The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
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ket and concluded with give my re-
CARDS to the gang"
Another letter was to Harry O'Con-
nor, care of Dawes Tire shop, from
George p. NORM, 1925 Cleveland ave-
nue., New Orleans. The letter stated
that on hand for immediate delivery
were the brands named on the price
list inclosed. This list included vari-
GUS kinds Of Scoth at .$25 a case and
champagne at $3.50 per case. :.
Labels Exhausted
A letter from the Charles Boldt Glass
company of Cincinnati, Ohio to Dawes
said there were no Cedar Brook or
Green River labels in stock, but that
plenty of the labels inclosed were on
hand. One Of the. labels inclosed was
for "Bondale, from choice stock, aged
in wood and manufactured in Memphis,
Tenn"
A document to j. J. Cummings found
in the tire shop. gave complete instruc-
tons on how to determine natural and
synthetic liquors.
Bottles Are introduced
Following the letters number Of
bottles of bitters and chemicals, some
marked poison" were introduced. All
had been found in the tire shop. Some
test tubes and regulation caps fer line
liquors were also presented as evidence.
Among the bottles were TASKS of an
aromatic bitters containing % per cent
alcohol, manufactured by the L. b..
Jung and Wolf company of New Or
leans. The Nuse of all these liquids
were not described, but it was pre-
sumed the bitters played some part IN
taking various brands of booze and
that the poisonous chemicals were used
in the tests to determine natural and
synthetic liquors. After all of the evil
dence Thomas had seized in the tire
shop was admitted over the continued
protests of attorneys for the defense,
Thomas was subjected to one of the
most grilling cross-examinations made
during the first week of the conspiracy
trial. Thomas, who ran a secondhand
bottle shop while engaged in his I'M
der-cover work in Mobile county, adj
mitted the sheriff's deputies had raided
his place once and put him in. jail. He
denied, however, that he ever sold any
skinny" while operating his shop, but
admitted that he gave a lot of it away.
GrilIed BY Defense -
Attorney Cecil Bates. of the defvense,
grilled Thomas on his raid on the Dawes
Tire shop, when he obtained the code
book. the various letters and other EVIL
dence the prosecution had previously
presented in the trial.
Thomas said he's entered the shop
with a warrant for whisky but found
none. He then found all the other
evidence which Dawes, along with John
Bullen, another defendant in the shop,
told him he had no right to seize. -
Whereupon, according to Thomas, ne
held Bullen and Dawes in custory while
he sat down at typewriter and wrote
description of the books, papers and
other articles. Leaving Dawes and Bull
len in the custody of another federal
officer, Thomas said he went before the
United States commissioner and OBJ
tanned a proper warrant under which
to seize this evidence and returned and
formally seized it.
Thomas explained his action by say
ing he found the bottles labeled "poi-
SOM in the shop, but he admitted he
did not know whether or not they were
used in violation of the Volstead act.
Thomas was the last of approximate
ly 20 witnesses put on the stand by the
prosecution during the first week OF
the trial. His cross-examination was
not concluded today as the result of
illness of the juror and it is presumed
he win take the stand again with the
converting of court Monday.
May Rest Wednesday
It is not believed that the prosecution
will rest before Wednesday at the
earliest, as it is understood that the
government has approximately as many
more witnesses to put on the stand as
have testified. Further, the names of
several Of the alleged conspirators on
trial have not yet been mentioned by
any Of the witnesses who have testi-
fled, and so far these defendants in the
trial have played no other part than to
answer the daily roll call.
One of the star witnesses the prose-
cutioD is expected to place on the stand
this wee is Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas,
one of the prominent figures in the gov
ernment's under-cover campaign last
fall and who was the leading witness
in the trial of Percy Kearns, one of
the defendants in this case, who has SO
far not been involved in the evidence
presented in the present trial. Another
expected to go on the stand this week
is Eugene Smith. likewise one of the
| leaders of last falls campaign.
During the past week six of the SO
defendants in the case have pleaded
guilty, three of them so far giving
states evidence. The guilty pleas were
entered by Charles Schreiner, Jacob
Zuekerman and Lloyd billiard, negro,
all of whom have testified, and Isadore
Maisel, John T. Mcnamara and Isadore
Bermann.
/ Charles Howell, former acting CHIEF
of police under the O'Shaughnessy re.
gime, has also pleaded guilty of two
counts of conspiracy with his former
chief that were brought against him by
the December grand jury and he testi.
fled during the past week in this case
Cliff Adams and d. S. Pennington
both police officers under O'Shaugh.
messy, also were leading witnesses OF
the past week. Another of the leading
witnesses who has so far testified was
Bruce Etheridge, admitted shiny
wholesaler and retailer, who told of pay
ing for protection.
Thomas was the only man placed
upon the stand today by the prosecu,
ton. He began his testimony late Fri