Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-07
SPEAK K-EASIES MUST GO
superintendent 0'Mara Says Political
Pulls Will Not Save Them.
POLICE PRACTICALLY DEFIED.
Father Sheedy Will Make Stout Fight
Against hese Places.
TIE COUNTY DETECTIVE AT WORK
POLICE PRACTICALLY DEFIED.
TIE COUNTY DETECTIVE AT WORE

''Speak-easies must CO." said Superin-
tendent of Police O'Mara yesterday, ''and
they must 90 quickly. We have been
evaded long enough on this question, not
withstanding the repeated efforts of the de-
partment to secure evidence against them.
Dinging in our ears day after day was the
cry OF pull. We were practically defed
in carving out the law. Things have
changed, however, just now. We sprung
something new on them, and intend to sur
prise goodly number of these unlicensed
liquor sellers.
81 have had 10 work under considerable
disadvantages for some time past, con-
tinued Mr. O'Nara- There were a mum Der
of cases which I attempted to push, but
found it would be useless in the face of the
evidence. The only thing left me to do was
to institute a new course TO catch the pro-
lorietors of these places. 1 am sanguine of
fyreat results.
'tAbout that Sherry case" said the
Superintendent, "some people might have
9in idea, and in fact some people have the
/ dea, that If was case of persecution more
than anything else. 1 am not here to per-
secute people, bat to prosecute them
when they do wrong. No officer of
the law bounded Mrs Sherry. She
drew all the trouble on herself She defed
us time and again to touch her, and kept
her place open night and day, as we'll as
Sunday. The possibility is, however, that
she has an idea about this time that she
cannot do as she pleases with the Brooks
law"
Father Sheedy Preparing for Work.
Father Sheedy, the pastor of Our Lady of
Mercy's Catholic Church, at Third and
Ferry street, is one OF the silent champions
OF the crusade just begun. At the present
time Father Sheedy's new church is in
course of erection, and the reverend
gentleman does not intend to come
publicly ont in thir was until the church
nears its completion. Then he will renew
the war against speak-easies and disrepu-
table houses, and keep it up until the work
Is finished. Regarding a fund alleged
to have been raised TO push the work
along, Father Sheedy said no such
thing was in existence. He could not see
any necessity for such a fund at present.
He didn't have any hesitancy in assuming
that Superintendent O'Mara would give
him all the assistance he needed in a legiti-
mate way and he would not ask for any that
was not needed.
At Mrs Sherry's late home, where so
much wine and beer was consumed, every
thing was dead yesterday. A sister of Mrs
Sherry said her sister had been very un-
fairly treated She got year in the work.
house, where others convicted on = similar
charge got only three months '"There
has been considerable discrimination, she
continued. ''The prosecution emanated,
think, from the visit of health inspector,
who saw good deal more going on in other
houses in the locality than he did in this
place. 1t is too bad to think that Mrs
Sherry will have to spend a year in snch a
place as the workhouse."
Another Heavy Speak-Easy Sentence.
David Edgar, of Allegheny, pleaded
guilty yesterday in the Criminal Court to !
selling liquor without license and on Sum- |
dav, and was fined $3.50 and sent to the |
workhouse for six months.
Samuel Whitehouse, Jr., against whom
there are four indictments for illegal LIQUOR
selling, and who was to have been tried on
Wednesday, but who did not put in an ap-
pearance, was arrested yesterday. and placed
in jail. He pleaded guilty in the afternoon
and will be sentenced this morning.
John Whalen was arrested yesterday by
County Detective Harry Beltzhoover,
charging him with selling liquor on Sunday
and without license. In default of bail
he was committed to Jail to await a hearing
to-day.
John Schultz, charged before Alderman
Gripp by Detective Beltznoover with SELL |
ing liquor on Sunday and without license |
in Mulberry alley, near Twenty-sixth street, |
was given hearing yesterday morning and |
discharged. There was not sufficient evil |
dence to hold him.