Evening journal., 1905-05-02
SALOON CASES
AGAIN IN COURT
Three Remaining Defendan S
Tried Before Judge
Cochran
| CASE AGAINST ONE DISMISSED

LASt AbAlhSl UNI UlSMlSStU
The three remaining cases against
3 saloon keepers charged with violating
the screen law were heard before
Judge Edwin r. Cochran in the city
v Court today The defendants were
e. Charles Rex, Aaron Kiel and Dennis
Quill. Decision in the first two cases
was reserved until after the argument
OF counsel on Friday next. Quilrs case
was dismissed.
The cases heard on Thursday last
G and held over until next Friday. were
b those Of Charles HoeHe. Frank Pagan.
o Dennis Lucey John Mccain. James
n White. Patrick Mundy and Leon Rein
t stein.
REX'S CASE FIRST CALLED.
). The first case called for trial today
- was that Of Charles Rex. OF No. East
Second street Police Sergeant Thom-
as +. Bayley testified that on the
night OF April IS he could see in the
saloon by reason of a light burning on
l. the inside In the daytime however.
Il the view was not so good He said
a there was q cabinet and "a mirror in
n side the window and these served as
d an obstruction 10 a clear view within
the place.
" Sergeant George A. Lyons said he
Al could not see In She saloon at noon on
the day Of April 16.
James w. Ponder, OF counsel for the
defense. asked the witness in cross
IN examination IL there was anything
T. wrong with his eyes.
the witness.
rs there any saloon intown in which
you can seer"
Certainly"
DUTTON OPENED THE DOOR.
Patrolman Dutton testified that n,
| was compelled on a dozen occasion.
| to open the door OF the defendants sa.
= loon in order to see who was inside
Policemen Davidson and Aiken testi
fed that there were times when a cleai
Is view Of the interior Of the saloon coul,
not be obtained by reason of the re
Election OF the sun on the plate glas
Of the window and also by reason O
a mirror within. They admitted
however, that by going up close to tn
window, a good view of the interio
IT could be had at all times
ut In answer to Mr.. Ponder both wit
lnesses said they had on several oc
ne casions stood on the outside and lobk
Ds ing through the window beckoned t
Vl Mr.. Rex on the inside. but said tina
ne when they did this they stood close {
mt the window
se A number OF witnesses includin
George r. Peacock. John Clark an
ne James Lee, testified in Rex's behalf
eu They stated that they had always bee
al able to obtain a clear view of the in
Is terror of the saloon.
Mr.. Rex testified that he had no I'm
pm tention to violate any law and upo
'ut receiving the notice from Chief of Po
re- lice George Black did remove the oh
ne stacle that was an obstruction from IN
ne window. On Monday. April II, he ais
Is removed a little mirror is by !
1i- inches. which he had placed in IN
at window not for the purposes of oh
struction but to attract attention mere
ne ly for business reasons.
rls Assistant City Solicitor Syringe
~. asked the witness why he removed thi
'in mirror after Sunday. April 16. and h
ay answered that he did so because he ha
OF nod seire to disobey the law.
ort Both sides rested here and the sec
ond case was taken up
NY AAftFN KEEL AHtAllrNEIl.
ar Thise case was that Of Aaron Kie
Of the southwest corner Of Front an
King streets. J. Frank Ball represent
ed the defendant.
Sergeant Lyons testified that thei
were two windows in -KieTs saloon. OF
iill in King street and the other in From
The former window was totally Oh
structed and impossible TO see throue
ha f.,
tic TALLY obstructed. Patrolmen Quito
hit. and Davidson corroborated Sergeai
tin Lyons testimony.
est Albert Buehler. Edward NJ. Smit
of Herman e. Hanf and others for II
cts defense testified that they could loo
'ol- into Kiels saloon at any time Ki
himself deposed that when he toe
my charge of the saloon the King sire
ran side was a solid wall and he put in
Kid bulk window not as a window for ligl
Ick but for the purpose of showing h
Kid wares. He also said Chief Black hf
nd told him that he need not change Il
Of King street window but that he shou
clean out the Front street windo'
Chief Black admitted this stateme
but testlheG that according to the o
.ee+ hcers af the district tho Front sire
,ho window was not cleaned out as
, n tdirecteu II should be.
ont DENNIS QUILL DISCHARGED.
The last case was that of Dem
ion, Quill. OF Front and Franklin STREE
SOW and Charles b. Evans and Sylvester
srn- Townsend appeared for the defendai
be- Sergeant Hiram White and PatrC
s a man John Purcell testified that the
A. was only one window I'm the salo
which was an obstruction. 1t was
frosted glass. The defense called p
lice Sergeant Daniel Kelleher and p
IS trolmen Frank Kane and John Pure
and they testified that they had alwa
- been able to get a view OF the interi
Of the saloon. These witnesses sa
that the frosted glass window i'm quo
ROY ton was too high to see through ev
.ory if IL did contain plain glass. Il w
re- over the pool table back in the rear
No the saloon.
> in Mr. Evans asked the court to di
~ charge the defendant and Assista
,,a. City Solicitor Springer was satish
- with this disposition Of the case,