Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-22
STILL AFTER PEDDLERS
Z. D. DONAHUE FINED $40 FOR
SELLING WITHIN CITY WITH
OUT LICENSE.
Had Taken Out License Paid Up in
Full, But Not Prior to Date of
Charge Against Him.

Police Judge Toney got his probing
irons into the pedding business again
Thursday afternoon, and fer time
made things highly interesting in po-
lice court
E. D. Donahue is the latest victim
of the police drag-net stretched out
for the unlicensed peddlers, for whom
the police department has been MAX
ing things warm for several days,
Mr.. Donahue pleaded not guilty to the
charge of peddling without license,
and Judge Toney asked him to exhibit
his license. He did So 1t consisted
OF receipt from the city treasurer
for $50, dated September 81. the same
Gay on which he was tried
did you not peddle before you got
this license?" queried Judge Toney
The defendant admitted that he did
would you have secured license to-
cay if you had not been arrested en-
this charger"
The defendant admitted that he
would not.
Then the police judge began a sys-
tematic probing that unfolded the fol
lowing story from the man at the bar.
Mr.. Donahue stated in substance that
he went to the city treasurer about
five weeks ago, and told him he had
S25. and wanted license to peddle
meats. agreeing to hand the city treas
urer the other $25 at some time in
the future. City Treasurer J. P. Alex
ander declined to sell license on the
install1nent plan, and informed him
that he would have to pay $50 for
it. advising him to get sone of his
friends to make good for him.
Donahue then went to see L. F.
Cheek, who told him to come back
next day. Next day. Judge Cheek
was out 'possum hunting.
He then went to see D. G. Bell. the
prominent banker and ex-mayor of the
city, and asked Mr.. Bell to let him
have the money or to endorse a note
for that amount After some CONVEX
sation about the matter, during which
time Mr.. Bell declined to dig up, the
defendant was about to give up in
despair, when Mr.. Bell casually re-
marked that it seemed to him that Mr.
Donahue ought to be able to fix up so
small matter as this without burden
ing his friends with it.
"How sO?" inquired the defendant.
Mr.. Bell asked him if he had been
to see Mayor White about it.
The defendant said he had not been
to see Mayor White.
Mr.. Bell stated that when he was
mayor of Pine Bluff he had cases sim
liar to Mr.. Donahue's, and where a
man didn't have the requisite amount
of money with which to pay his license
in full he, as mayor, would take GER
tain amount of cash down. receipt the
man for it, and issue a permit for the
man to peddle, conditioned upon the
payment of the remainder of the H.
cense at some future time. He thought
Mayor White would be willing to do
the same thing, as a matter of kind
ness to the defendant.
Mr. Donahue then went to see May
Or White, with the result that the
mayor readily agreed to accommodate
him. He paid the mayor $25 receiving
permit, and agreed to pay the remain
der of the license in weekly INSTALL
mentsof SIS each for five weeks.
Mr. Donahue admitted that he had
never complied with his contract with
the mayor with reference to the IS
weekly installments, and explained
that the quarantine came up about
that time .and made business so dull
that he was unable to comply with the
contract.
Judge Toney asked the defendant to
produce the permit granted by the
mayor, but he stated that he did not
have it, having given it to another par
ty the day before. The other party
referred to was in court at the time,
and when asked about the matter stat
ed that he had taken up the permit
given by Mayor White, returned Mr.
Donahue's $25, and secured his recent
for the same. He had done this the
day before.
Judge Toney fined the defendant
$40, and advised him to get out a H.
cense before peddling any longer,