The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09

office or the toilet room adjoining it.
He said that when he seized the
liquor the, corks in the jugs looked to
be level in the jugs and the women at
the house assured them that the CON
tents had not been touched except a
little from the jug of rum He said
that when he went to open the jugs at
the order of Hughes. when he touched
the cork in the whiskey Jug it showed
down in and he had to dig the corner of
the cork out. He found piece of paper
on the bottom side that did not show
with the cork in. He replaced the corks |
| lightly so that they could be removed |
by fingers. After that the only other i
| time he touched the things was on the |
morning of the trial. when he found |
| the faucet in the ale key leaking and |
| he set the key up on end. He sampled |
the whiskey upon Hughes S order but |
| did not the rum. The wine and whiskey |
! jugs were practically full, but there had |
! been some taken from the Jug of rum |
| before it was seized.
He testified that other liquor that |
had been seized had been stored in
that room and at one time one of the |
cells was well filed with bottles and |
! jugs taken in raids but he had no
| knowledge that any of that had ever
been taken. In reply to a question |
he said that Sweetland was not
regularly employed on the force and at
the time had no key that would give
him access to the liquor.
Chauncey Tells of Trip.
Deputy Sheriff c. |. Knapp. when
asked to tell what occurred ON the at
ternoon of Oct. 30, said;
u met Sheriff Mann down in the
hall and he says to me: / have GOT to
destroy some booze and want to get
You as a Witness | says: "Where Is
lt' and he says it S that booze we
got of Pellegrino.' | says take it
right up stairs and turn it down the
sink spout. He said, no, there are
40 or 80 bottles and / don't want TO
draw the corks. We will get into the
auto and take the bottles out and smash
them on the rocks Some of it was in
Hughes 5 office and some of it in the
municipal court room and | saws: You
bring 1t up to my room and we will
throw 1T in my grip There were these
little bottles and about three quarts Of
stuff. He drove his car down to the
garage and George Alexander was down
there and Mann asked George if he
didn t want to 90. We drove out a
little ways up the road that turns in
to the Richardson slaughter house-we
drove out there a little ways and
E smashed this stuff on the rocks there
; Gong back he says: i have got to
! stop at the lookup. | have an order to
! sell that stuff. Wen stop on my way
5 back. We drove around to the lookup
4 and went III and in the inspection of
D 1t there was a key which set up on end
; and | shook it and l thought there was
n about gallon in it. There was a five
1 gallon jug that, when / shook it,
t thought there was about a quart in it.
o and there was rum jug there and some
e Of that was gone. He SAYS: L have an
5 order to sell so many gallons of this
and so many gallons Of that and he
says, it ism t here He telephoned to
Frank Barber and couldn t get him. He
: had gone home / think. Then | called
this office myself and Daley answered
the telephone and l told him about it.
He wanted to know where / was and |
q told him l was over TO the lookup
= Then he wanted to know how long we
@ would he there and [ says. Give
c minutes and he said he would come
v right over and he did come right over
e and we showed him the condition of the
IT booze We were there about 20 minutes
Y all told, Alexander, Cliff and myself
c Daley came over while we were there
ii We came out, locked up the lookup and
d went away. That was the first time ]
had been in the lookup, | should say
4 for two months at least. l was at New
re fame the 10th day of October and
II stayed there continuously, Sundays anG
u all, until court adjourned the Goth. W.
" came home, | think ii was the Goth OF
l. October III the afternoon. | WASH t il
u town here from that time, the 10th t,
y, the 26th-I came down here once o.
o. twice but never stayed q night her,
m and there WASH t a day / stayed here
a only Saturday afternoon for two Of
n. three hoursD
" Q. Have you ever talked with any
it members of the police department
,g7 about it9
Il a. Nothing only Wilson asked m,
about it and | told him / was Yer,
d. sorry it happened and l told him l ha,
tried to stop it going into the paper be
We cause it would stir up lot of feeling
between the sheriff's department an,
re the police department.
He said that he had not heard a wor,
a. that would warrant him in forming al
! opinion as to where the booze had dis
a appeared or who was responsible 70
~ it.
a Charles A. Stoekwell, driver of tn
~ automobile fire truck, testified that tn
re key that opened the office and cell room
ne he had on his key ring and that whe1
/ he does not have it i'll his clothes it /
d, in the drawer of his bureau in fir
he headquarters. He was away nine days
It from Oct. % to Oct 80, and his plae
was taken by his brother, Guy STOCK
well, although the witness was at tn
fire station nights. During those min
at days the key was in the drawer of hi
ed bureau. The key to the Lookup tina
VS. hangs in the fire station opens only tn
m outside door and admits entrance to tn
y ladder truck house in the same built
- ING but does not Give admittance T