, 1925-04-29

stand. He stated that he came here
on July 2, 1924, and that he had en-.
gagged in no business in particular dur
ing that time, although he had beer
a member of a bodybuilding crew
He repeated the story of the stolen
ride sitting on a spare tire in the
rear of his brothers car while his
brother, the sheriff, and Robbins
drove out of town to complete the
protection money transfer. Curiosity,
he said, induced him to steal the ride.
After getting an eye full he walked
back to town, he stated. Glen also
testified that he witnessed several
meetings effected by appointment, be-
tween his brother and the sheriff. He
also admitted that he helped build the
shack at the distillery location. As far
as gambling in Cody was concerned,
he had no reliable information to of
fer.
Mr.. Bronze Intercepted the young
Williford relative to retailing liquor
here and the witness gazed trustfully
at Governor Ross and asked whether
it was legal" for him to answer the
question. Mr.. Avery Haggard prof
fered the information that the young
man could hardly get himself into a
bigger mess by answering the ques-
ton, the statement creating a wide
spread litter throughout the court
room. The Governor gazed at the
young man with half suppressed
smile, and asked him whether he pre-
ferred to take advantage of his legal
right by declining to answer.
"Oh, I'd just as soon answer"
Williford the younger almost shouted
with startling s~uddenness, "Did you?"
asked Mr.. Bronze. 81 did," said the
witness with finally.
w. B. Wilson, the drug clerk Fay
Williford stated, had been. approached
by sheriff Loomis with a request for
liquor, was the next witness. Mr..
Wilson said that On about the night
mentioned in previous testimony, a
man who said he was the sheriff of
Park County and ABSOLUTELY all right"
had asked him for a bottle of wills
key. He said that a bona fide Gus
toner engaged his attention just at
that time, and that he had la~ughingly
dismissed the man and the incident
from his mind. Wilson did not rec
ognize Sheriff Loomis sitting before
him, as the man who asked for wills
key. If the man was intoxicated, he
said, he did not notice it. He testifi-
ed that that persons unknown to him
approached him afterward and intim-
alter that it might be a good thing not
to remember too much about the in
cident, but that no direct effort was
made by anyone to attempt coercion
or to influence his testimony. Gov
ernor Ross asked Wilson if he saw a
star on the man, and he said he did
not.
Cartel B. Neland, who passed eight
months in the county Jail on a liquor
charge followed the drug clerk.
Neland had as companions in the Jail
A. E. Carey, r. G. Landreth, Charlie
Manning, Heinie Lambert, and others.
He said they all enjoyed a drink from
a bottle in the Jail. Where the bot
tie of whiskey came from he did not
know, but he knew it was whiskey be-
cause he tasted it. He saw liquor in
the Jail several times, but he did not
see the sheriff carry any of it to the
prisoners. But, he was sure, judged
by the sheriff's breath, speech and ac-
tons, that he was intoxicated several
times.
Former undersheriff Earl Pulley
was the last witness to be examined
during the afternoon. Mr.. Pulleys
testimony covered a trip to a liquor
cache, in December, 1928, with Sheriff
LOOMS. While stalking the cache
they saw a man on horseback, who
was leading a pack horse, approach
ing them. Jim Morgan was the man.
name he said. Just before reaching
the sheriff's car. the pack horse brok,
away and Pulley was sent to investig'
ate the horses pack, while the sheriff
and Morgan al or the running boarc
of the cal. Mr.. Pulley said he be
lieved he heard Sheriff LOOMS tel
Morgan that he had better come with
him." but he did not recall Morgan's
rejoinder. Mounting Morgan's horse
Mr.. Pulley rode 1.-THE Carl Thomser
ranch behind the sheriff's car, Morgan
riding with the sheriff. The moon.
shine, two 10-gallon containers and
one 5-gallon key, were placed in the
car.
After eating lunch at the Thompson