Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-14
ON THE HOME STRETCH.
License Court Judges Will Finish
the Hearings To-Day.
IN THE SPEAK-EASY DISTRICTS.
The Pennsylvania Railroad demonstrates
Against Applicants.
ILL THE NEWS OF THE COUNTY COURTS

Yesterdays session of the license cour
lasted until after z o'clock in the evening
Considering that Judges Collier and Slagl'
have been working so much overtime there
is some difference of opinion as to whether
the work of the present court has been dont
in any less time than those of former years
The lasts Of the applicants will be heard
to-day
Joseph Bude, Harrison township, was the
first applicant of the day. A remonstrance
charging that he had been indicted for lille.
gal liquor selling in various forms was read,
and evidence was offered to sustain it.
There was a deluge of remonstrances In
this township, they being filed against 10.
seph Conwell, w. T. Clarey, c. F. Colbert,
John Duster, Roma Hengi, E. Jansen, I.
H. Kuhn, Albert Keppler, G. Kuhnert,
Magdalena Mihlheizer, Casper Schrode,
George Snyder, Henry Staum and j. h.
Thomas The applicants who were not op-
posed were Moses Dean, G. Huth, George
Haegle, Mrs. Minnie Haupt, J. W. Hever,
Michael Hammer, r. NJ. Sharar, j. r. Will
son. Nicholas Welsch and Frank Wolff
There were four candidates from Indiana
inc King, Jacob Klein and Gustave Schnel
ler Nothing of Importance was ELECTED in
the examination of any of them.
In the Speak-Easy District.
Lower St. Clair township came up in the
afternoon. This is known as speak-easy
district, and has given the Southside police
more trouble than any other district adj oin-
ing the city. There are only eight licensed
houses in the township now, and it is stated
that there are several times many speak
easies None of the applicants yesterday
had much trouble, except that they were
questioned closely as to whether they had
sold illegally or not during the past year.
John Mccullough, one of the Lower st.
Clair applicants, had no attorney. He said
he did not know it was necessary to have
one
Judge Slagle-Well it is not necessary to
have one. We will listen to anything you
have to say.
The applicant got confused and the next
Mrs Margaret j. Mcclure, of the Pitts
burg and Elizabeth road, said she had no
bartender, and the Court indicated that she
had better engage one.
Mr.. Christy had remonstrance against
John Ulrich, of Marshall township. There
is no licensed house in the township now.
He also had a remonstrance against Philip
Neuman, the only applicant from McCand-
less township. 1t was alleged that the ap-
plicant had sold to William Warren, who
had been declared an habitual drunkard.
Said He Sold to Her Husband.
Mr.. Warren's wife and mother appeared
against Mr.. Neuman. Young Mrs. Warren
said she had otified the applicant not to
sell to her husband and in half an hour after
ward he had sold him bottle of whisky.
E. Y. Breck represented a Pennsylvania
Railroad remonstrance against A. W. Douds,
of Turtle Creek. Mr.. Robertson appeared
for the applicant, and dozen witnesses said
his place was necessity. Mr.. Breck had
about Is witnesses, some of them railroad
employees. who opposed the applicant, be-
cause of his close proximity to the railroad.
The same fight was made against August
Goldstrohm, of Brinton, and c. w. Wymand,
Daniel McMunn and Peter Walter, of Walls.
The others heard in the afternoon were:
Lower st. Clair township-J. Arrand, Mi
chael Augustin, William Ballmer, Daniel
Dorsey John Engstler, John Fromm, John
Franz, Catherine q. Goldbach, f. H.
Hampe, A. w. Hoffman, Nicholas Kltnkner,
Peter karrenb bauer, Herman Mewes, William
Prim, Hartman Schroeder, John SchirTa and
Christian Wagner.
Miffiin township-G. r. Briggs, W. :. locates,
VIM. Curry VIM. Dobbins, James Evans,
Gabriel Favore, w. S. Goldstrohm, Thomas
Hilton, G. G. Kniss, Henry Koch, John Linn,
William Maxwell, William Newmyer, Ralph
Ord, Henry Smith. Joseph Schmidt, Robert
Thorp.
North versailles-Joseph Conroy, Charles
Jenkner and George McDermott.