Evening journal., 1888-12-18
THE FIGHT FOR LICENSES.
Yesterday Afternooa Consumed In Hsar-
ing Three Applicntions--A Crowded
Court-room - Hockessin's Temperance
Hotel-New Castle Temperance People
Fight Hard.

Hotei-New Castle Temperance People
Right Hard.
The Court Of Quarter Sessions recon
vened yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The license applications were at once
taken up. The courtroom was crowded
with people. Every seat was occupied,
and the aisles were filed with men who
were standing, while large crowd looked
over each others shoulders from the
vestibule The courtroom was hot and
the air foul and steaming from the damp
ness and crowd
About fifty ladies braved the rain and
the unpleasant room and sat within the
bar, interested spectators of the proceed.
ings Many Of them wore the white rib
bon. Members Of the bar were present
in full force, and many prominent citi-
zens also sat within the bar
| Phillip Ambold's application was the
first taken up. II. H. Ward, Esq, coun-
sci for the Liquor Dealers Association,
represented him. A remonstrance signed
| by a list of over fifty names, was offered
| by w. S. Prickott. counsel for the
Law and Order Society. Mr. Ward
put w. c. Hensrickson on the
( the stand to testify to the quetncss and
order with which lMr. Ambod's saloon
was conducted. Benjamin K. Smith, an
ex-policeman also swore to the saloon be-
ing an orderly place William Berger.
secretary Of National Security Union,
whoslived within two doors Of the saloon,
said it was quiet so far as he knew.
Michael Mccormick had refused to sell
witness liquor TO carry away for medical
purposes. Levi @. Bird, the applicants 8
special counsel, stated that none OF the
names on the remonstrance lived within
a block and a half Of the same saloon.
At Mr.. Pricketts request the court
took up the out of town cases, to allow
the witnesses to get through and GO
home
The application of Mary A. Creoden of
Hockessin was then taken up. Mr..
Prickett stated that the people Of Hockes-
sin were 80 opposed to this place that in
order to do away with all excuses they
had established frst.class temperance
hotel, which had ten rooms Mr.. Prickett
then read a remonstrance with a large
number of signers, and put Henry s.
Kent on the stand. Mr. Kent stated that
four of the signers Of Mary A. Creeden's s
application could not write. One OF the
signers told the witness that he signed
the petition because he did not like to
refuse, and that he hoped it would not be
granted Another signer said the same
John Crozier, member Of the Marshall
ton Band, saw Frank Barton. a minor,
drinking at the hotel In September at
the time of political meeting. Elisha
r. Barton testified that Frank Barton
was his son and was a minor The boy
himself swore to getting four beers and
a whisky at the time spoken Of Evlin
Leef, minor, also drank beer and
whisky at Mrs. Creeden's saloon.
Levi o. Bird and L. O. Yandegrift
Esqs., represented the applicant. Letters
from Thomas l.. j. Baldwin and Jacob
Graves, recommending the granting of
the license, q petition from about
thirty citizens Of Hockessin recommend
ing the applicant, letter Of recon-
mendation from Edward c.. Mccartney,
two petitions from transient guests of
the house and letter from George
p. Reardon furnished the documentary
evidence for the applicant. Abner p.
Williamson, justice Of the peace at
Hockessin, believed that Mrs. Creeden
kept an orderly house, and conformed to
the law. When there was no lineensed
hsuse in the place liquor would be ship
ped from Wilmington on Saturday nights
and the men as the Kaolin works would
go on a general spree all day Sunday.
Edward Hsman, county treasurer of
New Castle county, believed that the
hotel was a necessity in that place Ex-
Sheriff Giles Lambson testified that
sheriffs' sales were held at this hotel aud
that he considered it an orderly place In
answer to the question, would he Rdver-
tise sheritfs sales at temperance house
or a hotel2 he said, as a Democratic
sheriff, he would patronize a Democratic
hotel Solomon Hersey testified to being
At the hotel last May when Mrs. Creeden
refused a man liquor because he had
enough.
Levy Court Commissioner Howard II
Jordan considered a place where liquor
was sold a necessity in that community
Charles B. Lore, Esq, testified to being
accommodated at Mrs. Creeden's house
with his team. George Il. Bates. Esq.
testified to being satisfactorily accommo-
dated at Mrs Creeden's house on one oe-
casion W. T. Lynum, Esq. considered
the hotel very quiet and orderly. George
P. Reardon said the house was an orderly
one
John Creedan, son of the applicant
testified that over 200 persons had been
fed at one aneal at the house. Daniel
Creedan, another son Of the applicant tes-
titled to selling whisky to the minor
members Of the Marshallton band on
being told that they were of age.
William Clark considered the place
quiet and orderly but he had purchased
liquor and carried it away previous to a
year ago. Mr.. Hayes stated that the ap.
plicant was a member of the Liquor
Dealers Association in good standing.
The application Of James b. Tomsn Of
New Castle then came up. Rev. f. L.
| Hubbard took the stand and was about
to offer list Of 200 women asking that
the list Of liquor licenses in New Castle
be reduced, when Mr.. HAYES objected on
the ground that ii should have been filed
Mr Hubbard then stated reasons for OBJ
lecting 10 Mr.. Toman's license, as follows:
All disorder in saloons in New Castle in
the past twelve months was in this saloon.
He related several occurances in which
people were injured and threatened,
which originated from this saloon. The
sentiment of the respectable part OF the
community is against it,
Thomas Frazer testified to being in
spector Of election al New Castle on
April 10, and to seeing TomRn create a
disturbance threaten him. and also
assault George w. Eckels Witness did
not consider the house at all necessary.
Michael King, a judge at this same
election, also saw the disturbance created
by Toman SO did Patrick McGlory
Wilmer Hanson testified to the exact
words used by Mr.. Toman in creating the
disturbance. He saw him assault Mr..
Eckels