The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-14

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Eighth-In the afternoon OF June
4th. under the direction OF the court
an effort was made TO ascertain the
number OF quart bottles OF whisky
produced by the sherifi, ana then
IN the jury room Previous To TINS
effort TO ascertain the number Oh
bottles OF whisky produced, sheriif
deputies had tesufied In the case OF
the state Va. iensgen. that an OF
the liquor seized at the Hensgen's
barn. by virtue or the search war
rant. had been conveyed ana deposit
ed in the vault ut the old court house.
and that all or II had been counted
and that all OF the liquor which was
counted at the vault had been
brought down to judge Allen'a court
room and was then IN the jury room
ana that caeh OF the sacks OF liquor
then deposited IN the Jury room con
tanned ~ quart potties OF WHISKY.
still Less Booze
That In milking the effort to az.
certain the number OF quart bottles
of whisky then I'm the Jury room,
the number OF sacks were by some
OF the parties, acting under the dl.
rection OF the court, counted. ana by
others the number OF sacks were cs
timated No effort was made 20
count the number OF bottles contain.
ed In each sack As result % the
counting OF the sacks. and OF the
.s.f ff.al lnf ~ Of q.
sacks. Il was finally concluded that
there were 1850 sacks. and each sack
was accepted as containing 10 DOT
co,n,in. ana es,ir,a,,ns ,,,a6'. a..
number Of ouart bot,Ies ~ whisLy
delivered 10 the co,r, ana ,han ~
tho iurv room . 240 o,,arts
The method nnrsuea I'm .scer,atn
ing or in ATTEMPTING 10 ascer,oin tho
n,,-nber az otar, hot,ies 81 ,ytt.l,,, IA.
liyered into Judge Aliens co,,r, yyas
and no nartIc,,Iar .ror, =,
an was made 10 ascertain exacttv the
which was delivered sope
Of tho battles contained 4, the sacl,s
were broken n, tho Tim. 10 delIvor,,
The amoun, OF the bo,ti.. 40 hrot,or
was NOT definitely ascertained III, 4,
was probablv less Than ion hotties 4,
All A nor,jon ~ Inc I,o,or 80 A.
llyered WAS DESTROYED under I've ~.
dcrs ~ Tho corr, ana a. ,ho AZ
struc,,o, ,h.raos 4, ,,a. as..r,at,aa
,ha, some =, ,so .aat. non,at,aS
,n,,ch i... ,ban - ho,,,as 90 a. ,'.,,',,
,,a d, so,,,,, t,,.,,,.,,., -.
~ have nee, ,yo,. ,ha,, 70 ho,.to. a.,
some SACKS
s' '''''esS"ess
We have not been able, because OF
The careless and negligent manner In
which the liquor was permitted TO be
rounted after II arrived az the court
room, 70 ascertain the exact number
of quart bottles OF whisky 30 deliv.
s'su' pu. mere was delivered ana
! ato a,,s,, =, 49,. 49,
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- .,''s ~ 49, 80 80 ,,,a -
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i. " ~ ~ 49, ~
nj, 49, =. we ~ so ',,o"ss.
ss
~ 49, - 80 ~
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10. 49,, ~
i. VIZ vhis e,sh. no..'es ~
10y seo.Sn WHISKY uense'eu W
Wv She."n mo u.posioe" IN 'he July
ooh' VI 'uuke Aien sourI ~,
OF ue reihaiiuer Oh ,he
scotch WHISKY ue quarts as counted
py the Ansrin on may - ana aepos'
I,eo IN the Naui' at tne o'd court
mouse mas not been explained In any
manner
Shortage Discovered.
On the attempted count as con.
Quoted nv Judge Alien This shortage
was discovered. bur no effort WAS
made to require the sheriff TO be
present ana count the exact number
OF pottes' nor was any eiiort mauc
TO require the sherift TO produce the
remainder o, the WHISKY which ne
mad testified mad been counted ana
stored IN inc vault at the old court
mouse instead thereofN Judge Alien
proceeded personally ana with the
assistance OF diners, under his oil.