Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-28

scribe intoxication as In describing
! the differences in persons faces. ne
further stated that some became feu
in the face from too much liquor ana
others white; and again others pc
came uuarrelsome, wanting 10 nsnt'
while some became good natureo. he
said the defendant was mad, very
angry and to some extent lost control
Of his temper, but did not lose con-
! trol Of himself, "as was evidenced,
said he. Gin the mayors calming down
readily after Picker spoke to MIN
about the matter" He said the mayor
did not complain to him Of being SICK
and did not give the matter of his
being sick any thought altnough ne
knew the mayor had been SICK at
times and even that he had been con-
fined to his home from that cause: ne
also stated that Gray seemed 70 ne ~
a conciliatory manner toward fnllhps
during the trouble and calm. He SAID
II would depend on the man as TO
whether a little liquor would make
him angry, and that the mayor was
subject to anger on slight provoca-
tion. hut was of forgiving nature.
Tells of Taking Brandy.
The inc. len related by Witness
Keefe = few DAYS ago was told IN
almost similar detail by Mayor Phil
Inns. He stated that he had been In
formed during the last OF February
nv Superintendent J. A. Macdonald or
the ..llwaul1ee about eaten Dasil
being IL I'd order near the passenger
station at the foot of jefferson street.
It WIS while Investigating the matter
that he met Keefe. He stated that
he felt sick as he has been troubled
when he reached the Ballingall Motel
he felt sick as he had been troubled
with stomach illness for year before.
~ stood against post that holds the
porch in front of the hotel" said he
land O. cloud seemed to pass over me
and I felt dizzy. Keefe came up to
me and asked If was sick, saying
looked pale" The witness then re-
counted the story of taking the brandy
and pop. getting weak and staggering
in front [, the Wapello restaurant and
of ->eefc taking him as far as Third
street, when he said that he could go
home from there himself. He said
he had no other drink that day
previous t. that time. He was again
questioned about the saloon trouble
with GRAY and said he was nervous
and very angry but was not intoxicated.
Ter he arrived home, the witness
stated that he became very nervous,
having cooled down and that he then
regretted getting into such rage.
he sal. he had practically cut out
drinking for the past three or four
years and usually drank beer. He said
he had taken a glass Of beer with
Claude Myers and Mr.. Macdonell the
day before the saloon affair, that on
April 20 he with Claude Myers bought
an automobile jointly from Macdonell
and the latter "set them up" at the
Ballingall bar where they took
whisky and he took beer.
George and Tom.
The cross examination was then
begun by Senator Cosson and the en-
tire case was reviewed in its most
essential parts, both attorney and
witness becoming very friendly when
the mayor asked Mr.. Cosson if he
might call him George" and he be
called Tom lust so | can talk to
you better, of course" said the mayor
THE Rem Lane COW ,rsations were
recalled and the mayor denied that he
had at any time told Lane that he
could open up gambling house. The
Rosen murder and the cleaning of
Smoky Row then came in for a
threshing and the mayor reviewed
his story given on direct examination
to the instructions given the chief
of police about the opportunity being
present for the cleaning of the row and
of the difficulty experienced in prose-
cutting persons arrested due to the ac-
tivity of John Gray and certain at