The herald., 1896-06-03
BLACKBURN IS IN LUCK
Insult to q DefenSelesS Woman
Is Unpunished
FACETIOUS MR.. MOFFETT
Theodore Bauer Is Turned Down for the
Third Time
The Board Of Police Commissioners Meets and
Awards the Contract for Summer Uni
forms to a Local Concern

That Detective Moffet is humorist of
some considerable ability, the following
official report read yesterday before the
board of police commissioners Will am
ply prove:
In regard to the application of Alfred
Desmaret for a license for saloon at
740 North Alameda street, | wish 10
report that the place for which this IL
cense is asked is the saloon about the
center of the Shafer property ON Ala
media street, between Also and Mar
chessault. 1t is the place for which
Theodore Bauer once had license and
the applicant is said to be the brother
in-law of the said Theodore.
The block in which this saloon room
is located has frontage on Alameda
street between Marchessault and Also
of 665 feet, the block opposite a frontage
of Sos feet. Total frontage, 1888 feet.
The applicant has on his petition the
consent of the owners of property hav-
ing a frontage in the said blocks of
1888 feet or more than 800 feet more
than two thirds of the whole. and to the
best of my information ard belief there
Is no protest by residents or property
owners on said blocks to the granting of
the license. Furthermore, the appli-
cant has in his favor quite a remarka
Bile petition addressed TO the board of
police commissioners and signed by
of them representative business men.
asking that the license be granted the
applicant.
1 have no personal knowledge of the
character of the applicant but on the
one occasion that I met him he was duly
sober. He states that he has in the past
five years been in business in France.
in Africa, and he is now in the United
States. so with this experience he is
probably "a man of the world" and can
be relied upon to conduct a saloon at
740 North Alameda street without a
shock to his sensibilities. Seriously,
judging from the eminent respectable
ity of the gentlemen who sign the ap-
plicant's petition. and who wish to have
him engage in business in this city, we
have right to believe that without
making much noise about it in the So
cial world or elsewhere. there has come
to Los Angeles from France by way of
AFRICA, more than an average man in
the person of this applicant and other
wise how could he in the short time that
he has resided in Los Angeles have be-
come known to so many merchants,
manufacturers. lawyers and others. and
nave earned their good will as expressed
in their petition in his behalf
Commissioner Cook remarked that
the license in question having been with
drawn practically by the council that
body should restore it, and that not
having been done, he would move that
it be denied
Commissioner Wirsching seconded the
motion, and the license was denied by
unanimous vote.
Chief Glass was on hand before the
board. and told in detail about his re-
cent trip to Atlanta.
Detective Charles r. Moffett presented
a report through the chief generating
completely Officer j. w. Blackburn. who
was two weeks ago charged by Mrs. L.
H. Michel with having been grossly in
sulting. There was no doubt about
Blackburn's guilt, even Chief Glass ad-
mitting that the man had been, to say
the least, somewhat hasty.
BY unanimous consent of the board,
Officer Blackburn continues on duty
without being even, so far as the rec
ords are concerned. reprimanded.
The application of Henry j. A. Stuhr
for a license at 1872 North Alameda street
was granted, as was also the application
of F. kerkow for a license at the COR
ner of jefferson street and Western ave-
nue.. The applca ton of John Brown for
a license at 1873 North Main street was
referred
The invitation from the Fourth of July
executive committee for the board TO
parade on Independence day was ac-
cepted.
J. b. Calhoun and Thomas Wolfe We're
appointed special officers to serve at
Westake and Prospect parks without
pay from the city, and the application
of H. A. Bates for a position upon the
regular force was flied.
The board opened bids to furnish the
eighty men on the police force with
summer uniforms at the following fig
ures for each suit:
NJ. Danziger, s20.50 each Buffalo
| W-oo,eO Mil romnany 500 50 Fl A. GetZ
| S2375, buttons extra; Jacoby Bros,
| S22 80 and $23.S5: Schroeder q Fetsch,
| S22 80; Joe Poheim. $25 and S26; B. Cor
dan. s26; Otto Sens. $3.50 and $24.50
The committee on the uniforms can
vassed the above thoroughly after the
| meeting, and decided to give the con-
! tract to the Buffalo people, who have
agreed to have the clothes ready for the
! men by July 3rd.