Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-30
POOL ROOM DEFEATED
MANY PROTESTS FILED AGAINST
HARPER'S FERRY PROJECT.
One of the Applicants Announces His
Determination to Abandon 81.
His Plans. w.
iaI Correspondence of The Star.


CHARLES TOWN. w Va.
January 80. 1906.
1t has been many years since there was
such a gathering of the people Of Jefrer-
son county there was yesterday. Po-
litical and religious lines were completely
obliterated, ministers of different denomi-
nations walking arm In arm, and re-
publcans and democrats working to-
gether. The representative gathering was
brought about by the opposition TO the
establishment OF the pool room at Har-
pers Ferry, and the people of the county
were so strong in their opposition to the
project that Charles Caulfiower. one Of
the three men who applied for a license.
quietly withdrew and announced that he
would not open room at Harpers Ferry
even 'if the people would pay him to do
it, His withdrawal was all that the good
people of the county wanted, and every.
body was happy.
Bishop Gravatt of the Episcopal Church
and Rev. Father Collins, pastor Of st.
Mary's Catholic Church, were two Of the
leading men in the fight against the es-
Enlistment of the pool room. Father Col
Inns brought with him from Harpers
Ferry Thomas Burleigh, one of the MEM
bers of the town council Of the mountain
town. The latter was one OF the three
members of the council to approve the
application of Caulfflower and others, and
was also one of the same trio to afterward
reject the application. He openly stated
that there had been a Misrepresentation
of the facts at the time he voted his APP
prevail, and that he had no hesitation
about resembling the order when he
learned the true condition of affairs.
Monster Petitions in Protest.
Several monster petitions were brought
here by the delegations from Harper's Fer
ry. Halltown, Shepherdstown and other
places. and the people Of this place were
almost unanimous in their disapproVal or
the plan to establish the pool room. 1t is
stated that almost every resident of Har-
per's Ferry. Camp Hill and Bolivar signed
the protests. One petition contained the
names of the young men OF the several
places named. and other papers bore the
signatures of the older residents, including
those of mothers and daughters
Attorney Francis Beckwith appeared as
counsel for the protestants, and with him
was Detective Edward Horne of Washing
ton The latter had been brought here for
the purpose of being used as a witness to
substantiade what was alleged In some OF
the petitions against the granting OF pool
room license the county court. Caun-
flower was represented by Attorney Brown.
but the turn taken in the case rendered 1t
unnecessary for either attorney to make a
move. The decision reached by Caulifower
when he realized that his fight was nope
less relieved the members of the county
court Of the work of hearing witnesses and
passing upon the application.
1t Is stated tnal the promoters OF lhe
scheme to establish the alleged gambling
place at Harper's Ferry were so certain OF
success that they had rented rooms over
one OF the restaurants there and had some
of their paraphernalia brought there from
Washington.
Result Highly Gratifying.
The turn taken in the case proved highly
gratifying to the people of the county. and
early in the afternoon the several delega-
lions started toward their homes Persons
who were interested In the opposition to
the establishment of the pool room had
made preparations to meet the alleged gam
bling element and show that the proposed
pool room would be detriment to the
town of Harpers Ferry and other places In
the county. They had been assured that
an undesirable element would be attracted
to the room and that its presence there
would be the means of keeping away hum
dreds of summer boarders. 1t was also
realized that the presence OF such a resort
might be the cause of trouble during the
occasions OF the annual encampments or
the District of Columbia militia Had the
applicants for the license been successful. IL
Is stated, they would have experienced
some trouble in opening their establish
ments.