Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-10
HEAVY PENALTIES


that he had been obliged to go fn1heune,s
upon some other buEin efw. This d,dnt
impress the court, and Judge Rice gave
him three days in jnil dur ing which to
ponder upon the foolishness involved IN
ignoring what the courts tell him tn do
TRIALS REsuMEp.
With this disposed of jury was drawn
for Testers trial and the ease transferred
TO Room No. z, where Judge lIeisei pre-
sided :,
DEPUTY Attorney General Green handled
tho State side and as soon m he Ind out
lined what he expected To prove, IL be-
came evident that Judge Ball, for the DO
fence, intended to fight every step ct tho
gang. :, .,,
Paul Edwards, who was the state
chief uitnoss against Edna foatnr ana
lanes Young. Yesterday. took the atand
for aimilar duty against Lester And 'ike
the Foster case, this VIVA st. Patrick
Day Job. lie testified yesterday IN 'hat
trial that he had gone To Grace room on
the day Of the great irish saint. wnich
happened tn be Sunday Also, according
tn his testimony to-day, he went 10
I,aster's home, i0a Jefferson street, ana
| told I.aster ne wanted to buy Fdeck ar
package VI heruin
Tartnr lac said. told Edna Kane who
] was in tho room. 10 give the deck tn the
witness. which ahc did. and IN turn no
give her the money for 1t
Mr.. Green next called Edna Kane. She
| testified that she gave the package 10
Edwards because Josh Easter cut
down Christian natnel told her 10 do SO
Tho money. she said. she gave 10 iastet 3
wife
Detective Sergeant Green told of send-
ing Edwards to laster 8 10 got hefoin anu
providing marked money for the purpose
and IN receiving FROM Edwards packet
/ which proved to contain tho drug Judge
! Hall cross- cxarnned and gut into ltttlo
/ tilt with the witness over the matter of
| c. mplaints regarding the sale Of heroin-
Detective Riley told Of going to TIM
Iastnr ho,tse to make the arrest and a
search IT the premises ITe told af having
! had trouble with tsastnr when he sought
| tn have a bureau drawer arened. ~ whieh
he later found soinc lnnnay ~ hills anh
change. and also lnnfp trouble whom 10
wanted 30 search dresser itaster, he
said. threw the KEYS II tho dresser e he
wife and told her neither to eive horn NJ
! tn Riley nor open tho drrsaer iinf tIleY
persuaded her and she opened i INSIDE
he found two hnttlea marked hernin
State Chemist Watson told u examining
the packages submitted t. him result
lIe found hr.oin hyltoehlat,de ~ them
Then began t,li between Judge Rafl
! and Mr. t,recn oyer tho chemical nature
| ~ herotn anil its relasiun - tnnttfhla aud
or,,,n pr Wataon aaii hrroin hydro.
chloride waa obtained ts treating morphia
with a acetir aerd Iiydrnchlnrlt arid -
added to this 90 make the heroin aalntle
After tho State closed Iudgc Hall called
for and submitted N evidence the indlcf-
ment arainat fdna Iane. tn winch she
pleaded guilty.. arguing that she Ind plead-
81 Ia Tho charge laid esainHt l'aatef
The State replied Tint Edna simply had
transferred the money and drug on order
from Latter. and he'd SO explained 10 the
court ~ making her piea
Then he called VIOLA iastrr. the pms
oncr wife @hc aaid that IN 81 Patrick 4
Day Edwards had not been NJ the h"ose 81
all although hr did vlait there the next
day put on the day hr said he was there
ahc and hcr hual,and atatte,l - 70 10 amp
DIX They got ~ far rs thr station.
where a,Rtcr was taken Hick She took
HIM 10 q doctor and then home whrrr he
went "a bed md remained there until the
next day Proceeding further With this
, defence 81 complete DENIAL 81 the state 8
allegations, Judge Ball put las'cr on the
stand lie said hc had been sirk on -
, Patrick DAY. ~ hrs witc had testified.
and gone to bed.
/ Cross examining lastcr VAS asked ~
, Mr. Grccn # he hahn told Detective
Riley that he had his haht On mean
ing nc was under the influence Of drug
Iaster replied that hc didn't Use heroin
and that what Riley and he talked about
, was something else declaring that Riley
wanted HIM 10 work with the detectives
getting evidences Of heron selling
Then George Gross the absentee wit
ness Judge KIcc had punished told the
lurv he had been nj I.aster ho,Isc ON II
| patrIcks Day and seen hum there sick
Then Judge Ball dcsired Ia put IN =
record of the conviction OF the state - hlei
witness some years aye en- charge ot
larceny Mr. Green sad the State would
r admit this. with Edwards statement OF
I EXPLANATION, winch WAS to the effect that
he had stolen IN order to get the dope that
q 10 which he was addicted, absence IRON
$ which caused acute misery
u In argument. Judge Rall asked tho
: jurv to consider the ease upon It's IN
q dIvIdual merits and not with reference K
any other cases that had been heard
Mr. Green after reviewing the State
evidence said hc felt that the case WAS SAFE
!, in the jury's hands when they remcm
n bered what had been SAID and saw tbs
! drug exhibit and the hypodermc needle
. found in Iasters house
4 The Jury was out ten minutes. return
= ing with a verdict OF guilty Judg
Ball at once made In motion for ney
trial .,.. ,,a.,,. 49,.