The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
POLICEMEN FREED
 FROM CHARGES

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 tContinued from First Page.) Al the rear of thr har and saw some one who looked like policeman pass $. When tho knock came he says Ca- sey Immediately ordered himself and to one other man who was with him inside at tbe time to got out as the po- lice were coming and the two of them were showed Into vacant lot and hide behind q fence for several minutes. Then someone came and told them It was all right and they had better beat it" He testified to recognizing Casey as the man who gave him the drinks but the latter denied that he was ca snE Regarding the man who knocked he said he could not say that 1t was the policeman but he saw him outside just as the knock came He could not Itel who tho policeman was as lie only saw uniform The lights in the sa- loon he said were very dim at the time Of the knock and 1t Was impossible for fany one to see In except by looking eper Che screen which he testified was close drawn.
 William r, Jackson, the other state poi, oman, followed Framton Jackson lo@ti0ed that Mr. Fox had told him that the chief of police had stated he wanted his men to work in co.opera- tion with the state police so Fox told him they should make no arrests but report to hin, and he would inform the police department. He had little to of-. fer on the case as he was outside He said he saw the lights go up and Casey and Daly walk down the street to- gether
 Defense Goes On.
 Sergeant Philip smith started the case for DalN Ne testified to being in charge of central station when Mir Fox called up He said that he put tip the rod lieht at the station when he re- ceVtd the telephone from Mir. Fox and | faly ansv cred and he sent him over to i investigate the charges against Casey, Inside of ralf an hour he said Daly re- ported back that ne had Investigated and found no evidence He explained that II is the custom to send two men on such an assignment but on account of an ambulance cal, fire and a Nagon call at the same time just before s o'clock ne was unable to set more than one man just al this time
 Mr. Casey Explains.
 Christopher r. Casey, proprietor of the saloon in question said that he left home about o'clock to do down to his saloon to attend to the lights, While he was inside the fire alarm came for the fire In Columbus avenue which had been caused by an explosion and he went to the back door to see what he could of tho excitement Just at this moment he claims Frampton came along and asked for drink. While he was giving him ane the other man Frampton testified to came along and ha was providing for the two when he saw the helmet of an officer who was pecrng in through the front window. JIe said he did not know who the off ficer was He denied having heard any knock. When he saw this lie told the men Go get right out and showed them out the back door He went around te the front door and saw nothing Then he walked to the rear again and Wfen he reached it hc heard knock. or opening he saw Daly there, Daly. hf claims. asked him who he had in ther' and he said no one. The officer came , ln and found no one there, He thet , told him that he had a complaint agalnst the place but Casey denied thai he was selling and he told him he haf better get out which he said he Wout do as soon as he attended to his lights , When asked by Mir Fox, through th' mayor why he had pleaded guilty 1T court if this was all he had done Case' said he was not on trial he had hac his session upstairs and completed I by paying his fine.
 , A man named Joseph Rently testified to seeing Daiy try the door ol the sa loon and most cmphaii ically he declared Iilil llf lii HUI hll'Nh " '''''
 Daly Makes His Defense,
 When panoman Daly took up his defense he stated after preliminarle' that when he peeked into the saloor he was unable to see anything in the rear He said there was mo light in. side. He could see the front hall plainly from a street light. He testi' fled that the screen was drawn back part way. Then he went to the from door and gently turned the handle to avoid being heard and assured him. self that the door was locked. He then went to the rear and Casey open ed to him. He told practically the same story of what passed between himself and Casey as Casey did, Then , he went away and waited around nearby for a while, then started back to the railroad station Casey oyer- took him and walked with him 10 the station.
 Regarding the group of men be talked with he said there was but one and he was Casey's bartender He started to go in with him, he said, and he told him he did not want him and sent him away. He said this was his third trip over there that day and , had seen nothing out of the way on any one of them,
 Peterson Pleads Not Guilty. The charges against Otto Peterson were substantially the same as against Daly. The saloon in this case was Patrick Reynolds at S79 Grand ave-