Evening star., 1922-10-07
DRY AGENTS AGREE
TO WALDORF TRIAL
Counsel Guarantees Sheriff
They Will Answer Charges
Next Wednesday.

broglfo, believed to involve points for
a precedent-making case regarding
conflict of federal and state authori-
ties in ,seiziug contraband liquor,
moved into the courthouse here to-
day, when Sheriff John N. Simms Of
Charles county served q warrant and
requisition papers on Cal r. McCaw-
thon, charging him with houssbreak-
! ing on last Tuesday night. when the
residence Of his wife and her parents.
| rorth Of Waldorf. was raided by him
! and prohibition agents. who seized
over 100 cases of liquor.
Charles county is seeking McCRw-
| thon. Revenue Agent F. T. Rose and
Revenue Agent T. E. Hines on charges
! of housebreaking. warrant on these
charges has been issued by Judge
parties named.
Agree to Return.
Rose and Hines were at tho Office
Of the district attorney this morning.
| where more than two hours were
spent in taking up various points Of
| tho case. Rice Hooe. counsel for the
| prohibition enforcement bureau.
came to the courthouse to represent
! the revenue agents. He guaranteed
Sheriff Sfmms to have them at Wal
dorf Wednesday morning to stand
| trial on the charges specified before
Judge Wilkinson. Michael Mangum,
local attorney, IS representing NC
| Cawthon.
| McCawthon obtained a preliminary
| hearing from Chief Justice Mccoy
this afternoon regarding extradition
| and was released on writ of habeas
| corpus obtained at 1915 by Attorney
Mangum. for appearance before the
| District Supreme Court on october 81.
Attorney Mangum asked for con-
! tinuance to that date in order to al
(! low him time to prepare his case
| His request was granted. Bond was
| set at 5000.
Seek Sherfn's Arrest.
| It was learned today that Federal
Prohibition Agents Rose and Hines
yesterday went to Baltimore. in an
effort to obtain warrants for the ar
trest of Sheriff Simms on a charge OF
illegally taking possession of liquors
they had seized. They were unable
to obtain warrants. and as a result
Simms moved around Washington to-
day without fear of apprehension. He
said that he had not obtained extra
dition papers for Rose and Hines.
since he knew that they could be
found in Washington whenever de-
! sired He expressed satisfaction at
the arrangement proposed by Attor-
ney Hooe of the prohibition depart
ment.
The case has all the earmarks of
developing into the first legal test
Of conflicting jurisdiction of state
and federal authorities regarding
seizure of liquor.
Prohibition agents early Wednes-
day morning raided the home of Mr.
and Mrs James L. Hicks. 1t is stu
ated just north of Waldorf. in
Charles county, 900 yards south OF
the boundary line between Prince
Georges and Charles counties. The
| warrant for search Of the premises
was sworn out in Prince GEORGES
| county. 1t named Eugene Meryville
and James L. Hicks Is joint residents
OF the premises.
| Sheriff seises Liquor.
Wednesday afternoon the first batch
Of liquor. amounting to sixty-five
| cases of six gallons each. was started
to Washington in a truck filled tc
capacity by the prohibition agents
After IT had departed Sheriff Simmt
| arrived on the scene and. acting un.
der instruction of Judge Wilkerson
took possession Of three case.
| remaining, and placed them In thu
La Plata county Jail. The liquor 1!
| still there Judge Wilkerson baset
J his action on the allegedly illega
! raid without proper search warrants
| Revenue Agent Rose today declared
that the prohibition men would like
to lay hands on Eugene Meryville
whose name appears in the warrant
} Rose said that he has a chain Of dis
tilleries and Illicit warehouses run
ming from north of Ellicott City Il
j120 miles below Waldorf, but that
thorough search for him by revenue
| gents thus far has resulted fruit
jlessly. His system, according to Rose
was to rent a house and allow an
, other party to rent a portion OF thi
house. He reserves one room or wv.
| in which he stores liquor. Rose said
:, This dovetails with the story tha
. Mrs, Hicks told. reporter yesterday
i Estranned for Year.
She said that her family was il
Baltimore last winter. when physi
b. clans informed them that Mrs. Nc
Cawthon. their daughter. was in sue
! i'll health as to necess.tate a residenc
in the country.
The Hicks family moved to thei
new home in CHARLES county on Ma
Of this year. Mrs. Hicks said sh
!. had no idea liqrhor was in the HON
: : until the raid toSk place.
! She declared that McCawthon ha
. not lived with his. wife since Angus
3 a year ago. He cfNne two weeks ag
last Monday to ttl,ir home and al
!, tempted a reconciliation. He stage
I for a short time tying to Undue
2 his wife to return to him: Only tw
a 4 or three nights did he sleep in tn
' house and on ThursdAy week as
E he went to Baltimore. Last Tuesda
morning Mr.. and Mrs. Siicks were
| baltimore to visit one VT Their soi
who Is employed ther4 They m'
McCawthon there.
i Mrs Hicks said that he I as hastN
:. leaving and that she suspectt he Wou
J. 40 TO the Charles county hA me TO 81
v their daughter. who had bselt left aioi
I there. 1t was during the earl1 hours
z the following morning that the ra
e took place:
t McCawthon was cool and colll cted &
q day and he declared that his aoae IL
e lterest in the matter was to have h
8 ltwo-year-old daughter taken frofn Il
r custody Of their mother and pla0ed