Evening star., 1935-05-07
BEER HUNT LANDED
CANNON IN JAIL
Wisconsin Representative
and Friend Forfeit $50 on
Drunken Charge.

A five-mile search for "some good
Milwaukee beer" was the long, long
trail that led to Jail for Representative
Raymond j. Cannon, Wisconsin Demo-
crat, he said today.
He protested in formal statement
this afternoon that "a mountain Is
being made out of a molehill," in con-
nection with the events that caused
the police to hold him and a COM
panion, who gave his name as John
]. McKenna, admitted by the Repre-
sentative to be fictitious, for three
hours in the first precinct station
early yesterday.
The two men forfeited $50 collateral
when they failed to appear in Police
Court to answer the charges of drunk
enness and disorderly conduct made
against them at complaint of Roose-
velt Koonce, 81, taxicab driver Of
Garrett Park, Md.
"A Closed Incident"
Police Supt. Ernest w. Brown termed
the matter "a closed incident as far
as his department is concerned.
Cannon said today:
When told the police that was
going to demand a jury trial, no
court record was made and my case
was never called"
A review Of the records Of the court
yesterday shows that the names of
both Cannon and McKenna were on
the list of persons who announced at
precinct stations their intention to
forfeit collateral.
The arrest was made at 2 am.
after the cab driver and his two
passengers disagreed over the amount
Of fare for a trip from Maryland
Club Gardens, Prince Georges County
road house, where the men went for
their good Milwaukee beer"
The men were released at am,
after Cannon posted IS for each on
the disorderly conduct charge and
$40 each on the drunkenness charge.
Cannon said his mysterious companion
was a deputy United States Marshall.
Denies Intoxication Charge.
Cannon today denied the charge Of
intoxication. His statement declared !:
"An work and no play makes Jack
a dull boy; SO on Sunday evening
after hard days work in the Office,
United States marshall and !. be-
ing unable to obtain good Milwaukee
beer in the District, went to q Mary
land inn for some.
"A taxicab driver promised to make
the round trip for $3.50, the distance
being approximately S miles around
trip. On the way back he demanded
SIS, and when refused to pay, he
drove direct to the police station"
Koonce declared he asked So, and
was given 81 after he went to the
police station.
mo member of Congress keeps
himself in better physical condition
than I do" said Cannon. IT spend
one hour in the gymnasium every
morning and one hour in the SWIM
ming tank at my hotel in the eve
ming. ] dare say that I am the first
member Of Congress in my Office in
the morning and the last home at
night.
Charges Frame.up.
"The fact in this case is that the
police know was not under the in
f1uence OF liquor, but they preferred
the charges against me after I told
them there was a connection between
them and the cab driver and that
they were getting cut from the SIS.
"A mountain is being made out of
q mole-hill, but what the hell is q
man from Milwaukee going to do
when he has a desire for good Mil
waukee beer?"
Cannon's complaint against his
treatment at the station declared that
police refused to call his friends and
put him into a cell with 10 other
men despite the fact several cages"
were empty.
Capt. William Holmes, precinct
commander, said he telephoned one
of Cannon's friends, who failed to
come to the station house. Holmes
also said all the cells in the station
were occupied.