La Junta tribune., 1913-10-25
DooTln0GERr SOCIAL ss.,a.,ox
tcoscissed from Fir.. Paxeo

paying therefor the sum Of 50 oents.
Elsie HAPbin. = vision Of Ethloplan
pure delight. arrayed In = dress Of
pale blue silk with big picture hat.
alsO testified that she had bought
beer from Miller. At the rate Of 20
cents per. and that she waa person
ally cognizant Of the fact Of MiiIer's
selling beer To various and sundry
parties. She had lived u Aillsr's
house for two weeks. Major Dam
eron brought out the fact that she
had = row with Miller during which
he had struck her over the head with
\ coal shovel. and intimated that ~ss
the reason for her testifyinG against
him. Elsie very strenuously and Wig
orously denied the soft impeach-
ment.
Miller and bis wife both testified
and denied that either Jess Bron or
Elsie Harbin mad ever bought beer
In their domicile. They admitted
they had . barrel Of Budw riser In
their cellar for their own personal
use. but denied ever having had =
bottle OF Gold Label beer on their
premises being OF the
opinion of q good many other peo-
pie that II Was not 1T to drink. All
OF the beer found In the house BY
the officers at the time OF the ar
rest WAS Budweiser. and II was on
this point that the evidence vas
lame. Guilty. but not proven" vas
what the jury and everybody else
thought about Miller. and OF course
the dry jury" brought In q verdict
OF not guilty"
Frank Holly. proprietor of the Leo
ro0ming house on West First street.
Was tried In the afternoon. The Jury
In this case vas composed OF George
Barr. foreman. c. ". Harrison. J.
W. Warner. T. J. Cook. ID. X. Bat
tey and J. W. Moore. On this jury c.
l.. seeiey VAS challenged and excuS-
ed by Major Damcron. The prose
cutting witness in this case Was Jeas
Bron. On the evening Of October
l eth he visited the Leo rooming
house and secured one-half pint OF
whiskey for the sum Of SO cents.
Yant and Undersheriff Stew
ard vere on guard at III. Wells Far
go express office. They searched
Bron before he entered the roomine
house and found nothing OF an intox-
icatinE nature concealed on his per
son. When he came back he had =
fifty cent bottle of booI. In his In
side pocket.
Frank Holly. his wife. aud \ room
-r In tn. house testified that BrOn
had never purchased ~hiskey In the
hou-e. and Dave Malouf. owner OF
the building. was also quite sure
that no liquor was sold. The jury
however. thought different They
brought In a verdict OF guilty. ar
s.ss.d fin. of $3.50 and Imposed
a scnt.nc. OF thirty days In the ooun-
" jail This Is very close to being
III. limit OF tn. penalty. which II =
fin. OF '2oo and thirty days In Jail.
Notic. OF appeal Was given by Ma
ior Dameron. but Holly II In Jail.
Al tn. conclusion Of Hoily's trial
IN. case agains, Griffcn Rosebauxb
Was Immediately called. The jury OF
this trial was composed OF George
Barr. foreman. J W Moore. VIII
boS.n. - :. Larsen. J. y. Lamb
and G. NJ Harrison. Major Dam.r-
on once more excused &. l.. Seeley
from this jury, but he Vas the only
one barred There ~.r. two cases
against Rosebauxh He has been EN-
ploy.d a. a cook at the Park House
for thr.. years and q, has bs-~n mo-
torious around town Tor months that
boo,. In almost any quantity could
b. secured from him lie war charx-
ed with selling on.-half pint Of ~his-
Key to Jess Bron on October 9Th for
so cents. and later two pint bottles
OF beer and a half pint of ~hiskey
To IN. sam. individual for 81. Bron
testified a. To all the circumstances
of IN. deal. and his statements we're
verified by George Hay~s. ~ho ac-
compani.d him on the expedition In
au-s, OF booze.
Ro-ebaush denied all Of the allie.
cations. ~. admitted Of HAVING nfty
bottles OF beer aud twenty five half
pints OF ~btsk.y stored In an old
trunk In tn. wash house. but clstsnr
that II Mas given him by = colosed
gentleman Who had stolen his gun
and then rendered the booze IN liqui-
dation Of the obligation. Ne denied