The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-12
KENMORE SOURS.
Such We're the Beverages of
the Liquor Dealers
Yesterday.
WARM POLICE DENIALS.
But it Looks as if There Was a
Whiskey Ring All the Same.


The meeting of the Hudson County
Liquor Dealers Association yesterday
afternoon was one OF the largest In the
history of the organization. AS early as
haIf-past two o'clock twenty-four OF the
thirty members of the Executive Com
mittee We're present, while scores of other
members of the association waited below
stairs till the regular meeting should be
thrown open.
Nearly every one approached by report
ers and asked the cause of such an OUT
pouring declared that nothing but the
usual routine business of the regular
monthly business meeting was to be
transacted. 1t was evident, however,
that the announcement that the Sunday
raids by the police and the mooted con-
nection thereof with the kenmore
Whiskey Ring would be enquired into,
had much to do with the gathering of 80
many members.
Before the Executive Committee went
into session President McArdle remarked
TO JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter :--s'T
simply desire to know why my place was
raided, when Others more bold than | are
unmolested." AT ths conclusion OF the
session Mr.. McArdle, when asked what
was done, replied But little, and ana
not at liberty to divulge even that"
MR.. HENN's CHARGES.
Mr.. Fred HEM, the saloon keeper at
No. 642 Newark avenue, gave some testi-
inoDy before the committee in reference
to the Kenmore ring, did he not?''
Mr.. HEM was before the committee, y
replied President McArdie, "and stated
his grievance"
WAS any stock taken in his claimssy
'aThey viii be investigated replied the
president, dryly.
s.Tlid Mr. Ham cite ar,v ey,acif,. coea -,
which he had been threatened by menu
Der Of the police force If he did not pur-
chase Kenmore whiskey?n
THAT is secret business Of the commit
tee, and cannot be divulged."
From anoJner source it was learned that
Mr.. Hem told The Executive Committee
thai he had been approached by Captain
"Mose' Newton, of the Third Police pre-
cinct, who tried to induce him to give an
order for whiskey to the agents of Beck ds
Co., New York. whose cards bear the
words Kenmore Whiskies.v Subse-
quently, he said, the. Captain had ap-
preached him and introduced two agents
Of Beck q Co., who again visited him.
and failing to secure an order became
abusive and threatened to do him up.
President McArdle denied that any
police oftices's name was mentioned be-
fore the committee.
COMMISSIONER KELLY INCREDULOUS.
Police Commissioner Kelly, VINO sat an
attentive listener to the conversation be-
tween Mr.. McArdle and the reporter,
| quoted above, and who says he does not
believe such ring exists, was asked
| ii it was found upon investigation thai
Mr.. Henns statement was true.
| IF it is found that any man on the
] force, captain, patrolman or chanceman
| was prosecuting II saloon keeper n Ese
interest of any clique, he would be
ment.n Prior to this, Mr.. Kelly said to
| the reporter: Let them close their
places on sunday, as do, and there will
be no arrests"
CoRRoBoRATIvE EVIDENCE.
It is understood also that President
McArdle, Dennis Gallagher and Gustav
Kuerzel gave testimony against the
police. These places were ali closed on
sunday by the police while, they claim,
others adjacent were allowed to
remain open. No definite action was
| taken by the committee yesterday. but it
| is understood that the emergency fund of
! the association will be taxed to It's full
| investigation of the charges. The COM
mittee will meet again Saturday. Moth
| ing was said about the matter in the reg
| ular business meeting that followed the
| committees session. except an assurance
| on the part of the committee that full
| John Hart showed the reporter
| the minutes of the meeting on
| half page of small note
/ paper, which is Indicative that much was
| SAID during the hours session which was
not recorded The names Of twenty-three
| new members were recorded, and it is
claimed by some that these were forced
/ into the association to secure the protec-
| tion it affords against cliques and rings.
| Chief of Police Murphy is indignant at
the charges. II don't believe, /" he said,
there is q captain or any policeman on
| the force connected with any such clique.
| People first claimed that promin ent mem-
| bers of the Liquor Dealers "A ssociation
| were protected by the police. Attention
| drawn to those places, they were imme-
| diately closed, and all will be closed who
| are caught violating the law"