The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
Four Places Decide Not to Fight
Legal Proceedings.

Informations were filed in the JUS
tice courts Of the city Thursday charg-
ing four of the saloon operators Of the
city with nuisance. The informations
bear the signature Of Fred r. Ogborn
as prosecuting witness. The informa-
tons are against parties having cases
pending in the supreme court which,
SO It is said, have been continued I'M
til after the first of the year.
Two informations were Med with
Justice Bacon and two with Justice
Prichett, upon which warrants were
issued. Appearance was made Friday
or today by all but one of the defend
ants.
The cases in Justice Bacon's court
are against William Greenway and
John G. Rose, and those in Justice
Prichett's court are against r. H.
Stringfellow and j. H. Wilson. All
are for the same complaint, that of
nuisance, charging the selling of in
toxicating liquors contrary to law.
The Rock Island Brewing Co. which
has a wholesale department at his
place on High avenue west, is made
party to the case against ]. H. Will
son.
Proprietors Will Close.
The several places concerned we're
seen by a reporter today and the state
ment was made that they will close
this Saturday. evening. Today Isl
the last day of the quarter for which
the mulct tax has been paid. The
tax for the last quarter of the year is
due again Monday and the places
against which proceedings have been
instituted will discontinue business
rather than fight them in court. The
understanding had been given that If
they will close their places and permit
the injunctions pending against each
to be made permanent by the court,
that the cases brought in the justices
courts Thursday against the operators
Of the several rooms will be dismissed
and nothing will come of them. Mr..
Greenway stated this afternoon that
so far as he knew at the time he would
close up and discontinue business this
evening. The travelling agent and
representative of the Rock Island
Brewing Company, operating on High
avenue west, was in the city today
and this place will be closed and bust
ness discontinued. The other two
places are the depots of the Hamm
Brewing Company. The understand
ing of the employees found at the
places was that they also were oper
ating for the last day and that after
ten o'clock tonight their places would
be closed rather than combat the &C.
ton brought through the county at
torney.
Mr.. Mccoy Explains.
County Attorney Mccoy was seen
by a Herald representative. He cor
roborated the statement that proceed
ings have been instituted against the
above named places. The operators
concerned had appeals pending in the
supreme court and ample time had
been given for the securing of a de,
cision in the injunction cases brought
to compel the places to conform with
the law. They would not permit their
cases to come to a hearing" stated
the attorney. A year had been grant
ed and he was tired of the inclination
to delay from time TO time and had
determined that they must close up.
Mr.. Mccoy said he had stated that
if the places in question would close
and permit permanent injunctions to
issue against them, that he would
dismiss the suits for nuisance brought
this week.
The attorney also stated that If the
saloons of the town would conform
with the law that they would have no
trouble with him, but that they must
get in line" He had no disposition
to cause trouble where the operators
of places ran their business in obedi.
ence to law. but they must do bust
ness in the right way.
Are Too Near to Churches.
The cases pending in the supreme
court are where injunctions were
sought on the claim that the places
were running within three hundred
feet of a church. The Greenway
place, so it is claimed, is Illegal on
account Of the Congregational church,
and the three places in the block on
High avenue between B and G streets
are not according to law on account OF
the proximity of the Salvation Army
barracks.
An old injunction exists against the
Greenway place., states the attorney,
and one of the other places is. being
operated without the necessary sigma
turs of consent, certain name having
been wanting since July /.
The operators have been advised
that they might as well discontinue
business and the action of the men