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Juror will not make a new trial
necessary.
Thirty-four persons originally were
named in the indictment which
charged the existence of a conspiracy
70 sell and transport untaxed liquor.
Thirteen, however, have been elimi-
mated either by pleas of guilty, death
| or by the charge against them being
| nolle pressed.
Nine pleaded guilty this morning
| and all but one of these were re-
| ferred to the probation officer for in
! vestigation and report.
The trial is expected to develop tes-
timony involving killing, tapped tele-
phone wires, nighttime smuggling of
liquor and wholesale purchases Of al
cohol from a New Jersey manu-
facturer.
Samuel Sloan Montgomery, alias
Monty Montgomery, has been named
by the Government as the head Of the
ring. He allegedly obtained his alcohol
from Arthur Bartolozzi Of Trenton,
N. j., also named in the indictment
and on trial today. Petersburg, Va,
and Ellicott City, Md, are also said to
have been sources of illegal liquor
From these two places, the Govern
ment charges, Montgomery obtained
his corn whisky, known as country"
Basil E. Johnson, said to have oper-
ated in Ellicott City. pleaded guilty
some months ago and was sent to
prison. An indictment charging that
John Phillips of Petersburg was in
volved in the conspiracy has been nolle
pressed for lack of evidence.
Assistant United States Attorneys
Henry A. Schweinhaut and Howard
Boyd, the prosecutors, say they can
show that Montgomery sent $4,000
to Bartolozzi by telegraph money
orders. and that other means also were
employed to pay for alcohol imported
into Washington.
The alleged conspiracy was un-
earthed by Karl o. Speiss of the alco-
hol tax unit, Internal Revenue Bu-
reau, who worked on the case almost
a year. Speiss and other operatives
listened in to more than 1900 tele-
phone conversations over tapped
wires.
The ring is said to have maintained
nine Storehouses in Washington and
one at Beantown. Md, besides two
headquarters from which its whole
sale liquor busines was conducted.
Killing in 1884.
Schweinhaut said he will open his
case with the killing of Ernest Elmo
Nelson, colored, April 81, 1884, in
one of the rings headquarters To-
Gated in the 1400 block of street.
He said he will attempt to show Mel
sons body was taken into nearby
Maryland in truck used for hauling
liquor and dumped into creek there.
During investigation of the Staying,
witnesses are said to have made state
ments mentioning the liquor organi-
zation. Leonard Smith later was ar
rested for the killing. He pleaded
guilty to manslaughter charge and
was sentenced to three years in
prison.
Besides Montgomery and Bartolozzi,
those on trial are Albert H. Smith,
allegedly second in command OF the
organization; Joseph Samuel Bond,
Earl G. Funk, said to have been in
charge of the rings headquarters;
John Manoi. George F. Tear. Belford
R. Longnecker, Laurence J. Swami,
Leonard Smith, Charles E. Hawkins
Clarence Eugene Ross, Cornelius
Carter, Carroll Thomas, Corlis Sims,
Julia Beck, Upton Dorsey, Frank c.
Smith, Frank Newton, Raymond
Hawkins and German Wright.
Andrew jackson, also named In the
indictment, is dead. The charge was
nolle pressed as to Robert Jones be-
cause of a mistake in the identity
of the man involved. Pleading guilty
today were Wendell Smith. Charles
Richardson, william Theodore Gil
strap, Henry Landry, John Thomas,
Frank Guy, Blanche Thomas. Harold
johnson and Henry Cornelius.
Montgomery and the other persons
said to have taken an important part
in the Washington end OF the con-
spiracy are represented by Attorney
Harry z. Whalen. Bartolozz is rep
resented by Attorney William H. Col
Inns.