Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-23


change will be made in order to
make better connections with the
mail trains arriving in the cities
from the east.
PlGGER IS CONVICTED
The Old Third Street Stand Has
Again Achieved Notoriety.
Tinius Olson was found guilty of
keeping an unlicensed place for the
sale of liquor yesterday in Munich
pal court. He was sentenced to
pay a fine of $40 and costs, $3.50,
or 40 days in Jail, and after think
ing it over he decided to pay.
Olson is the proprietor of the
joint formerly known as "The Crys-
tai Palace" or Madison's saloon, or
"Schagel's Place. Last Thursday
the chief of police armed himself
with search and seizure warrant
and proceeded to look the place
over, accompanied by the sheriff.
The first search proved without
avail, but the second time the peace
officers found a number of bottles,
partly or wholly filled with whis-
key, nicely tucked away between
the rafters in the ceiling of the
basement. Olson was at once ar
rested. and his trial came off yes
terday before Judge Muller.
At the trial the peace officers
testified as to the conditions usual
ly prevailing at the place, that it
was noisy and troublesome to the
neighbors, and that it was the rem
devious of people more or less in
toxicated. Furthermore, the chief
had seen bottles changing hands in
there, tho he had not seen any
money change hands. Marcus o.
son Of Spicer had seen something
suspicious looking in small glasses,
and lastly, Henry Lothare Won
Schenck had himself, in company
with a friend, purchased couple
of bottles of beer there on Decem-
ber l last year. But when Olson
came on the stand he denied every
thing except the things which he
couldn't remember. He had never,
never sold any whiskey or beer to
anybody, anywhere, any time. He
had always tried to keep a model,
quiet and orderly place for hot soup
and cold, soft drinks, but he admit
ted that he had been unfortunate
inas'nuch as good many people
had come there after having been
kicked out of other places, and had
made themselves and the place a
general, public nuisance. Th e
whiskey which the officers to his
surprise had found was intended al
together for the use of himself
and a few intimate friends. 1t had
been purchased while he was at the
state fair, and had arrived on
Thursday in jug, but as he didn't
have time to take it home, it hap
pened to be at the place when the
arms of the law arrived. When
cross-examined by City Attroney
Porter, it leaked out that altho he
didn't have time to take it home,
he did have time to pour it from
the jug into four quart bottles,
all of which were displayed and
handled in court. He also ad-
mitted that he had carried bottles
of beer from his living room to his
place Of business, but again it had
been only for his own use. His
testimony on the whole was rather
vague and uncertain, but this was
probably due to an awful slump on
the part of his recollector, which
simply would not work at critical
times. ...
Altho the Judge found the direct
testimony somewhat weak, he ruled
that the testimony of the peace Off
GERS regarding the conditions pre-
vailing at the place warranted a
conviction.
The case was enlivened by few
tilts, more or less good-natured,
between Atty. Porter for the city
and Atty. johnson for the defend
ant. The troubles arose regarding
the admissibiIity of certain parts
of the evidence, and there was a
mutual exhortation on the part of
the opposing counsel to ''go to the
law and get wise.
| w. R. Miller, G. N. claim agent.
yesterday received telegram here
from Cokato stating that a dead
man had been found on the tracks
near that village. Further partic'
lulars are lacking at present.