The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-22
A SEVEN SALOON WAR.
Mayor Farr Setting His Foot on the
Neck, Of Bayonne's Big
Eight.

Mayor Farr of Bayonue has scored a
combination in that city's Board of
Councilmen. ,s5 rs
Councilman Mark Robinson and Nicho-
las Carroll, two Of the members of the
"Big Eight are liquor dealers. When
the Board of Councilmen passed its first
big batch of licenses several months ago,
no report was rendered upon the applica-
tions OF these two officials. Subsequently
their licenses were also granted. The
Board, through its License Committee,
however, retained the applications of
Messrs. Christian RtckerG. Henry Troel-
Ter, Edward Ludwig, Herman Neuman
and William Early, five alleged friend s
of Mayor Farr.
This action of the Board incensed
Mayor Farr and he refused to sign the
licenses of Carroll and Robinson until tn g
Board passed the five licenses withheld.
Several times the matter came up in the
Council and lively debales ensued.
CONSPIRACY AND ILLEGALITY.
Councilman Allan Benny, one of the
Mayors friends in the Board. charged
that the big Eight" was guilty of a con-
spiracy in Withholding the five licenses.
He insisted that the seven dealers were
violating the excise ordinance by selling
without a license. Then Mayor Farr is
sued orders to Chief of Police McNeill to
close up the saloons and arrest the pro-
ance. The police followed the
orders and the result was the arrest of
Messrs. Early. Troeller and RicKert.
Troeller was fined $50 and costs, the
penalty imposed by the ordinance, by
Recorder Besher. and Early and Rickert
WIRE discharged with warnings.
MORE ARRESTS.
IN LNr;dor Chiaf NJ o0a;o ooIToJ
the attention of the force to his previous
orders concerning the seven saloons.
The result was that on Saturday two
charges of violation were preferred
against Early by Patrolman John Cor
man. The same day a man said to be A.
NJ. Elliot of Brooklyn and a detectiv 9
employed by Mayor Farr or his frlends /,
went before Notary Public Lanning F.
Roake and made affidavit against Coun
Gilman Robinson. This affidavit was
turned over to Mayor Farr who sent it to
Chief Mcneil. The result was the arrest
of Peter McGovern, the bartender OF
Robinson, by Patrolmau Anderson.
Yesterday Early and McGovern were
arraigned In the Police Court before Re-
| corder Besher. Detective Elliot was not
| present, Mayor Farr keeping him in the
background for future use. After some
discussion, in which Councilmen Carroll
and MCGEE. the latter also a liquor dealer
DuU Que OIL Mayor HdrFS
Joined, it was decided to postpone the
cases to await the action of the
Board of Councilmen on the five
withheld licenses. Mayor Farr showed a
disposition to compromise and have the
prosecution of both Robinson and Early
abandoned, ii he could achieve his point.
| Conncilmen Robinson, Carroll, MCGEE
and Benny agreed to have a special meet
ing of the Council called for tomorrow
evening, and two or more of them signed
the call.
1t is presumed that the five licenses
will be passed by the Board. If this is
done he will sign the other two. There
is, however, a disposition on the part of
six members of the ''Big Eight" to not
pass the licenses under any conditions
until Mayor Farr has first signed the
others. If the meeting does not arrive at
an amicable settlement of the affair
there will be lively times in store
for the seven liquor dealers. the police
aud the Mayor and Council. The Mayor
by the provisions of the charter is the
head of lhe police force. He also has the
privilege of irving cases of violation OF
city ordinances. The Chief of Police and
The Recorder, while disposed 10 do their
duty in the premises. are in sympathy
with the big Eight"