Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-26

him to come into Ed Cars saloon.
him that thought little brandy
would probably do him good and he
came in with me. He drank about a
/ gill of brandy, only very small
amount and used settler with 1t.
Shortly after drinking it he swooned
and fell into my arms. The bartender
directed us to chair and he sat there
for time. / asked him to let me get
cab for him but he objected and said
he thought the fresh air would help
him. We then left the saloon and pro-
ceeded west on Main street. When
in front of the Wapello restaurant he
began to staggel and nearly fell. I
am not drunk, Tom, he said, but am
sick We went toward his home go
ing up Market street to the Iowa
Steam Laundry and thence to the
park. He seemed stronger when we
reached there and was all right by
the time he got home
The witness also told II the defend
ant having helped to pa;s out the
baskets from the basement of the
Garrick theater Christmas eve and
said he showed no signs Of intoxica-
ton there He also stat"l that he
I7a'thee end talked viii him during
the period of street flushing and that
he talked loud and directed the men.
He also directed the teams some OF
which got water splashed on them. He
related the South Market street pledge
of the mayor to not permit any saloons
in that district and said that he
pleaded with him for Mrs. Kinsey
Jordan because the rental of the Corn
Exchange building was her source OF
income. but the mayor refused to
break his pledge.
Recites Gray Talk.
J.. T.. Duke was called to the stand
for the defense and told of two con-
versations he had with John Gray in
which the witness stated that Gray
said Phillips was a cause OF his
brother ,Jim's death and that one OF
the last things Jim told him before he
died was to clay for old Tom Phillips"
The witness declared Gray said that
now he .'had him. and was going to
"get even with the ODD"
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incident and said that in his opinion
the mayor was not intoxicated at the
time. but used profane language when
man drove in front of the hose. He
also stated that John Gray told him
Phillips was drunk in the saloon and
he, Gray had witnesses who saw elm
there when the trouble was on. When
asked about what conversation he had
with John Gray relative to the prize
fights, the witness said that Gray told
him his brother Jim had posted the
forfeit money and made all arrange.
ments when Phillips refused to let
him pull it off. He did not remember
that Gray told him anything about
the mayors promising Jim before
election that he could pull of the
fight
w. Farmer was called to the stand
to tell what he knew of the incident
in the Ottumwa Exchange saloon and
said he came in after the mayors
party arrived and remained after they
left. He. said the mayor was very
angry but not drunk, aid that he did
not think him under the influence OF
Iliuuor. Phillips he said started toward
Gray when some one whom he could
not name, pushed the mayor away and
then some one took the mayor back
and talked with him. 81 think Phil
lips said he could lick Gray" said the
witness and 1t looked like he would nit
Gray. I did not see him stagger and
in my opioion he was not intoxicated.
The. witness could not tell whether
the mayor was drugged or not, but ne
was certain that he was not intox1'
Gated, according to his answers to
Senator Cosson who cross-examlned
him.
Said Mayor Frothed at Mo 18th.
The mayo, was said to have frothed
Mt the mouth and to have been verv
angry during the April 20 incident, ac-
cording to The testimony given by
John W Scott Mr.. Scott, when q,,es-
toned by Judge Mitchell. said
that he was rot in the OttumNa Elk.
change saloon when the mayor and
others came in, but that he entered
shortly after. when Phillips and Gray
were talking. "Tom was very angry,
said Mr.. Scott. "and he was excited
when talking with Gray. He did not
impress me as being drunk, just froth-
been against him and was always
wanting something for nothing
When cross-examined by Attorney
Cosson. Mr.. Scott said the mayor took
small amount of whisky and filled
the large glass the rest of the way
with water He could not say that the
mayor was drugged, and did not think
that he was intoxicated. When asked
II the mayor could have taken more
liquor without his noticing it, the wit.
ness replied that he believed he could.
Never Saw Mayor Drink.
Charles Mather, member OF the
Fifty-fourth regiment band, OF which
Mayor Phillips is called the father"
referred to the various visits OF the
band to the west and to Iowa towns.
He said he was very close to the
mayor on these trips and never saw
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