The morning call., 1892-04-12
Why THEY SIGNED,

Property OtcIers Tell HOtc They Came to
Pat Their Names to the Petitions.
Nearly all the signers 10 the petitions of
properiy-owners asking the Police Commits
sioners TO give their consent to the licensing
of The Cremorne, the Alhambra and the
PIne-street dive of Stadler & Anderegg.
have been interviewed by reporters of The
CALL.
Some of the signers for the Cremorne also
signed for the Alhambra.
Sharp practice has been used In obtaining
some of the signatures. That is plain.
81 never signed that petition or anything
like it," said Mrs. Christina Van Doprn, an
old lady who lives at 275 Stevenson street,
when she was shown copy Of the Cremorne
document.
mo. she did not sign it, said Miss Anna
GerichteD. Mrs. Van Doern's granddaugh-
ter. young lady of is.
But her name is there" said the re-
porter.
Gan she signed" said Miss Anna. speak
ing for her grandmother, who is very fee bic.
twas petition to the Police Commissioners
to remove the Crem0Tne. A man came here
with the paper and grandma, who owns
this property. signed it. You see she
wanted to have the place closed, because
We live so near to the Cremorne-its
Just across the street tbeTe-and the noise
those drunken people make there disturbed
Us SO much that We could not sleep, and our
roomers all left. That was why my grandma
''But no such petition has been sent In.
''Oh, yes. The man who brought il here
said Mr. Stein at No. 265 had promised to
sign"
The reporter saw MI Stein.
mo, L never saw such man or such q
petition. Somebody's been fooling Mrs
Van D0ern.'
Yes; somebody had been giving her a
paper 10 sign which recommended the main
tenance of The Cremorne Crime Hatchery.
and she had signed that paper under the
representation that il was petition to the
authorities 10 close the vile resort.
George Jones owns 25-foot lot at 245
Stevenson street, little wood and coal
business downstairs on the premises, and
little home upstairs. He is married man
and has children of his own.
For their sake" said he to THE CALL
reporter, Il would never have signed that
petition or recommendation for Jack HaIli-
nan, had L not been forced into 1t. You see
the position l am in. My little business is
right about me here in this neighborhood.
Mailman has sent me a good deal OF trade.
and could take it all away again should
offend him. never frequent such places as
the Cremorne, and would wipe them all out
Of existence if had my way.
YES, l signed for the Alhambra, too. If
you mean NJ. j. Dunn's place under the
opera-hnuse. / was ia the same embarrass
ing position when that paper came to me as
when Hallinan's came"
John Harper of 754 Mission street &C.
knowledged his signatures to both UallI-
mans and Dunn's dives.
MI Roberts brought the men In with
Hallinan's paper and / signed il to please
neighbor. / don't know anything about
the CTemorne or the Alhambra." he said 10
Tine CALL man.
j. c. Roberts said: "Well, you see. the
petition IS sent down to me with the sigma.
inres of good business men and neighbors.
and what can doP Of course don't ap.
prove OF such places as the Cremorne and
Alhambra, but our firm does business with
the owners OF the property. 1t would make
very unpleasant should | refuse my sig
nature l rent piece of property 10 this
DOCK Tor saloon purposes and the chances
are that | might have 10 get signatures for
my tenant some time. Still, If these places
rrs as bad as HE CALL says they are, they
ought to be closed up. / don't think such
places ought to be allowed to exist"
c. Meyer said: II have not the slightest
Interest in the Cremorne. / know very
little about the place. | do not know Hall-
nan nor Holman. A friend OF mine named
Louderback, who owns property adjoining
mine on Eddy street, came TO me and said,
Here Is paper wish you would put your
signed to oblige Louderback"
Cremorne?' '' :. '"0
Il don't know"
j. 0Kane said: Eyes. that is my sigma.
Are you quite satisfied that such place
as the Cremorne should be allowed TO run
in spite of the police?"
signed 1t. That is all you want to
know. signed it."
Mr. OKane signed for both Jack HALL.
nan and Mike Dunn.
d. w. Lyman was not in his Office when
tne reporter called. His brother said that
ne ieit Ior the East on Monday night and
that he would be gone for about two
months.
DIR. David Wooster OF 746 Mission STRAIT
said he supposed his signatures to the Gre.
morne aud Aihambra petitions were bona
fde.
"But l don't really know thing abort
either place. not even where they are" said
he. Il took Mr.. O'Kane's word for the
character of both places. He recommended
them to me. and brought the Cremorne's
petition to my Office. / told him that II his
name was On the paper would put mine
there as a favor to him."
When the doctor had been informed as to
the bad character of the places, he said:
snow am glad you tell me this. l will
never sign such paper again, and am very
sorry that my name should have been used
to perpetuate such places. am busy man
and never gave the matter thought till now
/ don't believe such disreputabe place
should be allowed to run. But you know
how men do these thoughtlsss things every
day. They do Is to accommodate q friend
and neigbbor without ever thinking what
Il Is they are doing. have nothing to lose
b. refusing to sign those petitions and moth