The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-07

the GATE or April returns in to the
department of so many big distllleries
destroyed
At one distillery he said it was sug-
gested that some hogs be turned out
and the pen destroyed, but Samuels
protested. saying there was no use of
making the people mad. A specimen
of the reports made to the govern
ment from the original files, covering
the dates of this trip, is as follows
"Anril 10: Garfield Foster and Jes-
sic McEwin: destroyed IA fermenters
containing 1,500 gallons beer, one
flake stand" The witness said there
were 1900 gallons of beer found, but
not one was destroyed. And SO it
went all down the list.
Under Enfilade Fire.
On examination Brown admit
ted that ne was looking for promotion
and had told Samuels in refusing to
sign an affidavit that he was afraid
Mr. Holtcn would get mad with him.
Asked if he had not got mad with
officers for catching his brother. who
was store keeper ard gauger in the
act of removing liquor contrary to law.
he said he had not complained. He
was asked if his brother had not been
caught in the act, and a bill of i'm
dictment against him suppressed at
the last term Of court i'm Wilkesboro
on conditions that he was to testify
against the officers, he replied that
the bill had been Withdrawn and his
brother was lot prosecuted, but he
did not know for what reason. Re-
plying to a question if he had not as
an officer given information in ad-
vance when raids were to be made.
Brown said he had not When pressed
he admitted that once when he was
not an officer officers at his home
mad talked of a raid and his wife,
after all had left for the trip had
written a note to parties to be raided
and sent it to them, but re did not
know of 1t at the time. 1t also de-
veloped th3t one of these warnings
did not reach the interested party un-
til ten minutes after the officers had
cut the still. Other questions re-
lated to alleged promises of immun-
ity from prosecution by the District
Attorney to distillers, if they would
testify against officers. The witness
did not seem to be very well posted
On this line.
The drift of this cross-examination
shows that one of the defenses will
be that the District Attorney is per
scouting certain class of officials.
while letting other law breakers go.
If the lid ever does get off, there'll
be some high reading before the trials
stop.
After Rrawn was let go a recess was
taken for dinner.
When court re-asSembled Judge
Boyd stated that the Government Of
ficers. Adams and Wright who had
been sent out with other witnesses.
besides being witnesses were also as
sistants of the government in pre-
pairing the cases. and asked that they
sci for the defendant assented. and
the detectives thenceforth occupied
their seats beside the district attor-
ney. Seven witnesses were examined
before adjournment They all lived
in the immediate neighborhood of the
distilleries reported to have been de-
stroyed on the April raid, and most
of them had been interested in biloxi
aiding.
All Knew of the Coming Raid.
Their testimony for the government
showed that on Sunday before the
laIu was MADE on Monday, it was
generally known that the ofncers were
coming Monday, and every distillery
in the neighborhood was running
sunday to run out the supplies on
nand, while people were busy hauling
the y-urpIuS beer and mash to a place
of safety, the stills beng left to De
carted away earl" Monday morning,
at which tune neighbors took away
their cattle. kept to fatten or still
SlopS.
other witnesses testified to help
ing to haul one still away early in
the morning after the officers left
At one o'clock the stills were carried
back and went to work on the beer
which had been left by the officers
although they reported to the gov
ernment that it had been destroyed.
L his particular still was the one
where fifteen hundred gallons Of
beer had been reported as destroyed.
After the raid one witness stated that
owners of this still began immediate
ly enlarging the building and oper-
ated it for three weeks afterwards
wnen a new set of officers came along
and tore 1t up, arresting part of the
operators.
Queer Sunday School Business.
One witness on cross exa minati ton
being asked if his object in visiting so
many stillsSunday after he came from
church was not to warn them of the
coming of officers. said no. everybody
learned of it at Sunday School Ask
ed why he went to so many stills
he answered they were so thick he
couldn't miss them, and everybody
was hard at work moving beer TUBS
land running out what stuff was ready
for distilling.
WatSon's DISCRIMINATION stress
ed the promise of immunity>to block.
aders from prosecution in exchange
for information implica ting officers in
frauds. One witness said he gave in
formation to detectives thinking theN
were timber purchasers and that a
week after MS statement was made
l.. +. Davis and lawyer Hub Green
came around in track of the detect
ives and got affidavits.
sensation Bud Killed.
1he particulars of this were ruled
out by Judge Boyd, on objection by
defendant though Judge Boyd first
said that, as Green was present APP
pearing for the party now on trial,
he would let a full disclosure be
made Davis is one of the officials
lnuIcted in another case.
The only sensation set in process of
development was thus nipped in the
bud.
Before adjournment Judge Boyd
announced that he had changed the
sentence of Imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary of Lowe Garrick, of David
son county for Illicit distilling to