East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-15
blind Pig" Cases Are Post
poned to Last of Week by
Mutual Consent.
"STATE HAS EVIDENCE"
SAYS DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Circumstances Indicate Much VIII BE
Doing Next Week When Grand
Jury Is CaIled-Scotty Was N0
"Amalgamated" With Saloonmen,
But Was Helping a Friend-City
Authorities May Get Into the
Game.

BY mutual consent of defendants
and the district attorney the "blind
pig" cases were postponed from 1880
this afternoon until 10 o'clock Satur-
day morning. At that time the IL
men will be given preliminary ex-
amlngtlons before Justice Of the
Peace Parkes Meanwhile all are
out upon $3.50 bail with the exception
of one Scotty. who has been in dur
ance vile since the raid Saturday
night
Promptly at 1870 o'clock this after
noon all ~ Of the men who were ar
rested Saturday night appeared in the
law IN store for them Attorneys n.
C. Richards and VIII NJ. Peterson
were there in behalf of eight of the
men and the first cases taken up
were those of william Bogert, Dick
Keegan and Henry Noble, none Of
whom had counsel
sample of Complaints.
The complaints against Bogert
Keegan and Noble were then taken
up and presumably they are fair sam
pies OF those against the remainder
of me bunch. Bogert is charged
with having sold liquor on two diff
ferent occasions to John Jordan; Kee-
gan to James Rattiban and TO a. Har-
din. and Noble to a man named Whit
ney.
lYt Vp1 hn 10 INT ft,c
these three men were read. they were
not arraigned as they also assented to
the arrangement to defer the cases
until Saturday morning.
Scotty Was "Sorc."
The only interesting incident of the
hearing this afternoon was that fur
nished by Scotty, who had been ar
rested under the name of John Doe
but who said his true name was Alex
Falrweather. Scotty had refused to
rustic bail Saturday night and today
showed strong desire to be in a
class by himself.
'T am not amalgamated with those
saloonmen," declared Scotty, who is
more OF a Dutchman than High !
lander. as he explained rapidly and
recklessly to the court regarding his
own case. "I am not n bartender at :
all I won't ask a man to go my bail |
for a thing like this. | don't know !
what ii could have been unless 1t was
;hat ginger ale"
Continuing Scotty declared he was
working at Brewery saloon only tenn
porarily in the place of a friend and
he now regrets very much that he
was there at all. He says he did a
strictly legal business while he was at
work unless 1t happened that the
ginger ale was too strong Because
lie did very slow business and con-
sequently did not take in the coin fast
enough he says he was fired.
state Has Evidence.
Regarding the case now pending,
District Attorney Phelps made the
following statement this afternoon:
81 merely want to say that the
state would not have taken these
cases up without ample evidence. We
have an abundance of evidence
against others who will be brought
before the grand jury"
This statement together with other
facts that are known. all point strong
ly to some excitement here next week
when the grand jury will be in ses-
sion.
City May Mix In.
Furthermore, 1t is possible that the
city may enter into the prosecution
OF the "blind pig" men also, and
thereby receive share OF the fine
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