The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-01
ON TRAIL OF BEER
Evidently It Has All Dropped
Out of Sight.
Likewise Theodore Schreiber,
the Alleged Distributor.
NOT IN COLD STORAGE.
PrOprietOrs Tell of Liquor Being
Removed.
Attorney General Jackson Solves
Mystery of Orders.

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agent of the Anheuser-B Busch Brewing
association, the man whom the state is
menacing with contempt proceedings on
the ground that he spirited away An
heuser-Busch liquor from Topeka cold
storage warehouses after the injunction
of the supreme court had been served on
him?
Sheriff John wilkerson of Shawnee
county put in Tuesday hunting for
Schreiber without any tangible results.
OF course it is likely that Schneider will
turn up, but the evidence secured
| against him at the 'fnquisition" pro-
ceedings before Justice of the Peace Ar
thur Bolinger is not encouraging.
Evidence was secured against Schrei-
Der at the Tuesday afternoon session
which seemed to show almost, conclus-
lively that he was responsible for the re-
moval from the cold storage warehouse
of the Continental Creamery company,
40 quarter barrels and "A half barrels Of
beer, to say nothing of 400 cases and
kegs of beer which has been removed
from the storage of the Topeka Ice &
Fuel company.
While the evidence secured against
Schneider at the morning session of the
court of inquiry was strong, the after
noon disclosures were still stronger
L. K. Murray, secretary and treasurer
of the Continental Creamery company
testified that while the company had
large quantity of beer belonging to An
heuser- Busch on hand on April -, when
the Injunction was served, it now has
nothing but few empty kegs.
He presented a lot of orders on the
storage warehouse for the delivery of
the beer. The orders were signed B.
P. r.
who is b P R?" asked Attorney
General Jackson.
He is driver for Schneider. I un-
derstand,' replied Murray.
What authority had you to deliver
beer to anyone on orders signed by B.
P. r. %
My instructions were when went in
there" said Mr.. Murray, that we were
to honor orders signed by Mr.. Schrei-
ber's drivers
The state at once placed on the stand
c. e. Cope. one of the men who attend
ed to the delivery of the beer on proper
orders.
What does B. P. r. stand for?'
Those are the initials Of q man who
came for beer" replied Cope.
What is his name?"
Il don't know
do you know him by sight?"
Yes
What authority had you to deliver
beer on orders signed by B. P. r."
II received instructions to honor or
ders signed that way over the tele-
phone"
"Who telephoned to you?"
Mr.. Schneider
That was all the state wanted. It
indicated clearly that Schneider was
the man behind The gun, and was Civ
heuser-Rusch Brewing association to
remove their big stock # wet goods to
soTr,a more favorable climate, contrary
to rhe orders OF the supreme court.
Charles Blood Smith, attorney for the
Anheuser-R Busch company, cid not cross
examine Cope.
Changed the Firms Records
The admission was drawn from MI.
Murray, Sc creta1y of The. company, that
he had changed the books of the COM
pany Monday night after being sub
poeracd to Sive testimony in the pres
ent hearing The altered records were
introduced in evidence.
On the head CT the mage cf the
ledger in which account was kept with
concerns placing goods in storage ap-
peared this line:
beirg 70 enter in the blank the name of
the firm placing the goods in storage.
On the AnheuSer-B Busch account. the
words 'Anhe user Busch had been en-
tered after the word name. This was
repeated on a dozen different pages
where the account appeared, but on
each page the word Name" had been
crossed out with red ink, and the word
Brand" substituted in red ink. In
some places the name of the mysterious
Mr.. Bemis, who was supposed to be
the man depositing the goods, appear
ed after that Of Anheuser-Busch, but
the account showed on its face that it
had been kept with the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing association
Did you make the entries in this
book" asked Ger erai Jackson.
Some of them.
Did you write the headingso',
Yes"
when did you write them?"
AT different times. Some of them
quite recently
'.When was this word name stricken
out and brand substituted?''
Last night" said Mr.. Murray, frank
why did you do that?"
Because these are our ledgers, and
1 hac been subpc enaed to bring them
into court. I wanted them to show
things as trey were. The goods were
really stored in Bemis' name
"Who told you to make these
changes?"
you made the changes after being
subpoenaed?"
Eyes, SIR
..Mutz'' Also Drew Beer.
Other orders presented for beer very
recently We're submitted by Mr.. MUIR
ray signed with the word MUTT"
II don't know said Murray. II
found thes> in the orders. never knew
of them before. l never kT.ew of auth
ortiz being given to release beer on
such orders.
George Moeser the superintendent of
the cold storage plant was recalled.
when did you receive authority to
honor orders signed by the word
'Mutz 2 . asked Mr.. Jackson.
'Well, some years ago our orders
were all for Anheuser-Busch beer. So
when saw an order signed by Mutz