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

him elf and was afraid HiIly might com
| plain OF him. As TO the remoDstrance
of John Brophy. tn witness SAID thefe
| was no use OF talking with him because
| Billy and Brophy mar led sisters ana
| Billy had Brophy lid.
| lie did go TO ser the Ahearn sisters ana
they said they had not demonstrated
| against Dorsey Brothers, but AGAINST the
place. Mr.. Mcdonald Lad come 10 them
! with paper asking them TO sign IL as
| BurFe was going 10 run saloon tnat
| wouldn't be any credit TO the street The
| Youngest sister was going TO take her
| name of but the oldest one would not let
| her. Liquor had been sold in the store
under the Aheain sis ers houae not over
two years ago, tie Nj ness thought.
James Baxter ran the saloon there.
The witness was asked If any OF the re-
monstrants gave as reason for objecting
that they were acting for the good OF the
| community.
"No," answered the witness, "they all
4 said they did il to favor Billy Me-
DoHsld. They had no OF tjection to Dorsey
Brothers or anyone else except Burke,
and they said ifthe Dorseys got the place
! they would ratre nize them. "
The witness saw Miss Murray and Mrs.
Clark, who owned the property where
Mcdonald lived. Mcdonald went to her
and she refused TO Sign the remonstrance,
but did sign petition in favor OF Dorsey
| Brothers license.
.Commi sioner Paine here announced
that the license TO James Baxter in the
Ahearn house was granted Nov. 10, lSy2,
| aud as that was not within the term OF
the present board the estimony OF the
witness relating to it was stricken out on
motion of Mr.. Mccarthy.
The witness, after testifying that Mrs.
Ann MCGUIRE, one of the remonstrants
within 100 feet of the Burke place, leased
1 =. Inn
saloon, concluded his direct examination.
MR.. DORSEY cBoss-ExAMINED.
Mr.. Mccarthy cross-examined Mr.. Dor
! sey as to whether the Ahearn sisters had
said they would patronhe Dorsey Broth
ers If they got liconse and the witness
replied they did not. lie also said that
none OF the remonstrants with whom he
talked claimed there were too many
saloons in the neighborhood. He had not
talked the matter over with Mr. Burke
nor with Mr.. Wilson as he was not ac-
quainted with Mr.. Wilson.
"You say you talked with Mr.. Young
and that he said Burke might come
around and grease ell the palms?"
| ''Ees, SIR
"Where did he say that?"
ain front of his shop on Dyer street ]"
'Who was present?"
"Nc one but Young and myself"
"Did you think he was In earnest?
81 certainly did"
"Did he say how much ne wanted?"
"No; he didn't state his price"
"Did you tell Burke TO go down and
see Young?"
81 did not.n
Mr.. Mccarthy pressed the other wit
nesses to state why he thought Mr..
Hyland was afraid and the witness an
swered because he was doing business on
the sly. When asked what business, the
witness promptly replied the liquor Dusi-
ness and insisted that Hyland told him
he was doing business on the sly and the
impression he got was that he meant the
liquor business.
ANOTHER DORSEY TEsTIFIEs.
John III. Dorsey, one OF the Dorsey
Brothers, who is engaged in the market
business, was sworn and when asked IL
he knew illlam Mcdonald or Billy, as
he is called said he did and had recently
been compelled to complain of him TO the
police for jumping on his butcher catt
and trying to pull the witness off.
The witness then related a conversation
he had with William NJ. Young, whom
he took into his carriage one afternoon.
He asked Young why he had demonstrated
against Dorsey Brothers and y loung
denied having done SO, saying he
had demonstrated against Burke
selling liqu in that neighborhood. Wit
ness told Young that the Dorsey brothers
la hired the building and wanted to do
business there. He asked Young, ere
fore, to tike his name off the reno =
stranc but Young aid he would not
because Burke had paid an enormous
price for the property and If he wished to
do business there he would have to pay
big to do 1t.
Then Young went on to say that when
he demonstrated he carried hi point,
and i'm proof of what he aid eclared that
he had had a saloon On Dyer street cl9 sed
up.
MR.. FULLER DRAGGED IN.
"But you didn't do that all yourself?"
| sal Mr.. Dorsey.
"No, I've got the Providence Coal
Company and Myron Fuller back OF me, I"
was Young's answer. Before Young left
the witness on that ccasion he said,
"you fellows have things your way this
year, but IL Myro Full r is cted Iext
year. we will make some fu for y u.
"Did Young, although outside the ECO
foot limit, object to Dorsey Brothers?'
"No, sir. lie simply didn't want
| Burke there"
The witness then went on to state that
he saw Mr.. Hahn and asked him TO take
| his name from the remonstrance Mr..
Hahn said he didn't demonstrate against
| the Dorseys. Hahn also asked IL Burke
wanted license there why didn't he pay
for il as he could see a way by which for
$500 or $3.50 Burke could get what he
| wanted. Hahn finally promised to take
his name off, but didn't do it for some
time, and until the Dorseys sent sever al
persons TO ask him. Then witness under
stood he did take it off by letter. The
| witness then repeated the conversation he
had with Mr.. Greene substantially the
same as his brother had done. Return
ing to Mr.. Hahn the witness said that
that gentleman afterward asked him II
the Dorsey Brothers would hire his sore
at the corner of Culver and Blackstone
streets. The witness replied that they
wouldn't have such place Then Hahn
wanted to know IL he put up n building
for them at the corner OF Willard avenue
and Culver street would they hire it. The