Daily Republican., 1890-01-18
LICENSE OR NO LICENSE.

-'''e 'hV'Sh hps
ards Fight for Licensc-Hs Has Strong
Democratic hacking Being an Old
soldier Pulls ex-Chicf of Police Brady
Through.
The ltquor license session OF the Supe-
rior Court reconveued At 30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, with Chief Justice
Comegys and Associates Houston and
Paynter on the bench. The Chief Justice
leit ia t1e middle of the session, and
Assoclatcs Houston aud Paynter con-
Quoted the court. After the sentencing
OF the murderer, George II. Williams,
for life, reported elsewhere in the kEpuB.
LiCAN, the court proceeded with the
bearings on the liquor license applica-
tlons.
Counsellor smaliey's Witnesses being
on band, hc met the application OF Fred
erick Hagmyef for u hotel in Nn earnest
plea In iayor of William b. Currinder's
hotel, which was enough, he thought, ior
n place like ChIistiAna. He read a num-
Der OF strong letters endorsing Mr. Cur
rlnder, aud Mr.. Smailey stated that lie
himself, being q resident OF that hundred,
knew that Mr.. CurrindoT kept = uuiet
and orderly place.
The next applicant was that of Martin
lie nard, OF Dobbinsvilie, New Castle. A 1
strong fight WAS made by tho friends of
law and order In New Cattle against tho
granting Os the liccnse, while Others, just
as strong friends Of law and order, favor
cd the granting OF the license. Levi q,
Bird and Walter Hayes, Esqs., appeared
for Leonard, aud w. h. Prlcke.t. ESD.
Tor the Law aud Order Society.
Mr.. Prickett opened the case by stating
that LeoGard had been indicted three
times Tor selling Liquor 10 minors, to one
Of which be plead guilty and was fined
$50 aud costs, in consideration of which
the other two cases were "noil. pt ossel," ;"
lie also claimed that IL was In this saloon
| that Owen tavauYugh had been stabbed.
He spoke of The connection of the saloon
with the Dobbinsvllls riot. James j.
Hudson did not think the plaoe II mecca
sity, aud Mayor Hanson OF New Castle
gave strong testimony against Leonard,
He thought tae application tIould be
denied, us the mayor did not think the
place was eondu,ted In n lawful manner.
TO keep tho peace the City Council had
to employ an additional pvliceinau. Hu
did not consider Leonard a pr per person
to Keep q saloon. On Gloss. OK animation
Mr. Hanson admitted that Poles living 10
DObbinsville had been in the hsbit OF
| taking liquor to the villsge In dem Johns
and bottles. Rev. +. l.. Hubbard fesii-
| lied To visiting a SEX young NJ Az close to
Leonardo saloon, who was made much
worse by 30 much lighting and quarrel
| lug around the saloon, that the IN ther Of
| the young man had sometimes to almost
| usc violence to luell the Disturbances.
He dld not think the place a NECESSITY al
all.
| reter Moran wes very positive aud ON
| phstic iu his testimony against he place
There was much drunken di,ordor about
the place and did not think Leonard a
| proper man to keep tho place. lie never
heard OF travellers stoppiug at that place
unless they were too drunk to get away.
| John Gravel ksyo similar testimony,
| aud IN addition sad that lo had warned
Mrs. l. ,onaid about selling liquor to his
wife. He saw Mrs. Leonard liyo his
wife glass Of whisky in tho kitchen.
! Jon Gravel was another witness who
| lived IN Dobhnsville a number of yoars.
but hc had never seen any travellers
located at Lcouarh's saloon. uo had
never been aroindlhe saloon.
George W. Jones swore that nc had
sten kettles OF beer handed over Leonard .
back fence to women aud children.
/ III w tItV VI MT. BlEl eX-
planned why he had p,oadcd guilty to
selling liquor to miuors. The boy valeite
lacked only iiye mouths of bslng 81 years
Of age, aud looked as ii lie might have
been "a
| Mr. Bird read letter from Mr.. Dob.
tins, who laid out the village OF bob
biusyille, III which he spoke in yery
favorable terms o. Martin Leonard. WIN.
Walis. who lives close to Lcoua d Is place.
said his saloon was kept as well ns any
other one, and he has never known
| Leonard To violate the law. William ID.
Mccoy stops AT Leonard's place once in
awhile, aud he considers 1t good house.
Chsrlcs Smith spoke OF the Hungarans
bringing beer to their homes. They got
i drunk ou this and raised connections ior
which Leonard was blamed. Jaa. Faux
Der said tho place was as well kept as
any In Delaware. He thinks 1t decided
advantage to Dobbinsvlle. John King
thinks Leonard Keeps proper place
Tho people of Dobbinsville have great
respect Tor Martin Leonard. aud they love
him. Brewer Joseph Stoecklc said that
Leonard had requested him not to sell
beer In kegs to the Poles and Huugari-
ans
rothonotary George A. Maxwell has
known Martin Leonard for number OF
years, ard prior to the riot he never heard
u word against him. SO far AS be knows,
Mr., Leonard keeps q quiet place. NJ.
| Maxwell lives a mile from tho salocn.
Lawyer John ii. Rodney explained to
tho court that he believed Mr.. Leon ard
was q victim CT circumstances. M.
Rodney believed Mr.. Leonard was a
proper man to keep saloon In place
| like Dobbinsvlle. TX Recorder Ilolcomb
| has known Leonard - number of years.
and thiuks he is qualified to keep a
saloon. lie thinks It good thing that
there lie saloon 10 Dotbinsyille, because
! II there were none Dobbnsvillc people
would come to New Caste to get drunk
Mr.. Bird urged the court to rant the ap-
plieation, because 1t there were no saloon
IN Dobbinsville. New Castle aud Dob
birsville would 10th be troubled with
drunken Poles.
John J. Hanley, No. 101 Monroe street.
was the next case called, ard Thomas
lloleomb, ESD, appeared ior him and
said that Mr.. Hanley was unfortunate iu
having his name confused with John J..
Hanley, who kept place called the
"Hot Potato" at Front and Walnut
streets.
Mr.. Prickett said there had been no
coDiusion OF names whatever, but that
| lIanley's place had been turned down
on it's own dement's. Owen j. Ilession,
ex-member Of City Council, Thomas J.
Bennett aud Street and Sewer Dire ctor
Murray said that Hanley was a proper
person 10 keep saloon.
William II. Brady, ex-Chief of Police,
applied for license to keep n ealoon at
Eleventh and Church streets, and having
no counsel he represented himself, and