Bridgeton pioneer., 1896-12-31
AGAIN IN THE TOLLS.
The Dolans Have a Hearing Before the
Mayor, Where the Character of Their
Place was Fully Ventilated.

Place was Fully Ventilated.
Mrs. Anna Dolan and her daughter,
Fannie, were brought from Jail Monday
morning and given hearing before
Mayor Appellate, on the charge of keep
ing disorderly house.
When confronted before the Mayor the
two pleaded not guilty to the charge as
read to them.
Oscar G. Lippincott, operator at Irving
Avenue station, took the stand. He said
he boarded in house opposite where the
Dolans lived. 1t is reported that the
house was in bad repute. He had never
seen any drunken men go in the house;
was never there; had never heard any
disorder there from my boarding house.
Ephraim Colder, sworn, said he lived
opposite the Dolans. In answer to a
question as to "what he knew about the
place." said he didn't know anything
about it. Had heard noises on the
street before and after they had lived
there. Mrs. Colder, also called, said she
didn't know anything about it.
VIM. G. Chester, who lives at 305 Irving
avenue, said he lived opposite the Dolans.
There is considerable noise about the
house. I found the people in The neigh
borhood were all down on the house. I
sat up until two o'clock to watch the per-
formances going on there. There seemed
to be two classes of people who visited
the house. Some would go to the front
door and others would go to the base
ment and knock, and whistle from the
men would bring some one of women to
the door. They would go between ten
and two o'clock. After coming out of
the house the men were in bad condi-
ton, tumbling around on the sidewalk.
son the 18th Of November there was a
big time there. I laid in my bed and
heard language unfit to be repeated. This
happened early on Sunday morning. On
Saturday night, between twelve and one
O'Clock ON December 10Th, the men went
in there slyly and came out like roaring
lions. The nature of the racket this
night was of "knock down and drag
out'' style. got up and heard vile lam
guage from the men and women alike. l
have lost more sleep since I lived there
on account of those people than 1 have
lost in all my life. Men of old age and
beardless youths frequented the place. 1t
was a complete bedlam at times, more
especially on Saturday nights. Had
heard on one occasion a man say after
coming from there, ''let's go back and
get some more beer" also heard some
one inside say, "Anna, let's have some
more beer" The language used by the
men and women is unfit for publication.
Witness said he had seen men come out
of there early in the morning.
Charles Dubois, another neighbor of
the Dolans, 297 Irving avenue, testified to
the character of the house on Saturday
nights, about the only time he was home.
On every Saturday night there was con-
siderable disorder going on in the house.
The persons who frequented the house
seemed to be drunk around there. Last
Saturday night week there was racket
Their talk was bad.
Benjamin Kennedy was one of the
young fellows who was at the house on
the 10Th of December, but he said he
never got anything to drink had seen
others drink there.
Several others testified to being at the
Dolan's house on different occasions.
There was abundance of testimony
against the accused and the Mayor held
them for court.