The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 18, 1911, Image 2
IBOZE SELLERS HOUNDED UP.
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H I I. Ot TD.Fits TI1H
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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.
He was accordingly brought to town
this morning and lodged in jail un?
til he could give a more lucid expla?
nation of where he was from and
what he was doing with a wheel
which was worth at least ten times the
price he was trying to sell it for.
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bottle,
Take Hall's Family Pills for oon
u'.natlon. 5-4-lm.
'The Alumni association of the I'ni
versity of South Carolina met yes?
terday and enjoyed a smoker in Le
Couts college, the new university
building.
'For either acute or chronic kld
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\\ e are now In the ers of buck
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i .h.i, For The 1W HI TO.
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Senator Charles J. Hughes, Jr.,
Denver, Col., died in Denver, on Jan?
uary 11th.
TrcsfHuui Notice.
The public will pleace take notice I
that all hunting, fishing, trapping, ,
walking, riding, driving or other tres?
passing on any of the lands of the
estate of Mrs. M. McB. Dabbs are
forbidden, except by special permit in
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Buffering comes from selfishness
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ALL TUtED OCT.
Hundreds More In Sumter in the
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