The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
TWO PLEAD GUILTY
 ID RUNNING TIGERS
J. w. Sullivan and ". c.
 Morris Sentenced
EVIDENCE FOR COUNTY
Federal Authorities Will Turn Evi- dence Over to County Grand Jury for Action by
 the State

J. W. Sullivan and W. c. Morris, both alleged operators of Illegal places of sale for liquor indicted by the fed eral grand jury for selling liquor with out revenue license. pleaded guilty yes terday before Judge William ]. Grubb, Sullivan was the young man who tied up the operation of the court Friday. He was apprehended yesterday after ! V gorous search on the part of Unit ed States deputy marshals, He was fined $500 for operating the Illegal place after pleading guilty, and sem tenced to serve 30 days in the county jail In addition he was fined $50 by Judge Grubb for failure 10 appear when his case was called Friday. Morris also pleaded guilty 10 the gov ernment charge and was fined $l50 and given $50 days In jail. Morris. it was alleged, held two federal liquor licenses and was caught selling al another place without the license. He Is said to have operated three places in and around Palos.
 The two defendants will be given a few days to straighten out their prl- rate affairs before going to jail to serve their sentences. This was granted to them yesterday by Judge Grubb after a bond of 5000 had been executed for the appearance of the defendants at the time agreed upon for the begin ring of the jail term
 Not John A. Morris
 John A. Morris who lives at Leeds, a asl<ed that The Age-Herald call atten- ton to the fact that he was not tho nan implicated. He asks this in view of the fact that there had been some misunderstanding as to the identity of the defendants
 The two convictions yesterday ended the federal liquor cases, excepting those against Dick Wray and his brother, Moody Wray. It is stated that the cases against the Wray brothers were rot passed but simply continued, which means that the cases will be tried q { this term of the federal court A great deal of interest centers in the effort 10 secure a compromise of the Wray cases which Is said to be under way between Birmingham and Washington.
 
 the federal grand jury resulting in the indictments which resulted In the pleas of guilty last week, 1t is stated that the county grand jury which is now in ses- sion. will be asked to look over the evi- dence secured by federai investigators with the end in view of reaTesting the men to me brought before the state courts
 It was given out yesterday at the de partment of justice that the cases at Palos were worked up with great atten- ton to details. and that not one loophole was left through which the men concerned could escape.
 Railroad Records
 Perhaps the most interesting item of evidence brought out and which while not introduced in court, was part of the government ease, was the whisky snip- ments according to the railroad records that were furnished by the Frisco rail road
 According To the records on file at the department of justice and which the department will call to the attention of the county grand jury tomorrow, the fol- lowing shipments were made to one of the defendants at Palos who confessed:
 JULY.
 7-9l cases of beer. 1250 pounds 7-22. cases of beer. 1250 pounds. 7.2i, cases whisky, 9)O pounds.
 7-25. barrels of whisky
 7-2G, 32 casks of beer
 -, IS casks of beer.
 AUGUST.
 55 cases of whisky, 35 casks of beer, 2 barrels of whisky
 SEPTEMBER.
 124 casks of beer, barrels of whisky, cases of whisky.
 OCTOBER.
 100 casks of beer,
 NOVEMBER
 no casks of beer. 2 half barrels of whisky, fl cases of whisky.
 DECEMBER.
 barrels of whisky, 92 cases of whisky. =