The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-04
IT SLIPS A COG.
Mr. Schenck's Machine Fails to
Move Smoothly.
Technical Point Raised by
JOintist's Attorney.
GENETT NAY WAIT.
His Trial Goes Over to Next
Term of Court.
E-:Irro g. EnAnrCM Mana of
GENETT MAY WAIT
Failure to Endorse Name of
Boy SpOtter on Papers.

On a point of law raised by Otis
Hungate, attorney for John GENET.
who was placed on trial in the dis
trict court yesterday afternoon for sell
ing liquor in violation of the prohib-
itory law. Judge Dana ordered the
further trial of the case, which was
continued this morning. postponed and
continued until the next term of the
court Genett, therefore. will not run
the chances of going to jail again I'M
til September, as he Will be out on
bonds TO the amount of $500 until the
case is called against him at that term
of the court.
GENET was arrested on February "a
for selling liquor in defiance of the
law, and maintaining nuisance at No
SIS North Kansas avenue. When his
case was brought for trial yesterday
afternoon Mr.. Hungate succeeded in
having the nuisance charge against
him quashed- A number of witnesses
were examined yesterday afternoon as
TO their alleged purchases of liquor
from GENET, and among them was
William Romynger. the 17-year-old
''spotter," who has been gathering evil
dence against jointists and working I'M
der the direction of the State Temper
ance union.
Romynger. is a witness in a number
of the important cases against the
jointists that J. ]. Schenck, the county
attorney, has succeeded in haling be-
fore a court of justice. He testified a
couple of days ago to purchasing whis-
ky in the Owl restaurant from James
Vilott. whom a jury found guilty of
violating the prohibitory law yester-
day And during the trial of the GENET
case yesterday afternoon he testified
that he had purchased a half-pint of
whisky from Genett at No. SIS North
Kansas avenue early in January
Young Romynger does not get the
most conclusive sort of evidence as to
his liquor purchases that Robert Nor
riS, secretary of the State Temperance
union, obtains Mr.. Norris tastes the
liquor he buys to find out what 1t is
Romynger has not got to the tasting
or drinking stage yet. He merely goes
into a suspected joint. asks for whisky
and gets stuff that is sold to him for
whisky.
AS soon as the trial was resumed
this morning, Mr. Hungate called the
youth to the stand for the purpose of
further cross examination. In reply
to questions RomynEer testified that
he had labelled the bottle OF whisky
on the night he purchased it as having
nue. The +pExt 3si gF4t. he wen { around
TO the place a gain and found that the
mum Der was SIS North Kansas avenue
He fixed the number by looking at the
number of houses on either side Of the
alleged Joint" He made a mistake
on the first visit because he could not
see the numbers on the. houses dis
tinctly in the darkness He did not
know Genet by name when he bought
the lfquCF of him, but in reply to
questions from Mr.. Schenck he identi-
fed Genett as the man who had sold
it to him.
Romynger testified that he had told
Mr.. Schenck about the purchase he
had made within a couple of weeks
after il had occurred. This would
have been about the middle of Janu-
airy
When his examination had been