St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-15
SELLING ON SUNDAY.
The Hennepin County Grand Jury Holds
Little Surprise Party With Sa-
loonkeepers.
About Gross of Them Indicted for Selling
Stimulants on Last Sun
day,
The Board of Trade Takes Action In
the Matter of a Police Com
mission.
sALOoNKEEPERs INDICTED.
The Grand jury Makes IL Interest
ing For Certain Vendors OF StiHl-
ulantS.

Il
The Grand jury Makes 1t Interest
ing For Certain Wonders Of StiHl-
ulants.
The Hennepin county grand jury reassem-
bled yesterday morning and Immediately went
into executive session" Large numbers of
persons vert before them, and, after re-
manning an hour or so, came away wearing q
face drawn long with seriousness and mys-
terry. Shortly after noon a large number Of
saloonkeeperS gathered in the district court
room, and the number kept growing until at
least one hundred and fifty were present. All
of them had been arrested on bench war
rants, charging them with selling liquor or
cigars on Sunday. None OF taem appeared TO
regard the matter in very serious I1ghl, anu
jokes at the expense of each other were
freely cracked. Clerk Davenport was busy
making out indictments and did not put IN an
appearance in the big room until after 4
O'Clock. Judge Young was on the bench, and
numerous deputy sheriffs were scattered
around the room. The men under lndict-
ment began to crowd around the clerk S desk.
and Deputy Sheriff James Eye was obliged To
shout more than once:
.sSit down. gentlemen. sit down. Your
turn will come soon enough, and then you
can come to the froI and see what is going
on"
Obedient to his command the men took
seats ana waited with smiling faces the time
when they could step to the desk and listen
TO the charge against them. Richard Dun
nington was the first one called. He stepped
up, heard the indictment read, and pleaded
not guilty. This set the vast audience in a
roar, which was with difficulty checked. The
reading of Indictments was then waived and
the following persons stepped up and pleaded
not guilty to selling liquor last Sunday:
Joseph II. Murch, E. Soloman, James X.
O'Brien, Isaac Wall John P. Rank, John
Beauman, cases set for Dec. "a; Martin w.
Mann, Erick Lind, Herman Cirkler, Paul
Schmedeman, Edward Boyce, Kip r. Lemon,
john Gyellman, Samuel RobitShek, set for
Dec. 81; James j. Harris, Ole Anderson,
KDut L. Opheim, Frank HERMAN. john Dahl,
Peter Berndgen, Charles Taberman, Nels Ring
lund Edward Stokes, Charles A. Grau. set TO
Dec. Is; Martin Ludwig, John D. Lee, Robert
Johnson, Theodore Darum, John ii. Brown,
Thomas McQuade, August Swanson, August
Johnson and Nels Berg, John E. Lundin,
Peter Lyalen and August johnson, set for
Dec. 20; Samuel Levin, Alfred Olson, set for
Dec. so.
1t was a great study to watch the men
plead. There were the men who could not
talk English, and who had TO plead through an
iaterpreter; men whose white hands and del
i2ately tinted cheeks would have better
graced a drawing room than saloon bar, men
who said mot guilty" in tough manner, and
men who pleaded in voice that ''trembled
like & leaf" Nearly all pleaded not guilty,
and rs most Of them were property owners,
they were released on their own reeOsnizan-
ces. Martin Ludwig caused grim smile to
play for a moment on the face or Judge
Young, by replying, when asked if he was
guilty.
II don't know whether I am guilty or not
until after 1 see my attorney. will let you
know Tomorrow
In some cases the wrong man had
,%@l sNDI- hllNv l.
derment that settled down upon his
face when asked whether he was guilty
or not was comicsl to behold. 1t was
o'clock when Clerk Davenport ceased
to call next. Then Judge Young descended
from his seat, heaVed a sigh and disappeared
into his room.
It was learned that these indictments are
not all of the kind that are out, and that to-
day large number more Of saloonkeepers
will be brought into court. The offense
charged in the indictment was committed,
when w. W. Cool, Joseph c. st. Dennis, P. A.
Smith and E. Anderson went around the city
collecting evidence. In nearly every case
glass of whiskey or beer was purchased, al
though one or two of the prisoners were
charged with selling cigars. In some manner
some of the saloon men had learned that such
action was going to be taken Sunday, and
numbers of saloons were closed so tightly
that not even ray OF sunlight secured an
themselves on their fortunate escape.
AS a rule the saloon men are indignant at
these indictments and declare that the mat
ter will not stop here. Said one Of them;
tsYou can Just count on it that we are not
going to sit still now and see every other place
of business open on Sundays. If we are to be
Obliged to close, we will see to it that the
theaters. cigar and fruit stores, news stands,
furnishing stores, bath houses and other
places Of business are closed also. We are
willing to close if they WILL but the grand
jury will find out that if they close one place
they will have to close ALL
The grand jury reported shortly before
O'Clock last night, and handed in to Judge
Young about d bushel basket full of papers,
among them several hundred indictments
against various persons. 1t is extremely
probable that the names of all propretors of
the various gambling houses in the city are
mentioned in these indictments, as well as
the keepers Of blind pigs, against whom con-
siderable evidence has been taken. Every
one connected with the grand jury in any
manner was as dumb as an oyster last even
ing, and all the information that could be de-
rived from any one around the court house
conid be put in one line Of small type. As
soon as Judge Young received the papers
submitted to him, he discharged the jury
until Jan. "a, when it will meet for the last
time.
The keepers of the houses of ill fame in
dicted last week, were araigned before Judge
Young yesterday morning, when six of them
pleaded not guilty and had their cases set for
Dec. % and %. Ida Dorsey and Mary TibbS
gave notice that on Wednesday they would
endeavOr to have the indictments against
them quashed. Mary Redding, indicted for
selling liquor without a license, pleaded not
guilty to the charge, and will be tried soon.