Smyrna times., 1910-02-23
DR. RYAN CASE NOW BEING
TRIED BEFORE KENT COURT
MANY WITNESSES SUMMONED
WENT TO DOVER THIS MORNING
Dr. Ryan Has Retained r. r. Kenney
and W. H. Hayes to Defend Him.
. Several New Indictments Found

DR.. William T. Ryan, of Smyrna.
our well-known veterinarian. has
been made the defendant in several
indictments, charging the sale of
liquor in prohibition territory. A
string of nearly 100 witnesses from
Smyrna, for and against the doctor
have been summoned into court and
they went to Dover this morning The
case was scheduled for this morning
but after Court convened it was post
poned until 2.30 O'Clock this after
noon. In the new case against RYAN.
Ignatius Cooper, of Kenton. is the
prosecuting witness. On four in
dlctments continued from the last
term, the prosecuting witnesses first
mentioned in the indictments are
each, John Gooden, Isaac Vance.
Robert Brown, Walter. Brown. DR..
Ryan will have two legal fighters for
his attorneys, Former United States
Senator R. R. Kenney of Dover and
Walter H. Hayes, of Wilmington.
They will be pitted against State
Attorney Andrew C. Gray and his
deputies. With the several new
indictments found against him. hard
battle is anticipated. Yesterday
Owen Hutt, Smyrna negro, was
found guilty of illicit liquor selling
and was sent to the work house for
five months.
More Arrests For Running Speakeasies
A bomb was thrown into the camp
of the Illicit liquor sellers here on
the border line of "wet'' New Castle
County, when on Wednesday, Con-
stable Mark w. Cole, of Dover. ar
rived in Smyrna with several war
rants for those charged with violat-
ing the Local Option law. 1t was
apparently intended to round up a |
number of cases before the last term +
of court when DR.. w. T. Ryan, our
well-know veterinarian, was pulled |
up under the charge of selling LIQUOR
in violation of said law. The case 1
OF DR.. Ryan was postponed to the I
present term of court and he was
released after giving sufficient bail.
All this time the Law and Order
Society of Duck Creek Hundred has
been gathering whatever evidence
they could and the Ground up'' was
kept quiet until Constable Cole ar
rived, when it leaked out and several
who were wanted for running speak
easies, made their escape. With the
of Constable D. A. Colds
borough and Chief of Police Benia-
min w. Turner, Cole succeeded in
arresting three in Smyrna on Friday
and they were taken to Dover and
after a hearing before Magistrate
were committed to Dover
Jail in default of bail. They were:
Levi Dickerson, the colored hostler
Of DR.. j. W. Clifton, Owen Hutt and
Samuel Hutt, also colored. The same
day, Friday, Cole, assisted by Rail.
road Detective Campbell, arrested
four more colored men at Clayton and
they were also taken to Dover, given
trial, and committed. Saturday
morning Constable Goldsborough ar
rested Jerry Jones and Mark Roberts.
They were landed in Dover jail with
The rest of those who had been taken
before. All the arrests were made
With little or no trouble. The Grand
Jury will probably pass upon the
'ases this week and an early trial is
expected. In the meantime the au-
horities and the Law and Order So
'iety will be on the lookout, it being
he determination as near as possible
o break up the illegal selling of
liquor in this town and vicinity.
The arrests have occasioned much t
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