Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-12-25

| charged in three cases with selling liquor
to minors but was convicted, although one
case was held np' against him. II. Il,
assault and battery case. grew out of
| Ambold resisting an assault from bully,
| who was creating a disturbance in the
| place. The minors, he held, were all very
close to q years of age.
| Ex-Policeman William L. Adams, Officer
Amos Hahn, Harry Wilcox and Ira T..
| Andrews testified that Ambold keeps q
| quiet. orderly place.
IN COMES THE BLUE PRINT.
The familiar blue print, showing the
location of saloons in the Church street
district, was displayed by Mr.. prickett,
when the application of Bernard Carr, No.
sos Church street, was called. Mr.. Carr
was represented by Levi g. Bird. Mr..
| Prickett read remonstrance signed by
officers of the Sidel d Hastings Company,
the Malleable Iron Company, the lIilles &
Jones Company, the Jackson II Sharp
Company and the Diamond State Iron
Company. He also presented records of
| the municipal court, showing his convic-
ton of assault and of selling liquor to
minors, for which he was fined 500 and
costs. 81 stand upon these records" said
Mr.. Prickett.
Mr.. Turner, who defended Mr.. Carr in
the municipal court, said that the witness
upon whose testimony the conviction for
| selling to minors was secured had since
admitted that he swore falsely. Mr.. Carr
was sworn and testified that the sale for
| which he was convicted was never made.
| Robert Dunlap Samuel Dunlap, Thomas
| Lynch, David II. Wingate Officer William
Floyd and James Phillips testified that
| Carr kept quiet and orderly place. Thos.
Harrington said that Andrew Smith, the
man ON whose testimony Carr was con-
victed Of selling, to MINOR afterwards told
him that he had made a mistake about the
| place and that he was not in Garr's saloon
at the time he testified to. Samuel Dun
! lap and Robert Dunlap said they heard
| Smith make this statement to Harrington.
Major Smith, father of the witness, said he
heard his son say he had made mistake
in his testimony.
PLACE WITH BAD RECORD.
Margaret Bacon, No. 4 West Fourth
street, who has been previously refused,
was represented by Henry G. Turner. Mr..
Prickett said the place bore bad name as
resort for disreputable women, and that
Mrs Bacon had been convicted three times
in the municipal court for selling liquor
without license.
Mr.. Turner said it was astonishing that
woman with such reputation could
come to court with such good recommends
tons as he had for her.
Its not surprising to me-" said the
here without the very best recommends
1 tions.'
Mr.. Turner said that Mrs. Bacon's son
sold the liquor without her knowledge and
that there were no specific charges of i'm.
morality against the house.
This ended the hearings at the morning
session.
The first license application considered
DIT the afternoons session of court
was that of James Crumlish, at Town.
send and A streets, South Wilmington
Mr.. Prickett interposed general re-
monstrance from 1871 residents of the
neighhorhood and by the Lobdell Cal
Wheel Company, Diamond State Iron
Company and johnson Forge Company
| j. Frank Biggs, representing the appli
cant, presented letters of recommends
ton from William B. Martin, William
b. Norton, James Fogarty, James II
Green, William +. Grant, President Of
Council John G. Farra, Owen ]. Hes
sion, ex-Postmaster r. II. Taylor, ex.
Mayor 9. b. Rhoads, Simon +. Moran
John NJ. Solomon and II. d. Hickman
besides petition with numerous sign
ers. In addition, testimony as to the
necessity of the place and the good
character of the applicant was given by
James b. Fogarty, James Green, james
Jackson, William Grant, City Council
man John L. Curren and Patrick
Dugan.
ANOTHER DoBBINsv1LLE FIGHT.
A Dobbinsville application, that o
John G. Weldin, brought into cour
again the fight that finally resulted il
the defeat of Martin Leonard's applica
ton. Weldin's application is for the
same house. The Delaware Iron Com
pany sent letter stating that their EN-
ployes had been much more regular il
their work since Leonard's hotel hac
been closed. Mayor Hanson, Presiden
of Council Orion A. Carrick and severa
New Castle councilmen signed a letter
stating that there was no need of sa
loon at Dobhinsville. Other remon
strants were the Rev. P. B. Lightner
rector of Emmanuel p. E. Church, the
Riverside rolling mills, the officia
boards of the Methodist and Presby
tcrian churches of New Castle and Dob
bnsville, the w. @. 7. U. and the presi
dent and secretary of the Board of Edu
cation, 1t is alleged also that the appli
cant, Weldin, is member of Martin
Leonard's family.
John II. Rodney and Thomas Hol.
comb represented Weldin and claimed
that the entire system OF remonstTanet
was, gotten up by the Key. ~ " Hup,
bard, who, MT. Rodney SAID, had noasteo
that he would not allow TINS place TO be
licensed.
Letters OF recommendation We're read
from William L. Hance, Julian L. Jan
vier, Samuel Fl; Black, William J. Ferris
George ". Eekels, Giles Lambson