Evening journal., 1912-03-12
HOLD MORE
FOR BEER SALES
Tenth Wasd Club Officers and
Hood to Answer for Dry
Sunday Violations
GET EVIDENCE BY
TASTING The LIQUIDS

Two cases, the result of police ac-
fivitiy on Sunday, were heard by
Magistrate Lewis yesterday afternoon.
One was that of the Tenth Ward Re-
publican Club, and the other the case
of Charles Hood In the former It
was an incorporated organization that
was accused of selling lager beer 10
its members. and in the other simple
case of selling Intoxicating liquors
without a license, without any at
tempt whatever to abide by any fed
eral or municipal law. Daniel Burton,
deputy internal revenue collector,
was presented but took no action.
Hoods case was called first. He
was represented by Armon ID. ebay
tor, Jr Hood was held in $500 bail for
the upper court. In the case of the
Tenth Ward Republican Club, John l..
Clark. alleged president of the or
sanitation: Wilmer s. Thomas, said
10 have been the bartender on Sun
day, and Charles. p. Brinton, supposed
TO be another officer of the club, were
urraigned. Clark and Thomas, how
ever. were the only ones held. Caleb
Il. Burchenal. attorney for the Law
and Order Society, who prosecuted
The case, being satisfied to withdraw
the charge of selling intoxicating
liquors without a license against
Brinton, IL having been shown that he
did not participate in the sale of
checks or beer. Brinton, IL was testi-
fed by one witness, was door tender
Hood. who is negro bootblack
politician, pleaded not guilty PATROL
man Benson. one of the policemen
who made the raid. told of raiding
the place No. SOC Lafayette street. and
finding 143 bottles of beer. some
whiskey and gin and two colored men
there.
Mary Moore, colored. was the princl-
pal witness against Hood. She had
been drinking on Sunday. and when
questioned by "A policeman, told. he
said. where she had gotten the drink.
naming the house No. 5O6 Lafayette
street She testified to buying beer
and gin there on Sunday and that she
bought from Hood.
Amos Wanamaker, colored. coro-
borated Marys testimony stating that
he saw her buy beer and that she gave
him bottle.
Mr. Chaytor tried to show animosiry
on the part of the woman witness, and
wanted to know why she informed on
Hood She said she did not know
exactly how the talk did come up.
Patrolman Benson testified TO find
ing the beer i'm the place and when
Mr. Chaytor asked him how he knew,
he said he tasted some of Il. and con-
tended that all Of the 143 bottles he
and the other officers found contained
lager beer.
Mr. Chaytor held that Magistrate
owls should dismiss the defendant
~- Il was not alleged in the warrant
whom the beer had been sold Mr..
chenal, however, contended that
o only thing to prove was that beer
been sold and he considered this
ma facia evidence sufficient to hold
a defendant
Mr.. Chaytor also contended that
there We're not sufficient facts to
warrant the holding Of the defendant.
The magistrate, however, thought
there was, and accordingly held Hood
for court.
Fourth Ward Case.
Frank l.. Speakman represented
the defendants in the Fourth Ward
Republican Club case. The first wit
ness was James B. Fox, who said he
joined the club in question Sunday
When Mr.. Burchenal asked him II he
had purchased and beer checks,
Mr. Speakman objected 10 the witness
answering questions that might in
criminate himself. as he was a mem
Der of the club, and he wanted the
magistrate TO so instruct the witness.
Mr.. Burchenal insisted on the question
being answered and Magistrate Lewis
ruled that as this method of proce-
duro has been followed i'm the other
cases he thought the same should
apply in this one.
The witness, 10 questions asked
him. testified that he had bough
whskey and been at the club n
South jackson street, on Sunday. II
said he had bought fifty cents wort
OF checks from Clark.
Howard Gasser testified that h
ioined the club last June, and tina
he had purchased four beer check
Sunday for FIVE cents each an
spent two for two glasses of bee
He said he got the beer froI
Thomas.
Michael McDonough also testifie
to buying beer from Thomas. II
said Brinton was stationed at tn
door and the members as they cam