Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-08

be guessed he would have to drop the
whole thing.
SAID HE DIDN'T
LIKE JUDGE.
"Then Hiatt met me and told me that
he wanted to get Tim Owens out Of this
scrape because he hated Judge Thomp-
son, who is Circuit Court judge, so badly,
and said l could help him in my testi-
mony."
Black brought in the name of Clarence
Benedum, present prosecutor, who was
defeated for reelection last month. He
said that after Mayor Bunch and Murphy
were sent to the penitentiary by Judge
Anderson that Benedum called him in
and ordered him to open up all the gam
bling places and tell the boys to go to
it, that the sky is the limit"
This testimony was corroborated later
by Adkins Knuckles, also a constable,
who testified that Benedum told him to
ego down the line, open things up, but
tell them not to be too public about it."
These two former constables also had
a good deal to say about the activities OF
Judge Mcclellan. Both testified that
when a carnival was running in Muncie
and gambling was one Of the features Of
the carnival that Mcclellan warned them
to keep their hands off.
WHY NOT BE
GOOD FELLOWS?"
You'll keep on hosing around until
you get in trouble. Why can't you go
along and be good fellows?" Adkins said
Mcclellan told him.
The biggest bit Of humor of the day
was supplied by Black when relating the
story of the connection existing between
Ora V. Pogue, u defendant, and Murphy.
"Pogue bored some holes in the door
-
he pointed them out to Murphy and told
him some one was spying on him. Muir
ply then hired Pogue to investigate him
self"
That considerable rivalry existed among
the crowd in gathering in the protection
money was indicated by the testimony OF
both Black and Knuckles. Every Monday
they would go after the money that had
been collected from blind tiger opera
tors by James Mabrey, who testified for
the Government but on several occa-
sions they say Pogue beat them to 1t
and got the cash.
JUSTICE HAS
OFFICE IN HAT.
Justice of the Peace Owens carried his
office around in his hat and held court
wherever he happened to be, according
to severa: witnesses.
Harvey NJ. Gimbel, patternmaker, and
his wife told Of a raid made on their
house by Owens and Sheriff Hiatt Feb.
6, 1890, when they were entertaining four
friends and were serving some home
brewed beer.
They say that Owens charged Gimbel
with operating a house OF i'll fame. and
explained that wherever men and women
congregate and drink beer together, that
Is a house of I'll fame
This exposition of the law came in for
considerable attention at the hands of
Judge Anderson. They said that Owens
imposed fines aggregating S123 on the
party and when be had got all the
money they had and Glmbel had prom
ised to attend 10 the unpaid balance,
Owens and Hiatt left the house, the
former remarking as he left.
Now you can go on with your party"
Anna Mourning testified that Owens,
Hiatt. Knuckles and Black, once came
into the house OF Fay Warner where she
was living aud Owens took sos in cash as
bond for their appearance before him.
Their cases never were called and the
bond never was repaid.
SAYS ARRESTS
FOLLOWED SUIT.
Here Mr. Miller took a hand again and
under his questioning the witness said
that he had sued Owens for the money
and that right after that she was arrested
four or five times and then indicted for
perjury. Judge Thompson. she said, dis
missed the perjury charge when they
came mp before him.
Court Asher, another defendant who
was indicted for bank robbery last year.
testified that after o. w Roberts. special
Investigator for the Department Of Jus
tice, who had a great deal to do with
working up and preparing the Govern
ment case. came to Muncie and Asher be-
gan 10 drive him around in an automobile, (
that Judge McClelland told him that he
would be arrested for bank robbery II he
did not quit running around with Rob
erts. He said he did not quit and the
following week he was arrested. He
said that he was discharged by Judge
Thompson when the ca Sc was tried.