The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-18
MAYOR SCORED HIM
DIVE KEEPER ST. CLAIR HAD a
TALE To TELL MIR. DENNY.
The Executive Thought the Brighton
Beach Man Responsible for the
Murder of Thomas.

Charles st. Clair. proprietor OF the
Brighton Beach road house, heard
straight talk from Mayor Denny yesterday
morning. St Clair called at the Mayors
Office about 10 o'clock He introduced him.
self TO the city's chief executive, and said
he had come down to talk with him and
enter complaint against what he considered
unfair treatment. He did not specify In
what exact particular he had been mis-
treated, but from his conversation ii was
Judged that he thought 1t unfair treatment
to station officers at his notorious dive
on the canal bank TO see that he OBJ
served the law. He said he wanted the
Mayor to understand that he not a
man who desired to dsobey the law at
all, but the stationing Of officers at his
house would ruin his business, and IL il
was continued he would simply have to
closa I'D his road house and quit Mayor
Denny listened TO him patiently for sew
eral minutes. When ST. Clair finished the
Mayor expressed his opinion in such way
as to leave no doubt as to his meaning,
and also TO make very certain the fact
that all road houses would be compelled
to obey the law and close at IL o'clock
and on Sunday.
He said to st. Clair: 81 consider you
responsible for the murder of Weston Il.
Thomas at your place last week"
81 can't how I in any way re-
sponsible for it. 1 was not there at ALL"
IF you had not been making a practice
of violating the law" continued the May
or. these men would not have been there
at that hour, and the murder would never
have been committed. You have been run
ming all-night house, and these men
and others knew it, and went there at IL
legal hours because they knew they could
get drinks and carouse all they wished.
L did not know the character of the place
you were running or IL should have been
stopped long before this. You and other
We. shall see that you do. 1 want you TO
understand me fully, so that you may act
about this matter. The law shall be
enforced. and these road houses and sa-
looms looms must close at II o'clock and on Sun
day. l intend that you shall do this II Ii
is necessary to station a half dozen Off
GERS at your place and keep them there
ST Clair left after This. From his con-
yersation with Superintendent Powell the
to say that he could not run i his place il
he was compelled to close at II o'clock
ana on sumo Sunday. Mayor Denny is OF the
Brighton Beach house is closed, as he is
of the opinion that it will not prove profit
Or mIdnlght, and The patronage Of the
the sports that comes after midnight
the proprietors. During the afternoon the
proprietors of the Pompeii production,
near the fair grounds, called upon the
had talk With them about the conduct
OF their PLACE: They We're told that from
their place was not patronized by the
class of people that made good citizens.
sion to sell intoxicants after Ii O'Clock,
as they closed the place before that time,
and promised to close their bar on Sunday.
They also agreed that their Sunday eX-
hibitions should in no wise be Of char
acter to be classed as theatrical perform
they might go. They said the drunken
crowds on the street cars came from
road house beyond their place. They will
with the Board of Public Safety on Fri
day night at its meeting.
Just Merely "Jawed" Him.
Sprinkling contractor Thomas was roast
ed to a crisp brown by the Board of Pub
lie Works yesterday for the manner in
which he has been doing his work. The
board had received a number of complaints
about his work and sent him notices on
two or three different occasions to appear
before the board. He paid no attention
to the notices and yesterday letter was
addressed to him telling him of the COM
plants and calling his attention to the
ignored notices of the board. He was
then informed that if he did not appear
forthwith before the board that steps
would be taken to rescind his contract
The letter was sharp and pointed but was
nothing TO compare to the scoring when
he appeared before the board in the after
noon before the letter mailed. Mr.
Kramer went over number Of the streets
in Thomass district just before going to
the office of the board yesterday afternoon
and found them very poorly sprinkled;
some of them seemed not TO have been
sprfnkled at all. He was told in the plain
est of English that if his work in the
future was not done 70 the satisfaction of
the board his contract would be rescinded
Fire Department Substitutes.
The APPLICANTS for appointment to the fire
force, who recently took the examination
will receive their marks sometime during
the present week, probably on Friday
When the men have been graded according
to their papers the Board of Public Safety
will make the appointment of six substi-
tutes. These substitutes may not be the
six standing highest in their marks for the
reason that some or the applicants have
employment and would not care to give
IL up to take the places substitutes.
In such event the next highest man who
desires the appointment as substitute will
be given IT. These men WILL of course, come
in the line of promotion and appointment
missioner Conner says the board has not
yet decided upon making any removals
whatever from the department. They have
been making an investigation the same
| have not decided to drop any members OF
| the department as yet.
Expensive Track Relaying.