The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-09
Complaint Against His saloon and
Beer Garden Recently Made
by w. 5. Frazeur.
SEVERAL WITNESSES HEARD
MEN TESTIFY THAT THEY BOUGHT
BEER ON SUNDAYS.
Patrolman Smith Says Newspaper Re-
ports Were Exaggerated-Rev.
Joshua Stansfeid Takes Notes.

Wesley A. Stout, a saloonkeeper at l46
West Market street, was before Mayor
Bookwalter yesterday afternoon to answer
a petition filed by w. S. Frazeur that his
license should be revoked. Frazeur's COM
plant was filed ten days ago and the mayor
issued a citation to Stout to show cause
why his license should not be revoked.
The prosecution was conducted by Eli f.
Ritter. near whom sat 7. p. Kiser, secre-
tary of the Home Correspondence School,
and who has been identified with several
movements antagonistic to saloons.
The first witness on the stand was
Frazeur. He said he lived at 17o5 Rem
brandt street and visited the saloon with
several others at different times in order to
procure evidence against Stout. He was in
the barroom Sunday, Oct rs, he said, with
his son. There were four men at the bar
and ten or twelve in the garden. He said
he bought glass of beer and drank part
of it. His son bought bottle of beer. He
said he was also in the saloon Jan. r. Jan.
19 and Jan. 26 Of this year. On the first
date there were one or two men at the
bar; on the second there were six or seven
and one woman. He bought glass of beer
that time: on the third date he again
bought beer, there being seven men in the
bar room. He said he did not know Stout,
but when his attention was directed TO Stout
he said he thought he was present on one
occasion. On cross-examination he said
he went to the saloon at the suggestion of
T. p Kiser solely to procure evidence he
did not know, he answered to a question,
how many saloons there were in the same
block. LAS a detective 1 was very poor"
he said. II was not onto my job
BOTTLE OF BEER IN EVIDENCE.
w. s. Frazeur, jr.. testified that he is
twenty-five years old. AS he did so he
placed pint bottle of beer on the table in
front of Mayor Bookwalter. He said he
bought 1t at the saloon for Is cents Oct. 26
Sunday He gained access to the bar
room through the restaurant. There were
three women and ten twelve men in the
place. Mr.. Ritter asked the mayor If he
wanted a test of the beer in the bottle to
see IL ii was beer, but the mayor said 1t
would not be necessary.
+. st. q. Rogers, who represented Stout,
asked Frazeur why he went out to collect
testimony; IL he asked to do it?
II wouldn't have to be asked to get evil
dence" said Frazeur, with indignation.
why did you visit Stout's placer
Because L am a w-abiding citizen my
self and l want others to be- he answered.
He said he had not been before the grand
jury.
c. D. woodfn, No. II West Pratt street,
who is clerk in the office of f. L. Jones.
state superintendent of public instruction,
said he visited Stouts place Sept. q and
gained entrance through the restaurant.
You went in through a door, asked
Stout's attorney.
Eyes; through door," said Woodfill,
with fine sarcasm.
Five women and three men were in the
place, some in the garden in the rear. Two
men at the bar were drinking. He also
corrobrated the senior Frazeur to his
visits in January last. He said he had
never bought drink in the place. He said
against Stout.
when you found the law being violated
did you hunt policeman and tell him?''
mo; did not. That would do no good,
as ii had been tried before"
ANOTHER WITNESS.
L. G. Deerhake, No. 1415 Prospect street,
was with Frazeur on Jan. 10. A woman
was drinking at the bar. He thought
Stout was behind the bar at the time. He
was also there Jan. 26. He said he met
Frazeur and Woodfill at the Y. NJ. c. A 1t
was suggested that they go to Stouts
place. He testified before the grand jury.
II. L. Whitehead, in answer to a question,
said he paid taxes on $4,000 worth of prop
erty. He visited Stout's place on Jan. 10.
There were men in there drinking. He re-
ported this fact to patrolman, who told
him to see the superintendent He said
the reputation of Stout's place was bad.
On cross-eXamination he said he gained
knowledge of Stout's reputation from the
T. p. Kiser and B. F. Clark testified to
visit they made to Stouts place Aug. A.
1901. They bought beer in bottles and G. c.
Chamberlain, who was with them. bought
glass of beer. For this Stout was prose-
cuted in Police Court. but was acquitted.
Stout's attorney tried to show that the
"a hpNQnCn no xybin how
| said they bought there was a brand that
Stout had never had, but the witnesses
| thought 1t was because of defective aft
davit Clark produced the bottle of beer
| he said he bought. He said he didn't report
| to the police, as he had no faith in them.
A. F.: Smith. patrolman on the district,
was called by Mr.. Ritter. He said he knew
nothing of the reputation of Stout's place
| except what he had seen in the papers. On
| cross examination he said the newspaper
| reports about Stout's place were gross ex-
! aggerations. The saloon was as orderly
| as the average. He sometimes saw people
| going in and out at the restaurant but
| side. He said Stout when he went away
| to the races with his string of horses asked
| him TO keep watch about the place and pre-
| serve order.
On redirect examination by Mr. Ritter
| he said he had received orders to keep
| women away from the garden in the rear
| of the saloon. He said these orders re-
| suited, he presumed" from newspaper re-
| ports.
Didn't you get those orders about six
months ago?' asked Mayor Bookwalter.
81 think II was several months ago.
| said Smith. But the garden was closed
| for long while and has only recently been
| reopened.''
Those orders" said the mayor, "came
| from this Office
| The testimony was not ended when the
session adjourned and will be resumed
| this afternoon.
| Among those who listened attentively was
the Rev. Joshua Stansfield, pastor of
| Meridian-street NJ. L. Church, who took
| many notes as the witnesses testified