Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-04

and Haley had tried the front door first
and found it locked Then they went TO
the back gate and entered the yard, going
from there into the kitchen Of the place
and then into the adjoining pool-room,
where there were many men, about 30,
he supposed On the tables were whisky
glasses and some beer bottles. The crowd
wns not visible from the street The wit
ness asked Pollock If he had received m
order from the Board Of Health to close
up and rot reply that he had. Asked why
he had violated it, Pollock returned no
answer The witness at once got into
communication with police headquarters,
made report and was ordered to dis
pcrse the crowd in the Pollock place.
John +. Lyons, Pollock's bartender,
was next summoned to the stand. Mr.;
Eastburn asked him fatty If he Ind
served liquor on the day in question. He
said he had-about a dozen drinks of
whisky, for which he had been paid. This
was in the morning before the visit OF
Haley. Explaining, he said--he had
served drinks to some men who came In
and Mr. Pollock had come downstairs
and told him he had no business to DO It,.
lie said he told Mr. Pollock he would have
to excuse him Uyons) because he thought
he had right TO serve the men, who had
been coming to the place for years on
Saturday from the country-apparentl
he referred to Madison street market
farmers-and that they had the privilege
of using the toilet IN the place. lie didnt
think he had done anything wrong
Laurence +. Martin, who followed
LYONS as q witness said nc had been In
Madison street market on October IL and
had gone into the place VIA the back
street entrance and bought n drink OF
whisky and glass of beer. lie WASH Z
sure whether Lyons waited on hlIn, or
LYONS Observation-Disclosures. Shockley. lie
went in two or three times during the
dav, twice farmers accompanying hun,
for the purpose of getting a drink. lie
did so because he saw Others going In.
Arthur Atwell, resident of Mill
Creek hundred, in Madison street market
on Saturday the 18th, told of buying a
drink in the pool room about O'Clock
IN the afternoon There were more than
forty persons In the place at the time, he
believed Shockley served him, he said.
The reason why he went into the place
was that he wanted drink, because he
believed he had the flu" and had asked
somebody if there was any place around
where he could get one. He was told 20
60 into Pollocks hy the back way. He
knew Of the existence of the order closing
tho saloons.
POLLOCK on THE STAND.
This ended the law and order society
case MIR Harman put on the stand
as the first witness for the defence the
defendant. himself
Pollock said he had had the place
two or three years and that always
during that time the back gate had
been in use as an entrance to his place
and was in no way clsr destlne. As to
the windows Of the saloon he declared
there has been no screening whatever,
the windows being in their usual CON
dition, except one in which there was q
Liberty Bond poster.
He declared he had never given his
hartendcrs permission to sell while ths
| saloon-closing order was in effect. Ther6
were number Of persons in the place
! on the Saturday in question. He I'M
| agined that about dozen Of then
were from the regular dodgers in the