The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-08-26
INJuNCTIONS
ARE ASKED
SALOON KEEPERS CITED TO AP-
PEAR BEFORE JUDGE ELWOOD
Charged With Technical Violations of
the Law. Permanent Injunctions
are Asked.

Charged Win Iechnlcal VIOLATIONS OF
the Law. Permanent Injunctions
are Asked.
Denison has been treated to q sensa-
tion this week in the applications for
permanent injunctions against the
saloons of the city. The charges are
preferred through Mrs. T. E.. Pearson.
AS near as we can ascertain from one
the prosecuting attorneys, the follow
ing are the charges brought against
the saloons.
Mr.. Carstens is charged.with allow
ing his step-son, George Bierbach to
be in his place OF business. There is
no charge that Mr.. Carstens ever sold
anything to his son or ever gave him
anything to drink on the premises,
simply that he was seen in the saloon.
Mr.. Riepen is charged with having
allowed Ancil Wheeler to be in his
saloon, Ancil is nineteen years of age
and is not a drinking boy. We do not
know whether the charge can be sup
ported or not. 1t is not charged that
young Wheeler obtained anything to
drink. We have never heard that he
was even inclined to be dissipated and
believe him to be steady. upright,
moral boy. Mr.. Klinker is charged
with having sold beer to Frank Staley.
II this charge is true Mr.. Klinker has
nartainlu vinlotod tho lou
1t is charged against Flynn & Kel-
liner that the Enright boys, who lead
Mr.. Enright who is blind, have been
allowed on the premises. Mr. Flynn
states that he has ordered the boys out
of his place and that he has not al
lowed them in there.
The Northwestern saloon is charged
with having sold pailful Of beer to
the Lentz girls for them to take home
for the use OF the family. This in
formation is obtained from the prose-
cuting attorney and we presume is re-
liable.
The REVIEW has no wish to shield
any violator of the law. But it Is our
honest opinion that at least a majority
of our saloons have complied with the
provisions of the law within all human
possibilities and that some of these
charges are of such technical char
acter that they should not be con-
sidered by any court,
The charge against Mr.. Carsten ap-
pears to be an unjust one, especially.
If it can be proven that the saloonmen
OF Denison allow boys to loaf inGtheir
places habitually. or that they sell
them drinks, knowing them to be
minors, they must expect to suffer the
penalty of the law. 1t should not be
expected however that the saloons
should have men posted at the doors to
turn out every person they may sus-
pect of being under age the moment
they cross the threshold. We do not
deprecate any honest effort to enforce
any law within the limits of common
sense and no saloon keeper of Denison
could expect anything of protection
from this paper should he be found
guilty of intentional violation of the
spirit of the law. We do feel however
,hat unless good and reasonable
grounds can first be had, the saloons
OF this city should not be subjected to
petty prosecutions. The majority of
our people believe that under the pres
ent system the liquor business of Deni-
son is under the best control it has
ever been and they do not wish to have
series of crusades instituted which
shall drive US back to the lawless days
OF the old prohibition regime. We are
not among those who charge that the
person who brought these charges is
,actuated by anything but what is con-
soeived to be right and from sense of
duty. We think the sense of duty is
mistaken in some of these cases if we
have learned all the facts from the
prosecuting attorney. We omitted to
mention above that against Mr.. Nc
Carthy it is charged that E. S. Barnes
little boy was allowed on the premises,
], but again it is not charged that he OBJ
tanned any liquor there.
To analyze the cases, we findbut two
instances where it is charged that
liquor was sold, one being where it is
alleged that liquor was sold to minor
and drunk on the premises, the other
where girl was sent after beer for
the family use.
In the Mccarthy case, it is we'll
known that Barnes made that saloon
his headquarters to a great extent and
it may be safely presumed that the boy
ras either with his father or in search
OF him. In the Flynn and Kelliher
case Mr.. Flynn claims proof that he