Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-01-07
SHERIFF LEE ALLEN
ARRESTS BOOTLEGGER
Mock Trial Features Shriner High
JinN-John Roberts Found Guilty
stiff Sentence Imposed

placid community. That finding
pronounced by a jury of six women
tried and true, meant that John
Roberts, veteran n. P. conductor
for years an exemplary and es-
teemed citizen of this city, had fall
len from grace and must bow to the
will of Judge S. B Nelson.
John stoutly maintained the bot
lie of alleged "moonshine" found on
his person was planted there by de-
signing enemies, who would "pilfer
from him his good name" but when
his two character witnesses, Tom
Martin and DR.. l.. G. Kinney, wilt
ed under severe cross examination
and barred his past character to the
awestruck courtroom fans, the jig
was up and the defendant was left
to the mercy of the jury
During the trial, however, it de-
veloped that Charlie Dutton and
John Gerding, principal prosecuting
witnesses, had partaken of the bot
tie found in Roberts hip pocket and
they were included in the sentence
imposed by Judge Nelson, who de-
creed, after one of the most scathing
lectures ever heard in a courtroom,
that the trio must stand the expense
OF the next Shrine banquet
The mock trial was the big feature
of the Shrine high jinx, conducted
last Saturday evening, with 80
Shriners and their ladies participat-
ing in the merriment. The banquet
was served at the Palace hotel, fol-
lowed by the reading of the alleged
New Years resolutions of about 20
prominent Shriners. Then the audi
ence adjourned to the Masonic hall
and the mock trial was on.
Under pretense that he was to
guard the bottle of cold tea only I'M
til the opportunity presented itself
TO plant it on John Gerding, Mr.
Roberts was inveigled into putting
the flask in his hip pocket. Before
the expected opportunity arrived
however, Sheriff" Lee Allen, with
big siX-shooter and mammoth
star, made his appearance He at
once scented liquor, and with the
cunning that follows long experience
followed the scent to the hip pocket
of the veteran conductor Roberts
was placed under arrest and the
court attaches were summoned
With Judge Nelson presiding in a
dignified manner, Representatives
elect Frank Sanger was assigned the
prosecution and Attorney NJ. s. ia
mar was retained by the defendant.
For a time it appeared that the two
character witnesses summoned by
the defense would secure the re-
lease of the prisoner, but under Sc
tsfs cross examination they were
forced TO admit that in his younger
days the defendant had been found
guilty of stealing six bottles of milk
from in front of an orphanage and
trading them for Old Grow; also that
he had heaved bricks through the
windows of Salvation Army head
quarters in Spokane. With this
damaging testimony before them and
the bottle of likely looking fluid as
direct evidence, the jury deliberated
but a few moments before rendering
the verdict of guilty.
The trial was a tremendous sue
cess from the standpoint of merri-
ment and was pronounced factor
IN making the Shrine high link one
or the most entertaining in the his
tory of the organization. The trial
was followed by dancing and cards.
One of the most elegant banuuets
ever served at the Palace hotel in
Pullman preceded the high ink of
the Shriners and their wives AT the
Masonic hall. The floral decora
ucns which were furnished by Neills'
Greenhouse We're especially artistic.
Covers were laid for 70 and the fol-
lowing menu was served promptly at
CLOCK:
Eastern Oyster Soup
Fresh Crab Cocktails
Celery Hearts Rine Olives
Roast Turkey, Sausage Dressing
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes
Asparagus on Toast
Waldorf Fruit Salad
Brick Fruit Ice Cream
Assorted Cakes
Cheese Straws Parker House Rolls
Palace Punch Coffaa
Before adjournment the Shriners
perfected a local Shrine club. with
entertainments scheduled for every
three months.
SHUMAKER-MLMAN
Miss Halap