St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-03
BRIGGS WAS PUNCHED
Minneapolis Saloon Regulator
the Victim Of an Ineipient
Assault.
Suicide Of a Young Girl to
Get Rid Of Going to
School.
Big Day for Minneapolis
Lodge No. A, B. P. Order
Of ElkS.
Annual Election OF Exposition
DirectOpS--NeWS From
the Courts.

The Sunday saloon crusaders have
become so enthusiastic in their work
that they have adopted wholesale meth
DDS of business. and as a result twenty
of the downtown liquor vendors ap-
peared IN the municipal court yester-
day to answer to the old charge OF fail
ing to keep their places closed Sunday.
The latest field chosen by the crusad-
ers for their operations is the district
south Of Nicollet avenue and including
Washington avenue. Those arraigned
yesterday were:
w. II. Harris 259 Third avenue south; ole
Brown, ll5 Washington avenue south; Peter
Il. Murtha 81. James hotel; Aug. &. Kuh-
feldt, III Washington avenue south; Charles
Taberman, 4 Washington avenue south /;
Z: l.. Lomls. Washington avenue north;
timothy Flynn. First street; X. h. Bader,
the Henrietta 25 First avenue south: Charles
Rebou, 81 First avenue south; Louis Cuss-
Ter, l22 Hennepin; John A. Fielzer, q
Nlcollet: John Gloden, IL First avenue south /;
Il. II. DIVER BIS Second avenue south: John
Bauman, l24 Henpepin avenue; Sevrine
Olson, 222 and PA Second avenue north; NJ.
kllener, 30 First street north; K. A. Blom-
qulst. 100 Washington avenue south: ID.
Greenbaum, 253 Second avenue south: A. l..
Lally, lib Washington avenue south; j. E.
jackson, 10l First avenue south, and Thomas
Murphy, 80 Fifth street south.
The court room was crowded during
the entire proceedings, and great inter
est was shown by the spectators.
The complainant in each case was
Walter 5. Briggs, who sat in one corner
of the court room and took the black
looks cast at him from all directions
with apparent uncOncern.
The liquor dealers all pleaded not
guilty TO the charge and the cases were
set for "Wednesday afternoon next at
2 p. m.
Demurrers were entered in several
cases on the ground that the complaint
did not state sufficient cause of action.
The arrangements on this point will
also be heard Wednesday afternoon.
AS the crowd filed out of the court
room many Sneering and profane re-
marks were hurled at Briggs, and, as lie
stepped into the hall, one man, whose
name could not be learned, struck him
in the small OF the back with his fist.
Then another man, whom it is claimed
was A. s. Dowdall. stepped out of the
crowd and kicked Briggs. At this
juncture Court Officer Erlichmann,
who feared more serious trouble, bur
rled Briggs away into one of the court
rooms and sent an officer TO diSperse the
crowd which had assembled at the foot
of the stairs to lay for him.
Later Briggs left the building, and,
although he met several persons who
greeted him with insulting and abusive
remarks and threats, reached his home
unmolested.
Mr.. Briggs was seen at his home last
night, and stated that he was in no way
injured by the blows which he had re-
ceived, and did not regard the trouble
as at all serious. He said he did not
know either of the men, but he noticed
that the one who tried to kick him was
decidedly under The influence of liquor.
He had not taken out warrants for their
arrest. and did not intend TO.
1t is stated that the NicOllet and Hen
nepin avenue dealers will be put OH the
rack in day or two.
The saloon men are all very much eX-
erciSed over the crusade against them,
and it is said that if the Sunday closing
movement is continued, some of them
will be forced to go out of business.
The saloon business is at very low ebb
in this city now. and even by running
Sundays most of the dealers have found
it impossible to keep up with their
heavy expenses. As Sunday is the best
day of the week with many of them this
movement is keenly felt.