The Washington times., 1911-10-24
.DRURY EXPLAINS
!. SALOON CONTROL
IN KALbFUS CASE
Brewer and Relation With
/ Hotelkeepers Subject
'ls. of Questions.
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I Of the will in his hand. was filed for
probate in April. 1904, Mr.. Keane--"
4 ber," interrupted Mr.. Drury.
/ ''That estate was a good sized onc,
i sioo; % ;ooo or 'l5o.ooo"
Brewery on Licenses.
"what has a brewery to do with the
, granting or transferring of licensesr'
4 ''Well, the brewery makes a special
effort when a saloon man wants to
!: eeIl out to see that friendly saloon
\ keeper gets the license transferred to
\ him."
What has Mr.. Keane to do with
"He appears for the sa,oonman bo-
( fore the excise board"
Does his annual retainer. from the
company pay for this work?"
ut depends on the given case" an
swered the brewer.
Mr.. Drury answered further that II
Mr.. Keare had much work to do" he
might charge the saloonman.
what do you mean by much work: -:
asked Commissioner Judson.
"Appearing before the board, getting
signatures and drawing up papers ard
How many leans to saloonmen have
Y co.,ld not tell without looking at
the books"
About 100000 in land on real es-
tate, chattel mortgage and so forth"
do you own many saloons yourself?'
asked Commissioner Johnston.
mot many" replied Mr.. Drury. mot
more than seven or eight
Through your deeds in trust. chattel
mortgages. and like things, do you
control the saloons to large extent"
Disposition Toward Saloons.
''Why, yes, as long as a saloonkeeper
owes us money we expect him to deal
with u.s.
"Jf he does not, what recourse have
your asked Commissioner Johnston.
Make him pay his demand notes"
"Oh. the notes are demand notes?"
asked Major Judson.
Some on demand. some on time" re-
piled the witness. .-
Mr.. Drury testified that when saloon
cember the brewing company has to ad-
Mr.. White produced clipping from
newspaper of Sunday.
yention. Mr.. Drury." said the lawyer.
''H. Hamilton, Of the Houston Brewing
Company. of Texas, declared that brew
cries are largely responsible for badly
adopting resolutions, Mr.. Hamilton
asked, when 1t is Known that the large
majority Of improper places are owned
/, or controlled by brewers?' Now what
Mr.. Drury emphaticaiiy disagreed.
There is not a saloon OF that kind
In the United States" he said, which
. . brewer knowingly maintains. Most
ton. 1t would be against the interest OF
brewers. Such places are much more
spps apt +, to be out OF their control than un-
Commissioner Johnston asked Mr..
I Drury II the National Brewers Associa-
: to work for it?'
MOT to my knowledge" replied the
Mr.. Drury was questioned closely
by Mr.. White concerning the opera
tions of the National City Bank. of
which he formerly was president
have as depositors?" asked Mr.. White.
eve had probably 200." was the
did the National City Bank ever
, get into difficulties with the Treasury
Dspsr!ment'" sSo'!
"DId you not get ia, a lett. letter +, from the
, fes,". answered Mr.; Drury. II never
letters from the Comptroller"
yEn not eo9enaed ssf et!sf @hte om
| gesting that too many loans were be-
Ing made to saloonkeepers.'
After hearing from the Comptroller. =
satisfied him that everything was all
did not this letter. in fact, amount
to direction to discontinue this class
! Of .Eal1. IHans'"
Asked as to his acquaintance with Mr..
! kalbfus.. Mr.. Drury said he first met
I Mr.. Kalbfus in the spring Of 1905. and
hna tntn aI xfith I'm, in, hn rNytr-
chase Of stock of the Veta Madre mine,
in which he invested $500.
Concerning his real estate transac-
tons, the witness said Mr.. Kalbfus call
cd on him at his country home, in 1907,
and asked him If he wanted to pur-
chase the Black tract. Later the land
!, was purchased, the understanding being
! that both We're to share in the profits
of the transaction, and that Mr.. Kalb-
!. fus was not acting simply as the agent
\ of Mr.. Drury.
Mr.. Drury was questioned by Mr..
White concerning the purchase from
Mr.; Kalbfus of certain lots in Columbia
The purchase price was $s.oss. on
which there was deed Of trust Of
5000. leaving the amount paid s., 4SS.
$500. and part by taxing up a note OF
Mr.. Kalbfus for So, 900, the remainder
being paid in the adjustment Of taxes,
etc. This transaction. Mr.. Drury said
was ClOSeQ IN July, lSUS.
Asked II he had the check in his
possession. Mr.. Drury said It had been
lost Mr.. White thereupon produced
Mr.. Kalbfus' bank book which showed
that the nets Of $500 was not dis
counted until October IA. 1903.
Says Life Was Threatened.
William L. Payne. agent for the Vir.
ginia Anti-Saloon League, testified that
Crandall Mackey retained him to in.
vestigate conditions in Alexandra
county, but whether the State or Mr..
Mackey personally paid him he did not
know.
The witness continued his story by
telling CT several visits on Sunday to
Rossiyn, and of buying liquor at the
Lawler place, which had soft drink
blur in the frnt.
ST gave this evidence to the grand
Jury later. and five or six indictments
against Harper and eighteen or SC
against Lawler resulted. Harper had
been the active conductor of the bar.
"Then some months later one night
! went oevr to Rosslyn again. A negro
woman who had seen me on previous
visits passed me before / got there,
She went in toward LAWYERS, and pretty
soon out came Harper with a man with
him. Harper carried a thick club about
four feet long.
az thought Harper meant trouble. and
I stepped behind a high board fence
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