Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05
The SUNDAY LAW
Punishment for Those Who
Violate It.
HELD FOR GRAND JURY
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF Law
BY sALooNKEEPERS.
States Attorney Indrlges in Caustic
Communicated Defendant Gives
Bond for Appearance.
HELD FOR GRAND JURY

Special Dispatch From a STAFF Correspondent.
HYATTESvILLE Md. August Estates
Attorney Hampton Magruder gave notice
today that violators Of the Sunday liquor
law may expect punishment that will for
ever afterward deter them from repeating
the offense. This punishment. he explained,
Is to be melted out to them after conviction
in the circuit court. He also told them
that the court and the legal representative
of the county are of the same opinion upon
this proposition.
The remarks were made when the cases
of seven dealers in the county were az
raigned before Magistrate Carr upon
charges of having violated the Sunday law.
Attorney Robert w. Wells, counsel for the
defendants, it is stated. mace il plain that
II they have violated the law It Will ne
well for them to stop 1t. The law, he told
them, is a. stringent one. but not too much
so for the welfare of the county. He had
introduced the measure IN the legislature
and was therefore in position to Fncw
about what he was talking. He also took
occasion to resent certain criticism that
had been INDUCED in by some Of the people
of Hyattsville because certain lawyers
were defending the alleged violators of law.
Names Of the Defendants.
The seven defendants in the cases were
Edwin B. Garges, r. Duckett Magruder,
Walter NJ. Shomo Dennis O'Connell, Eliza
beth Stubener, Joseph III. Koch and Robert
Laupp. Laupp conducts what is known as
the Rams Horn, ard the other defendants
are in business in and about Bladensburg.
There was one charge against OConnell
and Laupp and there were two against each
Of the other defendants.
Each defendant was put under 5000 Sc
curity in one case. when counsel waived an
examina ton and the justice sent the cases
To he ora
others, against whom a second charge was
brought, an additional bond of $3.50 was re-
quired.
The cases had been brought to the atten-
ton of Magistrate Carr upon warrants
sworn out against the saloonkeepers by de-
tectives from Baltimore. who represent the
Anti Saloon League. While the work or
obtaining the testimony was engineered by
members of the county organization, the
sympathy and backing of the state league
are given. The bringing of the cases against
those who are in business In the vicinity of
Bladensburg, 1T is stated, Is only the begin
ming of crusade throughout the entire
county. When the cases were called to the
attention of the magistrate this morning
there was a large attendance Of citizens
interested.
Word of Warning.
When the defendants had been held for
the action of the grand jury the states
attorney said he thought it was good
time for him to give the saloonkeepers a
word of warning.
This law" he said, was enacted at the
request of the respectable people of the
county, and it was passed without amend
ment by a unanimous vote. The law means
just what it says, and unless it's provisions
are respected some of the saloonkeepers
may expect to go out of business. We
don't intend to have our county made the
dumping ground for the toughs of Wash
ington city who come out here to violate
the law and help others to violate 1t. If
defendants in such cases are tried in the
circuit court and convicted the state will
ask for the imposition of such sentences
as will prevent future violations.
Il desire to say that the court Is In ac-
cord with the states attorney, and IL you
come down there and are convicted you will
realize that you are up against a tough
proposition.
The defendants gave bond in the sums in
Dictated, and will appear at the October
term of the court for trial.