Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-21

erell about him seeing the mayor
; service on police force under Mayors
Phillips, Picker and Waterman was
; a trife uncertain about dates and
drunk.
Attorney Lloyd Duke testified to
having watched the mayor and his
men flushing Market street and said
!, that when a man with a heavy dray
crossed over the hose, he heard the
mayor who was directing the work,
say, "Hey! c. D. you, told
you not to do that. Now I've notion
to throw you in Jail"
Saw Mayor Drink. ..
Charles Allen who said he had seen
service on the police force under
Mayors Phillips, Pickles and Waterman
was trif1e uncertain about dates and
was quite annoyed by the persistence
lof Attorney McNett in the cross ex-,
animation. He said he had known
the defendant since about 1879 when
he railroaded and the defendant was
located at Cleveland. He also watched
the mayor flushing the streets and was
satisfied that he was intoxicated be-
cause he wiggled when he held the
hose. 1.-THE day before this" said the
witness when Phillips was flushing
the street near the Ballingall hotel,
I saw him enter the hotel bar four Or
five times and take a drink" On
! cross examination Allen said that he
had been an inmate of the inebriate
hospital twice, stating to the court
that he went of his own accord the
first time, and, getting into trouble
after he returned home, was sent
back to the institution in 1908. He
left the railroad service by his own
free will in 1898. He said John Gray
asked him to make an affidavit and
was in Siberells office when the af-
fidavit was prepared He said the
mayor was talking loud and that he
always wanted everyone to hear him.
Said Found Mayor Drunk.
Upon redirect examination by At
torney Fletcher the witness stated
that several years ago, he found the
defendant drunk in the stairway that
| led to a gambling house above the
Derby saloon. He said that he as
policeman frequented almost every
night both the saloon and gambling
house and when retiring the court
asked him if at that time the mayor
and policemen frequented gambling
halls and saloons to which he an
swered Eyes" w.
Appeared Unsteady.
A. J. Kobel stated that he knew the
mayor by sight only and that he has
been resident here but few years.
He said on the evening of April 80 he
saw the mayor and Mr.. Jackson walk
ing with arms locked, and remarked
to w. H. Heating that it looked like
the mayor had a jag. He would not
commit himself to the statement that
the defendant was drunk, but said ne
looked like he was under the influence
of drink.
Teller Turned Away. |
Saying that he thought the mayor
looked like he was under the influence
of liquor, and deploring the sight, J. w.
Teller testified that he turned his back
so as not to view the Spectacle. He did
not know that the defendant was
drunk, only saw him step up to the
sidewalk and take few steps, ana
gesticulate with one hand like one in
animated conversation. Mr.. Teller
could not say if Phillips talked loud i
or not. i
Darner Thought Him Drunk.
l. M. Darner said he watched the
mayor for two, three or five minutes |
and his webbing appearance and gen
eral wiggling while handling a fire
hose in flushing the street, led him to
think the mayor was drunk. The way
Phillips laughed when the hose would
unloosen and cast up chunk of frozen
material off the street and splashed
muddy water on the curious spectat-
ors was also said by Darner to 1ndi-
cate that the mayor was drunk. He
knew one man who saw and heard the
mayor cursing that day. He gave the
name of Charley Lewis, who resides
seven miles from town, but of the sew
eral who live here in the city VINO
heard the mayor cursing, he did not
recollect any names.
jackson Didn't Know.
Abe Jackson was the next witness
and he disclosed nothing OF value to
the prosecution in that he seemed 10
have been subpoenaed on supposltlon.
He claimed he entered the saloon
known as the Ottumwa Exchange on
the day the trouble related by ex-
Mayor Picker occurred. He said ne
saw a number of gentlemen there but
walked by them to the toilet, and re |
turning, stopped at the end of the bar
outside of the circle that conferred
about the defendant. He claimed he
had not seen nor heard any trouble
and that after coming out of the sa-
loon he did not notice anything that
looked like drunkenness in the mayors
behavior. sHe may have been mad, !
doped, drunk or out of humor.' said
Jackson, .'but 1 am not sufficient Judge
to say that he was and not well
enough acquainted with him to know
his usual actions" The witness stated |
that Attorney Fletcher and Gray called
at his home to find out what he knew |
of the case.
Judd Testifies Of Gambling.
H. D. Judd on the witness stand, !
showed a finished knowledge of the !
gaming haunts of Ottumwa and re,
lated descriptions of the games and
the table used until the court told him
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