The New York herald., 1921-03-19
ALL KINDS LOOT |
FlGUREM EXPRESS
THEFTS FROM US.
Witness at Georgia Trial
Tells How Articles Were
Disposed OF.
FIND LIQUOR in TRUNK
All Taken Out and Light
Piece of Baggage Is Taken
From Car.
TWENTY NAMED In PLOT
Evidence Shows Articles Stolen
Ranged From Poultry to
WOmen's Underwear.
TWENTY NAMED IN PLOT

Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
MACON, Ca, March 1S.-W. A. Hughes.
former messenger. had his second day
on the witness stand in Federal Court
to-day, telling of transactions with
other messengers and railroad employees
in the alleged conspiracy to steal ex-
press shipments from the United States
Government
Twenty defendants were named by
Hughes to-day. with each of whom he
described dealings. Court recessed at Q
o'clock until Monday morning, and the
jury was ordered locked UP in custody
Of deputy United States marshal.
Hughes brought smiles to many when
he told how O. l.. Smith, baggage mas
ter. found trunk of whiskey in his
car and the methods used to dispose
of 1t.
I'VE pushed the whiskey trunk into
my car" said Hughes. THE trunk was
ticleted for Byron, where there were
Two men waiting to receive 1t.
When we reached Byron we had
everything out OF the trunk except a
blanket. Capt. Smith, the conductor.
told US not to put it off until the train
had discharged its passengers and we
were ready to ride. l put my hand on
the bell cord, and as Capt Smith gave
lie 20 dnedu SlSndl L pulleQ lne COTO
and we pushed off the trunk. The two
men who caught the trunk discovered
that 1t was empty, and we could hear
them cursing.
From Fruit to Tires.
I'VE got eighteen quarts of whiskey
from the trunk, which 1 gave to r.
Gardner to sell for us. j never got much
money for it,
The defence sought to have this tes-
timony ruled out the shipment being
baggage instead Of express. but Judge
Beverly d. Evans permitted 1t to so into
the evidence.
During the day Hughes told how 500
crates of oranges had been disposed of
from his run, besides eggs, chickens,
fish, automobile tires, wonens UNDER
wear, cigars, clothing and pecans.
Henry Barlow entered my car once
and insisted that was Obliged to have
something to SELL" said the witness.
HE looked over my shipments and
found a package Of tires. He agreed to
sell these on shares. and later gave me
SIS. They were invo.ced for $26."
Hughes said NJ. L. Bowdoin kept such
a stock of automobile tires, obtained
from express shipments, that r. c.
Chancey remarked. He'll get the whole
WOThS IN lTOuOie IL we QOll lOOk out.
He said w. L. Brunner took three
barrels of fish from his car and shipped
them to an Atlanta man, only to find
that the man had gone out of the fis'
business. The Atlanta man, according
TO the witness, disposed Of the shipment
TO another person. He said that in re-
turn Brunner received a check for sac,
payable to w. NJ. Anderson, O. fictitious
name, which Hughes says he indorsed,
and then Drummer got the money on the
check.
Urged to Change Runs.
on the Savannah Atlanta rum" said the
witness. He said: You can get Off
with more on that run in day than you
can in a year on the Lockhart run"
"Once Brunner found a ham In his
car" said Hughes. land he yelled
'Whoopp-eev He said the ham was sold
TO a man named WillSerson for s4.
II asked r. G. Chancey what he could
use. and he said: Anything in ladies'
underwear and cigars got the cigars.
but never collected nickel"
At Oglethorpe Hughes said, he put of
an art square for the agent, T.. L. Dun
away, and the next time he passed
through the town Dunaway and his wife
were at the train to tell him. IT'S beau
tiful the neighbors all admire it,"
Lee Dix was known all along the road
as ''the egg man." said the witness, but
he declared that Dix also was "nar-
ket" for pecans, sugar and overalls.