Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-06-23

Addict.
Claim
Testimony At Trial of
Alleged Liquor Sci
ler Sensational; Say
"Dope" Used

dope" Used
Evidence tending to show that
Red" Pendregast, Anti-Saloon
league operative and chief witness
of the state in its case against l..
A. Williams, pool hall proprietor
on trial before Judge Percy Kally
in the circuit court on a charge of
unlawfully selling intoxicating
liquor, is drug addict, was intro
duced by the defense this morning
with view to discrediting the
testimony offered by Pendregast.
Pendregast who, when on the
stand, had testified in loud tones,
punctuating his statements with
grandiose gestures, that he had
purchased liquor from Williams on
several occasions, sat with a half
smile on his face as witnesses pic
tured his alleged condition on the
morning of June "A man sleep
less, haggard, shaken, pitifully
broken, pleading for more cocaine
to steady his shattered nerves.
All Addicts Liars.
Following three witnesses tes-
timony, tending to show that the
Anti-Saloon league man was an
addict, DR.. w. Carlton Smith, Sa-
lem physician, was called to the
stand.
He was asked. in substance,
what the effect of cocaine is on
the users memory.
1.-THE memory is unreliable he
replied.
What effect does it have on
the truth and yeracity of an ad-
dict?"
"The user of cocaine" he testi-
fled, sis an habitual liar"
Cross-examining the witness,
District Attorney John Carson put
the question:
Would you say, doctor, that ev-
cry user of cocaine is a liar?"
Absolutely" DR.. Smith replied.
Sought Cocaine. Claim.
Prior to the time that DR.. Smith
took the stand, Archie McNary, a
rancher, had been called by the
defense. Pendregast, he said, had
approached him, asking him where
he might find cocaine.
my God, man-you don't want
that" he said he tod the Anti
Saloon league man. Pendregast
then informed him, he testified,
that he, Pendregast, had been a
dope" fiend for seven or eight
years and that he must have the
drug to quiet his nerves. The Anti
Saloon league agent, according to
McNarys testimony, then snuffed
some of the drug from the back of
one of his hands and departed,
ostensibly in quest Of more
SNOW"
Wagner Testifies.
Williams, the defendant, testt-
fled that Pendregast had admitted
to him he was a drug addict, and
Basil H. Wagner, a salesman OF
Salem, swore he had seen the Anti
Saloon league representative when
he was manifesting the craving
for cocaine.
"I've been up all night and have
been using eocaine-but for God'i
sake don't give me away" Wagner
testified that the Anti-SalooI
league man had told him on on'
occasion. On this particular oc
caslon, he said, Pendregast wa
conducted to his room, but b.
added that 1t was impossible t
keen him there. He said he ac
companied Pendregast down to tn
| chinese district where he event
ually left him. Before he quit tn
Anti-Saloon league agent, Pendre
gest. he testified. had spoken o
procuring more cocaine.
Drug Leaves Mark.
While DR.. Smith was on tn
stand, Attorney Walter Keyes, 0
the defense, suddenly put the ques
tion:
"Does cocaine, when snuffed
leave any mark on the user?"
"It leaves an liberation unde
the nose" DR.. Smith explained
As he uttered the statement, tn
ewes of the jurors and spectator
shifted to the spot where Pendre
gast was sitting-an ugly sea
showing on his upper lip.
Williams, testifying. denied tina
he had ever sold liquor to any
body. and declared that on numei
ous occasions he had taken Pendrt
cast away from his pool hall Be
, cause be feared that the Ant
/ saloon league mans presenc
would hurt his trade. He testifie
that Pendregast was drunk aimos
..o-v dav and that he had create