The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-07
SALOON NUISANCES.
The Aldermen Will Close
the Concert Halls and
Other Bad Resorts. =
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SOMERS' MISPLACED VENTURE
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Music Must Stop At 1o:3O-Ex-
else Committee Hearing RI
Last Night.

The Excise Committee of the Board OF
Aldermen completed its labors last night.
Every remonstrance and every applicant
against whom complaint was made was
heard. Immediately after the public session
the committee retired to City Clerk SCOTS
Office and melted out justice to applicants
and demonstrators in a manner which the
members believe will be entirely satisfactory
to the board and the public.
The adoption of the report of the commit
tee will result in the three concert halls now
in operation and the fourth about to be
opened being closed. No license will be
granted to Frank Sethroepfer to keep a sa-
loon at the corner of Wayne and Varick
streets; Joseph Hanly of No. 81 Academy
street will have to go into some other bust
ness; Benjamin Rozuk of No. 403 Hender-
son street will haysgto dispense with Satur-
day night ''spiels.' and Mrs. Mary Cowboys
saloon at No.. S33 Newark avenue will be no
more.
H CONCERT
The hearing on the charges of Chief
Murphy against the j. |. c., Washington
Garden and Central Theatre, brought to
light what is regarded as a suspicious change
of proprietorship. Gus Reiber, who formerly
kept the j. |. c., intended opening a similar
den at No. 361 Grove street. lie declared
that he allowed no women to frequent his
old place and further that men were not
allowed to go behind the scenes unless on
business.
Alderman Dusenbery called him up with a
sharp turn. and asked him if it was not a
fact that he had rooms behind the stage
where men sat with the women performers.
Very reluctantly he admitted such to be the
case. 1t is such part of Reiber's business
which resulted in Chief Murphy's declara-
tion that it was not a proper place to exist
in any community. Reiber declared that
his new concert hall was to be operated on
the same plan as the j. l. c. When he left
the committees presence, one of the MEM
berS remarked
mot if my vote will stop him, he won't. y.
Reiber, singularly enough, has sold the
JIG. to Jacob Gombossi. The latter appli-
cant explained TO the commii tee that he.
kept it in an orderly manner and that any
lady could visit it in safety. Gombossi a
few weeks ago operated the Tiv6h Theatre.
1t was raided by the police as q disorderly
house. He was taken by surprise when
asked why his old place had been Taided.
He could offer no explanation. Since that
occurrence he has sold the Central Theatre
div to Lewis Bair. Bair insisted that his
concerts were decent. The members of the
AACANS u ~ AAOF aAAS 0AAbAJ -
Chris. Meistner, the proprietor of the
Washington Garden. made the startling
statement that women were not admitted to
his den, and that the performers were not
allowed to mingle with the audience. His
statement was not beloved.
E O sOR
Harry Stoltz's saloon, at 399 First street,
was complained of as being disorderly by
Mrs. E.. B. Hillyer, who says that the dano-
ing, screaming, fighting and presence of OBJ
jectionabie characters there make life mis-
cradle and drive decent people from the
neighborhood. There is some doubt as to
what report will be made on his application.
No one appeared against A. Buchanan of
No. 1872 Jackson avenue. Mungo j. Currie
made a bitter attack upon j, II. Huey's
road house at No 102 Avenue D. He main
tanned that it had been a resort of green
goods men, and was freuuented by objec-
tionable characters. 1.-THE bad reputation
of the place is sufficient to prevent the re
newal of a license for it" he said.
Joseph Hanly, who keeps aaasaioon at No.
81 Academy street. was accused by Major
Bundy and Mr.. McCreery of keeping q, bad
resort. They declared that the frequcnters
of the place were profane and dangerous,
and that Hanly himself was: profane and
usually drunk. They accused him, 81, beat
ing his wife on two occasions to SUCH an ex-
tent that she had to be removed to the hos
plCal. MI. manly. Oh bQo Ob10f udlu, fopI0-
sented himself to be an example of sobriety.
He declared that he never struck his wife.
He was particularly aggrieved over the fact
that Major Bundy had set forth in his COM
plant, which was exclusively published in
The NEWS, that two murders had been COM
mitted in the saloon. Mr.. Hanly's reply
was that he only sold the beer to the people
the night of the murders. The murders in
question were those of the Brennans by Po-
liceman Ryerson at an outdoor wedding
celebration.
RoZUK's SALOON.
Messrs. John Shelley, John Wells, John
Lind, George Walsh, Thomas Ellis and
Thomas Walsh were the compliments
against Benjamin Roznk. They character
lied the place as a nuisance and a dangerous
resort. Dances are held in a rear hall, and
fights, which are usually accompanied with
unearthly yells of murder. disturb the neigh
bortood at all hours. One Of the gentle
men cited the fact that a patrol wagon of
habitues was taken out OF the place last
Saturday night after a fight.
Miss Elizabeth Arid complained of the
noises which emanate from Lewis
Fishers saloon at No. 3S4 Monmouth street,
at all hours Of the day and night. Fisher
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