Show OFFICER CLAIMS COMPLETE ALIBI ON WHISKY CONFISCATION CHARGE I Patrolman Lund Denies Denies' Raid on Singleton Residence Says He Was in Office at I Time Offense Was Committed V Purity Squad Man Backed Up by Chief White and Witnesses Witness c Charged with Impersonating an officer officer officer of of- to wit W. W E. E chief deputy deputy dep dep- u uty y sheriff sherif and charged with confiscating confiscating confiscating cating liquor while so impersonating and not making a lt report on such confiscation confiscation con con- A A A. J city it patro patrolman t pleaded lle not guilty gunty when arraigned be before before he- he fore Core City J Jilge n C. C Lund to today to- to day Hearing was set for 10 o'clock Thursday morning Patrolman Lund in company with other men n is alleged to have ha visited the premises of A A. A V W. Singleton West Vest Thirteenth South street and to to have seized liquor it bein being stated at lilt atthe atthe the time he said he Tie was f Lund vigorously denies that he Is the man who with others searched searched- the Singleton residence and obtained the liquor The seizure is supposed to have taken place August 53 3 Lund sa says s 's that he was in his lils his office at atthe atthe atthe the police station at the time that it ft itis itis is alleged he was at Singletons Singleton's house In this statement Lund is confirmed by J. J Parley White While chief of police The chief says that to his knowledge Lund was at the station from 5 40 to 1045 10 45 p. p m. m on the day da that the seizure took place Lund according to his announcement announcement announcement announce announce- ment in court will subpoena the fol following following fol- fol lowing to testify in his behalf Isabelle Isabelle Isabelle Isa- Isa belle Borrell W ti C. C Beebe Deebe O. O C. C B Beelie Beebe he Mr and Mrs C C. C X N. Hansen Christian Hansen Anthon Gothberg Chief of Police J. J Parle- Parle Parley White an and Captain of Police Pollee Henry C C. Taggart Lund states that he can prove his innocence without difficulty He said that ho he believed belie Singleton to be honestly honestly honestly hon hon- estly mistaken in identifying him as the man who confiscated the liquor When the time comes to prove his case Lund says he can produce five witnesses who will testify that he was in the public safety building at the time the alleged offense was commit commit- ted The patrolman claims to have been In the building the entire evening evening evening eve eve- ning with the exception of the supper hour when he accompanied Captain Henry Taggart and another man to toa toa toa a cafe The report that two other patrolmen patrolmen patrolmen patrol patrol- men were involved in the case has been denied by both the tho complaining witness witness' and the police department Lund has been released from d duty ty but will be restored if he proves his innocence according to Chief White and will be paid for the time off ice The Information upon which th the complaint was based asserted that the liquor In question was the property of a friend of Singletons Singleton's and had been left in ht his custody while the owner was in California |