The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-10-14
BOTH GUILTY.
Jury OCT Only Long Enough
to Take a Ballot
and Hoo1igan.

Kline and Truthful" Hooligan
were convicted In Justice Holgate's
court Wednesday of violating the
local option law. The jury was out
but ten minutes. and. according to
the statement of one of the jurors
could just as we'll have done the
thing in minute, except that they
wanted to be decent. One of the
jurors has since said that no jury of
men in Benton county, if guided by
reason and sincerity, could do any
thing else than return verdict of
guilty under the evidence and the
law. The evidence of guilt he de-
clared to be so overwhelming that
there is simply no chance for any
other kind of a verdict. What
makes the statement of peculiar
weight, is that the juror in ques-
tion is not in sympathy with the To-
cal option law.
The trial came to an end when
the case went to the jury at S. 80
Wednesday evening It had been
in progress since nine o'clock Mon
day morning. A long list of wit
nesses for both sides were exatnin-
ed. The bylaws and what pur
ported to be minutes of the meet
ings at the joint were among the
evidence offered for the defense.
The universal opinion is that both
were of far more value to the pros
ecution than to the defendants.
/ For instance. one place in the So
called minutes declared that at a
certain meeting the officers of the
club reported that the club had
been raided and that Kline and
Hooligan had been fined $500 each.
Thereupon, the narration contin-
ues. the members present passed a
vote of confidence in their club Off
GERS. 1t was also "further resolved
that the pernicious activity of Dis
trict Attorney Bryson and the other
officers of the law is hereby con-
demped."
A smile of derision swept over
the faces of the jurors as Deputy
Attorney Bryson read from the
minutes, and there is no doubt but
that the record had a contrary eff
feet to that intended by the defense.
AS in the former cases, it became
! perfectly apparent that the place is
nothing else than saloon, con-
Quoted without license and in de-
fance of law, with Mike Kline as
the probable owner, and with
Hooligan and Milne as satellites.
Also that drinks are served in guam
titles to suit, and that they are paid
for at saloon prices, all of which
makes of the joint nothing else
than dive, occupying a place be-
low the status of a legitimate sa-
loon. One witness swore that on
one visit he called up the crowd and
that all had a drink around, for
which he paid on the spot. just ex-
cctly as they do in any establish
ment devoted exclusively to the
| SdlC VI llH uOl. IL Was dlSO E)ldlu
from the evidence that there is no
club, that the so-ca1led members do
not participate in any meetings, that
none Of them sign roster Of mem
bership, and that in fact the only
big thug about the place is Mike.
Hooligan and Milne, who run ev-
erything, and that these three are
cit" 1t also appeared that good
ly lot of so called members have
pulled out and are now testifying
without reserve as to the facts that
transpire at the place.
Sentence is to be passed upon
Kline, the defendant, next Wed.
nesday, when another trial begins.
The general opinion is, that in view
of the fact that the joint still per
sists in running, Judge Holgate
will give the defendants the full
penalty of the law, which the de
| PENDANTS are willfullv and wanton.
1y violating.