The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-05
Elmore's Evidence Sem
satlonal in Trial of
Oren Burroughs.
TELLS JURY WOOD
GAVE HIM ORDERS
Former Enploye of Broad Rock
Distillery Testifes in Court
That Government Agent Got
Bride of So Barrel for
Liquor on Which No
Tax Was Paid.

Evidence heard yesterday in thu
United States District Court In tho
case OF the United States arainsr
oren T. Burroughs, indicted stores
keeper gauser Of the Broad Rock Dis.
filling Company. gave color TO the
| charges of tho revenue dcuart,rcpt
| that officials of that COMPANY ro,,s
Quoted a system OF Migrant and un.
disguised bribery, and robbed the
government of many thousands oil
dollars in unpaid taxes on spirits.
Gthelbert fillmore, former empIoya
o. the dis.illing company testified up
vi oath that ne was authorized by
Clarence E. Wood. president ana own
er of the company, to pay the in.
ulcted Sauger the sum Of 81 for cach
harrei of spirits Inc permitted to go
by untaXed
inc testimony OF Elmorc was most
sensational in It's nature. indicating.
the alleged presence OF systcmatizoJ
bribery in a distllcry located within
a Few miles OF revenue hcadnuartcry
for the Eastern District OF Virginia.
INC only other witness cxnmine,t
during tho day was +. II. Atkins. a
| sauger employed by the Internal
revenue department. who tcstincd to
I '''N'N'fS ~ IuIllDtT OIL VISITS TO the dis
tillery in the discharge of his Official
duty, and gave estimates as TO it's
Iha%imum spirit Misunderstanding ca
pacity.
Judge Waldiii Warn, Curry.
! JUST before dismissin, the jury for
the day Judge Edmund Wadsili. ~,
VINO u trying the cas-, served wnrnt
! eouhtenance any discussion OF ,ha
case with outsider; aud warned ir
especially against making any state
'hehts with regard TO the vote CT dis
cnsSion In the jury room after tbs
case is decided
Jh's practlce. he said had been too
common in the past and was as uniusr
as II was ncqu!trblc
judge Waddil instructed the Jury
TO report 10 him the name OF any n,r-
son VINO. after This warming soug h, IN
7 obtain Information 10 which no
was not cntiued or i'll any other WAY.
/ male himselt obnoNious. and intimot.d
me- SUCH person would receive imme-
dlAtc attention at his hands. Ills
warning 10 the iury caus ID !. dfld
sehsat Ion and Was regarded as signln.
cans IN the extreme. It was the first
Nnle. lawyers who have practiccd for
years in Judge Waddill's court assert
81, that the iulse ventur,d To addrcss
, sucll speech 10 the Ju.A.
i'np"sns Character nG Witness.
Ethcipert Gilmore, star witness foa
the GoTcruilent was subjected 70 All
hour OF gruelinG s-examinatIon bv
ATTORNEY L. .. Wendcnbura VINO
sought to impusn both his reputation
! Tor honesty as we'll as hiy motives ror
. turning Informant In the cross-ex-
| animation 1t was brought out that IN,
witness was for some yccri .-mployeI
/ by the Broad Rock pstilins Company
! ~ me capacity Of bookkceper and lpteS
mo- z.
Prietor or any of this othe" executive
officers
While thus employed. Eiino.e ses,i.
tlsd, II was his duty 10 Keep tab on
me corn and other ingredients used
III the manufacture of tho spirits ~,
wei! as 10 Keep account OF the amount
u SHIRTS manufactured He also mao
charge of the pay roll. and during tho
months of November ana December,
i9ll, IN which tn. irregulalritiea
charged iii the Indictment arc said to
nave occurred, also made the settle.
Mehta with the Sausel. Oren T. Bur-
rouShs. In these two months. he az
serted. he regularly ana nj the order Of
ih> owner and president of the d!stiI.
lerE, paid TO Burroughs SO each Tor n
number OF barrels OF spirits which
tie latter permitted 10 be removed To =
place o;hsr than the warehouse dcs-
isnatcd by law before lie tax upoR ID
Netc Hook show. rrnusuctiou,.
Witness produced small pocEcs
note book which purportcd to shos ina
r!h!laestine transactions with .ho gov,
crnment saugcr In II were antcrcd a
column o: hsures representing bars
rclS OF spirits manufactured at the avs.
ullery from day 10 day. Opposite corr
tain or these figures stood the capital
letter +. which, according TO tho
statement OF the winess stood FOR
blockade" liquor UPON whici witlt
the connivancc OF Burroughs. no ;a.c
was paid.
further examination by AttorncS
Wendenhurs brought OUT the fact thar
Elmore, on December 80, 1911, was dis.
charged by the distill.ry company and
that shortly afterwards he turned
States evidence, supplying the revenue
department. with the Information whir1
brought about the indictmenc againsE
inc distiliins company and against Tie
government sauger. The lawyer nada
an attempt to prove that the witness
was discharged because he was ct.ughs
pocketins part OF tho money with
which he was trtrusted BY the company
for tho purpose of paving the cxpensea
OF operating the plant.
When confronted with an apparent
discrepancy between tie amount in :l5
trusted 20 Him by his employer. and Is
tho amo1nt which. according 10 htsN
own statement. il, disbursed, Einore
eayeno direct reply. maintaining more, +
" that no money that didn't beions 10 y
him found its way into his l.0chUts,fa 6
Ills discharge, he said. was duet % otueR