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Show FIRST OF GRAND M CASES IS BEFORE . THE COURT Mrs. Tiny Thompson, the tiny little woman indicted by the grand jury on a chargo of selling liquor without a license, told a straightforward story in her trial today before District Judge Alfred W. Agee and a jury. ne said the two young men, who afterward after-ward provedMo be "detectives," did not buy any beer at hor rooming-house; rooming-house; that one of them, M. A. Miller, canfe up drunk and defiled his room and she refused longer to harbor him because ho refused to pay for the damage. Hazel A. Ipson, of the Troy laundry, testified that Mrs. Thompson's character char-acter and reputation were good; that he had known her in in a business way ever since she came to Ogden. M. A. Miller of Malad, the other "detective," 22 years old, testified today. to-day. He confessed that he nnd his coworker, co-worker, W. F. Garner with Police Sergeant Blackburn to search for evidence of "bootlegging," etc., on a salary basis of $90 a month, or a commission com-mission on the results of their labors. la-bors. Ho also confessed that Sergeant Ser-geant Blackburn gave them money for expenses, which they failed to earn, and that they left the city without with-out keeping their engagement with the police, who had arranged to make the arrest at 10:30 ono night. Miller also confessed that he and Garner were jailed for three days at Salt Lake and regained their liberty through the intercession of the sheriff of Cache county, where Garner was known. Proof of the inexperience of the two "detectives" was adduced by Attorney At-torney George Halverson when Garner, Gar-ner, recalled today, told how ho and Miller informed two men on the street, whom they did not know but supposed to be police officers, about their detective work. Garner also confessed his anxiety when he and Miller were summoned before tho grand jury; that he asked Sergeant Blackburn what it meant, but tho sergeant ser-geant didn't know, and expressed an anxious hope that he and Miller hadn't done anything that might get them into trouble. Under the gruelling cross-examination of Attorney Halverson, Miller became be-came badly mixed regarding facts and dates, contradicting himself on important im-portant poinls. He and Garner were yesterday forbidden by the court to talk with each other regarding their testimony, and Miller swore he and Garner slept together last night, but that they did not mention their testimony. testi-mony. The casewont to the jury late this afternoon. |