El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-02
Says Ferguson
Got His Money
From Bre1ger,
Further Testimony Offered
In Brewers Trial Re
garding the Fund

austin, Tex. Aug. Further tes-
unmOny was offered today TO throw
light on the thousands Of dollars said
{ 10 have been loaned 10 James Z. Fer
guson when he was governor by
i brewing interests Of Texas and which
is said TO have made up at least a
part of the mysterious SI56.0OO that
figured so prominently in the i'm
parchment proceedings against Fer
guson- Todays testimony was in a
case in federal court against Henning
Bruhn and Charles Grossman. official Is
OF the Lone Star Brewing association.
charged with falsifying corporation
about S25.O0o, alleged 10 have been
devoted 10 local option campaign
work. was wrongly accounted for.
BrasweIi-s Testimony.
FergusOn's name was brought into
the case yesterday when L. J. Bras
well, Dookkeeper for the association.
testified in reply TO a question from
F. A. Erheridge. special representa-
i've OF the attorney general that he
did not know whether or not FerEu
son received S25.0SO out Of S2S.15Q
covered by q draft drawn in favor Of
Bruhn Ly the association
How Much Corruption Fund
Brasweu said: The government
agents told me they We're sure the
90 "a A--AAs-AA ~ AAAA All1EaE q AELDaLlQ on
us 1or the additional tax if il were
due and they thought we would be
allowed TO pay this under protest"
He added that he told Bruhn about
It and that he said: We would paw
what was demanded No demand
was made, that know Of"
show me how much corruption
fund IS included in that report" de-
manded attorney EtheridEe.
a-ADnn is shown nara r-a-THaH
wei
show me how much was paid to
Ferguson"
None is shown here" said the wit
ness
The court instructed the jury to
disregard the question regarding any
corruption fund.
in reply 10 question, Braswe.I
said no record was made OF the two
notes -aggreEatlng S1S,150 which
draft covered The draft. ne sad.
should be at the American National
bank. I'm Austin. Witness said he
found stub Of the draft after he had
appeared before the grand jury, bur
did not bring it to Austin with him.
as he understood papers and records
ne had before the grand jury were all
that was wanted The books Of the
ASSOCIATION, Brasweu said. have not
been credited with the SIS. $50 Neither
has that amount been charged TO
profit and loss.
Adoue Tells Of Loans.
L A Adoue, Galveston brewer. tes-
titled regarding three notes for $50
600 each which, he said. Ferguson
gave brewing interests Of the state
The notes were made payable TO Fer
guson, Endorsed in blank, were TO
bear > percent interest. payable or
maturity, and were not secured. Adoue
testified
Former governor Ferguson. at his
impeachment trial and during his re-
cent campaign for denomination at
the Democratic state primary. con
sisteutly refused 10 tell the source of
the loan, maintaining that il was a
personal matter The testimony de
that $4,000 OF the $4,000
was loaned by Bruhn and $4,000 by
Otto Wanrmund. president OF the san
Antonio Brewing association 1t was
not brought out definitely who fur
nished the remaining $4,000. other
than that II came from Texas brewing
interests
Adoue denied that any portion OF
the loan was 10 be used TO influence !
legislation Ferguson. he said. was
involved and the brewery
interests decided TO help him
Aiding Liquor Interests.
Ferguson. he said. requested that I
the source Of the loan be kept secret !
and the brewers agreed not TO tell
about It unless necessary.
Ferguson's platform was to let
liquor legislation alone and that is
what the brewers wanted. Adoue tes- /
titled
The government rested its case
after AdOue finished testifyinE-