Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-18
withdrew her application for q wholesale

"Well, to be honest, thought If was
refused one / would have o chance for the
other.'
She has been refused three times, but was
full of confidence. She claims she has the
only restaurant on Eighth avenue. The
Court read the names of several applicants
on the street and asked her If they didn't
keep restaurants. She answered emphat-
ically, "No, sir, not one"
Patrick j. Quinn wants license at Fifth
avenue and City Farm lane. The house is
owned BY John F. Cox, his attorney. He
was soon disposed OF.
The witness admitted being in fight three
weeks ago Sunday.
well, he said, "a man and had some
some names and / knocked him down, his
friend came up and I Knocked him down,
then his second friend came up and 1
knocked him down. Then walked away"
Scattered Them All Around.
"You laid Them all out. scattered them
around and then left them" said Judge
White
The applicant certainly looked as if he
could take care of himself
John Rushe, Jr., has a license now at
| Eighth avenue and City Farm lane.
"The great objection to your place is that
you have crowd of loafers there" said the
| Court.
"Do you trust?"
81 did the first part of the year, but we all
quit it in Homestead"
Bridget Rattigan said she was busy fixing
her house, expecting to get license. She
was refused last year, because, she said, her
house was too small. and this year she made
it bigger.
"How comes it that you are known as
| Speak-Easy Bridget?'' asked the Court
II don't know, sir. They lie if they say
so. 1 never run a speak-easy."
Wasn't there speak-easy in your
house?"
"Yes; but a man named Robinson kept it.
1 didn't live there ana had no connection
with it."
Charles Strigel applied for license at 223
Sixth avenue. He was very German and
had difficulty in making the Court under
stand. He has been refused three times.
Philip Simon. 519 Eighth avenue, is a
new man. He applied for both wholesale
and retail, but withdrew his wholesale ap-
| plication, and the chances are he will get
| neither.
Not Hungarian King.
"A great many Hungarians live in the
yard back of your placer"
"Yes, a great many.
"Are you Hungarian King, too?" asked
| Judge Magee.
"No, sir, I'm Russian"
Nicholas Schwartz, of Eighth avenue, has
license The applicant was very positive
| in his answers and made good impression.
Peter J. Schmitt, 301 Sixth avenue, has a
wholesale license.
"You had a wholesale license and carried
| on a retail business?'
| "Well. not exactly"
"You had drinking IN back room on ths
premises?"
Eyes, SIR"
"The men wonld get bottle of beer, put
the account down on piece of paper, 60
| into the back room and drink it2"
mo, sir; marked it down."
"WelI, anyone who wanted could drink
in the back room?"
mo, sir; not everybody"
you belong to boat and drinking
club?''
"I belong to boat club"
"Oh, well, that is the same; all these boat
clubs are drinking clubs"
Thirteen cases were heard at the morning
| session.
Work of the Afternoon Session.
Peter Trautman. 333 Eighth avenue, has
had a wholesale license during the past year.
The upper part of his house is used as O
public hall, councth holding their meetings
there. ~
Judge White-our experience is that it is
a very bad thing to have saloon and hall
where lodges meet combined. There is al.
ways sure to be trouble Of some kind.
The applicant admitted that he allowed
some drinking on his premises.
Thomas Watkins, corner of Heisel street
and Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston
Railroad, has a license at present, and
thought that he had obeyed the law.
Knoxville borough was next, with two
| applicants, Henry Brandt. corner of Aman-
da avenue and lara street, and Elizabeth
Fallert, corner of Amanda and Arlington
avenues. Brandt has a license, and claimed
to have obeyed the law. Mrs. Fsllert has
had transfer license. The applicant con-
fessed that her 20-year-old son sometimes
tends bar, which did not please the Court
very well.
Joseph Kelly was called at this point,
and be testified that be drank beer at
George Jefrey's wholesale house. in Home
stead, but he never paid for any. The
reason the applicant did not apper in court
on Thursday was because he didn't have
money to pay his fare. The Court thought
the reason was because he paid too much
for beer.
Mansfield had four applicants, John Cum
ningham, Main street; James Gallagher,
Main street; Lewis Hurd, corner of Main
and Chestnut streets, and Patrick Newell,
corner of Jane and Mary streets. Cunning.
ham died on Monday last, and the Court re-
fused to hear the widow. Gallagher has
not had license, and had a good record,
having formerly been postmaster of the
town. Hurd has had Incense, and claimed
to have obeyed the law. Newell is a cripple
who has been refused three times. The ap-
plicant was accused OF running a speak
easy, and, of course, denied it.
The MilIvaIe List Reached.
John Bennett, Is Grant street, was the
first Millyale applicant.
Judge White-My report is that your
house is the worst in Millvale. 1t is dan
gerous for women and children to pass
There are fights, and somebody sent me a
copy of a newspaper containing an editorial
which gave your house very bad record.
Mr.. Bennett want your Honor to give
me chance. l am an honorable, law
abiding citizen, trying to raise a decent
family, and If my reputation was as bad as
that would be ashamed to come here and
ask the honorable court for license.
Mr.. Bennett then made a most emphatic
statement as to the condition and character
of his house, and gave some OF the other
places quite racket stating that parties
got drunk in other places ana when he re-
fused them they wanted to fight.
Judge White-My report is that your res
taurant doesn't amount TO very much.
Mr.. Bennett will admit that my res
taurant is very small part of my business
but 1 am having the place fixed up and will
have more room for a restaurant.
Judge White-They also say that you sell
to Incorporate men?
Mr. Benpett-I have a LIST of intemnerate