East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-23
FEDERAL MEN MAKE
CLEANUP o NBOOTLEGGERS
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Of the arrests to date is given as fol-
lows:
July 11-Jack Joyce was arrested
by Officer Oftedal and was prosecut-
ed on two charges OF selling whiskey
to Wax Wax and to Charlie Bennett,
Indians. The former was a federal
offense. Joyce pleaded guilty and
was given 20 days on each charge and
sent to the city jail. ]. w. Cook. Joe
Mclean and Frank Moore were ar
rested at Adams on this date by. Of
ficers Grant and Oftedal for selling
10 Dick Johnson, Tom Gin and Tom
Loi. Indians. Cook was given 20
days, Mclean 25 days and Moore 80
days with an additional fine Of $50.
They are in the county jail
July 17-Lewis Hutchinson and
Jack Lowe We're arrested by Officers
Oftedal, Grand and City Officer Rus
sell. They are charged with intro
ducing liquor on the reservation. They
were given a hearing before United
States. Commissioner Newberry, plead
ed not guilty and were held for the
federal grand jury. 1t is alleged in
this case that they brought liquor in
to the Indian camp near Cayuse.
July 18-Alyie Whittle and Dick
Johnson were apprehended by City
Officer Manning and Chief Kearney.
The former was charged with selling
liquor to Charlie Bennett in Pendle-
ton and at a trial before Acting Judge
HALEY was sentenced to eight days in
| the city Jail. johnson was given a
sentence of 40 days and a fine of
$3.50 and being unable to pay will
have to serve 115 days In the city jail.
| He was charged with selling liquor to
Moses Johnson and George Washing
ton. On the first charge he pleaded
| guilty but on the second he pleaded
not guilty. He was given a trial ano
found guilty and sentence imposed.
July 19-Mike Connors was arrest
ed in the city by Officer Oftedal for
selling to Indian Charlie. He was
sentenced to As days in the city jail.
July 21-A. Peyant was arrested at
Adams and a large quantity of liquor
was confiscated. He waived examina-
ton here and was held for the feder-
al grand jury. A cache Of liquor was
found in a barn in the Main street of
Adams. The officers say that Pey-
ant has been arrested before on a
similar charge. On this date also, c.
H. Davis was arrested on a charge of
introducing liquor on the reservation.
He was bound over to the federal
grand jury.
The government officers have been
loud in their praise of the assistance
they received from Chief Kearney and
his men and from Sheriff Taylor and
the men connected with his office.
The men who waived examination
here but whose cases viii come be-
fore the federal grand jury at Port
land were taken there this morning
by Deputy United States Marshal d
B. Fuller who came here three days
ago to be on the ground as the ar.
rests were being made.
Chief of Police Kearney this morn.
ing arrested William NJ. Mccoy, whC
pleaded guilty to selling liquor to In
: dians and was sentenced to Is day
in the city jail. Together with tn,
government cases and the arrests
made by the city police and the coun
ty authorities. the total number o
cases which have been thus far mad,
out against the men arrested is sew
enteen but more are expected within
the next few days as the government
, officials will remain here a few day
longer. More than one charge viii
likely confront the federal prisoner
when the matter comes before tn
federal jury.
One woman, the wife of Jacl
Lowe, was held by the authorities 70
short time but she was later releas
ed because of lack of evidence. Sh
! was alleged to have taken part Il
: transporting liquor from this city. t
Cayuse.
I The biggest haul of wet goods wa
, made in barn supposedly used as
= repair shop in Adams but which wa
! a hiding place for large quantities o
booze. 1t was here that Peyant each
ed the liquor which in smaller bottle
2 was being dealt out to the Indians
, Five gallons of whiskey, l6 quart
! bottled beer, several pint bottles o
2 beer and a good supply of empt
- whiskey flasks were among the evi
( dence collected by the authorities.
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