Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-21
ALL BOYLE HEIGHTS
WATCHES TRIAL
SAL00NIST AIKMAN FIGHTS
FOR LICENSE
Proves by Police Testimony That He
Never Sells Liquor to Minors.
Introduce Sensational
Features

Boyle Heights sent about two hundred
residents to the city hall last night to
attend the trial of Alex Aikman of the
Salt Lake saloon, the only one in the
Ninth ward, charged with having sold
liquor to a minor.
The young man piled, with drink is
to join in the complaint.
Many surprises developed in the trial,
which involved other issues besides the
one on naturalization of the local liquor
laws.
The brewery interests had their best
attorneys on hand
torney q. G. Peck, who knew the Null
vanys, having once defended the father
in some trouble.
Attorney Elects Saloonkeeper
The most sensational testimony was
that of Attorney Peck, who said he
caught Aikman by the throat for .ques-
tioning his veracity at his Pecks) home,
444 West Eighteenth street, and also with
throwing both Aikman and the elder
Mulvany out of his home for intimating
that they would pay, s25oO to have the
case settled They called at Peck,s home
the night before the charges were filed.
Aikman's version of this feature was
contradictory to Peck.s.
Senator Corney Pendleton. at the head
Of the brewery counsel, tried by every
device known to legal arts to find out
who inspired the prosecution. He de-
veloped that a Miss Mary Dillon. no
tary, had drawn up the papers-remark-
ing that the woman who drew them up
ought to be practicing law-and finally
learned that Attorney Peck figured IN
the case.
came into the case by saying that he
was asked by telephone, but he could
not swear that the voice he heard over
the wires was Mrs. Mulvany's; yet he
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Mrs Mulvany said afterward that her
three most important witnesses had
From 7:36 to 1880 o'clock the commits
sioners heard the testimony. ad1ournlng
from the mayors office to the city couh-
ell chamber.
Chief Kern. Captains Auble and Broad
head and Officer Horris testified that no5
onIv did Aikman run a model saloon and
had never had any disturbance Wlthln
his doors. but that he was a fanatic on
the observance of the laws
Notices Her Boy Drunk
Mrs. Mulvany, the mother, said she no,
ticed her boy coming home intoXlcateo
and was assured by him. she sald, tnar ati,,ae ne
got claret with boys who "chlpped IN
and procured wine elsewhere In the neigh
borhood.
She said Aikman and his bartender. Lou
Neeb, came to her house and wanted 10
the case as soon as they
heard that she proposed to make trouble:
She refused to listen. She was honored
with this call after she had gone to the
saloon and asked Aikman to desist selling
to her boy.
Her sister, visiting here from Washing
ton state, suggested that she bring action
against Aikman, so she consulted Notary
Miss Dillon.
Young Mulvany said he was refused |
drink in a saloon at Ninth and San Pedro |
and on Main streets, but at Aikman's he
got all he could pay for.
This both Aikman and his two bar
tenders denied.
Attorney Peck in his statement said:
"Aikman said to me: I'll give s2500 to
settle this case,' at which I said: Get out |
of here, you - and he got right out.
Previous to that choked him and told |
him to swallow his words when he ques-
TONED my veracity.
"I told Mrs, Mulvany and 1 tell you,
gentlemen, that any man who sells liquor
10 a minor ought to be run out of town,
and l will help do it,
Commissioner Cole assured him the
BOARD would stop the license of any saloon
Keeper who violated any laws
On Commissioner Schenck's motion the
,ase was taken under advisement, Senator
Pendleton having offered to produce a /
score Of character witnesses for Aikman.