Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-22

store were at all times open to public
inspection
Never. probably, has conspiracy case
of this magnitude beer tried in such
short time as the HGaG case.
NEITHER SIDE
Loses TIME.
Neither the government nor counsel for
The defense lost a minutes time and so
speedy was the case that District Attor-
nev VanNuys was making the first Of
the closing arguments for the government
shortly after 1 O'Clock yesterday after
noon.
The swiftness of this case is in marked
contrast to the constant delay on part
Of counsel for Edgar Schmitt in the
Evansville whisky ring conspiracy
cases, which were tried last week.
Attorneys in the Haag case at no time
drew critical comments from the court,
as happened In the EVANSVILLE cases, be
cause in the Haag cases the attorneys hit
the ball every minute and tried the case
solely on its legal merits.
The defense introduced only two wit
nesses. Louis e. Haag and Julius A.
Hsag. the two defendants standing
trial.
Julius Haag while on the stand in
his own defense contended that the
pieces of paper" presented to him were
prescriptions and that he regarded them
perfectly proper on which to sell the
amount Of whisky stated on them for
medical purposes.
DEMAND CAUSED
BY THE FLU"
He explained that the big demand
for whisky was caused by the "hu."
Was the fu worse on Christmas eve,
1918, than on Christmas day Of that
same year that many more prescrip-
tions were filed on Dec. % than the next
day?" asked the district attorney.
Il don't remember" answered Julius
Haag.
The witness testified that he never per
sonally investigated the large number of
: prescriptions filed at his store, because
he considered his clerks competent and
qualified to take care OF all prescrip-
tons
There was a sign in your front win
dow which stated that whisky was on
sale in the inside on a Doctors prescrip-
ton. wasn't thereI" asked the district
attorney.
The witness admitted he thought it
was so.
why did you put Yarmouth on the
shelves on christmas eve?" asked Mr..
FanNuys. "And pray, tell me. what
medical properties Yarmouth has?"
.'Yermouth is an appetizer" answered
Haag, "and I guess We were afraid that
the people were going to eat too much
TEsTIFIEs NOT
AWARE OF PROFIT.
He testified that. he was not aware
that the Haags made 100000 profit out
If the whisky traffic. in answer to a
question put to him by the district at
!. torney.
= The government Immediately began in
reducing rebuttal testimony when the
&efense rested with the conclusion Of
BE testimony by Julius Haag.
Rev. George s. Henninger, pastor Of
be East Tenth Street NJ. E. church,
stifed he went into the Pennsylvania
IS rect store 20 see if it was possible to
btain liquor on false prescriptions
lie testified he wrote OUT two bogus
prescriptions, signed his name to oEo
and fictitious name TO the other.
He testified be presented one OF the
prescriptions TO fhe clerk and when tht
clerk started to wrap up a quart Of
whisky hs changed his mind and re.
FUSED tyIezliquor.
Mrs Ollie F. Gray, 2205lz East Tenth
street testified she entered the Pennsyl
yania street store on Jan and saw
man obtain a quart of whisky without
presenting a prescription, and also that
she saw a man obtain haIf pint after
showing the clerk a piece of paper which
was returned to the purchaser OF the
whisky.
ADMITS WRITING
MANY PRESCRIPTIONS.
Or Charles T. Burris, a negro ply
stefan. admitted writing many prescrip-
ttions for whisky for patients who had
various complaints
Dr. Burris' memory failed when asked
to describe some Of his whisky patients
and could not explain why he prescribed
sixteen squarts of whisky for one pa
TENT in three months time.
How much did you charge prescrip-
tions" asked Judge Anderson.
Seventy five cents or a dollar" an
swered Burris.
Then you had two prices for the same
prescription" said the court.
The negro physician failed to see why
the court expressed surprise at that.
why was it that William Jones. one
Of your patients. had to have quart a
day for a while:" asked vanNuys of
the negro doctor
The witness could not remember.
You were tried in the criminal court
in regards to this whisky prescription
epsiness, were you nots" asked the die
GNct attorney
TAe negro doctor reelIned easily in his