The leader., 1905-07-19

.ent styles, which distinguished
them. The quart size and one lot
of the pint size had red caps on
which the words Nerve Tonic
occurred; the shoppers of a small
remnant Of the pint size found in
q barrel in one of the back rooms
we're red and contained the words,
The Great Koka Nola Tonic
Drink" while by far the largest
quantity of the pint size had
bright tin caps for shoppers. It
was further discovered that only
bottles with the red shoppers
marked Nerve Tonic were kept
on tap in the galvanized tub un-
der the counter and that only
those with the bright tin shoppers
we're stored in the ice chest. Still
closer inspection showed that the
Carbonated Foam" labels on the
bottles with the red shoppers
marked Nerve Tonic" had the
words "non-alcoholic'' distinctly
printed on the labels, while these
words were omitted from the bot
ties with the bright tin shoppers
and the red Koka Nolan caps.
Witness testified that be drank
the contents of one of the pint
bottles taken by him from the ice
chest and that it produced the
same effect as good stiff whisky
toddy. It bad exactly che taste Of
lager beer, and be was satisfied in
bis own mind that it was beer.
Two bottles more of the same
kind would have made him drunk.
Two negroes had followed the
searching party into the house
and both were given several bot
ties of the drinks from behind the
counter. While they were not
made drunk, it was clearly mani
fest from their eyes and speech
after drinking awhile, that the
beverage had an intoxicating
effect on them. Both expressed q
decided preference for the bottles
In the ice chest with the bright
tin shoppers. There was some
where near a barrel of these bot
ties in the chest on ice.
When the search had been COM
pleted all the doors to the house
we're securely barred or locked by
Constable Blue and other mem
bers of the party, and witness and
Constable Blue brought away in.
witness i buggy with them a good
sized basket, containing samples
of every kind of drink found in
the place.
After Calhoun's first trial and
the failure of the jury to agree,
witness and Constable Blue had
carefully marked by numbers one
or more bottles Of each of the
samples in this basket and witness
carried them to jackson and de
livered them in person to DR.. J.
w. ProYine, professor of chemis
try in Mississippi College, to be
analyzed.
These bottles we're all introduc-.
ed in evidence just as returned
by Dr.. ProVine, and witness posi-
lively identified several of them
as the samples brought away in
the basket the night of the raid.
DIR. j.. w. Provine, professor
of chemistry in Mississippi Col
lege, was introduced as the next
State witness. Witness recogniz-
ed the bottles on the table as the
ones delivered to him by B. T.
Hobbs to be analyzed, and which
witness had analysed and brought
back to Brookhayen with him.
Witness testified in substance that
of the samples analyzed by him,
one With bright tin stopper con-
tanned 4.15 per cent. of alcohol;
q second with bright tin stopper
4.13 per cent. of alcohol; and a
third with the bright tin stopper
4. 10 per cent. of alcohol. a bot
tie with a red stopper marked
The Great Koka NoIa Tonic
Drink contained 3.4 per cent. of
aclohol. All these we're beer, the
latter being a very low grade.
Witness testified chat be had lived
in Germany 1.-THE greatest lager
beer country in the WORLDLY, for
three years while obtaining his
education, and was familiar with
the taste and effects of beer. The
percentage Of alcohol ia standard
lager beer ranges from 35z to s
per cent. a small quantity Of
beer would effect OF intoxicate
some persons, while some could
drink a very large quantity be-
fore being affected by it. All
people are not alike in this re-
spect.
Witness further testified that he
found by the test be had made
chat the contents Of one Of the
large bottles with the red stopper
marked Nerve Tonic, 8 contained
only 40 per cent. of alcohol q
mere trace and one of the pint
size bottles Of the same style stop
per only q per cent. A person
could hardly drink enough Of this
10 feel any effects of the alcohol
ID it. Ib il generally supposed
that this Isl the brand that was
palmed oli BY Uallyn on Wit
nesses Bill Driver, John Allen
and M. q Ingram. who testified
Eor The defense later on.
Fred Besaonett testified that
coming to town one day be bought
and drank bottle Of Carbonat-
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