Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-24
Looked Into Revolvers.

he told or a moment In his lnveSfiga-
tions when he and Harper were facing
each other with drawn revolvers. and
another witness. bearing the same name.
Payne. told of a fight which occurre
in Georgetown because of the sleuthing
that Payne had prosecuted against Har-
per for several months.
Peter A. Drury, president of the Abner-
Drury Company, was put on the stand
toward the close of the morning hear
ing. and repeated. in its essential points.
the testimony of Samuel T. kaibfus in
regard to various business deals. ai.-
liam Henry White, assistant corporation
counsel asked him some questions 1oat
a note and check. Mr.. White kept lril.-
ing away on the fact that a very i.n-
portant check for $500 could not re
produced by Mr.. Drury, who told the
commissioners he had lost IL.
Had Worked in Virginia.
William E. Payne. first witness in the
investigation since 1T rested last Friday.
said he lived at 1866 Both street. George-
town, and had been IN and out OF the DIS
lrict for the last ten years. he has Deen
doing work in Virginia for many years
| iui.n.ns down ''Dilllu tigers, taro layouts
ana illicit esta biisnments of all sorts, ac-
cording to his testimony.
did you have anything to do with al
| investigation into some illegal iiquor traf
! nc i'll winch M.chaei LAWYER and Geuts'
L. harper were concerneu! asked Mr
White.
weauh's attorney OF Alexandra county
Virginia, to nnd out certain tnlngs aoou
| the sunday SAFE of Liquor.
How oid you prOceed?
The wlLiIesS tnen told OF MS lnFesu
gatlon olsciosing. as he sad. a bad state
OF ai,alrs. ,
Mr.. white asked the detective to tell
what he knew of Harper's place. as
now conducted. He said he dldn I
know mucn about II, put gave an IN
| nave been "stufred INTO CAP. TO use
| mis- expression, by Harper, In front OF
the saloon. Payne followed the cab.
Il Jumped on a car anu followed the
| cab. and found that 1t went to room
| ing house on the south side OF the
Avenue and the men and women regis
| tered there as married couples.
"uid you ever report this to the excise
| board?" asked MAJ. Judson.
| NO"
prior to the Hortsmann report did you
ever make any report of these things!
No"
Was Merely Curious.
Mr.. Hogan. attorney for Mr.. kalbfus
asked the witness, to what ORGANIZATION
he belonged that would lead him TO follow
| a cab so far The witness said ne Ioi
| lowed it out of curiosity TO see What sor'
| of people Harper catered to-
MIR. Hogan also asked why so many
Georgetown people went to Rosslyn FOL
sunday LIQUOR Mr.. Payne said at th'
time he was investigating the lid was Oh
tight in Georgetown
Ii Do
previous witness, lunchroom owner II
Georgetown. testified as to rumpus II
his place of business after midnight ont
night about three years ago. iie SAID th'
man Davis had been attacked there. ant
he learned afterward ii was said TO b'
because of Davis activities in the inves
tigations in Virginia. The lunchroon
owner said that George Harper wa
among those present and took hand II
the rumpus.
Loans Made by Breweries.
Peter A. Drurys testimony was a
soft drab color. compared to the lively
nesses. He said he had lived here 81
years and had been in the beer manu-
featuring business for twenty years.
had been in the banking business some
of the time and had also been In the
saloon business. He also said he now
controls the whole Of the Abner-Drlr
brewery having bought the Abner IN
| terest in July, 1910.
He was asked about breweries loanlns
money to saloons and said they all did
| and when they loaned saloon money
they made that Saloon sell er-Drury
beer, and if the saloon didn't, the note
was collected as soon as possible. He
repeated a lot of previous testimony
about what connection NJ. ]. keane la;
| with the brewery and with saloon license
patters etc Mr. Drury said that the
| breweries have to put up lot of money
at the beginning of the license year,
when the saloons are called on to pay
$500 for a renewal of license.
Mr. White asked many questions about
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