Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-21 | Page 11 | Liquor Board 'G' Man Named in Report as 'Reckless' Motorist

Liquor Board G Man ManI I r. r Named in Report AsI As I I. I Reckless Motorist Harries Had Been F Drinking Says I Patrolman Ben R. R Harries state stale liquor control control con commission G man and fornier for- for iner nier bono dry Salt Lake county Saturday faced a charge of reckless S 'S driving and was named in t fa police pollee report by Patrolman W. W I D D. Perry as having been drinking and fas u a. a the cause of an accident A k Patrolman Perry reported Harwas Hares Har- Har es was WR the driver of an automo- automo which collided with one driven W ID h 25 West it South street treet at Second West Vest lad Fifth FUth South streets Frida Friday ht No one was injured I Harries appeared in police court Saturday morning and was allowed until nUl Monday to plead to the reck- reck Jess tess driving charge I Report of or Police I The police report follows f f From our Investigation and witnesses witnesses wit wll- nesses we find that Harries was driving south on Second Vest West street on the wrong side of the street At Atthe Atthe the intersection of Fifth South street his car hit the sedan of Ver- Ver haaren baaren The right front corner of the Harries Barnes car hit the right front corner orner corner of f the carThe car The rhe Harries car was turned half haJ vay Y around and the car went over on the other side of the street Harries had been drinking iid ind was the cause of oC the accident fr Headon Headon Collision was driving north The collision was was head on Kin In the absence of Chairman Hugh B. B Brown who Is out of the city George M. M Whitmore member of liquor control commission said that If Harries was vas held to blame an accident and there was a suggestion of drinking the com com- mission would Investigate and take faction warranted b by the facts H Tie He Wa Sas a Not Drunk Chief of Police W. W L. L Payne said Harries HartJes was not charged with drunken driving drivins because he was vas tot jot drunk f L 1 tot talked with the traffic detail officers the chief said ald Harries had one or two drinks and was as a 1 little orner ornery but he was not drunk I think hes he's the type of nl nan man n- n nh h who o be smart sn eno enough gh not to drive a car while drunk I While sheriff sherill Harries gained a reputation for prohibition enforcement enforce enforce- meat ment nt efforts t i Secret j Jn In January 1931 it was revealed h he had been secretly employed ed by bythe bythe bythe the county commission under the name Mine asme B WB Harris to investigate liquor quor traffic and the possible connection cono con con- o cUon of ol sheriffs sheriff's deputies and po po- po- po Icemen He was paid more than by the county for Cor the work Harries has been an inspector of the thc liquor control commission since It was organized last spring and recently participated in capture of wo men suspected d of looting state quor stores in southern Utah Recently Mr r. r Brown addressed sed a netting of liquor commission em em- and warned them ion on would result in n summary dis dis- niSal