The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-29
LIQUOR ROUNDUP
ROPES MANY IN
FEDERAL COURT
CONTINUED from First Paxe.)

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decks for the loosing Of the 15-inch
guns against the embellishments Of John
B~arleycorn and his official allies.
Men indicted, soon to stand trial,
threaten, 1t is said, to do the remark
able thing-to tell the truth on the wit
ness stand and reveal how, in bringing
liquor in from Charlottesville, Pnducah
and other points, official c%onnivance
was not only common but usual; how
the sale Of the liquor after 1t was
brought in was the source Of a regu-
lar system OF levying tribute by law
enforcement agencies within the county
and city and how the situation became
50 flagrantly notorious that the present
LIQUOR war came on as a natural conse-
quence.
Mulcahy Gets His.
The biggest surprise Wednesday was
the conviction, late in the day, OF Jim
Mulcahy, whose place on Polk avenue
has long been notorious. Upon the
testimony of Bert Bates. deputy United
States marshal; s.. III. Trezevant, United
States marshal, and Sergeant Hubert
Fogle, Of Atlanta, 1t was conclusively
tricks. Two nights in succession the
officers visited Mulcahy's place and
both times bought liquor easily and
saw evidence that a regular business
was still being carried on in half pints
S Of old nr PredntieeA %ssunnay sp0 and
torney for Mulcahy, pleaded for more
time, stating to Judge John Il. Mccall
that he wanted time to bring in some
of Mulcahy's n~eighbors to tell what a
quiet, nice place Jim's was, but the
judge was firm and the defendant was
forced to trial.
1t was expected that Mulcahy's wrath
would be aroused on the stand and
that he would reveal some Of the per-
sons to whom he has paid tribute dur
ing the years he has operated the gin
mill on Polk avenue, blu his attorney
refused to submit any testimony or
argument and In about two minutes
the jury returned a verdict of guilty.
Motion for new trial will be heard on
Saturday.
w. L. Birk was convicted of selling
two half pints to Allen o. Embry, of
Harrisburg. Ark, while the latter was
wearing the uniform Of q United States
soldier, Early in the day Wednesday,
q verdict Of guilty was returned against
Cyril Oursler, charged with violating
the Reed amendment in an effort to
help his brother, Joe Oursler, and Bud
Guthrie, bring 80 cases of whisky from
Paducah into Memphis by train to Eads,
Tenn, and thence by automobile.
Dozen Are Indicted.
Heading the list of 10 indictments
on liquor charges returned late We'd
nesday by the federal grand jury, in
the quantity Of liquor involved was q
count against Jim Caldwell, formerly
Of Memphis, who is charged with break
ing the seal OF a carload Of whisky con-
signed from Early Times, KY, to T. M.
Morrissey at DeSoto Island, La, and
removing from the consignment % of
the 81 cases of whisky therein. This
theft was alleged to have occurred while
the car was in Memphis in transit and
In the yards near the Union depot.
This case IL expected, when the trial
comes, to reveal a part OF the system
used by the big liquor sellers to rifle
a carload of whisky in transit and
then file a claim against the railroads,
Certain, 1t seems, that such a wholesale
theft from a conspicuous spot in the
railroad yards could not be ac-
compliehed without the winking Of some
official or the about face" Of at least
a pair Of policemen,
c, M. (alias Dick) Sylva's indictment
may have some interesting revelations
in the Peabody electromagnetic
bell-hop-to-guest whisky traffic. Sylva's
storeroom was raided by United
States deputy marshals recently. 1t is
near the big downtown hotels, Emptied
quart bottles by the hundreds were
found Of what dipsomahiacs term the
''veribest" brands OF liquor which
quarts had been split to fit the pockets
of the ever-ready and nimble bell hop.
Expose Is Impending.
The indictment OF b, r. Crockett and
his negro chauffeur, Charles Jackson,
Is a case officials declare will reveal the
fact that not only for home consump-
ton. but for the use Of Mis~sissippians,
have whisky. cars whisked through
Memphis on their way to the ultimate
topper. Crockett was intercepted by the
way OF a barricade which rendered his
passage OF a point on the Horn Lake
road near the state line impossible. 1t
Is whispered that Crockett had been as
sured safe passage through Memphis by
a certain official, but other officials
really anxious to enforce the law tapped
the wire, az ii were, aud intercepted
the high-powered automobile and found
90 quarts OF Old Forester whisky.
Robert (alias Pugl Rodgers, Joe Con-
roy, Herman Tamhle, r. u. (alias
Happy Lee, charged with conspiracy to
violat the Reed amendment, drew a
true bill from the grand jury. They are
accused Of bringing in whisky from
Caruthersville and were Intercepted on
the point OF unloading the LIQUOR in
automobiles II the James r. Harahan
bridge, A confusion in the line OF COM
muniCatton from Caruthersville and a
pair OF officers of the law unexpectedly
on the square is said 10 have been the
cause Of the apprehension Of this quar-
tet OF discord,
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