Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-04-08


Jordan on the charge of selling liquor
contrary to law occupied the attention
of the District court all of Monday and
half of Tuesday and resulted in a
verdict of guilty as charged in the in
dictment, all of the jurors concurring.
The state was represented by County
Attorney, Frank T. Disney and Judge
E. NJ. Wolfe of Mt. Home. The de-
Tense was in the hands of Jas. R.
Boutwell, of Shoshone and D. w. Zent
of Gooding.
The jurors were, John Tollefson,
Walter T. Cook, J. H. Acuff, Henry
Hite, Con Bray, George Polling, Gilbert
Brinton, J. P McMeekin, Chas. S.
Skillern, E. M. Bell, John w. See,
Louis J. johnson.
Witnesses for the prosecution were
Deputy Sheriff L. M. Zug, Detective
O. E. Blair, Judge J. L. Fuller and
Harry w. Anderson. For the de serse
were Fred w. Jordan and his two
drug clerks, Messrs. Rice and Nc
Kibben, all of Gooding, and Editor 7.
E. Picotte and John Cummings of
Haley.
In general way the testimony of
MIR. Zug was to the effect that on the
evening of the 4th of last March he
took position on the street opposite the
Jordan drug store in Gooding where by
the electric lights he could see into the
store and observe what was going on
therein. He called Mr.. BLAIR to his
side and searched his person to make
sure there was no bottle concealed
thereon. Then handing him marked
bottle he directed him to enter the
Jordan drug store and have the bottle
filled with liquor and bring it back to
him. Mr.. Zug watched the detective
enter the store, approach Mr.. Jordan
who took the bottle and both passed
behind the prescription counter whence
they emerged in short time and the
detective passed out and coming across
the street handed the bottle filled with
whiskey to Mr.. Zug. Later after the
preliminary examination before Judge
Fuller in Shoshone, the deputy sheriff
attempted to convince Mr.. Jordan that
the evidence was so conclusive against
him that he had better plead guilty.
The two were standing in front of the
McFall hotel. In replying to Mr.. Zug,
Jordan stated that he did not sell the
whiskey to Blair at all he merely gave
1t to him and did not receive a cent
therefor.
The testimony of detective Blair cor
ro5orated Zug as to the street occur
renee and he further declared that
Jordan filled the bottle with whiskey
while the two were behind the prescrip-
ton counter and handed it to him, it
being the same bottle that he handed
to Zag.
The evidence of Judge Fuller re-
lated to the Identification of the bottle
of whiskey and Harry w. Anderson was /
called to the stand to testify that the
records showed no license issued to
Fred W. Jordan for the selling of
liquors.
Besides a general denial of the allega
tions presented by the prosecution, ehe
defense depended on an alibi for. Jordan.
Mr.. Jordan himself testified, and the
two clerks corroborated the evidence,
that at the time Blair entered the
store lady asked for package of
paper napkins. A search was insti-
tuted for them but none showing up
MIR. Jordan went down in the ce lar
where reserve supply was kept and
got them for her The lady was a
stranger to the people of the drug
store but after the arrest of Mr.Jordan
a search was made to locate her but it
was without avail. The testimony of
detective Blair was impeached by TIE. ;
Picotte and John Cummings. {
1t might be well to state here that ,
the state had subpoenied eight or ten /
witnesses who were on hand ready to