Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-23
GALLAGHER ASSAILS
PICKLER REGIME
SAYS IT HoAsTED OF COLLECTING
$4,000 in FINES FROM GAM.
9LERs AND PRosTlTyTEs-Jo.
JAoUEs GIVES TESTIMONY.
Some Features of
Phillips Custer Case

Chief Gallagher declared that
the Phillips administration war
following example, set by Pickier
regime, which "boasted OF col
Iecting $4,000 In fines from
gamblers and prostitutes"
Attorney Jo r. jacques said IN
answer to the question. Was the
mayor drunk 7-"He did not stag
ger. His tongue was not thick.
He talked coherently and ! saw
no indication Of his Being drunk"
w. v. Hodge and Rem oatman,
billiard hall employees, assert that
pea pool and pay pool where
money changes hands 10 tran
saction between the players and
the house has no interest In u.
Gallagher explains how police
cleaned out Smoky Row ana sra-
phaslzed 1t by saying that the
patrol goes there three times a
month now, when years ago It
was called five to seven times q
night.
r. J. Miller tells of push button
operated In Kaiser place TO warn
gamblers Of the coming Of the
police, and about how Mayor Phil
lips was prevented from knowing
that men went upstairs to tho
gambling rooms.
Activity Of the police since Jam
uary, 1908, with reference to
gambling houses is reviewed by
Chief Gallagher.
p. r. Springer, old acquaintance
Of mayor, swears he never saw
Phillips drunk.
With the resting Of the state In tht
evidence offered in the custer pro
,eedings instituted against Mayo
+. ]. Phillips at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, the defense began its work Of at
to break down the case thu!
ar made against Mayor Phillips. Th'
ast witness for the state was Chief o
Police Peter Gallagher who was on sh'
stand much of yesterday Afternoon
and resumed this morning, havins
been recalled for cross examination
and then subjected to rigid redirec
questioning by Senator Cosson
Much Of the testimony brought out y
both cross and redirect examination
went to show up Ottumwa as the spot
less town and visa versa. Chief Gal
agher pictured the city under Mayo
Picker as lacking In moral tone, btl
be held that it had undergone a re
generation since January, 1907.
City Clerk Deeds was the first Wit
ness for the defense. He identified
certain records OF the city relating t.
he enactment OF the city ordinance
No. 346 dealing with disorderl.
1ouses. He stated that it was passed
BY the city council August 4, 1890
while w. w. Epps was mayor and N
A. Roberts, present Judge of the dis
,rict court, was city solicitor, and tina
his Is the same ordinance that pre-
Yails.
Prosecution Rests.
In resuming court this morning Wit
less Gallagher was asked by Judge
Mitchell If he ever received any com
,ensation for the promise Of protec
ion to gamblers and prostitutes, or i
le had ever been rendered any.
NO" answered the witness, =
lever received a penny, but have beer
old that II would give them the pro
ection they would make it right will
ne. I never received penny from
hem and would not promise or give
lem protection"
Said Gray Collected.
Senator Cosson then objected to the
testimony OF the witness as to eact
question OF the defense in this particu
ar as not proper cross examination
lie then took the witness for re-direc
and asked him severa
pointed questions as to his service al
! policeman under the Pickler admin
stration and as to the administration:
,revious to Phillips term of Office
said that he first went on the
orce under Phillips first administers
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