The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-03
M'BRIDE WINS HIS CASE.
TEE COUNCIL FAILS TO SUSTAIN
MAYOR M'GONOUGH.

fPetions to ths Police Concerning the
t I, Enforcem Mt Of the Sunday LAVA
( Lively Timo Around the City Ex,
tugcnsnge.
S%sltrhe city council refused to sustain Mayor
MeDonough last night on the James
Mcbride appeal CASE. .
Mcbride, who was fined 800 and SEN
fenced TO thirty days in Jail by the mayor
In police court daV before yesterday for a
third alleged violatIo1of the Sunday law.
was unanimously acquitted. 1t was I2:45
O'clock this morning when the vote was
taken and the crowd Of spectators dispersed.
! Probably never before has there been such
O crowd at q meeting of council. Every
ssat inside the railing was taken long before
| O'clock. Outside every foot of space back
TO the wall separating the mayors office
from the long room NSas occupied. In the
corridor the ,m wasras great and people
jostled and pushed each other in their
| endeavorg to get inside. Even the balcony
8as filled. Every Glass of citizens was
REPRESENTED and ths saloon element was gu
| inf9Fce. aL
Rev sensational murder trials in Savan-
Ea5 have attracted aIoizger crowd.
/ Mayor Mcdonald action aroused con-
I bNAlSE ttktO Interest,". ever NOOLJ was dux~
i9us to see whether the council would stsnd
| byhirp. There were eight aldermen pres
ehta Messrs. Meyers Carson, Cam,
lQBTieD, Bailey, Harmon, Mcguire and
| Reid. They came out of caucus at $40
O'Clock and transacted routine business be-
fore taking up the appeal case
! THE CASE TAKEN UP.
Shortly before 10 O'Clock Clerk Rebarer
read McBride'5 appeal, and W. w. CHS.
holm, ESQ, att lrney for the defendant, an
nounced ready. The spectators had pa
| tientiy waited during the transaction of the
| regular business, but In moment they
were astir, and displayed the keenest inter
| est.
The witnesses for both the city and de-
| fense we're sworn together, and on motion
| OF Alderman Carson were sequestered.
! Officer Kavanaugh was the first witness
called He admitted giving Haines Is cents
| TO get liquor, because he asked him for it,
| He said be did not see Haines go into Nc.
Brides bar, nor did he zee him coming out.
He saw them 90 around the corner, and
| after they came back they told him
that they had purchased whisky in Nc
| Brides barroom.
| Alderman Carson asked the officer why
he hadn't followed the negroes. He replied
| that it is difficult thing for an officer to go
around that corner. One officer has had
watchmen are always around there, and il
they see an officer In citizens clothes coming
they give their whistle and no one gets in
| side the bar.
| OFFICER KAvANAUGH ON THE STAND.
After Officer Ksvanaugh finished his tea
timony Alderman Carson put him through
q rigid cross.examination.
you were brlblng the darby, weren't
| your he asked.
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bride him. 1t is my duty to arrest any one
selling liquor on Sunday. was given these
instructions by the chief of police"
At this point Mayor McDonough inter-
rupted the witness to make statement.
at would be we'll to know" said the
mayor. what instructions tae officers have
Tnsp on That's special ,n. or on regular
to prevent sns if "'' possiSls. s asy
saloon or any person from selling liquor on
Sunday in any disguise, and by any means
to ascertain that fact. Those instructions
l have given TO the chief Of police to give
to the police force. IL they choose to give
any colored man. or any white
man, or anybody else money with
ard then put the place on the docket.
That is the policeman's instructions, and it
would be we'll for council TO understand il
now. They ara authorized, if they see fl
to do SO, to spend their own money or any
body else's money. l would just like that
to be finally understood, that the officers
are carrying out their instructions"
THE OFFICER RATIFIED.
Officer Kavaneugh got ratified under the
cross-examination by Mr. Chisholm, and
said: II sent them O few minutes after
oh, didn't send them" This caused con
siderable laughter among the spectators.
Monkey Haines testified that he had
been given the IS cents by Kavauaugh he
had gone to McBride's place, was ushered in
by Mcbride himself and was sold a gill of
whisky by Mrs. Mcbride, for which he paid
Is cents. He said that he had gone through
the kitchen to get into the saloon. Under
crcss-exaninatiol Haiaes admitted that he
had committed larceny after trust at one
time while working on the steamer Ethel
Frazier corroborate1 Haines, evidence
as far as the purchase of the whisky was
concerned, but he said Officer Kavauaugh
offered the money to Haines to get the
whisky. He couldn't tell exactly whether
he turned TO the right or left to get into the
bar, but claimed that he went into the
kitchen to get into the bar.
On cross-eramination by Mr. Chisholm
Frazier admitted that he was au ex~convicr
having served year in the penitentiarv foI
shooting a man several years ago.
PLAN OF M'BRIDE's PLACE.
James Taylor, a boarder at Mcbride:
house, produced plan of the ground 6oor
OF the plnce, showing that it was a matter
OF imposslbility for anyone to get into the
saloon from the kitchen.
Mr. Chisholm then asked to be sworn
and terrified the plan.5 gH9osaid be had il
made Yesterday afternaonaby Mr.. Stephens.
Robert Lane, a abarkeepgt for Mcbride
testified that he had heeae in the place all
day end was certain that mo liquor was
sold between the hours thes5egroes claimed
to hayesseured it, that tho bar was closed
and tolthe best of his knowledge, had not
been 9SeRed OF all Sunday.
| McBFjde was sworn et5 his own volition
he said that he never useered in either
Halnes or Frazier last Sunday, nor were
the negroes at his plaoe9s He also stated
that no liquor was sold. fhsSyey to the bar
room he placed in bo2upsstairs and found
il there on Monday morning ana is positive
that no liquor could have been sold because
he was on the premises ali day.
Morris Johnson, q negp8 Swore to having
seen Officer Kavanaugh change a dollar,
give Harry Atkins cents and Haines d
cents. He also said the policeman saw the
men gambling and told them to go ahead,
that ne wouldn't bother them. johnson
said he considered Haiuss liar, aud in re-
ply TO Alderman Cann's inquiry if be
wouldn't have to be champion to beat the
balance of the crowd he said, Yes, SIR
which created quite laugh.
that ma was tue COY whonI Kavanaugh had
paid cents to, and heJ eoTroborated john
sons testimony.
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