The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-05-28
City Council Decides That AdoIph
GrOeger Must Close His Saloon
on Union Street.
GROCER GETS PHILOSOPHICAL,
Admits the Charges In the Complaint but
Claims as Defense That Others are
Violating the Laws.

For the first time in many years the
City Council has revoked the license
of saloon-keeper for abuse of privi-
1eges, and in accordance with the action
of the City Council Monday night
Adolph Groeger will be forced to close.
his saloon on Union street.
The revocation of the license was
the unanimous vote of the members of
the Council present, and after the ewi--
dence presented it is hardly possible
that Groeger will make an appeal to
the Circuit Court or to any other
higher tribunal. The charges against
Groeger were selling to minors and
people already intoxicated, and of al
lowing gambling in his saloon.
Groeger appeared in his. own proper
person, as the law puts. it,. and con-
Quoted his own defense. The defense
was not exactly one that would delight
judge or lawyer, but it was probably
as good as could have been put up with
the weight of evidence against him.
Groeger was philosophical in his de-
the City fathers to the fact that other
people had violated laws with i'm
punity and in this he hoped to estab-
lish defense. He also claimed that
he had only gambled twice in his sa-
loon, and that at one time his actions
had fallen under the eagle eye of the
policeman on the beat and he had been
arrested and on plea of equity" had
been fined for the offense.
Groeger denied that he had ever sold
to minors, and claimed that Mrs. Jas.
Rose who sold to the minor was not an
employe of his. In discussing the ac-
ton Of Mrs. Rose, Adolph offered as a
defense the fact that "a woman has
long hair and short brains.'' The
humor of the defendant appealed to
the Council, but was not sufficient to
counter-balance the weight of evil
dence.
The attorney for the city showed by
half a dozen witnesses that Groegor
had been guilty of all the charges
named in the complaint and the saloon
man admitted that he had no witnesses
which could contradict the testimony
more than to show that "job" had
been put up on him by gamblers who
had lost money in the saloon. There
was no argument of the case and on
the first ballot the council by a unani-
NOUS vote decided to revoke the license.
1t is claimed that the revocation of
the license came directly as the work
of the new police commission and
that in the future similar action will
be taken against any saloon man in
the city who is found guilty of violat-
ing his contract.
Groeger claims as a defence that
many saloon keepers in the city have
been convicted of selling to .minors
and of allowing gambling in the
saloons, bnt the secretary of the police
commission who was one of the at
torneys for the city, stated that the
case against DGroeger had been the
only one in court since the commission
took charge of the police regulations
of the city. Attorney Buckmaster
stated that it is sthe'fintentiou of the
commission to make all saloon men
live up tosthes very letter of the law in
regard to sales to minors and gamb-
ling in saloons,
City Printing Let.
TheScontract for the city printing
for the rest oflthe year was let to the
TELEGRAPH-CoURIER the rate for the
publication of legal notices being
twenty-four cents folio. In order TO
give the notices the sufficient publicity
the council decided TO publish them ia
the EVENING News and a second con-
tract was made for this purpose, the
notices to be published IN the News at
the rate of eleven cents folio.
CORPSE FAILS TO APPEAR.