for trial this afternoon.
u But the fun dI1 not stop here. The
chief of police got a deputy collector
to swear out a search warrant before
United States Commissioner Wolf, IN
der an affidavit that he believed that
cOuntraband liq1or was stored in the
brokerage Office Of Mebane and Tate,
and IN Tate's private room adjoining
the search was made and not a vestigc
Of liquor found.
Mebane n Tate say they sell al
kinds OF groceries,, wet and dry, Oh Or
der, furnishing druggists and others
who give orders for whiskey sent from
q ! i NA1OSt " liz
= IN original packages and have issued
absolute denials of any knowledge 0 n
nected with blind tiger practices, or
having violated the letter or spirit Of
the prohibition law.
People here, of course, are asking ii
Judge PEBBLES was wrong in declaring
the amendments to the charter giving
policemen the right of search of peo-
pies homes and c~onfiscation of ans
liquor found unconstitutional, why lid
not the city officers themselves break
into the Office of these prominent bus
ness men last night, as they did The
home Of the negro, whom Judge Pee
bles discharged from custody.
The excitement was intensified tOdd:
when it became known hat an effor;
had been made to get the Unite
States officer to swear out a search
warrant against the law office of Colo
mel John n. Staples, after Colone
Staples had refused an officer admit
lance to search mis- office without lega
process. Colonel Staples has appeared
before the mayor in a great ma ~
cases as attorney for parties indeed
for retailing liquor, and it is said tina
the city authorities pretend that SOM
of his clients or associates have llquo
in his office. Anyway the street OPP %
site the building in which Colonel Sta
pies office is located on second floor q
the Tate building, have had group o
< people congregated all the morning tt
see the novel sight of a city policeman
. guarding the lawyers Office door, ant
it is said he has been there all night
waiting and watching. Many peonl
really fear some violence, but the law
yer has been busy all the morning II
the office of Colonel James T. More
head, it is said, consulting with Attor
ney John n. Wilson and Colonel More
head, who are preparing to defend Mes
srs. Mebane and Tate this a%fternooi
under the charge of retailing liquor
and it is said thai more important thai
this is the preparation of papers look
ing to redress for alleged indignitie
and illegal actions perpetrated las
night, not only in connection wit
\ Mebane and Tate but towards COlo1e
Staples. All kinds of rumorS are float
ing about, and the end is not yet. Tier
is undoubtedly a public sentiment her
by a vast majority of the people II
favor of an honest observance OF I'll
prohibition law, but there is an eqia
overwhelming public sentiment, tha
some of the ruling powers are exeTciS
ing poor Judgment at the least.
After a prolonged hearing in tn
liquor cases against Mebane and Tat
this evening, Mayor Murphy boult
them over to court in three hundr7'
dollar bonds, which were readily given
The Two negroes in Jail testified TIA
the defendants furnished liquor an:
thev soIS it on commission.
Defendants both swore that they ha'
never sold a drop but took orders TO
whiskey and groceries, the goods be
ing shipped direct to customers. The,
voluntarily testified to having whiske,
lin their Office, which they drank, CAV
- o-5 lot thoir oucfonoap