St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-02

Peter street, was the next thing on the
programmes The order was issued July
s.. and called the attention Of
saloonkeepers to provision of
the law regarding disorderIy houses.
According to the order of the mayor the
allowing of men and women in stalls or
wine rooms connected with saloons
would make the proprietors liable to ar
rest for keeping disorderly place.
The letter Of the mayor to the assem-
bly,. demanded an Investigation with a
view to revoking the license issued
to Murphy. The mayor said:
"sAlF good citizens, not excluding the
keepers of reputable saloons, were
agreed that the keeping of private
rooms. boxes and stalls known as wine
rooms were vicious and bad places. The
place kept by Mr.. Murphy was one of
the most dangerous of the kind. The
order was read to Mr. Murphy by Capt.
Cook, but the police reported that no
attention had been paid toit. Detectives
Gerber and. .Leyde had been sent to
Murphy'S place to make an investga-
ton, and the committee could hear their
statements.
e Defective Gerber said OH the night of
July 10 he had seen a man and woman
confe'Out of Murphy's saloon. He went
into box or room III the rear of the
saloon and saw man and woman drink
ing whisky.
The mayor interrupted the detective
to know II the box was lighted or dark,
and il there were doors on the stalls.
Detective Gerber saidi it was not light
in the place to distinguish features of
the couple. The man and woman he
had found out Were not disreputable
characters. He saw another couple
come out of the place later in the even
ing.
Mr.. Murphy and his attorney, III. l..
johns. explained that the rooms and
partitions had been removed July 20, or
the day after Detective Gerber made
The visit. The order was given July 5,
but he could not get carpenter to do
the work before the day they were
taken down. he had no intention of
violating the order, and had he thought
he would have been pushed SO lard he
would have had the places torn out the
day following the order. His attorney
quoted the decision OF Judge Otis in the
Mayer case. which was to the effect that
There Was No Law
to prevent women from going into sa-
looms. he was certain from the evil
dence OF the detective there was moth
ing to prove that Murphy kept a dlsor-
derby place.
Mayor Wright said when two people
OF opposite sex went into. box or stall
in such Il place and drank liquor it made
dlSorderiy house of the saloon. The
mayor said he didn't want to act as
prosecuting attorney, but too long time
elapsed between the time the order was
issued and obeyed by Murphy.
Mr.. Daily had an idea that women had
as much right as men in saloon as
long as they were not disreputable
characters.
Mr.. Reardon was of opinion that
Murphy had violated the mayors orders
and the license should be revoked
Alr. Zimmerman said that there haG
been deal of unnecessary delay in not
complying with the order of the mayor
MIR. Reardon moved that the license
be revoked.
Mr.. Daily argued that the evidence
was not sufficient in his mind to show
that Murphy kept a diSorderly place
He had no love for MIR. Murphy since
the last election, but he thought every
one entitled TO fair play.
Attorney Johns made another play to
save his client by telling the committee
that he had told Murphy the mayor had
no right to issue the order.
This. however. had no effect. and the
committee decided to recommend the
revocation OF the license. Mr.. Daily alone
voting against the motion.
The communication of Treasurer
Miller. regarding the payment of
licenses by the street railway company,
was postponed until future
| meeting. Mr.. Zi1nmerma said the
license inspector had informed
him that no attention lad
been paid by him to the collector of
| this part OF the city iicenSe.S Mr.. Cope
land wanted to know why. but Mr..
Zimmerman said he could not say. The
North st. Paul Railway company had
agreed to pay up i'll a day or SO.
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