The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-23
CLANCY BEER
CHANGES; IT'S
FUNNY STUFF
Chemist Examines IL and
Finds Alcohol: Examines
1t Again and Finds No
Alcohol.
PROSECUTOR ANGRY
Intirnates Somebody Switched
the Evidence on Him: Girls
Testify in Trial.
Congratulate John Clancy.
He has IL coming.

Congratulate John Clancy.
He has II coming.
The mystery OF the Pacific
Social club 10 an unsolved puE.
xle. and the stuff that Clancy 10
said 10 have sold at the road
house on the Meado~s---the
stuff that looked like beer. tast-
ed like beer and was contained
In Rainier beer bottles, ls--~ell,
what Is ~
Prosecuting Attorney lundin
s~ears the stuff WAS beer. but
isn't so sure that II is beer.
In short. he believes some
body switched the bottles, or
the contents o. the bottles. that
were eonflseated In the ST. Pat.
riek's night raid by deputy sher-
IFS.
Here's his proof:
Tested Like Real Beer
The stuff was sent 90 the uniyer.
sity. and chemical test showed Il
contained per cent alcohol, which
Is all that perfectly good beer is
supposed to show.
Rainier brewers say they never
bottle beer that contains less than .
per cent alcohol
But when the stuff was sent
again 10 the ehemis, yesterday,
because George vandefVeer,
clsney's attorney. insisted on
another analysts. II anaiyxed
LESS THAN ONE PER CENT
ALCOHOL.
And the other booze taken In the
raid. witnesses testified. ana not he
long 20 Clancy or the Pacific Social
club or the Meadows roadhouse OF
10 u. 2. McRae. but was part OF the
private stock OF r. F. Purcell. who
formerly occupied the Clancy place
as a private residence before he sold
Il 10 Clancy. last May.
Purcell Says Twas His
Purcell swore he ordered tn,
stuff. along with a lot OF HOUSEHOLDS
furniture. stored in the barn wher
he left the house. He was coins
East. he said. at the time. anC
couldn't wait 20 move all his goods
Col {. c. Dalton. Purcell's attor
ney. testified he had personally
overseen the placing of Purcelri
stock OF liquors In the barn.
And II was in the barn that th'
deputies found the booEe with which
they sought To convict CLANCY.
Altho Deputies Campbell and Ma
lone. who made tho raid. told tn,
jury that so people we're az the road
house that night. dancing. driukins
and singing boisterous songs. Miss
Olive Flick and Miss Helen Fox
who we're arrested In the raid. testl
fled they saw only three or fout
other couples there that evening.
Say No Beer Was Allowed
Campbell and Malone testified
that people 10 the house rushed "a
the windows with bottles. which
they threw ont when they saw IN,
officers coming.
The two girls denied that ans
bottles had been In the house that
night. with the exception of -four
they had brought there themselves
And they scolded us for bring
ing them. they declared. The walt
ers told VS. Il was against the rules
OF the house We only had four bot
ties Of beer. and We thought We
could drink them in there"
Clancy did mott take the stand
Neither did H. p. McRae. the prssi
dent OF the Pacific Social club. who
like Clancy. vas charged with hav
ing liquor In his possession. with IN
tent 10 sell Il In a dry unit.
LUndir stu Fighting
The only scrap OF evidence left II
favor OF the state Is the government
revenue license. granting the hold
or right 10 sell liquor under tn,
name OF the Pacific club. at tn,
Meadows Prosecutor Lundin II
fighting hard to get a conviction OF
this
But most he Ia concerned Will
the mystery WHO SWITCHED
THE BEER?
The case was before a Jury II
Judge Grady's court. Judge Grad
IL sitting here from North Yakima
Arguments we're heard Friday.