The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-14

~ u Continue Hearing.
u dscision in the cases Of Louis
go and Lawrence Pedigo. sa-
80 proprietors arrested for boot
p ~, was reached this morning
pslIce court.
mars case hangs on the return
u laseph P. Kelly. justice Of the
1 vho took the case under adj
,,1pt until this morning, but
" - Chicago late yesterday fof
! u y several days.
taileos case was continued to
sseasy. Oct. "a. at 3 a. m. John
$3.50 represents him as attor-
~ but did not appear in court.
1.struetions for the continuance
- transmitted by telephone to
n j. CIeland, police magistrate,
rsder, whose jurisdiction Pedigo'D
case comes.
with City Attorney John X. Scott
,eesent in the role Of prosecutor,
Easistrate D. J. Clefand presiding,
vifnesses with full testimony pres
"a this mornings police court scs-
~ might have been exciting.
Hoveyer, it came to q disjointed
All with no definite results.
Louis Ortell was present az
hcudsman for Pedigo. He evinced
seither pleasure nor displeasure at
the failure of his own case 70
tone into court at the appointed
hour, but took an unconcerned at
ttude.
The Pedigo case did not come to
trial. A few words passed by the
parties in court gave spectators
certain Impressions, however. A
Heht of an interesting nature will
undoubtedly ensue when the Sher-
man house proprietor comes tC
trial week from Tuesday.
One OF these impressions Yves
that Lawrence K. Eihl, city health
Inspector, has found sizeable al
coholic content in the beer taker
from the coolers behind Pedigo's
bar in the Sherman house. Anothe,
/ is that Pedigo and his lawyer viii
try to pass the burden of blame ir
the liquor case to Davenport
brewing concern. Discussion il
open court indicated that they be
lieve the stuff taken from Pedigo'.
ID be root beer, sold by the saloon
keeper in blissful ignorance eithel
Of its true nature or of its kick.
Beer, Say Officers.
This belief was intimated by Gle
land, Ortell, Pedigo and Scott. OF
hcers who made the arrest and ar
iealously guarding the half dozel
bottles taken. stoutly assert tina
the stuff-now tightly sealed up
is beer and nothing else. This ais
Is the statement of Inspector Eth
hr. Scott said he approves of tn
action Pedigo and his lawyer ar
aking-of investigating the meas
ure Of blame in which the Daver
port concern named by Pedigo ca
be held.
Whether or not possession of in
mxiating liquors in a public bal
room can be called possession "a
ule," if there is no evidence c
ale, will be the point of disput
IL Ortells trial.
When Justice Kelly will be read
TO report on this is not definitel
Known. In a general way it is ur
derstood he is waiting to receiv
copies Of decisions by Judge LOU
FtaHenry, federal Judge, and othe
! icourts. relative, to the possession
4pcint. John c. Daugherty, Peori
lawyer, who defended Ortell an
! VA later arrested earlier thi
week. claimed that these Judge
have ruled that under the law 20,
ssssion Of liquor is no offense. Di.
I nissal Of the case of Frank Crs
nsr, 723 Twelfth street, by Magi'
nate Cleland, showed that liqut
!sifed in a private home is NJ
damaging evidence against il
owner or the occupant of the hous
In general raid Of the Edwar
Trainer bar, 721 Twelfth street, an
fnnk Cramer's home next doc
ast night at HIS o'clock, I
liquor was found in the saloo
aoush officers had been informs
was selling it. In the hous
iowever, a three-gallon jug
aooch was found. carefully col
vailed beneath old bedding, in
ocked room in the attic. Fig
Mtles OF fine old wines, unique
nnably pre-volstead, were all
ound there. Officer Bealer, wi
Ntrols the beat in that vicinit
eauned to having seen a man car
Jug back and forth between Il
Muse and bar, but he could n
II 'u.e that the jug contained liQue
mere was no evidence, therefor
70 contradict Cramer's stateme
~st tne liquor in the house was !;
@e iamlly's own use, and the ca
~ dismissed. The liquor was +
Rored to him.
aecleo carelessly forgot that th
~, ~ ais morning in court.
se 10 appear at 9 o'clock, t
SpOated hour, and had not shoy
y 10. Officers went out
N 'ca Tor him. A few minutes Il