The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-14
THE BAyDYS TURNED LOOSE
IrS. Bdldy'S Appeal 10 the City
Council Sustained.

sumed last night in the trial Of the APP
peal case Of Mrs. Geo w Bandy, who
was fined 500 or thirty days in Jail and
deprived of her license by Mayor Melon
ough in the police court last week
/ The result OF the appeal was a victory
for Mrs. Bandy, the appeal being sus-
tanned and the amount Of the fine ordered
refunded.
There was considerable interest taken
in the case, and about fifty people stood
outside the railing and listened to the
hearing
The members of council present were
Mayor McDonough, Aldermen Dixon,
Bohan, Screveu. Myers, F'Olliard, Haines,
/ Mcmillan and O'Brien, and the following
city officers: Clerk of Council Re0arer,
/ City Attorney Adams, City Marshal
/ Wade and Assistant City Engineer Kopps.
/ The citY's witnesses We're Policeman
| Kavanaugh, Morris Lepinski, Jennie
! Paine and Dan Brown. colOrcd. p j.
/ OConnor, Esq, represented Mrs. Bandy.
POLICEMAN KAvANAUGH' 5 STATEMENT.
Policeman Kavanaugh was the first
| witness sworn. He said he knew moth
! ing Of Mrs. Bandy selling liquor himself,
/ but put her on the docket on the state
! ment of Jennie Paine, commonly known S
! Jennie Wun Lung, who said that she had
! bought a dozen bottles of beer there on
! Sunday, July 2. In answer to questions
| of City Attorney Adams, Kavanaugh said
/ he had placed Mrs. Bandy on the docketOn
| Sunday, Sept. g. also, for violating helaw.
| He saw the place brilliantly lighted up
! and men and women going in and out and
| had reason to believe that liquor was be-
! ing sold there. He saw a man go in the
| place last Sunday, and afterwards saw
him drunk on the street.
In response to questions of Mr.. O'COn-
/ nor, Officer KaVanaugh said Mrs. Bandy
! had been acquitted by the mayor on the
| charge of Sept 3, and also one of Aug.
! %, both made by him.
Mayor McDOnough stated for the in
| formation of Mr.. O'ConnOr that he con-
sidered Mrs. Bandy as guilty of the charge
/ of Sept. as that of July ?, but had only
| convicted her upon the latter.
JENNIE wUN LUNGS STORY
Jennie Pane was the second witness.
! She said on Sunday, July 2, some friends
| came around to her house and said they
/ wanted some beer. She loaned them
! tableclOth and they went to Mrs. Bandy's
! and got the beer, The witness said she
| had got beer from Mrs. Bandy's several
| times during the year on Sunday. She did
not buy it herself, however, but sent
| for it.
! Morris LepinsBi was the next witness.
| He said that he and a friend Richard
| kirkland, went into Mrs. Bandys house
on the Sunday afternoon in question, and
! got several drinks, for which kirkland
! paid. They bought a dozen bottles of
| beer, and having nothing to put them in
| they went to the Paine woman's house
! and got a table-cloth, in which they put
! the beer. Mr.. Bandy waited on them.
! Lepinski was very positive in his testi-
mony.
Dan Brown (colored), comm only known
| as Dan Chinaman, zorro bOrates Lepinsh
| in his statement about purchasing beer in
| Mrs Bandy's place He carried the beer
from the saloon to the Paine woman s
| house. Chinaman is negro, and not one
of the subjects of the Brothers of the Sun
1 and Moon. He said he had served a term
in the penitentiary and one on the chain
! gang, both times for fighting. His real
| name, he said, was Dan Brown He de-
| clared that he had been in Mrs Bandy's
place every Sunday since she had been
open.
DANDY ON THE STAND.
Mr.. Bandy was sworn and testified
that his place at Margaret and
fire on Feb, 1. He moved
across the street to small house, where
he did no business. The old place was
rebuilt and he moved back on July 6. He
had no stock of goods or household arti-
cles there before that time and could not
have done business there on July 2.
Mr.. Madison, the painter who painted
the signs for Mrs. Bandy, testified that he
began work on July 4 and finished on
July g..
j. II. Helmken, collector for the VOL
ters Brewing Company, testified that the
first order of the VOTERS Brewing Com
pany from Bandy was on July 8, when he
ordered keg of beer. He ordered some
bottled beer a day or two later.
GeOge Otto, carpenter, who worked
on the fittings of the Bandy bar, testi-
fed, but his testimony was of no i'm
portance.
L. p. Johnson, printer, said he was at
Mrs. Bandy's opening on the night of
July 9. He was in the place on the Satur-
day before and saw no indication of any
preparation for business. There was no
business done there on July f.
Richard Kirkland, who was one of the
city's witnesses at the police court trial,
ana who was named by Morris Lepinski
and Dan Chinaman as being with them
in Mrs. Bandy's on the Sunday in ques-
t lion, .+ sWore positively }, that
that he did not pay for any beer, as they
had said. and that he had never been in
the place. Kirkland made strong wit
ness for Bandy, and told very straight
story. City Attorney Adams cross
questioned him very sharply, but could
not break down his evidence at any
point.
THE POLICE COURT TRIAL.
w. G. Sutlive, who was at the police
court at the trial OF the Bandy case, testi-
fled as to the testimony Of the city's wit
nosses at the police court trial.
Mi. O'COnnOr was sworn and testified
that Dan Chinaman told him in his Office
before the police court trial, that he had
never been in Bandy's place on Sunday
Mr.. O'Connor also said that Lepinski
swore, at the police court at the trial of
the first case, that he did not recollect
ever being in Bandy'S place on Sunday
Mrs. Bandy testified that there was no
business done at her place after the fire
until July Is, and that the place was not
ready for business until that time Mrs
Bandy testified that no liquor had ever
been sold in her place on Sunday
MIR. O'COnuOr made a strong speech,
presenting the evidence in benalf of his
client in most convincing manner.
Mayor McDOuOugh made statement
explaining his action in the Bandy cases.
The city's evidence in one case was un-
doubtedly insufficient, he said, and he
dismissed it. He was satisfied that Mrs
Bandy was guilty in Goth cases, but he
thought it was sufficient TO punish her for
one.