The diamond drill., 1918-05-11
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which were shipped to him with beer
The defendant claimed that he was |
not under contract TO return the kegs !
while the complainant claimed that
he was. Belmont NAPLES, lawyer
from Ironwood appeared for thc
Jung company, and A. f. Dixon for the
defendant. The contract was shown
to be silent upon the question OF the
return of the containers.
The case was one OF the shortest
upon record, and the jury consumed
very little time in agreeing upon a
verdict for the defendant.
Wanzer Found @Not Guilty.
The trial OF Ed Wanzer, accused OF
bribery in the Stambaugh saloon Ii
cense cases last year, was called for
trial Tuesday morning This case
arose out OF stories that hoated about
Stambaugh last year In which 1t was
claimed that several members OF the
township board accepted money from
applicants for saloon licenses and
failed to turn the same into the town
ship treasurer.
The complaining witness was Art
Callari who claimed that he paid Wan
zer $500 to secure him license. His
testimony was corroborated by fell
low who tended bar for Callari and
who claimed TO have been where he
could see the money paid over.
A check for $500 figured in the
transaction. but as Wanzer didn't cash
the check there was no claim that he
had accepted the check as part or all
OF the money.
Mr.. Wanzer took the stand and gave
his version OF the transaction. He
said that the township board was un-
BILE to agree upon the applicants who
should have licenses One member,
Mr.. Munson, was opposed to granting
any licenses, so it lay with the three
members who favored licenses to de-
eide The three were Wanzer. the su-
pervisor, White the clerk. and West
erberg one of the Justices Each OF
these picked man whom he would
like to see have license and the 9TH
er two agreed TO support his choice
Wanzer selected Callari.
a few days before the time for the
meeting, Wanzer claims, Callari called
him in and, taking him up stairs, said
to him, Il am going to give you a
present" and handed Wanzer the
check for $500 This check by the way,
was given Callari by the fellow whom
he was thinking of taking into part
= nership with him and who actually did
tend bar for him.
Wanzer testified. and his testimony
was corroborated by Westerberg, that
upon the entry of Westerberg a mo-
ment later, he (Wanzer) said to West
erberg, "See here, what Callari wants
to give me" and at that handed the
check to Westerberg who looked at II
and returned II to Wanzer with the re-
mark, "They couldn't give me any
check" Wanzer handed the check back
to Cailari and denied that the latter
paid him any money.
Several witnesses were placed upon
the stand to testify as to Wanzer's
good character, he having always been
held in high esteem In Stambaugh.
The jury retired at noon Wednesday
and brought in a verdict about two
o'clock declaring Wanzer mot guilty"
A Blind Pig Case.
The next case tried was that of
the People VS.. Peter Lehto accused OF
! violating the liquor laws by selling
intoxicating liquors in his home with
out a license.
Three witnesses appeared against
Lehto, each OF them swearing that he
= had a sense OF taste that was positive
on the beer question and that the llq-
uid they purchased was beer. One OF
them swore that he purchased real.
5 hard whiskey as well. and that the
whiskey and beer mixed to his detri-
b ment TO the extent that said witness
p got polluted
d In the face OF all this testimony
Lehto swore that he sold only temper.
$ ance beer. In defense OF his state
ment that the stun was not intoxicat.
3 ing. he swore that he had drunk a.
+ many as six bottles OF the stun at ono
9 time.
y The Jury was out but few min
I utes when they returned verdict o.
! guilty. Judge Flanunigan assessed !
: fine Of 1926 against him, or 60 days ir