Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-11-13
CRIMINAL CASES
FLOOD DOCKET
AS Federal Court Begins Its
Semi-Annual Term Here
May Last Three Weeks

Judge A. NJ. Cochran, DIS
trict Attorney Sawyer A. Smith
Clerk John w. Menzies, Mar
shal Roy Williams and deputiet
and attaches of U. S. court ar
rived in Richmond Monday
about noon to begin what may
develop to be the biggest ses.
sion of federal court held here
in many years.
Court began at 2 o'clock with
impanneling of the grand anc
petit juries and Judge Cochran
Immediately got busy with his
docket which is so voluminous
that it is expected the term may
be carried through three weeks,
when usually one week suhices
to finish here.
Prohibition Director Sam Col
Inns and number of agents are
here as witnesses in several i'm
portant liqour cases to be tried.
Five big cases have been trans
ferred to Richmond from other
courts. These involve more than
twenty men accused of alleged
illicit liquor operations involving
well over $1,000,O00, it is claim
ed. Nine of the defendants are
from Lexington and Fayette
county.
One OF the big cases schedui-
ed for trial is that of Isaac Mil
ler, Louis Kay and w. J. VIII
son, Lexington, and John T..
McAtee, Harrodsburg, Wlo are
charged with conspiracy to il
legally remove several thousand
cases Of whisky from the Frank
fort Distilling Company's. plant
and the Bowling Brothers dis
tillery at Burgin, Ky, in 1920
and 1921. The government
charges that some Of the per-
mits on which it is alleged IL
quor was removed were forged
instruments and that others
were stolen from the office OF
the New York dry director.
This case was started at the
last term of court at Richmond
but was halted and the swearing
OF the jury set aside when the
government introduced testimo-
ny that defense attorneys did
not know was to be presented
and asked for a special term
last spring. but before that time
arrived was continued to the
fall term OF court.
Another case considered Of
great Importance by prohibition
authorities is that against Sam
uel Freedman, Max Morris, Lar
ry Odenthal, Arthur Johnson
and Fisher Brothers Transfer
Company, all Of Covington or
Newport.
They are charged with con-
spiracy TO violate the prohibi-
ton law thru the alleged re
moval of some 5000 cases OF
whisky from the Old 70 distil-
lery at Newport on permit
claimed by government authori-
ties to be forged or otherwise
illegal. Freedman is president of
the Old 70 company and Oden-
thai was superintendent OF the
diStillery at the time Of the al
legged illegal removals. 4 num-
Der of permits asserted to have
been found in the safe of the
distillery Office, Director Collins
says, bore his forged signature.
Six Lexington men are de
PENDANTS in matter involving
nine men indicted in connection
with the alleged theft of about
Seventy-flve barrels Of whisky
from the Old udge dlStillery
near Frankfort early in Septeln-
Der. The Lexington men under
Indictment in connection with
the case are Thomas c. Barnes,
Andy Settle, Charlie Shelton
Johnnie Hampton, Artie Stew
art and William K. Nunnelly.
Other defendants in this and al
lied cases are Dave Clarke Gin
c;nnati; Sam Peters, Frankfort.
and H. Bixler, of Frankfort.
The latter two were guards at
the Old Judge distillery and
were indicted on a charge of
malfeasance in office. All these
indictments were returned at
the recent term of court at
Frankfort and the cases were
continued and transferred to
Richmond.
The alleged conspiracy case
against A. E. (Busk) Brady, l..
Howard and R. Morton, Cow
ington, growing out of their ar
rest and the seizure of 40 gal
Ions of red whisky and several