, 1925-04-29

sheriff, a quantity of the liquor had
evidently been taken from the con-
McElvain, Mr.. Pulley said that before
he relinquished his office of under.
tiscated containers, but who took the
whiskey he did not know. In his zap
acity as undersheriff, he had airport
unity to learn about the "~shrinkage,'
he said.
Adjournment was taken until $3.50
Tuesday morning, with the former
undersheriff still on the stand.
Immediately after the governors
arrival in the court room at $3.50 on
Tuesday morning, former un%dersherif
Earl Pulley vas called to the stand to
resume his testimony.
Had you examined the copper CON
tainer taken in the Carey case" ask
ed Mr.. McElvain. 81 had!" said Pull
ley. at was quite empty" He stated
that he doubted if it was half full.
"Did you ever see Sheriff LOOMS
intoxicated while in office"
EYES," was the answer, AZ remem
Der one time in the office when he
asked me to take a drink" Pulley
continued his testimony to the effect
that he told the sheriff that he did
not think they ought to drink in the
office, but that the voice of the temp
er prevailed and he did drink" The
drink was taken from a bottle which
had reposed in a filing cabinet.
Sheriff LOOMS. to Pulley's know
ledge had never expressed any opin-
ingion relative to the proprietry of
drinking while sheriff. He drank
whiskey several times while in office,
Pulley declared. and once in the Irma
hotel. These drinks, usually were
taken while Mrs. Loomis was out of
town.
"Was liquor that had been confs-
Gated ever taken from the vault. the
Carey liquor specifically" asked the
prosecuting attorney.
Pulley averred that perhaps a quart
was taken from the Carey liquor, and
he thought that at least two pints
were taken from the Manning supply.
at was m~oonshine." said Pulley, in
answer to Nh. McElvain's next ques-
ton.
The witness testified to responding
to a telephone call from Sheriff Loom
is, just at the time Nick Reinecker
came to Cody in 1928. He repaired
to the Irma hotel. he said. and the
trio had a drink or two at that time.
Have you seen him CLoomis) in
~toxicated?" Intercepted Mr.. Neil
vain.
Eyes, a few days after the meeting
with R%einecker," answered Pulley. He
then related a story about the sheriff
being obliged to lie down on a couch
in a room adjoining the sherif's of
flee in the court house. Il never saw
intoxicated after that" supplemented
Pulley.
The witness said that he and the
sheriff had made a trip to the Pat
Kelly ranch on the North Fork, and
that they drank a little there. Also,
after this trip, the sheriff showed evil
dences that he had been drinking after
other visits TO the Kelly ranch.
Pulley told about the time he drove
to the residence of DR.. c. G. Manlove.
The sheriff told him, he said, that he
leave a load of. 'ito-osithatforothi
thought that A. E. Carey was going
to leave a load of moonshine at the
doctors house, and that he was 60
ing to investigate. The un~dersherifI
waited for some time while his chief
parleyed in the house. He saw a mar
who might have come from the Man.
love residence while he was waiting
but it was so dark he was not sure
whether it vas the doctor or not.
Sheriff Loomis instructed him. Pull
ley said, not to sign any search war,
rants, and he complied. He did moi
know why this instruction had beer
issued to him.
On cross-examination, Pulley statec
that he had lost a key to the jai
vault, and also one to the sheriff's Of.
fee.
On cross-examination Pulley TOLD
again about his trip with Sheriff Loo.
mis- to the so-called Morgan cache
not far from the Tompsen ranch
Following horse tracks for a number
of miles, by moonlight, they consum.
ed several hours, finally returning 70
the car about one O'Clock. At five
o'clock in the morning, he testified,
the sheriff drove to town, leaving him
to guard the cache. At nine O'Clock
Sheriff LOOMS returned to get the
whiskey, and then Morgan appeared