San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-19
A|RSH|P USED
BY ANDREWS
GAVE TROUBLE
Witness Says Plane Often
Missed and Had to
Be Landed.
TELL OF TEQUILA
Customs Agent Says 1t Is
Strongly Intoxi-
eating.

The plane in which Lieut.. Leland
s. Andrews flew TO Laredo, October
81, 1922, seemed TO have a chronic
trouble. according 10 the testimony
of Staff Sergeant Chester W. kol'
niski, Ninetieth Squadron Attack,
Kelly Field, who took the stand Mon
day morning as witness in the case
of Lieutenant Andrews on trial be-
fore a court martial as a result of his
arrest in a liquor case. Lieutenant
Andrews claimed that he landed be-
cause of motor trouble and found ten
sacks of tequila in the pasture. He
ordered Sergeant Green, who was fly
ing with him, TO see what was in the
SACKS, as the sergeant picked up one
of them officers came out Of the brush
and arrested both.
Sergeant Konliski testified that the
ship which Lieutenant Andrews flew
had given considerable trouble at Kel.
ly Field on previous dates.
at had been tested out" Kolinski
said, land was found 10 miss consid'
erably. Lieutenant Andrews flew II
on another occasion and found the
same trouble. The ship was worked
over and when warming up on the
line afterward for formation flying
the motor completely stopped. Lieu
tenant Andrews later ordered that the
ship be prepared for cross-country
flying and we worked it over again.
Bar Testimony Given in Court.
The Kelly Field mechanic also tes'
titled that a ship can develop trouble
while in the air, and after landing
and stopping the motor it may run
Allan Walker, deputy United States
marshal, Southern district of Texas,
one of the officers who connected
with the arrest of Andrews and Ser
geant Green in October, completed his
testimony Monday morning. Walker
was on the stand Saturday when the
court martial adjourned.
Through direct questioning the
prosecution attempted to introduce
testimony that would bring out the
happenings and statements surround
ing the plea of guilty TO liquor
charges that Lieutenant Andrews
made before the district court at La
redo a few days after his arrest, but
an objection by the defense was sls-
tanned by the court martial, and the
testimony was not admitted.
Tequila's Power DESCRIBED.
I'd. Cotulla, collector Of customs
at San Antonio was the second wit
ness Monday morning. Mr. C0tulln
was questioned regarding the intoxi.
eating qualities Of tequila, the kind
of liquor in the saclE where Lieuten-
ant Andrews landed his plane. He
testified teouila is strongly intoxieat-
ing.
When asked by Lieut.. Park Hol-
land, how he knew teQuila is intoxi'
eating, the witness stated that he had
drunk enough Of that kind Of liquor
to know that it is intoxicating.
Court recessed at IL 80 Monday
morning and was expected to take up
again at / :45 oelocl Monday after
noon. 1t was stated by Capt.
Humphrey Biddle. trial judge ndvo-
cate, that Lieut.. Col. John II. How
ard. commanding officer at Kelly
Field. would probably be called to the
witness stand during Monday after
moons session.
One of the charges against Lieuten-
ant Andrews is that Of making false
official statement TO Colonel Howard
following his arrest at Laredo.