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IBOZE SELLERS HOUNDED UP. HU N?. UK UM> \\ AN l> H I I. Ot TD.Fits TI1H MllltMM, Thntt White and Nino Colored (u^ I |i Before tin- Knonlrr loda> for siting nik-lt Liquor. From the Dally Dem. Jan. 13. At the first regular meeting of the City Council In December the fact titi brought out that there wer? many blind tigers operating In the ?Sty and it was decided In pursuance of the pulley of council In order to fill pledges made during their candi? dacy to eradicate the "blind tigers" fr. tn the fits to employ detectives to work up cases on the liquor Hellers in the city and as a result the trap was sprung last night and this morning the caff* was full of the "blind tigers," IfrSlVi of them being up In the Re? corder's court to stand trial for car? rying on their nefarious practice. The arrests were made by the po? lice and by the hired detectives, who wer?* working together in the case, last night and this morning. There were twenty-flve arrest warrants sworn out for the whiskey sellers and twtlve of them were arrested, the charges against some of them having boon double and some c\? n SHOTS than that. The offenders were: White: George P. McKagen, K. S. Uritlln, A. W. Ledlngham. Colored: Henrj Sumter. C. C. Moore, Reese James, Calhoun Gardner, Bella Hodge, Joe, stodge. Marcus Hossard, Maud Miller, Laura ftoyce and G. A. Cooper. 01 These Laura Boyce, Marcus Bossart 1 , and V?. A. Cooper, all colored, PleasY guilty to the charge of selling liquor . and were fined $76 or 30 davs asch. Reeae James plead guilty to the I charge of storing liquor, but said that he was not guilty of selling it. Today at noon when the cases were sailed the court room was crowded j by many of the curious, buth whits and colored, and by a host of friends , of those in trouble who came to con- ? dole with and console their friends In their trouble. ! The cases as called up were: C. j A Cooper, colored, one offense, plead guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine , of |7l or to serve SO days on the chain gang. Marcus Bosaard also plead guilty to the one offeaae for which he was cnirr.eO ar.d fcr il"" wn* *'v*n s choice Ih'Iwmii a fine oi* $71 or sort l fsjg 30 days on the gang. l<auru Boyce nns the third person to rb ad guilt > and the third one be sentenced to pay s fine of $75 or to servo 30 days on the gang, She was also sentenced to serve 30 more on an old offense which she had been senteneed for several days ago, the whiskey sentence to begin at the ex? piration of t'.e old sentence. "i he case of Reese James, who plead i-?uy to storing Manor for which of? fense he was fined $75 or 30 days, for selling liquor on t*t> occasions was continued until some other time. A W. Ledlngliam's case for selling liquor was also continued until later. Mr. Ansley Harby having gone on his bond. ' George P. McKagen asked that his case be postponed until he could get counsel aitd he was given until to morr w morning at 10 a. m. Messrs. Claude llogan and Brown having gone on hi* bond. The case against Henry Sumter was then called up. Henry plead not guilt, to the charge of selling liquor, but th?- evidence against him was strong enough to convict him of the charge and to make the Recorder give him a sen? tence of $100 or 30 days. The witness? es in the case being J. C. Dunning, one of the detectives who was secur? ed to w ?rk up the cases against the blind tigers of the city. C. C. Moore was then brought up on the charge of storing whiskey on the 2nd and Sth of January, two cases being brought against him. which he most \lgorously denied. Again Mose ley and Dunning, the two detectives were put on the stand and told how they had bought drinks of whiskey from him on the two days mentioned In the warran's. Mo -re denied that he had ever kept any whiskey In his store, but admitted that he did buy It whenever he had the money with whi< h to order it. He said that he had greog away the v. which Officer M< Kagen ggjd tint be had vent to him a few days before ('hrtstmns, but a little later his clerk claimed that no whiskey had ever been brought to the store for any purpose. Despite Moore's denial and affirmations to the eontrary. he was found guilty and ernten? ed to pay a fine of $7$ or to serve 30 days In each of the cases. Adam finduI. a clerk for Mo,,re. was then tried for selling the whiskey to Moseley and Dunning. He denied that h?- had done <<? < nil . r Marwick and Policeman Ward told how they bad made a mid on M .ore's Hamp? ton avenue place this morning and how they had found four gallons of wine and several bottles of heerlnc and a great many cmptv whiskey bot" ties and a couple of drinking cUgS Adarn explained how he h ol picked up the bottles on the street and how' i the drinking cups had been given to1 tore by drummers who had st<>i? ptd there, hut tili? explanation did not' ttt ii plausible enough for the Ue eorder. Adam was sentenced to pay i tine of $HHj in each ease or to take days in each case. Maude Mill' i- plead not guilty I ? selling whiskey to Mr. O. A. Moaeley -n Dettmhor 28th, but after the toti ? miy had been all turned In she was gttet a sentence similar to that Which had been served on all of the other l ulprlts. She was told to pay a find of $100 or to serve 30 days. All of the other cases having been postponed to this afternoon and tomor? row court was adjourned until Ij'.t when the other cases which had been postponed so that the lawyers could Mml time to work up a defense will be tried. Mr. John H. Clifton represented the eity in all of the cases and the tMN tjtft all worked up by Messrs. G. A. Moseh y and J. C. Dunning, two Spe? cial liquor detectives who were hire l by the city for the purpose of work? ing up the cases. These two de' tU es with Policeman McKagen were the principal witnesses in all of the < c ? which wei r tried. It is impossible to say yet how much the city will reap from the proceeds et the cases but It is probable tha: a large number of the tigers will dig itwn in their pockets and fork up enough money to almost fill the ma ,v of the city treasury,?which will be no inconsiderable pile. Fron The Daily Item, Jan. 14. Yesterday afternoon the trial of tin cases against the blind tigers were continued at 4 o'clock, the case against Joe Hodge for selling liquor on two counts being the first case called up. Ib.dge plead not guilty and stated that he had only gotten the whiskey for someone else from someone else, and that no money was paid to him or by him for the whiskey. The evi? dence showed that he had on two occasions gone out and bought liquor for persons, the person whom he got it from being a colored woman by the name of Alice. Alice claimed that rhe had never had any whiskey except for her sick sister and thet she had never dealt In whiskey at any time. This did not keep the Recorder from giving Hodge a sentence of $50 or 30 days on the first count and $25 or 25 days on the Merond count. Ittbtitl Howard? sites Bolls How I urd, was then called up to an: tar to I fh" chart* of stortrg und I lllh ^ .. | QUOf, Bell?; was represented I v Mr.] , C. Capers flan it h who again! foi a Jury to try the case. This request was compiled with and the following gentlemen were called In to sit as Jurymen: W. O. Stubbs, W. S. Jones. U W. Folsom, Mitch Devi, C. ' W. Smith and W. D. Owens. I L. A. Welch was the first witness for the city, and he testified how he , had been In the habit of getting whiskey from Hella whenever he de j aired it, and how he had gone t > her I house on the night of the 17th of 11 cember at the request of Officer M dKagen who had first searched his I pockets to see that he had no whiskey on his person at the time that he went to lb 1 la 's house. When he reached the house he found Delia stretched out on the bed. He asked her to sell him a pint of liquor, which she did, the price of the booze being 75 cents He then took the whiskey and carried It out to Mr. McKagen who was waiting for him at the cor? ner. Mr. Welch was quite a willing witness and tried to get off several pleasantries during the cross examin? ation at the expense of the defend? ant's counsel. Mr. McKagen was called next and he testified that he had seen Walch go to Bella's house and how he had waited for him outside while he got the whiskey. Sshort arguments were made by Mr. Clifton for the city and Mr. Smith for the defendant. Mr. Smith in his argument asked that the Recorder charge the jury that the law was that a person to be guilty of storing whiskey must be pro\ed to have had whiskey at least tWS times. Ke< order Lee charged that in find? ing the defendant guilty of storing the Ihpior It most he shown that she was in the habit of keeping the w his Uev Stored on her pti mises. The jury after being out for about fifteen nlautes hiotflhi hi ? rerdlce <?f guilty of selling w hiskey. The verdict b t Hella off on the charge of storing li? quor, but she wan given a sentence of $lot> or It days for the tailing ??f the whiskey. The rcmalmh r of the cases against the blind tigert weir called In the Kecorder's curt at 10 a. m. this morning, the nrst om up being that of Kf.se James for h?IIiiik the Intox? icating fluid Ot f"ur different occasions. James had already plead guilty yes tarda) te the charge of storing whli ke\ , but he claimed to be Itllioe. nt of the ehargs of tailing it. Mr. c. c. Smith represented the de? i int atoi Mr. Inifton again appeal ed On behalf of the eity. After the a ii drat Mr, Imltn dtelded thai it would be best to plead guilty for till client, which hti did and James was given a tint- ?f ?7r> or 150 days in | i #BCh east-. a. w. Ledingham was the next i . rson eaiied up after Keese James had ph d guilty to the charge of sell? ing whiskey in the Recorder's court this morning. Incidentally this was also the first case against a white man for tin unlawful sale of booze. Mr. John ii. ciifton represented the oltj and Mr. c. C. Smith represented the defendant In the cast-, with Messrs B?, Hutchison, Davldsoti Dick, J. ii. Johnson and C, B. Hurst as Jurors In the case. The witnesses in the case were Pa? in .nun McKagen and L. OA. Welch, the latter being one of the men hired by the city to work up the oasea Welch test died that he had gone to the house of the defendant on the IIth of December and bought a quart of Sparrow Gin, for which he paid $l..i0. This was about 11a. m. Mr. McKagen then testified to hav? ing searched Welch before he went to the house, seen him go to the front of thi house and turn in and having received the bottle of gin which was brought back to him in about ten minutes time. The gin was put up as evidence. Atter the evidence was In for the city the counsel for the defendant stated that he would not put up any witness for the defense. Arguments were made by the counsel for the city and for the defendant, after which Recorder Lee charged the jury. The jury did not take long to de? cide about the case and brought in a 'Ordlet of guilty after being out. only i few minutes. Ledingham was then sentenced to pay a line of $1?U or to serve 30 days on the chain ja.^g. NEGRO RK1T SKS TO GIVE XAML. ill eat od Under Bosplelon for Trying To Sell V Wissel for Three Hollars. From The Daily Item, Jan. 14. A negro was brought to the city this morning from Dalzell by Magis? trate Hurkett, having been arrested jrSStsrday under suspicuous circum? stances at that place. It seems that the negro had a wheel which he was anxious to sell l'or any price. He said that he would take even as small amount as $3.50 If he could sell it at once. This looked very suspicuous to Constable Boy kin who arrested the negro and held him until he oontd give a satis-J factory ssplenatlon of how he kot th. j Wheel and why ho was so ansious tol sell It After the negro was arrested he gave him name as Paul, saying that he had no Other name and nothing farther could be got out of him as to his name. He first said that he was from Marion and then he chang? ed and said be was from Kingstree. A little later he gave still another place as that frori which he hailed, and iater on he changed again. His | reply ah to what he did was on the same order. He lirst gave one thing as his oecupation and then another, changing almost every time the ques? tion was put to him. This mads Magistrate Hurkett de? cide to hold him on suspicion under the charge of vagrancy, until some tming could be found out about him. 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