The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-30
WHO'S Mr.. BEMIS
Mysterious Man in AnheuSer-
Busch Case.
No One Ever Saw or Talked to
Him.
STORAGE MEN TESTIFY
Ascertained That Theodore
Schneider Did the Business.
Mr.. Murray Explains How Beer
Was Distributed.
STORAGE MEN TESTIFY


AS a result of the inquisition held
this morning before Justice of the
Peace Arthur Bolinger by Attorney
General F. $ Jackson. the agency OF
the Anheuser-Busch Brewing COM
pany in Topeka was apparently pinned
to one Theodore Schreiber, in spite Of
the fact that W. H. Rossington, attor-
ney for the Anheuser-Busch Brewing
association. solmenly assured the Kan
sRs supreme court last week that Mr..
$chreiber wasn't the agent. and that
the company as a matter of fact had
no agent in Topeka.
The witness who did the pinning was
L X. Murray. secretary and treasurer
Of the Continental Creamery company.
which company owns the cold stor-
age plant. formerly belonging 10
Moeser Brothers. and there handles
large quantities of the brew for local
wholesalers.
All the methods of handling the
wholesale liquor trade in Topeka were
developed in the course of Mr.. Muir
rays examination. It was a three
cOrnered fight. IN which the Anheuser-
Busch company was represented by
Charles Blood Smith. the state by At
tOrnsy General Jackson and his as
sistants. John Dawson and Charles
ShukerS, and County Attorney
Schenck. and the Continental Cream
cry by T. F. Doran- Mr. Doran was
there simply to see TO il that the in
vestigation did not get switched of
from a search for information about
the Anheuser-Busch Brewing associa-
ton. into an examination of the moral
and legal status of the Continental
Creamery cold storage department
The attorneys. witnesses and specta-
tors filed the law offices of Jetmore &
Jetmore. where Mr. Bolinger held
c. RI.
into the daylight a mysterious stranger
one E w. Beuis. who seems to be
the A R. Brown of the liquor investi-
cation. All the Anheuser-B Busch goods
were stored in the name of this Mr..
Bemis.
.sDid You ever see Bemis?" asked
Mr.; Jackson Of Mr. Murray.
Ever know him.
Ever get any letters from him ?"
WHO aid you do your business
with Mr.. sehreiber. That was the
way it was arranged when I came in
there in 1898. We sent our monthly
bills to Mr. Bemis care of Mr.
Mr.. Schreiber.'
"Au your business was transacted 4
through Mr.. Schrefber?"
Yes All checks came through /
him. He paid the bills
Bundles OF Beer Orders
On order of the justice of the peace. |
Mr.. Murray had brought with him a
lot of the records OF the cold storage .
plant, including several big bundles of
beer tickets. or orders on the storage
for beer and other liquors. These
tickets were from the Busch 1
brewer. the Dick Bros brewery. the .
Goetz brewery. the Imperial brewery /
and other brewing concerns
At the top of each ticket was a dis /
~ -f,r1r =-7rr ~F7es
brewery which issued it. The An
heuzer- Busch tickets were ernbellish-
ed with an Illuminated monogram
"A. b
were sent in on these forms or
blanks?'' was asked
Yes sir. We had instructions /
from Mr.. Schreiber to deliver on those
signed TO the ticket The form was
what counted"
Didn't you require some order
from Bemis?'
mo. we got our instructions from
Schreiber. Schreiber stores the beer
for Bemis.''
When MI. Schreiber sent in his
checks. he usually paid for the An
heuser-Busch storage and the Dick 4
Bros storage in one check, showing
that he represented both concerns [
The Anheuser-Busch portion of the \
check was credited to Bemis and the |
other part to F. Parowski. who seems |
to have been another fictitious charac-
ter playing the role Of Bemis for Dick /
Bros
Attorney General jackson tried TO |
get Murray to admit that the check /
which was received in payment for /
check. Murray had forgotten about 1
that He only remembered that it /
was very ornamental check printed |
IN colors, and signed with a rubber /
e. g-N4 -
his own name Murray had even for
gotten whether the payment was /
made in check or draft.
Changed TO a Cat.
Just before the time that Attorney
General Jackson started the custer |
suits against the brewers. the An /
heuser- Busch company changed the 4
design of the blanks which thev had |
been using for beer orders. Instead /
OF bearing the A. B. monogram a /
bumped up was substituted with the |
word Annie Heizer' underneath
% nnie Heizer' seemed to be able to
get the beer just as readily as the /
Annie Heizsr tickets were submitted.
and placed in evidence
When asked whether any beer or 1
other LIQUOR had been allowed to go /
out of the cold storage without the |
issuance Of orders. Mr. Murray said:
mo. sir. no beer has been allowed \
to go out without an order Those 1
are the positive orders issued No /
beer can go out without orders"
Did you ever talk over this LIQUOR /
storage business with the officers of |
the company -
"Only informally
You decided that you were doing /
a straight. Legitimate business, did /
you7''
"Yes, sir
You supposed It was lawful for