Evening journal., 1912-12-31
EUREKA CLUB
! WELL STOCKED
SeafOrd Social Organization
2 Had Plentiful Supply Of
wet Goods"

nal revenue officers at the hearing of
John W. Thompson, alleged manager
eand treasurer Of the Eureka Climb
at Seaford before United states Com
missioner William 6. Mahaffy. i'm the
Federal Court yesterday afternoon,
! there was enough whiskey and beor
found in the quarters of the organi-
zation last November to stock a small
sized hotel
Thompson was the first Of FIVE men
arrested on a charge of failing to pay
q government tax for the sale of in
toxicating liquors, four in Seaford. and
one in Laurel, to receive a hearing.
/ He was held in $1,000 bail for the
March term of the United States
Court which begins on the second
Tuesday in March The remaining
defendants will be arraigned today and
tomorrow for a preliminary hearing.
Thompson gave security and was
released He was represented by Rob
ert G. White and David Reinhardt
The first witness against Thompson
yesterday afternoon was Thomas r..
Stone, an internal revenue agent He
said he was on his way TO Norfolk
between train connections and left the
train at Seaford. He saw a barrel of
beer on the station platform and took
a walk up town to look around He
learned that there we're three social
clubs in Seaford, among them being
the Eureka club He said he Went
around TO that clubhouse and his rap
on the door brought out a man whom
he afterward learned was Thompson.
The witness said Thompson refused
him admitttance, but admitted he was
manager and treasurer of the club.
The witness said he told the de-
fendant that he was a revenue officer
and wanted to inspect the premises,
but still Thompson refused to admit
him. The defendant said he would
first have to see his lawyers.
Thompson LETT and returned in
twenty minutes, informing me his law
yer was out of town" said the witness.
The revenue officer said ne did sue
ceed IN getting into the first floor and
there he found many empty beer bot
ties. whiskey boxes and barrels m
which bottle beer is shipped The
witness asked Thompson where the
stock of liquors was kept. He said
the defendant told him upstairs. but
refused 10 open the door leading TO the
second story room which was locked
after leaning from Thompson that
the club had never paid government
tax 10 eeil Intoxicating liquors and
he'd about 175 members, and had been
dong business two ears. the Wit
me- said he departed He returned
ON November . with Constable Steen
40 med with search warrant. Again
Ihomrs ON refused TO show him where
the stock OF liquors was keep, but up
on The ieNcnua agents threat 20 break
INTO the place he finally unlocked the
dCO watch opened up in room, pro-
baby 1Ox12 feet The revenue man
said he found an ice box I'm the room
containing eoyenty Bottles of beer and
in addition there were five cases OF
whiskey each containing - full
Quars: Gfty-four hah-pint TASKS OF
whiskey: GONE pint bottles, five
cailcn iug of whiskey and thirty
empty quart whiskey bottles; on the
arst fcor he said he found about as
many empty bottles as he did on his
drst trip to the place The witness
prodvced a quelt, pint and a halt-rint
bottles Of whiskey, taken from the
c;cck Of liquors.
On cross examination Stone said be
didn't buy the three bottles OF whis-
Key, but he offered to pay Thompson
the latter iefusing to take the money
The witness recalled that he had
I seen wooden box in the room up
etairs which was locked and contain
9 A. rr, of
to admit a silver dollar. He said ne
picked up the box and shook II. IL
appeared to contain considerable
coin,7 he said, but l didn't open IT,
He said i'm answer to questions asked
him by Mr.. white that the rooms con-
tained no furniture which as clut
would have, billiard or pool tables
and all there was. appeared to be sole
ly for the dispensing Of liquor.
stone sid he saw two large cases
of bottled beer delivered to the clut
the de- he was there. 1t was address
ed TO the Eureka Club, John w
Thompson, manager, Seaford Del
The next witness was Robert p
I, Fletcher, deputy collector of internal
revenue for this district, who tessi'
fed that no government tax receipt
had been issued during the present
year to either the Eureka Club ol
: Thompson nor TO man named VII
liams, a name brought into the case
by District Attorney Nields
William r. Pohler, another revenu
man who worked on the case, CAV
evidence similar TO that Of Stone IN
sofar as to what the internal revenue
men found at the Eureka Club, wa
concerned
At this iuncture District AttOrne
Nields offered evidence showing iron
whom the Eureka Club through
Thompson, purchased its supplies o
liquors.
Ber ard Ulman, Of l. Ulman an
Son. Baltimore, testified to having re
ceived at different times 40 order
from Thompson as manager Of tn
Eureka Club the shipments Of liquo
being made in sugar barrels. II
testified that his firm shipped fror
eight to- ten barrels during the monu
q of October and that the average pric
of the whskey was so cents quar-
Bernard Eisenhardt, representing
Philadelphia brewery and bottlin
concern, testified to having shippe
TO Thompson for the Eureka Gu
twenty barrels of bottled beer durin
the month of October. The withes
further testified that the goods wer
paid for by checks signed by Thomp
son as manager of the Tureka Clul
George NJ. Borman. representing a
outside concern. and Harry Schneider
appearing for a local firm, also dc
posed to shipping goods to ThomI
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