Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1892-05-19

knew heaps.
Nathan Garrison had drank lots oi
Bailey's cider--couldn'J begin to tell
how much--never kept an account oil
the number of drinks. Got bad drunk
there on hard cider.
| Chas. Seymour had got crazy drunk
on Bailey's cider got drunk in his
place on the cider he got there, and
Bailey had had him arrested for it.
Among the witnesses called saw
Mayor Whitaker who didn't give the
| place a very good name,
Mr.. Bailey was put on the stand in
his own defense. He sold cider, he
said, and this cider was a harmless
beverage which he bought for 14.cents
q gallon, and which be used himself
instead of water and coffee. He denied
all the stories that those other wit
nesses had told about him. They were
bad people. Mr.. Bailey suffered in
his speech, and gave his evidence In a
quaint manner. He said he sold sweet
cider, and sweet cider only. It would
| get sour on him and that is what they
called hard cider, but be didn't throw
1t away when 1t got that way, ''Oh,
no" he said, he sold it. He himself
was good young man who drank 30
and rs glasses of this same cider per
day. These other folks we're bad peo-
pie. The racket near his place shortly
after Easter Sunday was altogether
the fault of these bad folks.
Mrs. Mary McKinsey, the mother of
the young man, next took the stand
and told how she had seen the loafers
go to the grove near by with beer.
Her son only sold cider it was a bad
loafing place just outside OF her sons
place, but inside it was different.
Mrs. Ann Meyers was called. She
gave the neighborhood oh, such a bad
name; the only good spot in the whole
vicinity is the place now kept by the
defendant. She declared she had seen
more drunken men about there since
Mr.. Bailey had been locked up than
when his place was open.
Mrs. Metcalf lived near the place
kept by Bailey. She had never seen
any drunken men go In or come out Of
the place; did not see any racket at
Bailey's on Easter Monday. The cor
ner where the saloon was located had
always been q rough place.
The case was not concluded during
the afternoon.
THURSDAY MORNING.
At the opening session Of Court this
morning, Prosecutor Logue sent the
Burdsll Baily, disorderly house case to
the Jury. In his argument, Prosecutor
Logue said he had some respect for
man who sells an honest drink of
whiskey, or a fair drink of beer, but
he had none whatever for that william.
GUS compound called nowadays
cider. He did not think that this COM
pound eyer came nearer an outside
apple tree than the cellar of some
wholesale dealer. He thought such
compounds as are now called cider,
should be sold with the same restric-
tions as druggists sell their compounds
each bottle properly labeled, and this
particular kind of cider should have a
redlabel and upon it the skull and cross
bones. In conclusion Mr.. Logue said,
he did not think these cider mills had
any right to exist, carried on in this
illegitimate way, to the detriment
of the community.
The court in his charge said that no
man had a right to conduct house
which was nuisance to the commu.
nity or passers by. Further he said
that it made no difference whether a
man sold hard or sweet cider or even
milk, if he permitted acts of disorder
about his place. The..question in this
case, the court held, is simply whether
this house is disorderly and is Burdell
Bailey responsible.
Mary Walker, young woman, was
called upon to answer the charge of
stealing pair of shoes. She was re-
presented by Hon. ]. L. VanSyckel.
Mrs. Ida M. Rogers. Of Millville, the
prosecution of witness testified that
last April, the defendant Mary Wal
ker. lived at service ut her home in
Millyille. The girl lived with Mrs.
Rogers two weeks. After Mary had
left Mrs. Rogers discovered pair of
her shoes were missing. A week later,
Mary came to the house after some Of
her clothing. Mrs. Rogers recognized
her shoes on Mary's feet, and finally
Miss Walker admitted they were Mrs.
Rogers shoes and she promised she
would return them, but she meyer did,
and her arrest followed.
Lilly Peters said she was In the
store when Mary Walker owned to
taking the shoes.
This ended the states case, and Mr..
Van Syckle continued the little-goody-