Omaha daily bee., 1891-03-01
THE NEWS IN THE BLUFFS.
The Trial Of The FBt Liquor Injunction
Case Still Unfinished
A MIDNIGHT FIGHT ON SEVENTH STREET,
Change in the Man agcncnt of the
Motor Ii Places to Worship
Various Social Events
y bout the city.
A MIDNIGHT FIGHT ON SEVENTH STREET,

morning in district court. At the opening OF
court thc audience was not OarEc rs ON
Friday. but aS the morning wore away the
people kept dropping in and by noon the
room was packed. The first hour of the
morning seSs ion was occu pied 10y thc cross.
cNamin alton of witnesses in proceedings
for change of venue in the case ol
G. H. Stone VS. the city. This Is
case In which the plaintiff seeks damages
from the city for injuries to his property
during AN Ind ian creek overflow. The plain
tiff alleged thatlt would be impossible for
himto have fair trial in the city on account
of the preIudlccof the iurcs Ia support OF
his claims he introduced several witnesses
who were cross examined by Attorney
Stewart on behalf ofthe city. The case was
not completed
AT last the inun Ction case was called, j. {.
Pontius being Sea brook $ first witness He
testified that he had lmo Nvn Turner since the
| ii rst of last May, and had always considered
| him good sort of boy. Part OF that time
| Turner mad worked for him OncrosscXam.
| inatOn he stated that he did not know w hat
| he had been doing since last y ovcm Ocr,when
ne left his employ, but Turner had told him
he was buying ana selling chickens, and was
in partnership with II man named Merritt
Hc said he did not know that he had been
| living in Wall | lake, Ia or in COlumO Ous,
| Ncb
Peter Smith was the next witness He
! testified that he had known man named
! Turner for about eighteen menthS, part OF
which time he had been III smith 5 employ
| But he did not know positively whether or
| not the Turn CT he knew was the plantlf IN
the present case.
W. \. Wood ties titled that he had known
! Turner for five years, and that he had seen
] hi -.,llyg an
wheth crhc was in any business. He was
| pretty sure the Turner he knew was the
Turner who was planti II in this action, but
had no positive knowledge one wayor the
other.
FL. Duerr testified that he had known
| Turner for six years an q that the last time he
had seen him was about three or four weeks
| ago On cross examination he admtteulh lhitthe
| did not know whether Turner had been
resident of POttawatarnc county recently
| or not.
The forcg oing testimony was all introduced
| for the purpose of showing that Turner had
been II resident of this county at the time OF
| bringing the suits, fact Whlch hau pech
called in question by the attorneys for the
defense. Theodore Becknan was the first
witness who was called upon totestltY as TO
the mature of the store kept by Rink X
Schultz He testified that there was a bar
in the rear end of the store and that he had
drank beer there in company with the att0r-
ncy for the plaintiff within the last SIX
months. This statement called forth ripple
of me rrimcnt from the audience Last sum
mer he SWOre of and since that time
he had not drank anything there eX-
Ceptln g soda water But he acknowledged
that within six months he had seen parties in
the bar dri II king sonnet hing that they SAID
was beer, and he desert bed it with n minute
ness I nat caused a ycarnng look to spread
over the faces of half the audience, lie
could not say whether Rink " Schultz
owned or had any control over the portion OF
thn h,,i iliip o. lvhi1 n usp6 bar
Chief Cary was then put upon the stand,
but if his testimony did the prosecution any
good, ii was hard to tell just where the good
came H. Mr. Cary had evidently left his
memory at home. He could not recollect
whether he had ever given Captain
Martin any Instructions to pre-
pare a list of the saloons or that he had ever
received any ins tructiOns from the may or in
regard to the treatment of saloons since
January /. ScabrOol< had forgotten that
what are called saloons in some states are
known as dlsOrderly houses IN others, and he
tried in vain to tYst Cary up or make MIN
admit that he had at some time and in some
way been mixed up lin the saloon business.
In the ftemoOn John Ward, grocer, was
put upon the stand He testified that he had
bought liquor at the BARN the rear OF ?Ol
Main street within the last two weeks.
Sometimes when he entered the place for
this purpose he had been waited on by Rink
and at others bv Schultz,
j. j. Stewart, attorney ford. l.. Temple
ton, was as kCd w nclnef nc uiu Ill HIS posses
sion the stub book which had been referred
to bv Clera Stephen son in his testimony on
Friday. He said that the book had been
given to him by Mr. Stephenson, and that he
had kept il awhile He did not have it then,
howcve nor did tie know where ii was.
Marshal Tenn plctOn was called the box
again, and another attempt was made TO eX-
tort from min sOmethiug that might De use
full to the prosecution in making out a case;
but it was brilliant failure The marshal
did not know anything for sure. ana when
hcle # the witness stand the attorney for the
plain tin, the court, and the spectators We're
Just about as well informed as they had been
| before the arsha had been heard rom.
Dr. Macree was the next witness called
for More interest was manifested in his
testimony than in any that had yet been
| offered. Coming from the chief executive,
| the one from whom all orders in regard to
the saloons we're supposed TO emanate, con-
| siderable curiosity was manifested as to
| whet ther the mayor would be able to testify
at all with out committing himself
| "\Nhat have You done, II anything, as 10
the regulation of the disOrderly houses since
| YOUR term of Office commenced :' was the
| first qucSti put to him.
"INell" was the reply after fewmoments
| hesit alton 1.-The first thing | set ont TO dc
wns TO make the proprictorS Of these places
feel that they were more closely under police
cont rol than they had been before. y
"In what way did you set about this ~
81 told I hem that | wanted certain things
done, and they did them"
"NVhat suggeS tiOns diu you make to them
either yourself or by proxy, as to their con
duct !n
Il told them TO close on Sundays and week
nights"
3 "Dld you ever tell them auythingRs TO the
pay Tnent of fnes!'
NNOn
"DidyOu ever instruct your SubOrdinatcs
. to give them any notice of that kind"
mo-
"What was the fine usually paid by prOpri
etorS of disOrderly houses at the time yol
com menced your term of offiCe'
II believeit was S25.n
"Has it been Increased since that time"
. "Ees,n
"BywhosC authOrityN
&, "Bymiue.o
"In what way did YOU makethls increase: 2
4 by an ORDER"
= "T0 whom was this order issuedm
: ITO the mars hal, / presumen
"NVas the order written or an oral one 2
"It was not exactly writ ten or oral, either
' 1t was made out on Il prescription blank an
y was partly oral and partly wrtten.n
:. "Did you ever issue any orders as to wha
: should be done TO those who paid thi
mon thly fine or to those who did nOt.''
"NOn
What dOyou mean by the term saloon
hneN
1.-THE term is used to designate fin
which is paid each month by the proprietor
of diSOrd erly houses, and In paving 1t tn