Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-06
By
E. PHILLIPS
OpPENHEIM
Copyrisht, 1929. By North Amer
lean Newspaper Alliance and
Metropolitan Newspaper 6erv-
Ice.

you before you went into court, but
you're perfectly all right now"
"You are prepared to certify that
was drunk?"
ST certainly am" he replied. 81
should imagine you're not going tc
deny it, are you?"
II was drugged," I told him en-
phatically.
He was not an unpleasant-lookine
little man, and a CLEAN OF humoI
shone in his eyes as he smiled.
1--WE heard that story pretty often,
he conflded. "You may have beer
drugged, but you smelled Of whisky
enough to knock man down."
II never tasted drop Of whisky al
last night" declared.
A police sergeant put his head tr
at the door,.
Better bring your case alone, Jim,
he enjoined. ''Mr. Horton is sitting.
In my disordered evening clothes
unwashed, and with my hair un.
brushed, was led out Of the cell. Tt
my relief, as we entered the court
room, there were barely score o.
people present. The magistrate looked
up from his papers.
Charger" he inquired.
Ordinary drunk and incapable"
heard the clerk whisper.
The policeman who had brought me
in stepped into the box.
police Constable Dethbridge," he
announced. AT o'clock this morn
ing, I was on duty in Chatham street
saw the prisoner seated with his
back to wall, apparently asleep.
smelled very strongly of whisky. He
is a heavy man, and I had to call q
taxicab to bring him to the station
The magistrate nodded.
"Any questions?" he asked.
shook my head. The doctor took
the place Of the policeman.
II examined the accused at about 9
quarter to four this morning" he
said. "I came to the conclusion thai
he was hopelessly drunk. He smelleo
strongly Of whisky. He was utterly In
capable"
ANY statement to maker" the mag.
istrate inquired.
eyes, have a statement to make, >
I said. ST have never been drunk iu
my life, and was never less so than
last night. had dined at Claridge':
with young lady, where we had onf
bottle Of champagne and one liqueur
went afterwards to a reception
where had one glass, or perhaps 9
glass and half, of champagne at sup
evening with my hostess. A gentleman
to whom we were introduced there
gave US o lift In his car, and invited
us to accompany him to a night club
was conducted to the secretary's room
to sign my name in the visitors book
remember nothing more until
awoke In the cell this morning"
The magistrate looked at me, disbe
lief in his eyes.
"You remember nothing of what hap
pened to you In the secretary's room o
the club?"
mot a thing"
"Can you tell me the name Of tn,
club?"
at never heard of it,"
"Can you tell us the name Of tn
young lady with whom you dined2"
81 should prefer not to-"
The magistrate tapped inpatient.
| upon the table with his pencil.
what about your friend who intro
duced you to the club?"
To nv intense surprise, Leopold sud
denly arose from the back Of the room
ct am here, SIR" he announced, III
case my evidence Is required"
Obeying a gesture of the magistrates
he stepped into the witness-box.
ST met Maj. Owston for the first tim
last night" he testified. "He seemed y
have been drinking good deal, but n
| was still sober. offered to take tn
young lady and him to q very respec
table night club. He seemed little un
steady on entering, and I made a pom
of taking him to the Secretary's room
to sign his name before I introduced
him into the club proper. Unfortu
nately, as it happens, the secretary OF
fered us whisky and soda, ana MAJ
Owston had no sooner drunk his thai
he collapsed"
I looked across speculatively at Leo
pold. His eyes met mine little re
proachfully.
"It was an akward position for me,
he continued. Fortunately, he hap
pened to have told me where his room
were, so we put him into taxicab ant
sent him home. I suppose ne lnSlSte'
upon trying to come back"
"Forty shillings and costs" the ma2lS
trate pronounced CURLY.
There was a brief whispered CONVEX
sation between the police sergeant an
the magistrates clerk. gathered ina
no money had been found upon m.
person. Mr.. Leopold stood up again:
GAS was responsible for taking Tn