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

none of the men went in but that one
of them said bring out some cigars
and the saloon keeper did so. Hamp-
shire stated that he asked for the
cigars, while Brown said it was the
mayor who told the saloon man to
bring the cigars. All testified to the
difficulty in holding the hose and one
of them said he was thrown to his
knees by the hose and that the street
was slippery. Cross examination
failed to materially affect the
evidence.
Phillips and McDanieIs Heard
J. A. Phillips followed J. B. Sax on
the stand and told in substance what
the other business men. had testified
to. The witness said he knew the
mayor ever since he has been been
in Ottumwa and that he has never
known the defendant to be drunk Re-
ferring to the street flushing incident,
Mr.. Phillips stated that he was not
impressed that the mayor was intoxl-
Gated With reference to the present
condition of affairs in Ottumwa, the
witness declared that the moral tone
of the city is improved. The promise
of the mayor to clean out battle
Row" was gone into slightly The wit
ness declared the mayor kept the
streets In better condition than here
tofore. Mr.. Phillips stated that he Is
not a relative of the defendants, al
though the name is the same.
When cross questioned Mr.. Phil
lips gave his idea Of the past several
elections and the platforms featured
in each. He was positive that the
citv's moral tone has become better
since 1907.
C. F. McDaniels went into the deal
ines he had with the mayor while the
defendant was interested in the coal
business. and stated that in his
twenty-five years acquaintance WIN
the mayor he had never seen niH
drunk. The witness stated that the
mayor was self-assertive and positive
in his convictions and that his prom
Use to clean out Battle Row was 1nl.
filled. He expressed the opinion that
the nresent condition Of the city is
better than it was some four or nVe
years ago.
Mr.. McDaniels was asked on cross
If he did not know tnat
the Gid" was on during the SHUTS
and he replied that ne
did not. When questioned about the
general understanding being that the
town was open to gambling and baWdy
houses from 1907 on. MT. McDdhleie
answered that he did not.
A. c. Leighton is Questioned.
A.. C. Leighton. was another witness
who in the past twenty-five years had
not seen Mayor Phillips drunk. he
so testified on the stand following the
the evidence given by Mr. McDaniels.
Mr.. Leighton said he sees the mayor
almost daily and had never yet noticed
an instance when Mr.. Phillips was III
toxicated On cross examination, the
witness said that he never saw Inc
mavor in a saloon and did not see nm
on April 80 or the night before.
w. ! Donelan testified relative TO
the street flushing incident. and as TO
hi; general opinion Of the, admnlstra-
ton of Mayor Phillips. Mr.. Doneiah
said he has known the mayor for
twelve years and sees him frequently.
occasionally he talked with the de-
PENDANT. but never at any time had ne
seen Phillips drunk. In telling about
the street cleaning matter. Mr.. Done
Ian stated that he was on his way 10
the Ballingall to look at some goods.
when the mayor and his helpers We're
busy on East Main street. He did not
notice any indication of the mayors
being intoxicated, and said that the
were glad that he had
cleaned the streets. Mr.. Donelan re-
ferred to the present conditions in the
city as being better than at any time
In his residence here of,nineteen years.
On cross-examining the witness,
Senator Cosson sought to find out the
difference between the administration
of Mayor Phillips and other mayors,
and also if the platform on which
Mayor Phillips was elected provided
for an open town. Mr.. Donelan re-
piled that the Phillips platform was
for an open town so far as saloons reg
ulated under the mulct law was con-
cerned, but that Phillips promised to
clean out Battle Row and other law
breaking localities. He did not know
that when Mayor Suits was in office
Ottumwa was closed. Neither did he
know that the general impression was
that during 1907 the city was wide
open.
Henry Adcock Testifies.
Street Commissioner Adcock told OF
seeing the mayor on an average of two
or three times day and of never no.
ticing the slightest indication Of his
being intoxicated. He said the de-
PENDANT had been very careful to in
struct him in certain duties and
seemed proud of the city and always
evidenced a sincere desire to govern
It to the best Of his ability. He re-
cited the incident when the bartender
offered the mayor and workmen
drink for flushing off the sidewalk, and
of the mayors refusal. He also said
that the streets were somewhat slip
perry then and it was difficult for the
men to hold the hose absolutely still
when full pressure was on. He said
the hose wobbled somewhat.
On cross-examination, the witness
told Mr.. Cosson that the defendant
failed to show any indications of being
drunk. and that it was cigars that
u-oro handed tO tho worEmon nv the.