Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-23
rem LANE GIVES
GAMBLING ia IA
FORMER GAMBLER GOES INTO DE-
TAIL ABOUT THE MANNER GAM
ING WAS LICENSED IN OTTUM-
WA: JUDD THREATENS ATTY.
Some Features of
Phillips Custer Case

Phillips custer case
Il. D. Judd threatened bodily
harm to Judge j.. c. Mitchell
while he was being questioned
relative to Judd's arrest for indie =.
cent exposure Of person.
The police are declared by wit
nesses to have been in pool halls
when games for money were In
progress.
Rem Lane gave minute testi-
mony Of the manner gambling was
regulated In 1907. The witness de-
cIared that he paid monthly fines
for being permitted to operate and
that the officers came to his place
often. He told Of differences he
had with Chief Gallagher and why
he was "sore" at that official.
Lillian Dale, suffering with
bad memory, gave information
about PAYING fines for maintaining
a disorderIy house on South Green
street. The court was compelled to
threaten the witness with Jail
sentence before she would answer
the questions OF Senator Cosson.
The Calhoun house Is said to be
a disreputable place by witnesses
who live In the vicinity OF the
place.
IS a19viNr Inca
pool" for money in local billiard
hall.
City records are being examined
exclusively by the prosecution.
The reputation of the old Calhoun
house, corner of Washington and
Fourth streets, was made to suffer by
the lire Of testimony introduced by
the prosecution this morning in the
custer case Of the state OF Iowa
against Mayor T. J. Phillips. The
efforts of the prosecution were directed
toward showing the neglect Of the
mayor and his administration to re-
move alleged houses of designation
from good neighborhoods and for ap'
parently permitting them to run un'
molested. The chief witness to fur
nish amusing testimony in this partic-
ular line of evidence was Lem Darner
who said he wanted to testify again
because Judge Mitchell had treated
him rough in his cross examination
when on the stand Tuesday. ]. W.
O'Brien, J.. H. Rheem, Mr.. and MRS.
J. Clayton and VIM. Fielder all testi-
fed to the character of the house.
The defense claimed, however. that
evidence was not unfavorable to the
defendant as all except witnesses
Fielder and Darner told of the house
having been raided after Mayor Phil
lips had been complained to about the
character of the house. Police Judge
Laurance Morrissey and chief OF Police
Peter Gallagher vase also on the stand
and, taken by surprise while listening
to the case as spectator, Tom Sumner
was placed upon the stand, but had a
poor memory.
Derby on Stand.
Constable w. A. Derby was called to
the witness stand and told of the
street flushing incident, saying that
he watched the mayor when flushing
Main and Market streets where they
intersect. The mayor was said to
have cursed farmer who drove q
buggy in front of the hose. He said
he thought Phillips was under the in.
fiuence Of liquor because he splashed
water on the dresses of some women
near Sargent's drug store and said
sDam it, get out of the way or I'll
drown you" On cross examination
Derby stated that the hose was hard
to control and that two men and the
mayor had It in charge. He also said
he did not see the water strike the
ladies' dresses but saw that they were
wet afterwards. He did not smell the
breath of the mayor and stood some
thirty feet from his. The mayor was
said to have spoken loudly, and
Derby said he had talked with John
Gray about the case and that it was
hard for him to say if the mayor was
under the influence of liquor, but he
thought he was.
vertfies Records.
Chief Gallagher and Judge Morrissey
were brought on the stand to verify
police court records and number o.
monthly reports of the chief to the
mayor and council. The exhibits
were of considerable quontity anc
Eome four were rejected by the chic
Of police as not his reports. Judge
Morrissey identified two police cour
lockets for the prosecution and upor
request of Judge Mitchell promised
", hiring into cOnrt nO1ica court rac0r,1s