Show A sidelight on the ollie obie norris case caretaker caretaker tells when ani and how hov adl containing evidence was broken into info the abs nce of intoxicating liquor in three containers involved in the trial of 0 norris last week tor for persistent peral stent violation of the laws apparently was sufficient to raise doubt in it the minds ot of jurors as to his bis guilt wac W t prefer to think there was doubt in fit their minds rather than that their verdict was a reflection ot of their attitude toward the prohibition sta lutes or the enforcement officers we believe there would woud have been isa tor for doubt in their minds had they been given the full story tile the breaking into the old cell where the containers were kept but that story considered ad in the trial ot of th case it la is given here tor for what ahat it 1 orth substantially as uncle at al au an fn fensin care and jailor a at th iad 3 court house told it t to the writer and we the slightest Blight cst reason to doubt it the prosecute prose cuton cut on it will be recalled contended that to bottles ald acid a fifteen gallon barral contained liquor ullen taken front from the norrid Ine at lund on march 17 stiff and ikc when they were locked lh ili tile the cell under the cobit house oa file lelh but that between tha date clate and the date of the trial som flom one had claua clauad the contents ilia sheriff testified that jig he bi ought brought the d and the cou coil tain lain is ia orar front from cedar on oil the a hernoon of 0 the and that beto e i Ic cluing defendant in the tl 0 o jail jig took the tarrel barrel and bottles and ice acci cd tiem ejem in the cell under the coul chui house used tor for that purpose the next morning Thus dar the mr air norris gave bond boad and A as released when uncle alvin came dowa to lo the court house tile the fol following lowine sunday morning march 23 he had bad difficulty in setting getting his key to unlock the outer door into the basement where tho the furnace and the cell used in storing liquor la Is located difficulty such as aa one experiences with an ordinary door lock loc on which the wrong key has been bean used finally getting inside hla his attention was wag attracted by a large automobile c baang slug lying on the lie floor in the hall ball leading to the furnace acom the previous evening this casing aig had been loaning leaning against the lion bas baa ot of the door rn kii the recessed entrance to the cell used tor for seized and aliquo ild con containers tain cirs ills ilia ho he look lookin I lor the lock a padlock which bell acu it asp over a big staple and dis dier covered it was as gove cone leaving tile til coor without a pick lirk L lokina in we me however he noticed that the hot bot and acid te baica wire apparent ly as aa the had lett left them thell th lotes datt I 1 ng e A 01 aib oib 6 I 1 ile ie suspected thou then that ont on vr rt ic V cral ril ot er barrels bun els act in the a ns ith was enmin ut lit lii ct continued to buck back page A CK THE OILIE NORRIS CASE continued irom from first page tain looking around outside for or the missing padlock which lie he imagined I 1 might have been given a toss after it a had been pried off the staple he found faund an old pinch bar made ot of aix sided steel and bearing a U P brand it was lying next to the ash ilo chere he was accustomed to emptying ashes each morning and where he is sure he would have seen it had it been there before that lao In ruing orning the pinch bar fits its perfectly into the deep impression made in the lor or elsing casing just above the lock gloving conclusively that it had lem used in prying off of the padlock faither Invest investigation gation revealed the pie jence of automobile tracks alou alon the ego ot of the lae street just west 01 01 the building huil build dins InZ which had been made curies dureg the night lie he had no difficulty in following them north until they turned west on the paro wan waa lund highway during the day he motored down to the gap ap where some road workers were camped and learned from them that a car had passed about that morning lie he notified the sheriff cheriff that the cell had bad teca 1 ec broken boken into ito but the fact that the noi ris containers apparently were intact diverted suspicion of any irre i larity affecting t them aam and not until the morning of the trial was t diE discovered covered that their contents had bail been changed another significant thing was discovered after the trial when aa a 1 l the conta containers in the cell were be arg emptied of 0 their contents under an order from the court the only ether fifteen gallon barrel in the tell cell supposed to cantan a quantity of liquor was found to have in it cihiy biily water indicating that whoever did the job of changing the contents if if what happened was going to be certa certain in of getting gettine the right barrel as well possibly Es trading water for moonshine whiskey ekey mr bensons Een sons theory strengthen rd bythe by she finding of the pinch be ba where here he did Is that someone locally had a part dart in the job and that the pinch bar was overlooked cu until after the car which brought I 1 it t hati hail pone so go it was just given a throw the foregoing forego lne added to the testimony of five reliable witnesses that vie fie bottles and barrel contained toon hirs hl ia when brought fa t om lund la Is rather convincing I 1 to 0 tie whether Is would have hare at acted the jury had it been given fit n detail is only conice conjectural tural |