The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-06
AGENTS REVEAL
MOBILE METHODS
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afternoon in connection with the liquor
conspiracy trial. Some Of the tele-
grams were in code. T. @. Woods.
manager Of the local office of the
| Western Union Telegraph company,
produced and testified as TO the mes.
sases.
Woods testified that Jemison's bill
with the telegraph company from
March to Nc~ember Of last year
amounted to 81, q.
!, One Of the messages read at the
hearing was a cablegram to Nassau
signed BY -Jim.r This message was IN
code. Another introduced was tele.
graphic money order for 5000 from
the Peoples bank to II. B. OConnor,
Hotel Roberts, Miami, Fla. This mes
sage was paid for by the Dawes Tire
company. Dawes, O'Connor and Jemi-
son are all defendants In the conspir-
acy case.
Wanted Gross Tonnage
One message from "Jim" was adj
dressed to Cristie, Nassau. 1t was
"wire me gross tonnage of our boats. =
Some Of the kilograms refererd to
Money and others to shipments. One
said, send money, everything ready
another was shipment delayed and
another everything all right
+ Several Of the messages were to and
from points.in Missouri.
Woods was followed on the stand By
w. III. Harvey, who worked with Fed.
;eral Agent M. T. Gonzaulles here last
summer. He testified as to the con.
lversation between Percy II. Kearns
local lawyer and Gonzaulles in room
3at the Cawthon hotel last fall, and that
Kearns gave the agent $500. He also
told of having conversation with
James f. Dawes of the Dawes Tire
Shop, in which he alleges Dawes told
him money was going from the ring
in Mobile to Washington and that
Frank Boykin was taking it there.
Alfred L. Staples, former president
of the Peoples bank of Mobile, and well
known business man, was called as q
government witness to testify with re-
gard to the $1,000 note which wit
inesses have testified was signed by five
men and which was to be used as a
campaign fund for Paul Cazalas in his
recent successful race for sheriff.
Describes Note
Staples said that the note for the
sheriff's fund was payable to Cliff
Connors and was indorsed BY Jake
Zuckerman, p. b. .Laurendine, w. j.
Hanlon, Ben Cody and j. H., McEvoy,
all defendants in the case. Mr.. Staples
said that Zuekerman told him William
Holcombe would pay the note, but that
later Holcombe told him he did not
know he was to, pay it.
Staples said that he had never heard
vfhfnO 00oinrf VNtlIfav.. EInlAa,.aka
but did hear little about him protect
ing bootleggers in the last five months
Answering further questions put to
him by Solicitor Black, he said that
he probably heard little against Hol-
combe before his Indictment, but said
that Holcombe had good reputation
so far as he knew.
Woman. On Stand
Mrs. Matte Oliver, the next wit
ness; was the first woman on the stand
in the case. She said her husband was
a Skinny" dealer and that he bought
his liquor from John NJ. Snow and
Dan Jemison. She said tensions sup.
ply ran short and that her husband
then got liquor from Bruce Etheridge
She said deputies raided her husband's
place and later Jemison CAME around
and said he would not be troubled again
by either city or county. On cross.
examination Mrs. Oliver said that her
husband was Steve Oliver. She said
he had served d term in jail once fol
bottlegging. Mrs. Oliver also admit.
ted that she was fined fer selling
whisky. @','a' "
One Of the chief witnesses Of the day
was Arthur Lane, who resides in the
AnY,nfv Ss,oSt ~ C,.rs,,e F1tf9E rrr. sos5
that before s'PinetopH Thompson was
appointed a prohibition agent that he
was in the liquor business, Thompson
Is now defendant IN the trial.) Lane
said Thompsori's brother was his wife's
father by marriage. He testified that
when Thompson started to work for
Ee government he lThompson) told
ktm to take over his still on Eight Mile
Creek and make liquor and to pay him
20 cents gallon. Lane said he ac-
cepted the offer and made three runs
and paid Thompson as agreed. He
said Deputies Blackman, Hudoff and
DonaGhue got to raiding out there and
he quit. He said "Pinetop" told him
he had fixed it" and that they would
not raid any more. He said he failed
to pay, and ..Pinetop" put him on the
federal docket for manufacturing liquor.
Cross examined By Attorney Austell.
Lane said he quit making liquor in
February, 1922, and staged quit" he
said that when "Pinetop" raided him
be was with Johnny McDuffy and he
told him this amt no place for min
listers con- *
Went On Parties
John Brown, farmer, testified to
going on parties with Federal Agents
Prender and Messenger, but didn't know
they were government men at the time.
He said he went with them to buy liq-
nor. &
Agent Thomas, who was under cross
examination BY Attorney Cecil Bates
when court adjourned Saturday, was
GOT UP WITH