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Show COAST LiQUQR SCANDALGROWS Witness Savs He Warned of Coming Rairis at "Dry" Chief's Request I ,sa. Kit ulNCIBCI '. Dec. 1.". John! : D. Costeiio. secretarj to United Btates Senator Phrkin. testified Tuesday In I the liquor consplra-y 'rial of Marry Brolaskl that he had "tipped off" to John Talt, a prospective raid by prohibition pro-hibition enforcement officers on Talt's restaurnnt. one of the largest ; in San Francisco. Costeiio said he did this at the request of the late Handlf told me that prohibition ' n-foroenu n-foroenu nt director for California. , "anrtley told me that prohibition en-' forcement officers had ruidei two or three places previously, the political "f u !m h he thought was bad., and be f.-ar'd o'hei raids of a similar sim-ilar character and that I might give the information to the other people." j Costeiio said. DJ Ml ET" PROTE4 I M V ' I lo. nho av, ilMnj? trial on a pharge of conspiracy to violate the prohibition law, was put on as a de-, fens Witness, and on direct examl-j nation contradicted government testi-1 mony that he had told Hurry Mar- quard, it was safe for him to sell liquor In his restaurant. His testimony testi-mony r i:ardlnK Talt's came on rrosa exa mirrtulon. He said his lnform:.ton to Talt as I merely "an Incident in a busy sea-1 son." imi iVAiiBuftTOji mentioned. Harry Brolaski. admitted on cross examination that he had frequently Ill 1 at a hotel with Mrs. Glad War-! hurton. who became prohibition en-1 forcement director after Uandley'sj li it!, lasl Bi ptember In an automobile i ld Dl and had hired a taxieab for her trips to and from her office. Jules Carnage, a co-defendant In the! case, testified In his own behalf. The' third defendant Is IniUKlas Newton, ' Conclusion of i alimony today was promised by d f rise attorneys. A denial of all charges madi egalnsi ' him by the prosecution w.u voiced by ! Brolaskl. , He also denied specifically the tCS : tlmonv of Harry Maniuard that he offered .Marquard protection In the sale of liquor, and a group of other Witnesses that he offered to obtain liquor udhdrawals for them for a pn'-' pn'-' llmlnaiy payment of $6000. Brolaski said that he was a close ) friend of Handley. i On one occasion Handley gave him j $1500 in government funds to do sonic : "detective work" for the enforcement Office, he said. on |