The evening times., 1897-01-15
A LIVELY EXCISE HEARING
Mrs. E. E. Briggs Denounced a
Police Lieutenant.
THE SCIIL0SSER LICENSE
LICENSE
she Told of Fights in the Place and
the Influence 1t Has Upon Wal
ZACH School-The kozel Case Con-
sidered, and, Big Petition Filed
With the Board.

1t has become feature OF District
building experience 10 hold court at the
rooms OF the excise board. Counsel for
and against applicants appear each morn
ing TO discuss the issue, give the court
the benefit of customary back talk,
and witnesses are examined in regular
form.
There was a session this morning,
opening up with an investigation of the
charges against Martin schloSser, whose
saloon is at No. 66f Pennsylvania avenue
southeast, with Mrs. r. f. Briggs pres
ent as an obJector to the renewal.
Mrs. Briggs was severe in her dcnuncia-
ton OF the saioonkeeper and the police
She said she had known of the occurrence
of disgraceful fights in the place, when
sailors and citizens were engaged in brawls:
on one occasion a Inai. receiving danger
Gus wounds.
The Lieutenant Criticized.
Lieut.. Mccathran reported "No cause
for revocation" OF the license, and Mrs.
Briggs characterized the report as abso-
lutely false.
"He knows he les was her comment,
and after stating that she appe ared as one
of the heaN lest taxpayers in that section,
she SAID she was willing to make oath to
her charges, and demanded that the lieu
tenant be required TO make his return
under oath.
We do not require you to be sworn, Mrs.
Briggs. We believe you without that for
mality !" was Col. Bates rejoinder.
Thank you. sir responded Mrs. Briggs.
Mrs. Briggs declared that she had per-
= iaa
place, and from. their families learned that
they procured liquor there. She had offered
to buy the property where the saloon is
located, in order to rid herself OF the nui-
Sance. but the offer was refused.
II am not alta acking this saloon because
it is a saloon," said Mrs. Briggs. III l
had my way / should make whisky as
free as flour, and let those who want to
kill themselves do So-the quicker the
better, no doubt. ="
She thea added a word OF condemnation
of the partnership between Uncle Sam and
the saloon.
Difference Of Opinion.
It was brought out that the saloon was
established after the location of the Wal
lach school, at the corner of Seventh street
and Pennsy ylvania avenue, but there is d
difference of opinion as to whether or
not it is within 400 feet of the school
building.
Mir. Schlosser's attorney, Mr.. Frank p.
Madgan, read statement, denying that
there had been disorderly conduct in the
saloon, and the applicant himself added
a verbal denial.
He was sharply questioned by Mrs.
Briggs concerning alleged card-pla wing in
his establish ment.
Mrs. Briggs concluded her case by re-
marking that she did not know whether to
appeal to the Good Lord or to the devil.
The latter parsonage has on against her,
she said, so far. There are four schools,
she says. and 400 children whose inter
eSts are at stake, beside her own, andif the
saloon is permitted TO remain there, she
will appeal to Congress.
The Kozel Case.
Tie suspended hearing of charges against
George Z. Kozel's summer garden, at No.
1927 Fourteenth street northwest, was
resumed, and the proceedings attracted
great deal of attention and consumed more
than an hours time.
Of L 200 citizens residing in KozeTs neigh
horhood and elsewhere, which asked for
the renewal of his license.
In addition, Kozel had the personal sup
port OF his regular counsel, Messrs. SuIli-
van and Madigan, and of Messrs- Leon
Tobriner, Simon Wolf, and W. L. Elterich,
and alsoofC c. Duncanson, Rudolph Sauers,
George Wagner, A. B. Coppes, and Samuel
hatZ.
Mr.. Wolf declared that if put to vote,
an Overwhelming majority would favor
such means of innocent recreation as sum
mer gardens, and he challenged Attorney
Shoemaker, who alone represented the
other side, TO such determination of the
issue, and the latter said he would be glad
to have avotetal1en. The case is still under
adViSem ent.
Others who answered to charges, mostly
Of a minor character, are: b. Daley, No
721 Eighth street southeast; George Della
hay, No. sol ID street northwest: Luke j.
Kearney, No. 1911 L street northwest;
NJ. Leech, No. 1847 l. street northwest;