Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-23

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there and take poke at your face?''
The attorney repeated the question
and the witness repeated his words to
the questioner. At this juncture the
court interposed by telling the witness
to answer, as he, the court, could be
of no assistance to him and did not
want to exercise his contempt preros'
alive. The witness answered.
Eyes, I was arrested for that and
the attorney did not further question
him. Senator Cosson asked the wit
ness before he left the stand about his
connection with Woollett. The witness
replied, "He fired Judge Mitchell when
he hired me-"
Thought Him Drunk.
| Mrs. Morgan T. McClelland was
called to the stand and stated that she
was returning to her home on Cara
street from the Y. w. G. A., of which
she is president, on the evening OF
April 30, when she saw the mayor
with another gentleman whom she did
not know. She thought the mayor in
toxicated because Of the unsteadiness
of his gait, the apparent desire Of his
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his loud talking On cross examination
she stated that she did not hear him
talking, but aided by the court. who
defined hearing and distinguishing
words, she replied that she heard b1t
Gid not distinguish the words.
Passed Close to Crosby.
J. w. Crosby was the next witness.
He said that he was standing on
| Market street on the sidewalk in front
of the building occupied by G. G..
Koett, for whom he works, when the
mayor and the sheriff passed within
eight feet of him. He said that he did
not remember the exact date, but
thought it about the last Of April or
! first of May, and that he did not know
who the sheriff was until remark by
Charles Chiffon. standing near him.
called his attention to the two men.
The words Of Chiffon, said the witness,
were. There is a great combination
tie sheriff dfsgraced and the mayor
drunk"
Closed Top Door.
When asked if the house ran wide
open all of the time, Lane answered
that it did except for short time,
about four months after he opened up,
when he felt that something might
happen and he closed the top door
and locked it. He said he was not
ordered to do so, but that the next day
after he did it Chief Gallagher came
up, and when Lane unlocked the door
to admit him, Gallagher said, "You
beat me to it. I was just going to
order all Of you to lock your doors"
"In short timc," he continued,
call we're running wide open again
and did until I closed the last of
December Of that year, or the first Of
January, l am not sure which"
Protect the Gamblers.
Referring to his talks with the
mayor during the time he operated
other than what he related, Lane said
that once the mayor told him he was
going to protect the local houses and
would not permit any stranger to
come in and open house. He said
stranger whom he did not know
came to town and opened a house over
Brennan's. 81 went to the mayor at
his restaurant" said the witness, "and
tod him about it and he said, 4 am
running this town told him that if
he did not close the fellow up that I
would close, and the fellow closed
in ten minutes. I closed my place and
opened again in the morning." Lane
said that the boys about town did not
play for much money, mostly 10 cents
shots, but that the picking was when
real Give one" came to town, and
the largest sum he recollected of get
ting at one time was $500 or $500. He
said that the chief of ponce often
came to the rooms on occasions when
he was soliciting for baseball, SoErth
of July, or street fairs, and whether
he happened there while play was go
| ing on he did not know, but said that
play was practically contin Gus. He
also said liquor could be obtained at
the rear of his room, but he had moth
ing to do with that as the saloon man
down stairs operated that.
after closing hours continued the
witness, there was generally some
one to get drinks for those who
wanted them. Policemen would oc-
casionally come up and look for some
one and then go out"
| Relates Police History
In relating his trouble with the
mayor and Chief Gallagher the witness
said that he had closed his place,
stored his tables in another place and
had gone to the country, but upon re-
turning he had happened to be in the
Corn Exchange saloon when he was
appraised that the chief was looking
for him. Later the chief came in and
asked Lane to pay his fine, threaten.
ing to close his place. II told him
that closed the place six days ago,
said Lane land he said that l had not
and the games were running up stairs
then. told him if they were. l did
not know it as 1 had closed up and
gone to the country. He said that one
Of my men was in charge up there
and that my tables were being used
and If l did not pay the fine ne
would get a warrant and throw me in
Jail. I told him to go ahead and !
would be out by the time the fire bell
rang. He returned with a warrant
and arrested me. I brought friend
to go my bond, but they would not
accept any bond. saying that there
was no one there to write it out and
threw me in JAIL They took about
$4,000 out of my pockets and refused
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