Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-17
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that the Indiana state supreme court had
reversed the state court and held that
state prohibition was constitutional.
said Judge Anderson to Schmitt, "and
you want the jury to believe that?"
Schmitt attempted to say that was true
and then admitted that he knew of it.
The court asked: You mean to tell
me that every man who has testified
against you here is not telling the truth 2
sehnitt bgranded the evidence as ''un-
true"
ecAmitt attempted to make the jury
and the court believe that he hired
stool pigeons" to aid in detecting booze
sellers, but they couldn't detect them.
.sThey were careful to whom they
sold" said Schmitt.
name me just one stool pigeon you
hired. Just one" demanded Judge An
derson.
schmitt stated he couldn't remember
single name.
Judge Anderson asked. You want this
jury to believe that you used every
means at your hand to stop the liquor
trafie?"
Yes, I did" said Schmitt.
Are you man of means and prop
ertys" asked the court.
II am a man of no means" replied
Schmitt
Have you any property" asked the
court.
I am a man of no means" replied
Schmitt
Have you any property" asked the
court.
Just my home valued at S2,4oo and
that is In the joint name of my wife
and myself" answered Schmitt.
POOR MAN"
BUYS $3.50 BOAT.
.sYou tell the jury that you are a
man Of no means and vet you testified
here that you paid $3.50 for a motor
boat:" asked Judge Anderson.
Sehmitt Ieebly admitted that was true.
That's all" said Judge Anderson
sitting back in his chair.
Schmitt, during cross-examination, de-
MED that he ever received a cent Of pro-
lection money; denied that he gave pro-
tection-to Van PickeriIl or any one else;
denied that he put his men on roads
where he knew that whisky was not
coming into the city, and denied every
other bit of evidence submitted against
him.
He stated that an injunction issued
against him to prevent him from enforc-
ing the prohibition law embarrassed"
him and allowed violations.
The evidence given by Mrs. Sallle
Gates Of Evansville, who lives near the
Wabash street river landing, probably
gained Shorifr Males release from further
prosecution.
In q motherly sort Of a fashion. Mrs
Gates. who has patiently stood the heat
Of the crowded courtroom since the
trial started, took the witness stand as
a witness for the defense.
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the wabash street river landing and
that she often saw barrels of whisky I'M
loaded from boats, rolled up the incline
and then placed on trucks.
CALLS SHERIFF
WHEN POLICE FAIL.
The witness claimed that on one
evening she saw Gene Mckinney, and
another man, who has been identified
with the alleged whisky traffic, ap-
proach the landing place
There was so much whisky hauled
from this landing" she testified, and
wanted it stopped and 1 called ;he
police and told. them that a load of
whisky was coming In
She explained that she waited for
some time and that when the police at
first failed to appear. she called Sher-
in Males and appealed to him.
III AEE appeal Mates anu
Deputy Ruhl arrived, but in the mean
testified that she told the officers Of the
incoming load Of whisky.
The police went down the hill and
looked around and then they came back
and told me as usual they found moth
ing" Mrs. Gates testified.
why, judge, there were so many
barrels Of whisky rolled up the hill that
i could not sleep at night she said
earnestly. The police at that time told
me that 1t was none OF my business.
II offered the police my front room to
hide In and see for themselves and they
told me that they were not getting paid
for that"
Very earnestly Mrs Gates declared that
after Sheriff Males arrested several men
and took many cases Of whisky on the
night she called the sheriff, that the
landing was no longer used for unloading
whisky from boats coming from Ken
lucky.
Prior to the testimony offered so
earnestly by Mrs Gates, Sheriff Males
took the witness stand and carefully
described what he termed vas a CON
scientious attempt on his part to pre-
vent the importation OF whisky into Ev-
ansville and what an enormous task IL
was until federal prohibition went into
effect
He testified that he carefully searched
a vacant house at Long Branch for
whisky which was said to have been
stored there, and that be only found
traces OF boxes having been in the Gel
lar
He admitted that when he thought that
Police Chief Schmitt was using" him,
he no longer assigned deputies to watch
the roads and the river, but personally
Took charge of oil raids and investigat-
ing trips.
MALES HAS
BOOZE IN JAIL.
Males testified that as soon as he took
charge that he began to arrest men and
obtain csrgoes of whisky which he said
he now holds in the booze room" oil
the Jail
He emphatically denied that he ever
held any conversations with Boss" Os-
senberg regarding the proposition of not
bothering the liquor traffic and denied
that he ever permitted a caravan Of three
taxicabs loaded with whisky to pass
him by.
On cross examination, he admitted that
he was in the soft drink business and
that ~ products had been sold mainly
to $50 - - sslr~-<"
Males a. >puty Charles J.
Ruhl was a former n keeper and
also admitted that Fred U.senberg was
a political boss" and that ossenberg
supported him in the primary.
Males also stated that Circuit Judge
Gould often visited 0ssenberg's grocery
and former saloon on the edge Of "Rab-