The leader., 1905-07-26

lalcohoI the innocent kind that
.Callyn kept on tap in the gall
vanized tub under the counter es-
lpeciaIly for the benefit Of his
heavy drinking witnesses like Bill
Driver, w g. Ingram, John AL
lien ct al and for customers like
Citizen Hobbs, who couldn't be
sIrisked with the genuine article.
i It follows, therefore, that the
robbery referred to was commit
tied by 4 party perfectly familiar
with The different kinds Of drinks
lin the house and how to distin-
lguish between them and palm off
lon the Constable three barrels of
1.-THE brand containing the least per
Icent. Of alcohol. After that Sun
Iday nights robbery, the defend
liant and those into the plot were
no doubt secretly laughing in
their sleeves and expecting to
lhave the horse laugh on the
prosecution, until they discovered
lat the first trial that q full line of
samples Of every drink in the
Ihouse lad been brought away by
/ Constable Blue on the night of
the raid.
| But some Of the most important
EcircumstantiaI evidence bear
ling on the robbery of the
lioint remains to be told.
1 When the Mayor and Board
Eof Aldermen, at their last meet
ling, had under consideration the
Iquestion Of asking for Night Po-
lliceman Bleeker's resignation be-
Icause it was alleged that he had
j guilty knowledge of this robbery,
Policeman BECKER appeared be-
i fore the Board, asserted his inno-
lcence and resented the action Of
the Board BY rendering his resig-
nation before the Board had COM
lpleted its investigation. The
charge or complaint, in substance,
against Night Policeman Blocker
Twas, that Floyd Calhoun, the
manager Of the joint, and proba-
lbly others, had carried a portion
Ior all the stolen beer to Night Po-
'Iliceman Bleeker's premises IN the
1 Curran Addition the night of the
robbery where it was afterward
ldrank by Calhoun, Night Police
imam Blocker and others and a por-
ltion subsequently removed.
sCalhoun was summoned before
lthe Board and he and Night Po-
lliceman BECKER both subjected to
a rigid cross examination. In the
course of this, both admitted that
CALHOUN had visited Night Police
man Bleeker's house after the
Eraid and the robbery, and that
lthey and others drank beer there
| together, which was stored in a
barn or clubhouse, but Policeman
Bleeker claimed that he had the
right to keep beer at bis house
which wasn't denied and that
this was his own beer. The hiIar-
lily over beer at his house reached
la high degree on the Fourth Of
July so much so, that Policeman
Blocker admitted before the
Board to getting tight, but de-
tended himself on the ground that
he was not at the time on duty.
j In his excitement or anger while
under fire before the Board, he
blurted out that a lot of empty
i beer or Carbonated Foam bot
tiles had been discovered in S. r.
Magee's pasture, beyond his
4 (BIeeker) IS house, which the
Board might inquire about if they
flliked.
After getting all out Of Calhoun
land Policeman Becker they could. !.
and having examined one or two
other witnesses (including Geo.
McC CIendon, who stated the report
was first started as a ioke), the
!. Board went into executive session
land decided to accept at once Po-
liceman Bleeker's resignation, all
1.-THE members voting yea, except
4 Alderman Parsons.
i One other important INK 10 The
lchain of circumstantial evidence
bearing on Che case remains TO be
ladded. Since Calhoun's last trial,
Ia careful investigation discIoses
| the fact that On or about the
Fourth of July 50 Of so empty
bottles labeled Carbonated
Foam we're dumped into the
woods ID Sam Magee's pasture,
some $50 or 200 yards from where
the beer drinking occurred on the
Fourth, and these bottles were Of
tha iEanEinal kind that contained