The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-31
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port may be forthcoming then. but It
is hardly probable that any indictment
VIII be returned before Monday noon
or at the adjournment Of court for the
day Monday.
The continuous session Of the IN
quisitors is taken IN many quarters to
indicate that the inquiry Is narrowing
down and n order TO get an expose
OF the situation IN toto charges first
VIII be brought against alleged ring
leaders In the whisky ring and further
examinations will be predlcated upon
what these men win tell In efforts
to escape punishment themselves. At
more concrete results In the investiga-
ton or series Of investigations into
the liquor traffic than has the past
week, and charges against alleged fla
grant violators OF the federal statutes
will be pushed with more avidity, II
such a thing is possible. than ever be-
fore.
Indications are multiplying that dis
sension IL breaking out in the ranks
of the whisky forces. A recent seizure
Of liquor from the vicinity of Win
chester avenue and Front street, own
ership Of which has been In doubt,
and which ownership efforts Of officers
to fasten upon a certain Celtic pur-
veyor Of acid to Africans has failed
promises 10 be one concrete example
Of what dissension among the whisky
cohorts may accomplish. The afore-
said Celt is said to have bargained
for he cargo fob, Memphis, but had
not paid for It, II was captured soon
after II had landed, but, he claims,
before delivery to him was ensum
mated.
The actual Gosh had not been forked
over when de'lyery was made-for your
whisky puryeyor must have the actual
cash-and In consequence the master
Of transportation for at least this cargo
is out Of pocket around $4,000.
Whether, his wrath aroused at losing
the savings Of years, the gentleman
will ''squeal' Is a matter OF oontec-
ture.
Instances OF this sort are said to be
multiplying and may furnish those IN
charge Of the inquiry some pay dirt
v hen convictions are returned little
mercy may be expected from the court
II the statements from the bench by
Judge John Il. Mccall are to be taken
as a criterion. Aroused by the scau-
dal that has arisen from revelations
already made and the multiplicity OF
convictions already growing, Judge Nc
Call is Of the opinion that the very
structure Of the government Is at stake
IN these whisky cases, small thougl
some Of them may be.
Mulcahy 10 Prison,
In imposing sentences upon mer
convicted earlier in the week, Judge
Mccall Saturday. while not giving max
imum penalties, nevertheless was So
we're In his rulings. q,
Severity Is necessary he declared
because II Is q condition we are CON
fronting, and cases where, If isolated
mercy might be exercised, under pres
ent conditions must be adtudicated ac-
cordlng to the law or else all respect
for the law win vanish"
Chief among the sentences imposed
was that OF James ]. Mulcahy, convict
cd Of conducting the business OF selling
liquor at his place on Polk avenue,
Motion for u new trial was overrulod
and Mulcahy was sentenced to a year
and a day In federal prison at Atlanta
and to pay a fine Of $3.50 and costs
No appeal was taken.
Dan Rocks, convicted OF selling whis-
ky at his dairy on the Macon road, neal
Cordoya, was fined $3.50 and costs and
given a year and a day In fedora
prison. Rocks denied the sale o.
whisky. but did not deny having 1t II
his house.
II was q wal Necessity. was his con
t%ention. He could not get labor, III
shots OF liquor In the early mornini
when they we're required to get up ant
start milking at 3 o'clock. His hont
Was !ixed at $1,000, PsadiRs appeal /,
nr C,yhfdt f 0srs n .,0 ina and pn gi1 ao,b Tn
amendment In bringing whisky from
paducah. Ky, to Eads, Tenn, thence
by auto to Memphis. was sentenced t
serve six months in the Shelby county
jail and pay " fine OF $3.50 and costs
Notice OF appeal was given and ours
ler's bond fixed at 81, 1000.
The motion by. Abe gohn, attorney
for Il new trial for j., b. Moran, con
victed Of transporting 30 cases Of wills
Ky from Norfolk Landing, Miss, Il
Memphis. in completion OF an inter
state shipment, was taken under ad'
visement by the court,
1t was c~ontended by counsel for tn
defendant that the offense alleged wal
for transporting whisky into the stat
Of Tennessee. whereas 1t had heel
proven only that II had been trans
ported from Charlottesville, Mo-, int
the state OF Mississippi, in which stat
the defendant IL under Indictment un
der the Reed amendment.
A plea was made by l.. II. Graves
attorney for w. l.. Moses, who was sen
fenced to federal prison early In tn,
week upon his plea Of guilty OF illici
distilling OF whisky, for the judge 4
exercise mercy and reverse judgmen
IN SellulhE MOSES 10 tne peHltentlaI,
for a year and a day. II was pointe'
out that Moses was q grandfather, wa
In failing health and did not at TN
time he committed the offense realtz
it's gravity.
IL was then that Judge Mccall re
iterated his stand that he dare not Sc
the example OF letting those palpabl
guilty off lightly when the condition
OF lawlessness continue to exist a
they are in Memphis Just now.
Thomas J, Walsh, assistant distric
attorney, promises to clear tho docke
OF whisky cases Monday 80 that neN
indictments from the grand jury ca
be gone into at once IL the hlgge
offenders nre to he reached Mt all, the
will be reached by the strong arm G
the federal court during the comm
week.