The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-04

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at the corner of Plain and Bishop
| streets?'
"Yes"
"Who sold 1t?
"George Burnham.
| "Who bought 1t?
"rhere was a house on the corner
| then?n
"Yesn
"What became of lt?"
"Mr. Burke gave it to my mother"
$50 1t was moved away?"
"Yes. Mr.. Burke bought the property
| in for my mother and was willing to let
her have ii without a dollar down."
"How much was she TO pay?"
"s4750; what he paid for it.
"How much WAS the morigagey
"S320o. The last time IL was sold there
wasn't any mortgage on it. The original
mortgage was $500.
YOUNG AND RIs LITTLE PIECE.
"Young published piece in The
Journal9'
"Yesu
"How d. you know"
"His name was on ii. "
"Didn't you tell Young that Burke had
influence enough with the commissioners
to ct license anyway?
81 did not.
Mr.. Wilson then questioned the witness.
"Do you know the commissioners or
any of them?
"No, sir; do not
"Did you ever speak to any OF them?
"When Burke bought that property
there was cottage on the corner was
there not?
"Yes, sir.
"What was done with 1t?
"He made my mother a present OF 1t
and she bought lot at Is Hilton street
and moved it there. tsA
Committeeman Waterman then asked
the witness a number of ques ions as to
whether the various signers to the remon-
| STRANGE had ever sold liquor themselves or
let their premises for liquor saloons. The
| Ahearn sisters and Ann Mcguire We're the
only ones he knew who had let their
premises for the sale OF liquor.
Teen Mr.. McCarty asked, ''Do you
| mean to say that Ann Mcguire owns the
property at The corner of Plain and
| Blackstone streets where Baxter's saloon
| is?
"My uncle pays lent to her son. She
| never leaves the house. ! haven't seen
| her out OF the house dozen times In 10
| years.
After announcing that he had some
papers to offer later General Wilson stated
| that he could call no more witnesses.
TESTIMONY IN REBUTTAL.
MIR. Mccarthy then began the introduc-
| tion of testimony in reRhttaI. The first
witness called was Isaac Hahn.
"How long have you lived in Provi-
dence?'' asked Mr.. Mccarthy when the
witness bad been sworn.
"Thirty years" IA
"You own property in the vicinity of
| Plain and Bishop streetsY"
"Yes, SIR
"Do you know the Dorsey Bros, So
| cailed?"
"slightly. Icouldn't tell their Names"
premises at the southeast corner OF Plain
and Bishop streets said to belong to
| Tobias Burke Do you know the loca-
| tion?"
eyes"
"Did you have anything to do with the
remonstrancs directed against that place
| in 1882"
81 did,
"Did you have any conversation with
either of the Dorseys or with Burke on
| the subject of the remoustrance?'
al can't remember any particular con-
versat ion. I"
Scan you remember. OF any converse
| tiou7"
swell, the entire neighborhood was
talking and / suppose they talked with
the rest"
"where is your property situsted9n
"Next door to the Burkes' on Plain
street and own on Bishop street also."
=.Psi =:;"Pid you sign arem0nstranee"
"Did you afterward withdraw"
"At whose request?"
"My own. A great many people called
on me to get me to take my name off but
follow ed my own bent in the matt ro
"Did you say to any Of the Dorseys that
for 900 or $3.50 you could get all the re-
monstrants to withdraw
"No, never in my lIfe."
"Did you say it would be done for any
consideration?
az never had any conversation that
could be 81 construed or so interpreted"
DO you remember who was the appli-
cant for o license when you sent In the
first remonstrance?
Ther1 was no application then.
How many renonstrants were there'
We understood that a saloon was to be
opened there by man we didn't want,
and all the neghbors signed and signed.
Then came the cross examination by Gen.
earl Wilson.
understand you to say you withdrew
from the remonstrance on your own mo-
tionY
On my own judgment, yes.
For W nat reason did you withdraw?
We had the impression that a man was
going to open questionable place
there. Afterward l, heard that Burke
was going to open 1t and had no objec-
tion to his doing SO. ] conferred with my
tenants and they had no objection SO /
took my name off.
DO you know OF any reason why
Burke should not have license there,
other than in case OF a remonstrance rep
resenting a majority Of the land within
200 feetf
can't conceive OF any.
Mr.. McCarthy-You are quoted as say
ing he could get iicen on paying 500
or s2t0?
never said such thing.
id you ask the Dorseys 10 hire your
place at the conrcr Of Culver and Black
stone streets?
No, sir.
Did YOU offer to put up building for
them?
Quite the reverse. They asked me to put
up building for them. i didn't have
anything to build 1t with So didn't do
Il. You can't put up buildings on wind.
THE SALOON HAS ADVANTAGES.