Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-13
Sixty Injunction Suits Will B,
Brought In September
Term of Court
OPEN VIOLATION OF THE LAW
The Attack on Attorney Croker of
Cedar Rapids Brings the Saloon
Question to Focus at Clinton and
the Prosecutions Will be Pushed to
Final Conclusion.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Repubiican.
Clinton, July 1S.-The murderous at
tack by some saloonkeepers on Attor-
lney Crocker, of Cedar Rapids, has
issue in this city and it is said sixty
| injunction suits will be commenced
against as many saloons. The Herald
! Of this city, states that the liquor men
are to blame for their predicament and
+, says:
THAT the mulct law has been vio-
llated is certain. Officers have winked
at the violation, because public senti-
lment, which is the suple me law, has
not been supporting it here, and the
officers did not care to assume bur
6ens against public opinion. But that
IS over. Outside parties are here to
enforce law because criminal laws OF
the state have been violated in broad
daylight, In one of the leading hotels
of the city, and but for the interfer-
ence of bystanders murder might have
been committed. In consequence there
is something doing and the fair pre-
sumption is that all saloonkeepers of
the city Will have to do penance for III
advised acts OF few.
1T has also developed that nearly ali
of the saloonkeepers of the city have
been running since the first OF April
without the formality even Of asking
a permit of the city council, as the law
contemplates and directs. 1t seems
that the permits granted by city
council under the mulct law expire each
year on the first of April. and that all
granted last year expired the first of
last April, but none had been granted
a continuance or a renewal, nor had
ANY petitions been made to the coun-
ell, except by those opening new sa-
looms since then.
Again, 1t is said, they have not been
paying the mulct tax quarterly in adj
vance, and technically arc liable there
for.
Further, 1t has been proved that six
operate their saloons after 10 O'Clock
al night, and some even We're open on
Sundays, by back door. Others had
music and dancing and such violations
of the law were made. so that there
seems to be all kinds of trouble brew
ing.
There was CONSERVATION among the
liauer dealers in the city yesterday
afternoon. when Attorneys Rickei,
Croker & Tourtellot, the entire firm
of the Cedar Rapids lawyers whose
partner was assaulted. arrived in the
city and at once began securing evil
OF sal
the city, getting all their names and,
the location of their places from the
records of the court house.
They were interviewed and said
openly that they would begin sixty
suits against that many saloonkeepers
in the city at the September term OF
court, and that they would prosecute
each to a final conclusion; that no
ministerial organization was behind
them. and that they We're acting in good
faith.
Attorney Croker recently received
d communication from certain saloon-
keepers offering a money consideration
If the suits We're dropped. The offer
was declined, and the letter may be
used in the prosecution of the alleged
violators of law.
'.As the lawyers from Cedar Rapids
We're walking along one Of the avenues
yesterday afternoon they allege they
passed a saloon when one of the sa-
loonkepers whom an injunction had
been secured against stepped out of the
saloon and asked Mr.. Croker to go into
the saloon and have drink with him.
Mr.. Croker declined. when the saloon
keep said in substance:
You'll be made to drink before you
leave tonight
What the threat really meant was
covered, but the lawyers took it as a
threat of personal violence, and pro-
tected themselves accordingly.
Colonel A. NJ. Powers swore out
warrants against Rohwer and Magden.
charging them with assault and bat
terry on the person of Attorney f. II.
Croker, of Cedar Rapids. Both defend
ants appeared in the police court yes
terday to answer to the charge. Rohwer
and Magden pleaded guilty and were
fined S25 and costs each, making s2ss5
in both cases. The judge also censured
the men for their ungentlemanly con-
duct