El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-21
SUNDAY LAW
VIOLATION
ALLEGED
Two Saloon Keepers Fined
on Testimony Of Two Pc
lice Officers.
BOTH DENY THAT
THEY SOLD BEER

J. 0. Miller. who conducts the Huh
bar at AL South FL Paso street. and
SOFIA Parada, who conducts a saloon
on 1!hard street between Oregon and
BROADWAY, We're each fined $500 IN Do
ice count tuesday afternoon on charges
OF Violating the Sunday closing law.
1lllteT Illed motion for a new trial
ana the Farada woman gave notice that
she would appeal to the county court.
ootn violations OF the law charged are
alleged TO have occurred lasf. Sunday
night between the hours OF 10 and 10
ana IN both cases arrests were made bv
cry policemen Bob Lee and Charles
Henderson.
The inst case taken up was that of
Soma H5Tada, and In this case Charles
henderson, testifying, said: Sunday
night, between 10 and u, we went to
her place and there was a crowd in a.
room which L suppose was used "a
wine room. They were talking and
1 knocked on the doom Sofia. came TO
ner door and opened it. We went through
her room, which communicated with the
VINE room, and tins in turn couHnuni-
Gated with the barTOOm. None Of the
doors was closed.
The door of the saloon was slightly
open l asked her if she was selling beer
and she said no; she WAS giving it away.
she said she was treating her friends.
there were four of them there"
POhceman Bob Lee. the next witness
sald- AlY testimony Is the same as Hen
dersons. The saloon door was open We
went IN through Sofas room and then
into room where there were two ice
boxes and couple of cases of bottled
beer. They were drinking what thew
said was key beer
Defence Denies CHARGE
Sonia Parada said: The officers went
through my bedroom I was eating me
Hldo when Frances Norton came in and
asked 20 use the telephone Then Harry
FlgueTa came in and asked if he could
have a glass Cf beer. I told him that he
knew ne was always at home there and
70 netp himself. Then ne said. Well
SOPHIE L don't want to drink alone and
L sad: All right, get your friend a
drink. too
Then ne got the beer. Mr.. Fiquera
comes 10 see me every Saturday OF sun
day: / stood I'D 10 his marriage"
tlg7Fera, being sworn, testified: Il
drew -FOUR beers I asked Sofia what
she would have and she said a little out
Of her bottle of tea. don't know what
tna1 IS but L guess it was tea.
Whenever l 90 there TO SOfia's. she
aIWa8S says: 60 there and help your
sell. ms time she invited me to have
some lunch and l said no, but said |
would have some beer, and she said:
Help yourself. l said: Z don't Ike to
drink BY myself. and she said: Give some
to your friends and I drew four. We
never even tasted that drink. I couldn't
swear y was beer, though 1 drew It out
OF the key. No money was passed.
was there probably 10 minutes when
the Officers came"
Manuel Mendivel testified: ct am a
bartender and work for Nick DeDeier.
went there Sunday night to paw Sofia
some money owed her. FigueTa served
the drinks and no money was paid for
them No drinks were sold"
Joe Graves testified: Il went with
Harry TO Sofas place Sunday night on
our way home from a picture show.
nave Oeen there q dew times before.
0lq not expect to pa-Y for any drinks and
Qlo not Unlnk anybody was going TO paw
fOT them"
Frances Norton then testified: q was
there about hall an hour before the 9th
eTs came. SoIia was eating menudo and
was eating chile con earne when Sofia
asked Harry to have some and he said
ne would rather have a drink Then he
ore" TOUT. here was no beer sold %
J. 0. Miller's Case.
>. y. Miller, who conducts the Huh
bar, and against whom there stands in
the 541h district court an Indictment
dated December 9, 1910 charging him
with having two nickel slot machines in
his saloon. was then placed on trial.
Policeman Henderson, the first wit
ness. testified; i went to the allev in
back OF the saloon Sunday night about
10 o'clock and watched il. There were
some men inside. Then a man came out
with a bundle. I asked him to let me
see the bundle and told him I would
have to examine 1t. He Offered to give
me 50 to let him 90. but I took him back
into the saloon. There he turned TO
Miller and said: I bought this for Hia-
Watha. didn't II and Miller said. Yes
you bought II for Hiawatha..' Then
someone asked me Of we wouldn't have a
sandwich and I said no; that 1 would
have TO put Miller under arrest. The
man had four bottles. The saloon was
not open. here were six people in the
back besides Miller. There was no bar
IN this room, no drinks on the tables.
nothing but labels scattered around the
floor.
~The man who had the four bottles
was coming out the back door when
stopped him"
Bob Lee then testified: q heard a con-
versation in the alley between Hender-
son and Gee, the man who had the beer.
and went in the back part The man
W
In nv estimation he was pretty well
stewed- He thought he was being held
up"
The Man With the Beer.
J. Gee. the man who had the bottles.
next testified. Il do not know where / !
got them. / don't remember where I /
bought the stuff I must have bought it
somewhere, for I had it. but I had been
on a drunk for week, and 1 don't know
where I got 1t.
J. o. Miller then testified: 'rphere Is |
a restaurant IN the back 7 live in a
room back of the saloon. | did not sell /
this man anything. Ny place was posi- I
lively locked. I took Henderson through
the saloon TO get my Overcoat. ] don't
remember selling anything. I don't re-
member anyone saying anything about !
Hia5waItha or my making any reply to /
any remark about Hiawatha.'
Wm. Barber testified: 'I run restau- 1
rant in back of the Hub bar. No LIQUOR !
was sold there Sunday. Henderson and /
Lee came in and I asked them if they !
would have sandwich. Gee came in and !
asked me if I had any Sandwiches and I
told him that I had only hamburger, /
and he said ne didn't want that. He 1
h., hoo i. h.