The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-26

| "Yes, sir; we made mouse 10 mouse
canvass
| "whom do you mean by WEI"
"My brother and myself.
| "To whom did you talk first?"
$40 Mr.. Greene"
| When directed TO state to the commit
| tee the substance of the conversation
| that took place the witness said he saw
| MIR. Greene with his brother Edward. lie
| told Mr.. Greene that he had remon-
strateu againt the Dorsey Brothers. MIR.
| Greene replied that he did not demonstrate
| against them. In fact at the time he
| didn't know who was going in there. He
| further told them that Isaac hahn drove
| up TO the curbstone before the building
| was half finished and told him that
| Tobias Burke was going to run a rum
| shop there and that the kind of a place
| he would keep would decrease the va
of the property in tn t vicinity. MIR.
Greene thought II the saloon was going
10 decrease property values he would
sign against the transfer Mr. Mcdonald
came to him with paper and he signed
it. When the witness and his brother
told Mr.. Greene that he had not remon-
strated against Burke but against them
he said he didn't intend to do so and
would take his name OFF the remon-
strance. lie signed PAPER TO that effect.
"Did Mr.. Greene say he had no obJec-
tion to your having license there?" ask
ed General Wilson.
Eyes, sir, he said he had no objection
to Dorsey Brothers. lie thought the
place was going to be run by Mr.. Burke. !"
MOTIVE OF REMoNsTRANTs.
In response TO directions of General
ilson the witness went on TO tell OF con-
versations held with other remonstrants.
With his brother John he met Walter ;.
Mcdonald on the sidewalk in front OF
| his house. Witness asked him what the
matter was with his father that he shou d
| demonstrate against the Dorsey Brothers.
Mcdonald answered that the witness was
| mistaken. dis father hadn't demonstrated
| against the Dorsey Brothers but against
| Burke. lie said that Burke had done the
! McDonalds n personal injury and his
| father was going to drive him on that
| corner Mcdonald further told the wit
ness that they had no objection to Dorsey
| Brothers or to any one else except Burke.
III the Dorseys had the place, he further
added that the McDonalds would patro-
nize them.
| BILLY M'DoNALD WAS AFTER BURKE.
Another remonstrant visited by the
witness and his brother was William Me-
! Donald, senior, generally referred to as
"Billy.H When the witness called "Bil-
| ly's" attention to this remonstrance
against Dorsey Brothers he disclaimed
any intention of interfering with them.
| lie had known them long time and he
would be very sorry indeed TO do any
thing 10 injure them. lie would be glad
to see them get along. He had not re-
! monstrated against them but against
Burke who had done him an injury and
he WAS going TO drive Burke off that
| corner.
When witness asked him to take his
nsme off remonstrance he said he would
be glad to do so for the Dorsey Brothers,
but he wouldn't take 1t of as long as
1 Burke owned the place. He said he had
no objection to Dorsey Brothers or any
one else having n saloon there as long as
Burke wasn't interested in 1t and DIDN'T
own the building.
"BILL' IN IT AGAIN.
The witness also hao talk with Mr..
| Whalen. He met Mr.. Whalen coming
| from work and asked him why he signed
| the remonstrance against Dorsey Brothers.
He said he didn't sign against the Dor
sey Brothers.
Billy Mcdonald came to him and said
Burke was going to run low dive and
asked him to sign against the place. AS
Billy was an old neighhbor he didn't
monstrance. Mr.. Whaen told the wit
| ness however, that IL Dorsey Brothers sue
ceeded in getting license he would not
have the slightest objecti on.
William M. Young, the individual who
has been particularly conspicuous at the
hearings and who was called down the
other evening for talking to members OF
the committee, was also among the re-
monstrants who were talked with by the
witness. He met Mcdonald in front of
the latter's shop. The witness told Young
that the Dorsey brothers had not gone
near him, because he was outside the 200
feet, although his name appeared as re-
monstrant.
MR. YOUNG TALKS OF CREASED PALMS.
Young disclaimed any intention OF
demonstrating against the Dorsey broth.
ers, but did against Burke. Burke,
Young said, had gone up there and paid
three times as much for that property as
1t was worth, and he did 1t for the sole
purpose of starting liquor, saloon.
When the witness told Young that Isaac
Hahn had taken his name from the
remonstrance. Young answered that that
case was a regular Jew trick. he added
that probably Hahn had his palm creased
with hundred and was now leaving the
other remonstrants out in the cold.
When the witness told Young that Hahn
had taken his name from the remon-
STRANGE by letter to the commissioners
Young said he guessed he did that so that
the other remonstrants wouldn't know
how he stood. Then Young added that
he supposed now the Hahn was off the
remonstrance Burke would soon go along
the whole like and grease all hands. The
witness told Young that IL il was grease
he was out for he didn't want to say any
more. Young then declared that il Burke
wants that license he has got to come
down with pretty good deal OF stuff.
Young also told witness to tell Burke to
come down and see him and he would fix
matters all right for him. At this con-
versation the witness brother was not
present. The impression the witness got
from Young's talk was that IL Burke
would throw up enough stuff ne might get
the license. Young said he had no objec-
tion to Dorsey Brothers
BUSINESS on THE SLY.
Michael Hyland, another OF the remon-
strants, was called upon by the witness
| and his brother. When spoken to on
the matter OF the remonstrance Hyland
disclaimed any intention or idea OF re-
monstrating sgaiut the Dorsey Brothers.
In fact, he said he didn't know they
were going in there. Billy Mcdonald
came to him and told him that Burke was
| going to run rum shop there. Billy
also told Hyland that Burke had done