, 1925-04-29

lection proposal, said Mr.. Poole, and
he agreed to it. However, no money
was ever paid to Carey by him, the
witness stated.
"Did he by word or action infer
that he was acting for Sheriff
Loomis," asked Mr.. McElvain. Gov
ernor Ross ruled that the conversation
only would be considered, and Mr..
Poole then stated that there was no
conversation between him and Loomis
in regard to such a transaction"
Mrs. Leslie Thomas, the next wit
ness testified that she was at the
house of DIR. and Mrs. Manlove one
day and while there Mrs. Manlove was
called to the telephone. The call was
from Sheriff LOOMS. Mr.. Thomas
said, and Mrs. Manlove wondered
what the sheriff "could want with
her." Sheriff LOOMS appeared short
ly and talked with Mrs. Manlove.
After he had departed Mrs. Manlove's
father asked her who the man wa and
what he wanted. "He wanted mon
ey," Mrs. Manlove is said to have an
swered. Mrs. Thomas watched the
sheriff through a bedroom window and
he showed no signs of intoxication.
transaction with Fay Williford in
January, when he agreed to store
some of Williford's liquor in his wood
shed. The sheriff got the liquor, he
said, and it vas the same whiskey
that figured in the Williford trial in
February.
H. A. Phillips, county assessor, and
one of the states star witnesses, ap-
peared to find the witness chair un-
comfortable. =.
When he was asked bluntly by the
prosecuting attorney if he ever had
seen Sheriff Loomis intoxicated, he
replied:
"Well, now, I'd rather not answe
that way"
Then he told about meeting Sheriff
Loomis in the auto camp, and that
the sheriff said to him: "Mr. Phil
lips, I'm a sick man."
Then, said the witness. he confided
in him that he had attended a six
o'clock dinner and had overstepped
himself, and asked him to walk to the
court house with him. Together they
walked to the sheriff's office and at
tended to some work there.
"Why did you assist Mr.. Loomis,"
asked Mr.. McElvain. "He said he had
had been out to dinner and wei step
ped a little and he asked me to-" said
Mr.. Phillips.
The witness would not say that the
sheriff vas intoxicated, but he wasn't
acting right and he advised him to
lie down. The sheriff said he believ-
ed he would, but then changed his
his mind, and started to walk down
town. The assessor, according to
his story, advised the sheriff to go
back, and then returned to the sher-
ifs quarters with him.
"Did you state at that time that
he had been drinking, questioned MI.
McElvain. "No l don't think so," was
the answer. The sheriff did not ex-
plain what he meant by overstepping
himself, said Mr.. Phillips, and no
smell of liquor was detected, but he
"acted like a man who had been do
ing something he hadn's ought to
have DONE"
Charlie Blaine. ~janitor at the court
house declared that prior to the Will
ford trial, he went to the court house
basement one night and saw Carey
carrying water to the vault in which
confscated liquor was placed. He
heard kegs rolling in the vault, but
had no knowledge of what was going
on.
"Was Carey a prisoner" he was
asked.
Supposed to be-" he answered.
Mr.. Blaine said he was present when
the Williford whiskey was brought in,
and hat the ventilators of the vault
were opened shortly a~fterward. Ask
ed why the ventilators were opened,
the witness said he supposed it was to
get ventilation.
He had heard a conversation before
the Williford whiskey was confiscated,
Mr.. Blaine stated, between the sher-
III and Carey, and he had been led to
believe hiatt there had been a "jangle"
but he did not get hte facts. 1t seems
that another party" had advised the
sherif's office to "leave that booze a
Lone" but he did not know who the
party was. Carey and the sheriff
talked about the case, he said, and
mnde no effort to conceal their com