The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-05
FIFTEEN WARRANTS
ISSUED YESTERDAY
FoRTY-THREE PROSECUTIONS
NOW UNDER WAY.
Peter Karoly, of Capouse Avenue;
Raine Bros. of the Boulevard and
P. F. Gerrity Of the Bank Hotel
Are Brought in for Selling Liquor
Illegally "A Dozen Warrants
Against Speak Easy Keepers in the
Hands Of Alderman Howe-Mr.
Vaughan Discharged.


Howe's Office yesterday and three from
| Alderman Fuller's office, making a to-
tai of forty-three prosecutions now in
stituted. And this Is only the begin
ming.
Peter Karoly, of 932 Capouse avenue,
| charged with selling without license;
| Charles and John Raine, Boulevard
road, selling without a license, selling on
| Sunday, and selling to a minor; p. F.
| Gerrity, 42S Lackawanna avenue, SELL
ing on Sunday, were the three addi-
| tional parties against whom prosecu-
I tions were begun in Alderman Fullers
| court.
Karoly gave bail in the sum of $500
| before Alderman DeLacy, of the Sew
enth ward, John Malloy becoming his
! bondsman.
The Raines entered bail in the sum
of $500 in each of three cases, Robert
Raines qualifying as their bondsman
before Alderman Edward Fidler, of
the First ward.
| E. b. Sturges is prosecuting the
Raines. They are parties whose APP
| plication for license was defeated
through the efforts of the members
of the Green Ridge Presbyterian
church. They built large hotel build
ing on the boulevard, near Capouse,
| at the northern end of the city, and
proceeded to prepare to do a hotel and
stabling business for the accommoda-
ton, as they alleged, of the many
farmers who pass that way in their
trips to and from the city.
| APPLICATION REFUSED.
The Presbyterian church had estab-
lished a mission school and chapel on
the same road, seven hundred feet to
the south, and on this account and
the further fact that the residents Of
the locality were against the estab-
lishment of a hotel there, the court
refused the license application.
Robert Wilson, of 2010 Boulevard
| avenue, who was in charge of the mis-
sion, and who is acting as the agent
| for the mems union IN, gathering evil
| dence for these prosecutions, alleges
that the Raines' have not only disre-
garded the courts refusal to permit
them to sell liquor, but have sold il
Sunday and to a minor G. ]. Van
Buskirk and c. w. McLain, of Madi-
sonville, and w. H. Treble, of Elm
hurst, will, it is alleged, give testimony
to substantiate these allegations.
Gerrity's arrest was the result of a
hearing had in the case against D. w
Vaughan. BY some mistake the agents
of the union got Mr.. Vaughans place
at 426 Lackawanna avenue confused
with that of Mr.. Gerrity, which is ad-
jacent. Mr.. Vaughan was charged
with having sold liquor on Sunday
April %, at the Bank hotel. The Bank
hotel is the name of Mr.. Gerrity's
place.
When Mr.. Vaughan came in yester-
day in response to the warrant, he de.
manded a hearing and, after proving
that it was a case of mistaken identity
was discharged. A warrant was forth.
with made out against Mr.. ierrity
and he came in at o'clock With his
attorney NJ. A. Mckinley. After learn,
ing the nature of the charge, he waived
a hearing and entered bail for his ap
pearance at court, T. +. Mccain, OF
I'LL Cedar avenue, qualifying as his
| bondsman.
WILL BE SERVED TODAY.
The twelve warrants issued from
Alderman Howes office will be served
today 1t is understood they are al
directed against speak-easy keepers.
j. S. McCabe, of McCabe & O'Con
nor, proprietors of the st. Cloud, act
. ing on the advice of his attorney, Hon
. c. p. OMalley, refrained from enter
, ing bail and demanded a hearing.
l took place at o'clock in Alderman
Fuller's office.
1 Attorneys +. L. Hitchcock and Fret
L. Beers, representing the Greel
: Ridge Mems union, called Agent Rob
I ert Wilson and his assistant, Georg
West, painter and paper hanger o
Raines street. First ward, and the,
e told of having bought and drank tw,
glasses of beer at the St. Cloud; Sun
day, March %, at $50 p. m. Yves
; bought it at the bar and carried
, to the dining room, where he and VIII
], son drank some of It. There were
number of persons in the place at tn
time, some at the bar some in tn
i dining room and others at the lunc
. counter. Neither of them could re
member having seen McCabe abou
the place. West incidentally remark
ed something of having been there o.
another Sunday, but Colonel Hitch
cock told him he need not relate any
: thing concerning that visit.
n Mr.. O'Malley asked for the discharg
= of his client on the ground that tn
5 law presumes that man acts legal
4 and there was nothing to show tina
A Mr.. McCabe had been guilty of an
4 illegal act. Alderman Fuller was dis
. posed to dismiss the motion, but MI
= O'Malley asked him to defer his rul
ing till he could produce the decision
supporting his ground
The alderman acquiesced and Nj