, 1876-02-29
SALOON LICENSES.

The Tn1nuNkFs movo In pryiug into tho ways
that arc dark aud tricks that Aro vail" !" In rclA-
tlon to saloon licenses has already lod to bone
lcial results, and uill probably load to many
more. Tint there Is room for further develop
nent Of fraud il undoubtedly true.
Another example Of a gross irTegnlatisy on
tho part Of former clerk In the City Clerks
Office came to light yesterday morning. Chris
Schell, u portiy and good-nasured vendsr Of the
ardent, camo to tho City Hall to got . rebate
upon bis HAtuon-licennc, which he brought
With him. Tho license, fs maao out
In proper shape to Frank 9chrod1, Chris.
schelIs partner, corner OF Wabash avenue
III matter to roo II tho u1an was Justly entitled
to tobate 1t vas found that license No. 2,747.
which waa Tho number on tue one thai had been
IN tho possession ot 6chcll and aohrod1 was the
loropeFt, @ nan doing BUSINESS on sho Wess
ho obssIoed Tho license aud no tatd
that he had gotten It from Otto Bloh1a,
and that 10 had paid e52.6o for II. Otto had
his license to him, and charged 20 cents Tor Tho
extra trouble. Wien Schs1l got hia be says
thnt B!uhn, had dozen OF moro for others, aud
that ho kept tho neiehborhood supplsed: BeLell
seemed innocent Of any completely 10 tho at1air,
proven false, and he had beon duped By Bfatm.
The matter Nas laid bofors tho Mayor, who
sent for Htulm. but got no answcz. The Mayor
said that llo Lad alwsya SUPPOSED that tho City
Clerks bnBlnoes Was done tn Tho City Clcrk'B
Office and not in South Side saloons. 1he man.
nor 10 Which tue license Was obtatued Ia easy TO
explain. The Mayor signs q number Of blanlB
and aends them ID to the City ClerE, whore tloy
sre flied out By the Huboniinates on proper ap-
plicatiou. Since Dluhm was once Clark therb,
he had opportunity to take IN unlimited number
OF bIApk9, I'LL them out as ho choRc. and dH-
pose Of thom to tho bost advantage possible.
4 Tribune stepped ovor to Dluhta'H saloon,
opposite tho City-fiall, and asked Otto what
explanation ho had to offer Of tho affair.
bluhen replied. "oh, an ~ rignt; II thoy
better investigate further md get somo ono else
Into II. I an not tho only ono, and 1 shan
loAve toNn to cover anybody slan's tracks,"
He further admitted that ho aud Home one
e1so bad. when funds woro short, issued licenses,
all up before II could possibly como out. lie
threntcns to squeal Il thoy pinch him. and he
propheaica oomc lively aqulrmiug on tho part Of
some one oise whom ho tolls what he knows. He
docB not think thRt any charge cau bo brought
AGAINST him tint vii! oopyics; Hs =, 1sIys. ".
pal, wt,oovor he may bo. only iAsucd three spu-
rioGs licenses, but hcho'l Says that Otto usually
bad dozen or hftoen With him when ho camc
to bring Schel's. The lattar said that tB had
read about this crooked liceneo business, and
thought he would como down and SEQ it hia was
all right. Judging from tho fact thst thirty
unp licenees wero taken out yesterday, Il
seems that others had conn down to see
about 1t.
Tho Mayor has instructed !ty-AttorneY janis
son to Institute proceedings againat Dluhm. and
further Developments arc looked for. 1t Is alac
understood thet City-OlcYk Forrest was, or in
topda to be. bofo.e tho Grand Jury Of tile Grim,
inal Court to present tho foregoing facts.