The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-14
BRIDGES JURY FAILS
TO RETURN VERDICT
COURT DIRECTS THEM TO
TRY AGAIN.
Fate of Ad Solicitor and
Lively to Be Known
Monday.

The iury could not agree on a YER
dict in the case of Robert Lively ana
David Bridges, charged with trans
porting liquor, in federal court sat
urdav morning, and Judge e. 7. San
ford requested they give the case
further elaboration and report 10
the court Monday morning.
Lively is charged with bringing
quantity of liquor to this city from
Lexington, KY, and was arrested
Feb. 20 at the Terminal hotel by
Frank Ship, of the department of
justice. The claim of the govern
ment was that David Bridges. who
is advertising manager for the Labor
World, had made previous arrange
ment with Lively to meet him at the
train when he returned from Lexing-
ton with the whisky. Bridges did
meet him at the train, it was af-
firmed, but he went there when told
by the clerk at the Terminal hotel
that Lively had left word for him to
meet him there, so he stated. Bridges
denied having any connection with
the matter of sending for the whisky,
or that he knew there was whisky
in the grips and suitcases brought
back by Lively.
Walter J. Counts represented
Bridges AM Lively. He introduced
a number of character witnesses in
Bridges behalf. These were City
Attorney Frank S. Garden, John Tin
ker, Nick p. Bush and Sam H. Ford,
who all testified to the integrity of
Bridges.
Lively admitted going to Licking
ton Tor the liquor, and stated 1t was
lor MS personal use. Important wit
ness against both was Frank 6, inn
VINO made the arrest immediatelv
alter Lively returned to Chattanooga
and was met by Bridges
arguments were comn,e+as ..
1850 o'clock, and after the charge
the jury withdrew for consuIts tio .
ri.. Few moments they returned
I'm @tIn 'ne information that thew had
49, 20 agree, and were told bv the
J ,,oot. 70 further deliberate on The
morning. MONDAY
r,u Fink Summoned.
"a oni Inn, once manager for Wilson q,
80 ~. came very near being fined ,o ~
contempt of court Saturdav ,,,or,,i LOT
Mnen. according to Baxter Lee ess stte
az, onlted States district attorney he
- ii1"seu 10 appear at the time SET for
.iiS appearance, and when he did coroa
l!neu IN a. very unbecoming wav n
touIt oHlclals. An officer was sent N
one once OF Wilson & Co. for Mr.. Fink
fo ,u mnen Drought before Judge San
cumstances Upon recommendatior ~
e ene assistant district attorney. Judge
SANFORD required Fink to give bond for
eouo 10 insure his appearance when the
case OF Eugene Reed and the case NJ
u. ;. VS.. the Altmort apartments come
up LOT trial next week Fink was liv-
my IN an apartment in the Altmort
uiien tne moonshine still operated by
n: helso HALEY was found there last
winter. ''''
According to Assistant District Attor-
nrey Lee, Fink said the court had ne
business to summon him and that he
ulu not intend to come, but was coins
10 Chlcago on business, and didn't want
10 pc bothered. Finally, when sent for
ne, ne taIkSd IN very disrespectful man.
ner 10 the assistant attorney general. il
was SAID, and once ran out of his of.
nee when he was told to remain.
representing Fink was j. H. DAILY
VINO made short plea In his behalf
RINK then apologized to the court say.
iu6 ne ndu lost MS head and was sorry
he stated he would be present wher
the case of Reed was called Tuesday
ana also that his wife was coming here
from New York for the same purpose
Judge Sanford, upon Fink's statement
rescinded his decision that Fink snouit
] give bond, and allowed him to 60 hi,
way with the understanding that he /:
10 appear next Tuesday at 8.
| Fines Assessed.
| henry Jones, colored, was fined 500 anC
costs and confinement for four months
IN the Knox county Jail at Knoxville thi
morning. He was charged with viola
| ton of the Reed amendment, and hal
| Deen In the Hamilton county jail sinc.
April. He plead guilty TO the charge
] The case against Amos Renow wa.
amended and he was fined only $500 anC
costs and not committed to a sentenc,
IN the Jail because he had recent,
| been dismissed from the army becaus,
! or tuberculosis. He was arrested TO
transporting liquor. The fine must o.
paid by June "a.
In the case of Cas- Chambers, JONI
King and Clayton Green, charged witt
operating Illicit stills, the jury foun,
Chambers guilty of being a distille
and violating the food laws by making
whisky. and King guilty of being
dlstiller, working in a distillery an
violating the food laws by using foo
in the manufacture of whisky. In tn
case OF Chambers the jury could no
agree and the government entered nc
pros to its charge that he was distil
Ter and asked that he be convicted o.
the charge Of working in "a distillerv n