Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-27

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arrive for some time and Allen said John
Montgomery, one Of the negroes, sug-
gested going back to Indianapolis.
Then, according to Allen, Buckner
said he would stay and If necessary get
the liauol himself, ss he needed the
money With this Buckner flashed his
gun. Allen testified. Kaufman and
Buekner helped the "hunkies" push
their car, which had gone dead. to the
negroes car and started transferring the
liquor.
Allen said he heard a blow as II some
one was struck over the head. A fight
ensued and Allen was shot twice in the
leg. He was put into the car by Henry
Lee. When Montgomery asked II any
enc was SHOT. Mike Mcclure said Allen
was shot twice and then, according TO
Allen, Buckner waved his gun and
said: Don't worry. I got one Of the
hunkies.'
SAW BUCKNER
ATTACK MAN.
Allen said be saw Buekner in the act
OF hitting one of the "hunkies" over the
head while the foreigner was being held
by Henry Lee. lie said he also saw
Buckner shooting and that he did not see
any of the other colored men shooting.
Allen attributed the fight to the fact
that the "hunkies' were not supposed to
deal with any but white men and became
enraeed when they saw the negroes IN
the crowd brought to the place by Kauf-
man
On eross-exam inatien. Allen stated he
saw two flashes from the pistol Of Buck
ner, but did not see the white man who
had been shst In the stomach.
Allen denied that he had been Wis
tied at the hospital, where he was held
fer Ave days, by any persons who were
interested IN the case or by r his
cOIored friends. He said I'll .sde
q statement to the IndianaL ,lice
the day he was returned fro .-.. hos
pitaL without having seen any If his
associates on the night Of the murder.
Disclosures Of a system Of distribution
Of white mule" through the activity %
Napariu and revelations concerning a
PLOT TO steal large quantities Of contra
band corn whisky were made during the
course Of the trial.
Evidence introduced By the State shows
that John Sarban, Steve Frazee and his
son, John FraZee, manufactured large
quantities Of white mule at the Frazee
farm and that Napariu aided in OBJ
tanning the corn for the mule" in ad-
dItion to acting as the agent in the
distribution of the corn whisky.
John Frazee through an Interpreters,
testified that he ana his father, Steve,
with John Sarban and Napariu, went IN
an automobile on the night Of Aug. II,
1920. to deliver twenty gallons OF white
mule to Harold kaufman, near the hrst
bridge on the West Tenth street road
According to the witness, the delivery
was made as the result Of arrangements
ADMITS PART IN
WHITE MULE GANG.
Frazee admitted that he aided IN the
manufacture Of white mule and that
Naparfu acted in the capacity of agent
In its distribution.
John Frazee testified that they drove
TO the appointed place on the West Tenth
street road and parked their car some
distance from where Kaufman stood.
He said that during the transfer Of
The whisky from the bootleggers' auto
mobile to the car of Henry Lee, negro,
and a brother of the notorious Harry
Lee. known as GoOsie Lee, a gang OF
negroes, armed with revOlvers and clubs,
appeared from a clump Of bushes and
demanded that Napariu and his crowd
put up their hands.
Frazee testified that during a fight
Frazee was shot in the stomach.
John Sarban, alleged by the State to
be a member Of the Napariu white
mule gang, gave similar testimony re
Harding the whisky making activities Of
the gang and corroborated FraZee's yer
sion Of the attack by the negroes
None Of the witnesses Of the tragedy
8 was able to testify definitely that Buck
4 ner fred the fatal shot, but the evil
4 denee was that the shot came from the
direction where Buckner was supposed
to be.
4 DARKNESS OF NIGHT
HANDICAPs STATE.
Because the night OF the tragedy was
4 dark one the State is handicapped in
Obtaining a witness who actually saw
the shooting
Steve Frazee, father Of John, testified
al Sovrv1 hr soma ma after