Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-04-05
GROUND UP" The SALOONS.
REPUBLICANS THREATENED BY
COMMISSIONER GREGORY.
East Eighteenth Street whisky Sell
ers Visited by n Party of Poll
ticians Who Do Campaign
Work on Sunday.

There were great times on East Eigh-
teenth street last Sunday night. The resi-
dents of that locality were honored with a
visit from a member of the police board
and others. These gentlemen were not
hunting for churches, either. It seems that
about IL o'clock that night Louis Dworko-
WITT. the proprietor Of a saloon at 1900 East
Eighteenth street, was surprised to receive
a visit from Police COMMISSIONS Gregory
and a party Of his friends. Mr.. Dworko-
WITT was behind the bar at the time. Mr..
Gregory led the visitors into the saloon and
called for the drinks. Dworkowitz prompt
posed of Mr.. Gregory introduced the re-
mainder of the parry as Assistant Attorney
Mastin, Of the criminal court; Frank p.
Walsh, William Able and Joe Shannon. the
latter is said to ave furnished the money
that Went for the drinks at that place, al
though he took only a soda water.
Now said D~workowitZ to a reporter
for The Journal last night, Il don't want
any publicity in this matter. but the facts
are that while it was raining Sunday night
lot of men got out INC came in. 1 know
Mr.. Gregory. and he was in the crowd.
He introduced me TO the others. They came
in. had q drink and paid for it, After they
Fad stood at the bar for a little time and
talked with me, L was asked by Mr.. Greg
Dry how ] stood for mayor. l told him |
bad always voted the Republican ticket
and that l guessed l would do that same
way this time. He told me that if / did
the board would revoke my license. This
scared me up just a little bit, and l tried
TO make the party my friends. l had heard
about their visit across the street Tefer-
ring to the saloon of Blemmer& RobinowitZ)
and L wanted to treat them real nice While
in my place. i then set up the drinks a
time or two and treated them just as nice
as / knew how They talked to me az
about Tho rn"nnTOn and Uhnn fhaV len
they told me that the Democratic ticket
must be elected or lots Of licenses would be
revoked by the board"
Mr.. Robinowitz was on watch. he at nrst
denied all knowledge of the visit of the
commissioners to his place, but finally said:
.'They came to my place about II O'Clock
at night. 1 kno Mr.. Gregory. He intro
duced the others in the crowd to me as MIR.
Mastin, Mr.. Walsh. Mr.. Able and Joe
Shannon. They only stayed here a snort
mayor, and I told them Mr.. Sebree, and
they got a drink and left. The man they
told me was Mr.. Shannon paid for the
drinks but he took a cigar. L am a Demo
crat and we are doing all we can for MIR.
Sebree."
r. H. Berry, one of the proprietors of the
saloon of Berry & Whiting. at HOS East
Eighteenth street. in answer to questions,
said: Mr.. Gregory and his party came to
my place about 1920 o'clock last night. L
was on watch. 1 knew MI. Gregory; he
came in first. 1t was raining hard. l dld
not know but two of the men in the party.
Mr.. Gregory I knew well. I also knew Mr..
Able, the druggist. in the same block with
me. Mr.. Gregory told me the men with
him were Mr.. Able, Mr.. Walsh and Mr.. joe
Shannon. A man who came in with them
but who seemed to lag behind was Mr.:
Mastin, one Of the attorneys of the criminal
court. H..
Mr.. Shannon. He tool soda water and a
cigar. After they got the drinks, Mr.. Greg,
DRY asked me who / was for for mayor. and
I told him that I had been in the saloon
business in Kansas City for about fourteen
Republican ticket. He said that was all
right so far as the past was concerned. but
that the sa1oonmen had just as well know
tell me that the license of every man In the
business in the city was to be revoked who
did not vote fer Mr.. Sebree for mayor. I
told him that | intended to vote Tor Jones.
arrange to go out of the business. He told
me that there was one Democratic saloon
keeper in the block and that he guessed
that he could do the business of the neigh
borhood ] learned afterwards that he re-
ferred to m & BobinowitZ. When
he was in my place Mr.. Gregory told me
what a great man Governor Stephens was
and how he had put a good man on the
board like Mr.. Ward in the place of Mr..
Scarritt. ! guess the board will now try
to revoke my license. but if they do. why,
II is the penalty a man has to pay for tell
ing the truth
place" asked the reporter.
Why" he replied, " for a half hour or
who was in that party?"
NJ Gregory, Mr.. Mastin, one of the at
torneys of the criminal court. Mr.. Frank
Walsh. Mr.. Able, the druggist. and Joe
Were they drinking?"
"Mr. Joe Shannon took cigars and o