Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-20
READY FOR VICTIMS.
All Prepared for the Annual Draw
ing of the License Lottery.
MORE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE FILED.
Attorneys Are Accused of Feathering Their
Own Nests.
MANY PROTESTS FROM WALLS STATION

Arrangements are now completed for the
annual license lottery which opens to-mor-
row morning at $50 in the big Criminal
Court room. The wheel will be in charge
of Judge Collier, assisted by Judge
Slagle, and Judge Stowe will
act as an advisory board all by
himself The Judges met with Clerk
McGunnigle yesterday afternoon and de-
cided no one but applicants and their attor-
neys should be admitted within the bar and
that is as close as many of them will ever
come to one of their own. Heretofore the
court has been much annoyed by people
crowding in back of the Judges stand and
into the jury box. None will be allowed on
that side of the court room this year.
Thursday was to have been the last day
for filing remonstrances, but by a special
dispensation of Court number were ad-
mittsd yesterday. This was granted to B.
c. Christy, and, in asking it, when he made
the request, he asked the Court if he would
be expected to furnish testimony in support
of his remonstrances, and Judge Slagle
simply replied: eve will hear the first
three wards of the city of Pittsburg on
Monday" 1t was the general impression
that the Court cared very little whether
Mr.. Christy was present with his evidence
or not
Tho p. r. r. Enters Several Kicks.
The Pennsylvania Railway officials came
in with protest against the granting Of
licenses to applicants along their line at
Walls, Turtle Creek and Brinton, and one
%o 1o1
In. the opening made by Mr.. Christy,
Scott & Jordan and E. Y Breck
slipped in and filed remonstrances
against John Suchsinger, George Seasock
and Morris Lefkowitz. wholesale appli-
cants, of Walls; Peter Waller, c. W. Wy
mand and Daniel McMunn, retail appli-
cants, of Walls; A. w. Douds, of Turtle
Greek, and August Goldstrohm, of Brinton.
They state that the companv's large yards,
extending for miles along the line, are very
dangerous, and if these licenses are granted
the lives of hundreds of workmen would be
in constant jeopardy.
The only answer to remonstrance filed
this year is that of Henry Jacobs, of 331
Fifth avenue. He denies the allegations of
Mr.. Christy that he has no lease on the
place; that he would not occupy the whole
house, and that there was public hall in
the building. Mr.. Jacobs states that he
has lease for the place for year from
April 1, and has an option on the place
until April 1, 1894. He says there is no
public hall in the building A building
and loan association meets there, but it will
move after April 1.
One of the Christy remonstrances, which
was against A. D. Krause, of Etna, states
that the applicant was refused a wholesale
license in 1891; that the house has been re-
fused two or three times and the applicant
is not resident of the borough. A similar
paper against Peter Brown, Of Etna, states
that the applicant is a nonresident, and
that his place, which was formerly a school
house, is not adapted to the purpose.
Not Working for Northsids Dealers.
It. was reported that B. C. Christy was
working for the Northside Retail Liquor
Dealers Protective Association, but Max
Schneider, President OF that association,
emphatically dedied this. In an interview
last night he said; '.Mr. Christy is not in
any way connected with our association, and
we have nothing to do with his remon-
strances. Why, some of them are against
some of our own members. The only re-
monstrances we are interested in are those
which are made by E. P. Hesser, our agent.
We make those renlonstrances because we
do not believe the people are fit to have
licenses, and to preserve the standing of
the business we must do it. The only at
torney we have is James Young. and he
will appear for all our remonstrances. On
the other side of the river John Marion is
looking after the affairs Of the liquor
league"
From general talks among the liquor men
it was learned that they nave their own ideas
about the immense number of remonstrances
and believe that there is a combination
among the attorneys for the purpose of
keeping up the profits among the legal
fraternity One prominent liquor dealer
in Pittsburg, speaking of the matter yester-
day, said: ''The rules laid down by
the Court this year Of granting licenses to
all applicants against whom remonstrances
were not filed left but barren field for the
disciples of Blackstone to realize the funds
for a summer vaction. 1t left practically no
need for attorneys at all Ever since then
there have been studied efforts
to have plenty of remonstrances filed. E. P.
Hesser, who has list of all the speak
easies in the two cities, has been offered
large sum of money for it, but he refused to
sell. For the past week men have been
running al over the two cities gathering in
formation, and the big batch of remon-
strances filed by Christy was not sur
prise. There are many people to whom his
name strikes terror, and as result 1
noticed that nearly every attorney in town
was busy yesterday. 1t takes remonstrances
for attorneys to do business this year."