Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-03
MIR. BING STILL In IT.
Shipments of Liquors for a Sixth
Street Store Consigned to Him.
BARRELS RECEIVED In HIS NAME.
His Old Economy Restaurant Recently
Sold to David Deyine.
NUMEROUS WAYS TO FOOL THE COURT

Some people who have been watching the
proceedings of the License Court thought
that Samuel Bing was mot in it," but they
may be mistaken. For two or three days il
has been whispered about among police Of
6cials and liquor dealers that Mr.. Bing was
the virtual owner of a license which had
been issued to another person, and that he
would continue In the business which he
temporarily suspended year ago at the
solicitation of Judge White. An investiga-
tion of this report was made last evening by
a reporter.
Mr.. Bing has been for several years the
proprietor of the "Old Economy" res
taurant, at 80 Sixth street. There he kept a
saloon until May 1, 1889. Before that he
was in the wholesale liquor business. His
activity in behalf of Mr.. Gourley during
the municipal campaign of last February,
at which time he visited numerous saloon
keepers and solicited subscriptions for ihe
Republican campaign fund, lost him retail
license, for which he applied this year.
SOLD HIS RESTAURANT.
The first discovery in the investigation
was that Mr.. Bing had sold his restaurant.
The sale was consummated last Monday,
when Mr.. Bing transferred the restaurant
to David D. Devine. The latter used to
keep a restaurant on Wood street, has re-
Gently been bartender in Mashy's, and
lives in the Sixth ward. Mr.. Bing applied
for retail liquor license at No. 80 Sixth
street, so that his decision to sell his restau-
rant was arrived at after the License Court
refused him license, on April 4.
A saloonkeeper of the First ward, who
keeps well posted, was asked if he had heard
that Mr.. Bing had sold out. He replied:
''No, I hadn't heard that, but am not sur
prised. suppose he wants to look after
wholesale liquor store in which he has an
interest. 1 understand that he got those
fellows at No. Z Sixth street to apply for
license. 1 don't blame him. That sort of
thing has been done in several cases that
know of There is more money in tie liquor
business than in restaurant"
WHO THE LICENSEES ARE.
A wholesale license at No. Sixth street
was applied for by Louis 81. Adler and
William J. Mayer, who a!e of Mr.. Bing's
nationality, and was granted to them on
April IL. They are young men who have
been conducting a cigar mandatory and
store at No. for one year. Mr.. Adler lives
in the Fifth ward OF Allegheny, where he
formerly kept cigar store. Mr.. Bing lives
IN tue same Wdru. 1hf. mayer lives at NO.
10 Second avenue, in the First ward of
Plttsburg. Both men have been employed
in wholesale liquor houses, Mr.. Adler being
relative of Louis Adler, of the old firm of
Adler, Roedelhem & Co.. on Liberty ave-
nue.. When before the court they said that
they had a combined capital of s., 900.
A visit was made to the store last even
ing. A very heavy stock of liquors is being
put into it. The south side of the room is
still devoted to cigars and tobacco. A
young man was engaged IN painting.
Messrs. Mayer and Adler were both there,
and two men were engaged at rolling heavy
casks of liquor and boxes of bottled goods
from the sidewalk into the storeroom
Marked on each package, in big black let
lers, was this tell-tale address: Sam Bing,
Pittsburg, Pa
MANY MERE FIGUREHEADs.
There are many ways to pull the wool
over the eyes Of the Court, but the learned
judges sometimes see through the devices.
They cannot always do so. 1t transpires
that many OF the applicants for license are
but fgureheads, representing men who have
money but lack freproof regulations. In
one downtown case it is said that saloon
newly licensed is in reality owned
by man who kept a notorious
speak-easy and did not dare to apply |
In person. In another case a man who |
to the court that he was the sole |
proprietor of saloon has but 90 per cent |
interest in the profits. 1t is even said that |
there are several instances where ad- |
venturous young bartenders have secured |
licenses merely for the purpose OF specula-
ton, knowing that they could sell out for |
good fat figures. The licensee can remain |
as manager or barkeeper, and thus keep up |
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