The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-01


minutes after IL, and he said he would have been
there sooner if it had not been
that he had to make this up down stairs
We do not take any cognizance in the Board of
metropolitan Police of occurrences like this,
and gentlemen, you may not understand it, but
if man closes his saloon at
ii o'clock. and if he has little company
IN there we do not require him to shut right
down and close the men out We expect him TO
show reasonable respect for the law. If we
should arrest saloon keeper Immediately after
ii o'clock, we would scarcely hope to make
case, because great many Of these orders get
IN before IL o'clock. and served after, and it
may be fifteen minutes after H. Then, another
very material point is this, that we have not
been certain, officially of Just exactly the legal
time of closing, whether it is sun time, or wheth-
er ~ is railroad time, which is standard time.
There is a difference of twenty minutes in the
two as | understand, and have spoken to Mr.
Murphy about that, and we have agreed to sub
NIT the matter TO the Attorney general for his
decision 1t is quite an important matter.
wish most emphatcally to deny right here that
| saw on that evening police officer belonging
to the metropolitan police in that building
wish to deny most emphatieally that / gave the
slightest nod or wink, or motioned or Influenced
any oae to step aside and violate the law
i remained at the Zoo that night perhaps
ten to fifteen minutes after IL o'clock. The
night / am speaking Of rs not the night of the
serenade. I did not order the drinks
after the hour, it would be all right. had it in
my mind that it was no violation of the law for
Mr. Gilmore to sell those drinks.
ION the next evening, June Is, the crowd at
weather 1t was during Schuetzenfest week.
Mr. Ernest Kitz, I think, was one of
the chief managers, and he and General Sturm
and some other citizens called to see Mr.
Murphy stating that great many people would
be in the city from neighborng States German
in their sentiments, and they would like to have
us be as liberal as possible. Mr.. Murphy said he
would be liberal as he could, but did not
promise them any infraction Of the law. This
evening after the performance over, Mr.
Gilmore asked me to go up In the theater; that
he would like to have me listen to Prof DelrOr,
a musician. This was before ii o'clock.
After the theater closed, and the crowd had
passed down into the main entrance of the
Zoo some one suggested that we should go ser
enading, and that two of the orchestra would be
enough. hack from Frank Birds was forth
with ordered. The saloon door at this time was
closed and the bartenders were counting their
change. It was after IL o'clock Go wish to
conceal the fact, gentlemen, in the least. did
not, of course, notice a person does, any
other facts, but party there ordered the drinks.
know very well that | got the
best cigars that I could get and paid
for them for the whole company [ am
positive that drank nothing at the Zoo at that
time. We passed out of the Zoo as soon as the
band came 1t was perhaps half past IL o'clock.
did not say anything about it being all right.
| am perfectly willing to say that there was a
sale of Intoxicating liquors after IL o'clock, at
the Zoo Theater, and that Ernest Kitz, Mr..
Gilmore, Professor DellOro and, l think, Mr..
Gerber, were present. The serenading party
was considered the guest of Mr. Gilmore, and
the two musicians were furnished by him.
The first place we went to was John III. Martins,
the agent of the Kankakee line. We were
waited on there and treated very courteously.
After that we repaired to Mr.. Rees's, and were
waited on. We then went directly to John W.
Murphys, and they recognized the serenade by
turning up the lights. From there we went to
Superintendent Wilson's, Of the l., B. &sW., but
were unfortunate enough to find him absent
from the city After that we visited the Jour
nal and Sentinel offices. 1t must have been
about o'clock in the morning then when we
visited June's restaurant When the party got
there they went in to get lunch and drinks.
There is no question about that drank glass
of ale myself. 1 know paid for cigars there.
do not think paid for any drinks. am very
certain about that 49, In the administra-
ton of this Office have endeavored jndiciously
to do my duty, but have persistently refused
to do an unmanly act If, as in this case, a
party of gentlemen, during week of that kir,i,
were out on a serenading tour, and had invited
exactly the position I am in. 1 deny that
directed violation of the law. did not speak
to policeman at the Zoo / never spoke word
to Bruce and Hagedorn, or any other officers, nor
gave the slightest intlnation that the ii o'clock
law was to be violated"
After briefly cross-examinirg Mr. Gilmore on
his testimony, although Harris stated to the
board that he was content to submit the case
on the statement of Mr.. Morrison, without
further evidence, with the understanding, how
ever that there was nothing in the testimony to
show that Mr.. Morrison had any knowledge on
the night that he was at the Zoo, that Patrolnan
Bruce or any other officer was there. The mem
bers of the board, after a short consultation de-
cided that the testimony already taken was
sufficient to satisfy them.
OPINIONS PUBLICLY EXPRESSED.