The morning times., 1896-03-20
MR.. ENRICH Was HEARD
Rsfutes Charges of Sunday Liquor
Selling Before the Excise Board.
Said the Messenger Claimed Lieuten-
ant Kelley Wanted the whisky
for Medicinal Purposes.

Tie hearing before the excise board OF
charge gainst the mana cement OF the two
Hotels Enrich on a notice 10 show cause
why the license for bar-room n each should
not be denied, continued from Wednesday
until O'Clock yesterday, developed the
fact that Lieut.. Kelley had received COM
plants of violations OF the Sunday law
at the hotel on New Jersey avenue and c
street, opposite the b. & o. depot, and
that he had sent man named Fitzgerald
to the house one Sunday with money to
purchase Il bottle OF whisky.
The lieutenant was present and said the
station clerk, Mr.. Elliott, had been his
agent in the matter. He had given Elliott
the money, who had in turn given it TO
Fitzgerald, and the latter had gone in and
bought the whisky and returned with it TO
Kelley.
Fitzgerald had gone in and come out OF
the hotel under the heutenant's observa-
ton, and the bottle Of whisky alleged to
have been purchased was placed upon the
table in the presence Of the board.
Mr.. Enrich said the man Fitzgerald had
not purchased the whisky at his house He
| had no personal knowledge about it, but
had asked his clerks, and had been in
formed by them most positively that it was
not sold as alleged.
He related how Fitzgerald had come TO
! him and asked for money With which TO
! leave town. as he did not want to appear
! against he house at the trial in police
court. Mr.. Enrich said he had refused to
| have anything TO do with Fitzgerald, and
would not give him money.
| This statement was drawn out by a
! previous declaration made by Lieut.. Kelley
that the ease was nolle pressed In police
| court, because the witness, Fitzgerald,
| was spirited away" His reasons for
! this statement were that about an hour
before the trial he had seen Mr.. Enrich
talking with Fitzgerald, and that when
! the trial was called the latter could not he
! found.
Lieut. Kelley said ne had arrested Fitz,
gerald after he returned, and that the
latter had said in the presence OF the
court that Mr.. EmrIch's pleadings were
| so strong he could not resist"
To offset This, Mr.. Enrich stated, and
proved by his clerk, Mr.. Coury, that
| Fitzgerald had represented in presence o.
several people that it was the Lieutenant
| who sent him for the whisky; that tho
III. and that he had cramps, as plea fol
! wanting the spirits, and that Fitzgerald
had spoken very disrespectfully Of thu
| officer, applying q vile epithet. Mr.
/ Enrich then asked Lieut.. Kelley if ht
did not consider man who would lie So
outra geously in one instance would bt
likely to lie in every other matter, ant
whether he would regard such a man a
worthy of belief.
1t was also declared that when Fitz
gerald accused another clerk, Mr.. Ian
now. Of having sold him the bottle o
spirits it was denied and a scrap ensued
with the result that Fitzgerald was hustle'
out of the house.
The bearing was continued until Mon
day at 8 o'clock i'll order that Lieut. Kelle.
might have the opportunity to produc
Fitzgerald before the board.
Attorney W. II. Johnson was present 70
Mr.. Enrich, and Attorney Shoemaker 70
the Anti-Saloon League.