The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-10-24
SENTENCES FOR MIKE.
And his Flunkies was Member
of C1ub-Say no More Liquor
at Mikes now.

at Mikes now.
Full extent of the law, is the
sentence imposed this morning by
Justice Holgate upon Mike Kline.
Hooligan and Milne as a result of
the last two local option trials.
Kline's sentence in the two cases
is 81 900 and 90 days in Jail, rails
ing his total sentences to $4,000
and SO days of Jail sentence. Hool-
igan was defendant in both cases,
and got 81, 900 and 90 days in Jail;
raising his total sentences to
$1,7oo fines and sixty days in Jail;
J Milne was defe ndant in but one
of the cases. and got $500 aud 80
days, raising his total to $500 fine
and 80 days. The total amount
of the fines against the three is
$4,000.
The fifth case against Kline and
his satellites was concluded in JUS
tice Holgate's court Friday even
ing. It consumed less time than
any of its predecessors. beginning
at five o'clock one afternoon and
ending about the same hour the
following day. Its jury also con-
sumed less time than any former
jury in arriving at verdict, max
ing record of only few minutes.
and like the others, taking but a
single ballot. One juror said the
thing might as we'll have been done
without leaving the jury box,
which is, of course, admissible in
any court. The jurors were: E.
McLennan, G, B. Whitney, B. B.
Arnold, E. G. Montgomery, J. R.
Cockrell, G. D. Abbott.
The testimony as in the former
cases, showed Mike Kline to be the
main man If not the sole proprietor
of the joint, with Milne and Hool-
igan as his funkies. 1t showed
that the liquors bring saloon prices
and that therefore, paying as he
does, no license, Mikes profit must
be substantial, for, according to all
accounts, business was lively, at
least until Withdrawals from the
concern when it became apparent
that the members might become
involved in unpleasant consequen.
ces.
It has developed that in the
fourth trial, one member of the
jury is, or at least at one time was
a member of Mikes flock. Nobody
knows which one. but half a dozen
ex.members testify to the fact, and
every body believes it. The fact
that member of his own band sits
on a jury and joins in 9 verdict of
condemnation is accounted as one
of the hardest things that has yet
hit the joint,
It is given out now that Mike
has quit the liquor business and is
engaged exclusively in athletics
and "moral welfare" When he
started his concern, Mike announ-
ced, and a lot of people believed
it, that he had consulted Portland
lawyers, that he could dispense
liquors under his scheme, and tha,
no local option law could molest
him. District Attorney Brysor
warned him and all others to the
contrary, but the warning was mo-
needed. Prosecutions were begun,
District Attorney Bryson, all the
. time holding open to Kline and his
satellites an agreement that if the
latter would go out of business he
would bring no more cases. Thi:
generous offer was refused, anc
r now Kline is under sentence to pay
1000 in fines and serve 80 days il
, jail, while his funkies have each {
proportionate measure of trouble
, At the end of it all, comes the res
ignation OF the barkeeper, Milne
and the announcement that liquo
is not to be handled on the prem
. ises. 1t all looks as if clubs lik'
, Mixes are not what they are crack
. ed up to be. It looks also, like ex
T President Geer IS the smartest ON
of all the officers. He saw hi
chance and fled the state, wher'
( fines and jail sentences cannot over
= take him. His relatives are smar
E people and in touch with good law
yers-which is, perhaps. why b
f didn't stay to face the music,
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