Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-09-30
DISPLAY BEER
IN NEFF TRIAL
CASE n TAKEN UNDER ADVISE,
MENT Bl COMMISSION.
DECISION COMES TODAY


against william Ncn, chief detective
ut the city of Tulsa now under sus-
pension
AFTER the members of the commits.
sion had exhausted their memories bon
quest of $50 striking sccno and after
blood thirsty reporters and others had
gone distracted for q solution Attur-
ucy George Brown appearing Tor RIll
NeU, picked M one Ol the thirty sim
ilur packages which were standing on
the tahc, all neatly done mp In glass
WalC,
AFTER closely scruuuIzmg the pack
age which he held m his hand, Mr.
Brown said!
'rhc defense here wishes Go intro
ducc In evidence the beer"
That was the magic Word--hcor
Everybody I'm the room knew the pack
ages were more or less objects of fa-
miliar iawning, but there seemed TO
bee an abrupt stretch of inability to
recall certain things But that was 10
two dozen ana "a half small ones
retaining all the energy ana bampuDz-
ling cncrycsCCncc with which they
were corkcd In both Milwaukee and ST
Louis The bottles, however were not
coated with stcamy pcrsplration OF
rigid COldnoss, The stun looked sick
ly hot Perhaps 1t were Just as well
that way 0s any other There wasn't
anybody present who wanted any Of
II. They said they didn't and there
was no evidence introduced TO the
contrary The beer was but mute
part OF the occurrences before the
commission.
When the Ncn trial opened ycstcr-
al, ..I .f I.Itt1
guilty of charges uubocomlng an Of
lccr: rComng al a house OF Hire
puto; drinking both while Off and on
duty; having been drunk ON or about
August 2O and having taken liquor
from the citys storage house the de-
fondants counsel moved that the
charges be dismissed on the ground
that they were vague, Indifferent, and
did not charge mglloasauce In Office.
He thought his client was entitled to|
know who had made the atIidavlts,
and that he should know the verdict
in his former hearing before addition
al charges were brought. He charac-
teriZcd the complaint as not being a
complaint but q writing, and declared
that II appeared 10 try Nen twice for
the same thing The defense then
demurrcd rs to the charges.
After half hour was spent be-
tween John Il, Ramsey attorney for|
the city, and counsel for the defense
In deciding the proprlcty of all things
connected with the complaint Mayor
Martin overrulod the request for a dis
miNsal ofIthc charges and business be
gan to pick up.
William Qusenberry said he had
lived in Tulsa about lj months and
that he knows the location Of the
Orient rOOmng house, In fact he Wis
tied the orient about the 18th instl
lie said he drank some beer there
which he procured from a woman.
The porter had told him about theI
place, and the beer cost him only,
four bits bottle--a small bottle. He.
said there were some women there.
J. j. Joyce, who said he conductsl
a plumbing shop beneath the orient
rooms didn't know a great deal about
the place He had seen some women
there and had heard some talk about
II.
sherman Pcnder said he one timel
saw some women going up the steps
at the Orient He thought It was a.
pretty bad sort of place,
II. A. Griffin, member Of the pol
lice force at the present time said
llNl ne lldu S''fll aNfll Nll'l Nv lllpNA ~
the latter was pretty well boozy He,
considered him SO one night, but didl
not know the exact time. He had secnI
him three or four times when hci
thought he was pretty well Jagged
once during the hrcmen's convention
i'm Tulsa last spring lie saw Ncfr atl
First and Main about two weeks agoI
and thought he had been drinking
That was after Nens suspension, lie,
saw him one morning about or 81
O'Clock on North Main street when he,
thought he had been drinking GriiiinI
admitted that he had once been chief
of police of Tulsa, from which posi-
tion he was discharged on account oi
paving more attention to horse rac-I
ing than he did 10 his office, GrillinI
also admitted that before he WAS ap-
pointed a policeman under the present
administration he was working In al
gambling den over the Casino pool
room on South Main.
Night Sergeant Fields testified thatI
he had seen Nen when he looked likeI
ne was full II was during the timeI
the state enforceemnt officers wereI
here, one night He stated that Men
came down from the second moor at
police headquarters entered the pollcel
court room, having the appearance oil
being intoxicated. Nch then walked
down the adjacent alley and took on |
like a sick man. He had seen Men
take booze from the storage room ilVeI
or six times, some of which wasI
placed in a grip and some in sacks
and Bill Hewlett took 1t away IN al
cab. He thought he had seen the
mcg of the bottles that were taken
didn't think Il was labeled and didn't |
know whether the protecting SnuVhs