Ralph W. Stone, in Chicago, Testifies State Senator Obtained Permits.
DECLARES SACRAMENTAL WINE WAS RELEASED
An indicted former prohibition director for Illinois testified that he paid graft to a State Senator, a candidate for reelection, for approval of permits for withdrawal of sacramental wine. He was called as the star witness for the Government in the trial of that senator and of another former prohibition director for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law, and his testimony was the first in which the senator's name was mentioned.
By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 29. - Ralph W. Stone, indicted former prohibition director for Illinois, today testified that he paid $26,000 in graft for approval of permits for withdrawal of sacramental wine to Lowell B. Mason, "dry" State Senator, who is a candidate for re-election next Tuesday. Stone was called as the Government's star witness in the trial of Mason and Maj. Percy Owen, also a former Illinois prohibition director, for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law.
Stone testified that he gave Senator Mason $3,000 after Mason had agreed that he would use political pressure while Stone handled the legal end of the business and added that he paid Mason $23,000 within three months, May to August, 1925, in money received for the approval of wine withdrawal permits.
It was the first time Senator Mason's name had been mentioned in testimony, the previous three days of the trial having been devoted by the Government to outlining the alleged conspiracy by which more than 1,000,-000 gallons of sacramental wine was said to have been released illegally at the rate of $300 for 2,000 gallons.
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Ralph W. Stone, in Chicago, Testifies State Senator Obtained Permits.
DECLARES SACRAMENTAL WINE WAS RELEASED
An indicted former prohibition director for Illinois testified that he paid graft to a State Senator, a candidate for reelection, for approval of permits for withdrawal of sacramental wine. He was called as the star witness for the Government in the trial of that senator and of another former prohibition director for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law, and his testimony was the first in which the senator's name was mentioned.
By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 29. - Ralph W. Stone, indicted former prohibition director for Illinois, today testified that he paid $26,000 in graft for approval of permits for withdrawal of sacramental wine to Lowell B. Mason, "dry" State Senator, who is a candidate for re-election next Tuesday. Stone was called as the Government's star witness in the trial of Mason and Maj. Percy Owen, also a former Illinois prohibition director, for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law.
Stone testified that he gave Senator Mason $3,000 after Mason had agreed that he would use political pressure while Stone handled the legal end of the business and added that he paid Mason $23,000 within three months, May to August, 1925, in money received for the approval of wine withdrawal permits.
It was the first time Senator Mason's name had been mentioned in testimony, the previous three days of the trial having been devoted by the Government to outlining the alleged conspiracy by which more than 1,000,-000 gallons of sacramental wine was said to have been released illegally at the rate of $300 for 2,000 gallons.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 29, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Ralph W. Stone, in Chicago, Testifies State Senator Obtained Permits.
DECLARES SACRAMENTAL WINE WAS RELEASED
An indicted former prohibition director for Illinois testified that he paid graft to a State Senator, a candidate for reelection, for approval of permits for withdrawal of sacramental wine. He was called as the star witness for the Government in the trial of that senator and of another former prohibition director for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law, and his testimony was the first in which the senator's name was mentioned.
By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 29. - Ralph W. Stone, indicted former prohibition director for Illinois, today testified that he paid $26,000 in graft for approval of permits for withdrawal of sacramental wine to Lowell B. Mason, "dry" State Senator, who is a candidate for re-election next Tuesday. Stone was called as the Government's star witness in the trial of Mason and Maj. Percy Owen, also a former Illinois prohibition director, for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law.
Stone testified that he gave Senator Mason $3,000 after Mason had agreed that he would use political pressure while Stone handled the legal end of the business and added that he paid Mason $23,000 within three months, May to August, 1925, in money received for the approval of wine withdrawal permits.
It was the first time Senator Mason's name had been mentioned in testimony, the previous three days of the trial having been devoted by the Government to outlining the alleged conspiracy by which more than 1,000,-000 gallons of sacramental wine was said to have been released illegally at the rate of $300 for 2,000 gallons.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 29, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 29, 1926, page 1.
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Ralph W. Stone, in Chicago, Testifies State Senator Obtained Permits.
DECLARES SACRAMENTAL WINE WAS RELEASED
An indicted former prohibition director for Illinois testified that he paid graft to a State Senator, a candidate for reelection, for approval of permits for withdrawal of sacramental wine. He was called as the star witness for the Government in the trial of that senator and of another former prohibition director for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law, and his testimony was the first in which the senator's name was mentioned.
By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 29. - Ralph W. Stone, indicted former prohibition director for Illinois, today testified that he paid $26,000 in graft for approval of permits for withdrawal of sacramental wine to Lowell B. Mason, "dry" State Senator, who is a candidate for re-election next Tuesday. Stone was called as the Government's star witness in the trial of Mason and Maj. Percy Owen, also a former Illinois prohibition director, for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law.
Stone testified that he gave Senator Mason $3,000 after Mason had agreed that he would use political pressure while Stone handled the legal end of the business and added that he paid Mason $23,000 within three months, May to August, 1925, in money received for the approval of wine withdrawal permits.
It was the first time Senator Mason's name had been mentioned in testimony, the previous three days of the trial having been devoted by the Government to outlining the alleged conspiracy by which more than 1,000,-000 gallons of sacramental wine was said to have been released illegally at the rate of $300 for 2,000 gallons.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 29, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Ralph W. Stone, in Chicago, Testifies State Senator Obtained Permits.
DECLARES SACRAMENTAL WINE WAS RELEASED
An indicted former prohibition director for Illinois testified that he paid graft to a State Senator, a candidate for reelection, for approval of permits for withdrawal of sacramental wine. He was called as the star witness for the Government in the trial of that senator and of another former prohibition director for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law, and his testimony was the first in which the senator's name was mentioned.
By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 29. - Ralph W. Stone, indicted former prohibition director for Illinois, today testified that he paid $26,000 in graft for approval of permits for withdrawal of sacramental wine to Lowell B. Mason, "dry" State Senator, who is a candidate for re-election next Tuesday. Stone was called as the Government's star witness in the trial of Mason and Maj. Percy Owen, also a former Illinois prohibition director, for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law.
Stone testified that he gave Senator Mason $3,000 after Mason had agreed that he would use political pressure while Stone handled the legal end of the business and added that he paid Mason $23,000 within three months, May to August, 1925, in money received for the approval of wine withdrawal permits.
It was the first time Senator Mason's name had been mentioned in testimony, the previous three days of the trial having been devoted by the Government to outlining the alleged conspiracy by which more than 1,000,-000 gallons of sacramental wine was said to have been released illegally at the rate of $300 for 2,000 gallons.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 29, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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