The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-15
SAID THE MAYOR TOLD THEM.
Muhlberg's and KsskePs Statements
Before Recorder Wilson

/ z. Muhlberg ana NJ Kaskel, pawn
/ brokers, were fined - each by the re
/ corder yesterday morning for having
! their places of business open before Z
O'Clock in the morning, contrary to the
ordinance regulating pawnshops. The
fine would probably have been heavier.
but for the statement Of Mr.. Muhlberg to
the enect that he had the permission of
the mayor and several of the aldermen TO
open his place.
Mr. Muhlberg said that at the begin
ming OF the year when he went TO renew
his licen Sc, he inquired if the section of
the ordln ance prohibiting the opening of
pawnshops before o'clock in the morn
ing was TO be enforced. He saw the
mayor about II, he said. and several Of
the aldermen and was told to go ahead
with his business as he had formerly
done, and that he would not be
inJerfered with Accepting this as per-
mission, be has been opening his pawn
shop before clock in the morning all the
year. MIR Haskell said pretty much the
same thing. The recorder was somewhat
surprised at these statements. He in
formed the pawn brokers, however, that
no Official, no matter how high in author
ity, had the right to give them
permission to violate any ordinance, and
that they must comply with it hereafter
or the fine would be much heavier for the
next Offense of the kind proved against
them.
MIR. John Wohanka and Mr.. S. X. Levin
We're the principal witnesses against the
pawnbrOkers. From the evidence, it
seemed that the case was made by Mr..
Wohanka. Mr.. w. NJ. Hayward appeared
in the police court as the attorney for him.
From statements afterward made to
MORNING News reporter by Mr. Hey-
wa nd il that no ppfofl don in
the neighborhood of the market have be-
gun a crusade against the pawnbrokers
for interft renee with their business. The
chief grievance which the retail dealers
have against the pawnbrokers, Mr.. Hey
ward said, is that the pawnbrOkers are
importing goods here from other cities and
ticketing the goods to give them the APP
pearance ofpawned articles, selling them
to the uuwary, who are led to believe that
they are getting a bargain. This has
provoked the retail dealers against the
pawnbrokers, and they propose TO take
further steps against them. Mr.. Hey
ward said that 1T can be proven that the
pawIbrokers have violated nearly every
section of the of the ordinance regulating
their business
Mr. Wohanka says in reference to his
difficulty with Mr.. Haskell that he went
into BeCkman's on Monday and haskell,
who was standing at the bar as he en-
tered, asked him to drink with him. Wo-
hanka refused, saying that as he was
witness against haskell in a case in the
police court for Tuesday, il would not be
proper for them 10 drink together. kas-
KEEL was not satisfied, MIR. Wohanka
says, and began TO talk about some other
unpleasant matters between them, when
Wohanka inpatiently showed him away
with his open hand and told him TO leave
him alone. Haskell Immediately struck
him, he says, with a glass, making a few
his heels. Wohanka. owing to his bulk,
could not catch him, and after running
through several doorways, he reached his
store and escaped. Wohanka says he
provoked no difficulty with his antago-
mist and can prove by Mr.. Beckman, the
only witness, the truth of his statement.