The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-29
WHOSE FIVE IS IT?
Bank Note With a History
Figures in Court.
Max COhn Is Arraigned on
Whisky Selling Charge.

George Kline. stenographer to Judge
A W. Dana, has d five-dollar bill
which has a history and which is still
making history. Judge Dana, l.. l..
Kiene, sheriff. Hugh Larimer, under
sheriff; w. F. Atchison, county attor-
ney, a representative of the State
Temperance Union and J. ]. Schenck,
attorney, spent an hour this morning
in Judge Dana's chambers trying to
prove its ownership. And now that Ill
the evidence is in it is up to Judge
Dana to settle the question of owner
ship.
The bill was taken by Hugh Larimer
from Max Cohn. alleged liquor sales
man. when Cohn was arrested at the
Chesterfield hotel two months ago. At
the time Larimer got it he also Sc
cured possession of numerous alleged
whisky orders Cohn was making out
Schenck, attorney for Cohn, filed a
motion asking that the money and pa
pers be turned over to Cohn and that
motion was responsible for the argu-
nent this morning.
1t appeared from the testimony that
the particular five-dollar bill in ques
ton was marked and was used in Sc
curing evidence against Cohn-
Hugh Larimer testified that he Sc
cured the bill off the person of Cohn
when he made the arrest.
Sheriff Kiene testified that it was
the same identical bill he had had
in his office prior to the arrest.
Then a representative of the State
Temperance Union was put on and
questioned. He declared the bill was
the same bill he had secured at the
State Temperance Union headquarters
nnd that Frank Stahl had given it to
/ him.
Whose Bill Was 1t?
ITO whom did it belong?" was
asked
ITO the State Temperance Union, y
was the reply.
Did you give the bill to Cohn in
payment for an order for liqdor?"
was asked.
NO" he replied, st gave it ito an
other man to give to Conn.,
Did you see him give it to Cofln ~
Il did not. but it is the same i've
dollar bill I gave the man to give~te
Cohn," said the man.
Then J. J Schenck, attorney for
Cohn, took charge of the representa-
tive of the Temperance Union.
$50 you're a spotter for the State
Temperance Union, are you?''
I'D hardly say that" was the reply.
| 81 was in charge of a squad at the
time
"Oh, so you're a sort of generals
simo of spoilers are you?"
Il won't plead guilty to that" said
the man, for 1 don't know what you
mean
Schenck Explains.
Schenck explained and the witness
admitted his occupation, admitting
also that he receives three dollars a
day for his work.
Cohn is charged with taking orders
for liquor in Kansas for a Kansas City
liquor house. According to the infor-
nation on file the State Temperance
| Union gave a spotter a five dollar bill
with instructions to offer it to Cohn
and order that amount of liquor. The
spotter carried out his instructions,
but not until a warrant had been is
sued for COINS arrest and not before
Hugh Larimer, undersheriff, was on
the ground to make the arrest. Lari-
mer secured the bill, the serial number
of which had been taken at the
sheriffs office in advance a number
of orders for liquor for different per
sons in Topeka and book into which
Cohn is alleged to have been transfer
ring his orders when arrested.
The Temperance Union man testi-
fled today that while he had not re-
ceived any liquor following the pay
ment of the last five-dollar bill, he haC
received liquor on previous order.
given to Cohn