Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-21
THOMAS PUTS IN TESTIMONY
civic Federation Attorney Backs Up His
License Protests,
DETECTIVES TELL OF WHAT THEY SAW
Employees of the Federation Testify
TO Purchasing Liquor Out OF
Hours and 10 other violations
of the s1ocumb Law.

The Board Of Fire and Police Commits
sioners sat Wednesday afternoon aud even
ing to hear the cases of saloonkeepers
whose licenses have been protested by FL
mer Thomas on behalf of the Civic Fedora
tion. Several charges were considered, but
| that OF violating the Sunday closing law
was deferred until o'clock this afternoon.
The case of w. F. Wendhausen, Six
teenth and Leavenworth streets, was called
| first. Detectives Baldwin and Gavien tes-
| titled that they had bought liquor at Wend-
| hausens saloon after midnight
John Tuthil, 1912 Douglas street. was
| charged with allowing lewd women TO fire.
| duent his place The detectives testified
| that they saw women in the wine room run
in connection with the saloon and made
| dates" with them. Tuthill denied that
women visited his place without escorts.
| The detectives said they met and made
| engagements with women in the place of p.
j. Moran. Twelfth and Douglas streets.
| Moran denied this
Boys witnesses.
| Rinehart F'lichtmeyer l4-year-old boy,
| living at 1858 Ieavenworth street, said he
bought Ave or six Jugs OF beer at the saloon
| OF Koenigsbrugge & Ewoldt 2Sll Leaven-
| worth street. His father had sent him
| there to Duy peer ana ne nan bOl IL every
| time he tried Mrs. Kane. the boys sstor,
substantiated his testimony. Koenigsbrugge
| took the stand and said the boy had tried
to buy beer at the saloon but had been
| refused.
| Joseph wagman. 713 South Sixteenth
street was charged with selling liquor to
| minors Attorney Thomas had Willie Nc
! Dowell placed on the stand, but failed 70
! show that he had bought anything but gin
| ger ale.
| Charges Of allowing gambling and OF
| permitting women to visit his place and
drink beer were mado against II. Kruse,
/ 623 North Sixteenth. Detectives Baldwin
| and Gavien testified that they had watched
| pitch games in the saloon in which money
had changed hands. Kruse said he had
seen no gambling. IFS wife and a friend
Of hers, who took their lunch and drank
| in a room connected with the saloon, he
said, were the women the detectives had
seen.
Andrew Eurick was charged with keep
| ing rooms for immoral purposes. Detec'
tive Baldwin said he was taken upstairs
over Eurick's saloon at Twelfth and Doug
las by the bartender and introduced to a
| woman named Sallie, who introduced him
to another woman. The character of both
| women were revealed to him by their con-
versatile nwith him. Eurick denied that
the rooms were used for immoral purposes
but admitted that Sadie Douglas, to whom
he rented the rooms, was the woman whom
he had put out year ago on an agree
ment with Mr.. Thomas that IL the protest
of the Civic Federation was withdrawn
he would run a respectable place. The
charge at that time was keeping lewd
house.
| In the Burnt District.
Detective Baldwin said he had seen q
woman buy a pitcher of beer at the sa
loon OF L. A. Goldsmith. Ninth and Capt
4 toI avenue. He had seen another woman
buy package OF cigarettes on the night
of December s. Detective Gavien said III
had bought liquor at 1910 on the nigh
versation with him. Eurick denied tina
women visited his place and said he al
ways closed at midnight. Policeman
Shields said he had never found the sa
loon open after IL.
The applications for licenses of William
Sutherland, Meadmber Colwell anC
Crutchfield g. Bloomfield were withdrawn
That of william Clarity was withdraw
two days ago. j. l.. Boyle and Franz
Dinuzzo have not filed applications.
The cases OF twenty mine saloonmen