The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-11-03
THOMPSON SNEARS
!. He IS L|!!BELLED
imperial Bar Owner Testlfies AS
To His Own sobriety and
Good Behavior !.

liffNtk{I.f. 800 1879 ~ ~ ftI1f.f u Z
Debating that he was being made
the victim Of dishonest bkrtendefa ana
declaring that Ne mad never taken
sh6dth Of his own or any other saloons
Keepers goods to make him drunk,
| James u, Thompson az the Imperihl
Bar was the Star witness or the inyoa.
tiRation into his conduct 'beinh held
| last night BY the liquor license commits.
sion. Unfortunately for Mr. rhoinn.
con, his own certihsate Of rood conduct
vas punched full 81 holes bvi polleS
Officers and other bartenderS, the Tor
MGR having arrested him for being
drunk end the latter having served tho
booze that kept him drunk, & 4
IN two Sessions yesterday, one. IN the
Afternoon and the other ii tile evening.
Thompson was placed on the stand 10
oneI testimony In his own behalf. IA
emphatieally denied that he had ever
been drunk ever sold "slop beer 81
ordered his bartenders TO do So or ever
diluted his booze or rehlled labelled bot
ties with inferior grades. Z,
l.stttAny man that swore before the
le0hnisBon that 1 ordered him or rel
| qnebted him TO violate the liauof laws
purjufed himself and IL q liar, said
Thompson. Harry Keehc and John
Parent, baftendefs formerly IN NV en-.
lploy, were. dishonest. This fact came
20 my attention when discovered tnat
while they were working FOR me the
cash receipts dropped Of. =, -
PROFITS BADLY Out
Thompson then offered to the com,
mission financial statements of,his BUSH
ness, in an attempt to dispose the
charges laid against him. One Of the
interesting statements made by Thomp.
lson was, that while Keene and Parent
were in his employ itinstead Of makina
q profit Of about t45O dollars q month
| i made only $780,, l .,s q
He also testified that he had loaned
kephe $1,000 with which to buy pro.
Ipefty and build 4 home which he after,
ward sold for $4,000. After he had
sold the home, Keehe began to, lose in.
terest in the business and ON several
occasions he made me mad by telling
custoIkers TO quit drinking cheap rottei,
| Nhibbey and save their money to III.
| vest IN sugar stocks. Y RI, Y
Thampsoh,s white ribbon, pinned Of,
BY himself, was sullied q Bit BY testi.
hony that he had got, drunk and re.
NAMED drunk at Heinie = Tavern for
about one week. Harry Simms. assist.
ant manager of the hostelry and I'd.
ward Thuflpw each, said so on the stand.
They testified that Thompson was serv.
cd booze while he was constantly under
the influence of nquon This was ~ the
| request, Of Former Manager Wiley tof
the Tavern, WHOSE guest Thompson
was, ~ ~. - d ~ u VI " Z ~ = ~ !,
\ Police Officers Joe Perry, J.sG. Bran,
90, Samuel X. Ferrieta and Sgt. s. u.
Poaha testified that THOMPSON { had
been arrested for driving an automobile
while under the influence of liquor.
On that, occasion he had begged on
at the police station and had been
taken home By . police officer, who
drove the car. j. s.g II ~ =. a.
Ferfiera, the man who drove, said
that Thompson, when approaching his
home, begged TO be allowed 10 drive
the machine into his own garage s.be.
cause he was afraid OF his wife and did
not want her to see him brought home
BY police officer. ~ R ". pt u IN
Jack Roberts, assistant to Inspector
Fennell, who was formerly in Thomp-
sons employ as bartender, testified
that he, acting upon orders given BY
Thompson and John Parent, filed
standard labeled gin bottles with bulk
gin, that he sold Hslop beerY and re.
filed standard branded !, lbbttles of
Scotch whiskey with bulk Scotch.
Attempting to discredit his testimony,
Attorney r. W, Breckons, counsel tot
Thompson said: "Roberts, isn't it d
fact that you are a user of opium and
that you told me where you could get
the drug In Honolulu and said that you
also used il in the Philippine IsIands. q
Roberts replied that be had used opium
on prescriptions given him by doctors
In an effort to cure dysentery.
Az the conclusion Of the ease today.
an effort win be made by the prosecu.
ton to prove that by comparison Of
Thompson's purchase vouchers, that he
bought a quantity Of bulk gin every
month in excess Of the demand Of his
trade. The commission will convene at
four o'clock this afternoon.
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