The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-01-29
MEMO BOOKS OF
H0x|E OFFERED
! BY Government
Three Books Are Put In Evi-
dence Over Strong Oh
jections By Defense

| lnTee UOOkS, DdHh uepOoit,
memorandum loose ie3f, and a plain
memora ndum book were brought
into the Hoxie case today by the
Government, despite strenuous OBJ
,jections by the defense. The two
memorandum books, it is claimed,
contained statements of cases of
whiskey" and a list Of names and
more leases OF whiskey' supposed
to bear directly on the conspiracy
charged against Hoxie.
All of the books. property of
Hoxie, were admitted into evidence
just before the noon recess today
None Of them had been read to
the jury
Purser Is On Stand
The first mention Of the books
since the case opened came in the
testimony of N. A. Mclean, purser
of the steamer Prince Rupert, Can
adian National Line. He identified
an envelope as one given into his
care by Hoxie last July between
Prince Rupert and Ketchikan. 1t
was seized at Ketchikan by customs
officials and transmitted to Juneau.
Mclean said he received it as he
did hundreds of osaare every season
for safe keeping and delivery to the
addressee. The envelope was ad-
dressed to James Carlson. On cross
examination he said had Carlson
not called for the package he had
expected to put stamp on it and
mail it here to him.
M. S. Whittier. assistant collector
of customs, identified the envelope
and the three books. He said he
had received them from Purser Nc
Lean and had turned them over to
the U. s. Attorneys office.
Earlier in the morning Mr.. Whit
tier testified to the ownership of
the Grace f. W. local gasboat, the
Firefly and the Lou, all of which
the government claims were used
at various times in rum running
operations.
Charles Cox, owner Of the Grace
10. w, testified to chartaring the
boat to Hoxie for few days in
June, 1928.
Dave Housed testified to leasing
a room at 225 Ferry Way to Hoxie.
Dry Agent Fred Handy and Deputy
Marshal Truesdel testified to raid
at 224 Ferry Way and seizing
quantity of liquor which was intro
duced into evidence. Deputies Car
ster and Truesdell testified to a
search they made on the FREELY
in which nothing was found except
a British Columbia export liquor
tag
d. F. Malloy testified relative to
la conversation he had with Bill
douglas relative to landing a cache
on a fox island.
May End Today
The Government was making
rapid headway with its case today.
lU. s. Attorney A.. G. Shoup said at
moon it was possible that its evl-
ldence in chief would be concluded
by the time court adjourned at b
p. M.
Cross Examine Magill
For more tnan Two HOuIo ycoIoi
day afternoon, Fred Magill was sub
iected to searching cross examin-
alton by J. A. Hellenthal of Hoxie's
counsel in an effort to shake the
|credibility of his testimony given
during the morning session. While
Mr.. Hellenthal drew from the wit
ness a number OF damaging admis-
sions affecting his character and
reputation, Magill came through the
grilling in good shape as far as his
testimony was concerned.
Step by. step, Mr.. Hellenthal car
ried Magill back through the var
| ious rum running expeditions ne
had testified to at the morning ses'
, sion yesterday, in which 1t was as
serted Hoxie and others of the de-
PENDANTS were participants. T h {
witness was calm and composed un-
lder the rain of questions except or
an occasion or two when counsel
pinned him down with questions
concerning his own rum running
activities both prior to his alleged
connection with Hoxie and follow
ing that period. .t.
/ Admits Running Booze
Magill, answering Mr.. HELEN