The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-11-07
Mayor German SWears Out War
rants for Arrest Of BreWeries
Not Paying License
SECURE LONG CONTINUANCE
Brewery Men Appear in Court and
Plead Not Guilty to the Charges
Against Them.-Are Held Under
RecOgnizance Bonds

mayor James norman TOOK the
bull by the horns on Thursday
morning in connection with the
fight over the licenses of the
brewery agents and as result seven
of the agents for the Chicago and
Milwaukee brewing companies must
answer to charges of doing business
without license. The warrants
were issued against Jacobsen Bros,
Samuel Perish, Joseph Weddlestedt,
M. j. Scholey, James Rose, Andrew
Tennessen and Peter Breen. Four of
the warrants were issued by Justice
MCCarron and the others by Justice
Donahue and they were turned over
the Chief of Police just before noon.
The warrants were prepared by the
city attorney and the men are charged
with violating the city ordinance
which provides for the issue of IL
censes to dealers in strong spurious,
vinous and malt liquors. 1t is al
legged in the warrants that all of the
men had violated the law by selling
liquor without license.
The agents Of the brewing COM
panies have held several meetings
and it is understood that the line of
their fight is we'll mapped out but it
will not be made known until the
cases are called for trial. It is just
possible that the men if convicted IN
the lower Courts will make an appeal
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It is understood that the brewers will
demand jury trial.
City Attorney Slater has been busy
in company with Mayor German
working on the cases for the past
three weeks and the officials have not
acted without fully learning their
rights under the law. Mayor German
spent two days at Madison taking up
the matter with the Attorney General
of the state and the state official as
sured him that there was no way for
the brewery agents to escape the pay
ment of the license if they desired to
continue in business in Kenosha.
Four of the representatives of brew
cries in the city have paid the regular
license fee to the city and they have
regulated the sale of beer so that
they could not be considered as retail
dealers. The agents arrested are all
represe natives of the smaller brewer
les and it is understood that they have
been instructed by their employers to
make test case Of the license ques-
ton in Kenosha.
The city officials are not expecting
to win their fight against the brewers
without big struggle, as it is claimed
that the brewery men are ready to put
up big bluff and make every posi-
bic effort to keep from paying thesec-
ond license fee. 1t is claimed that
James W. Rose is ready to pay the Ii
cense, but it is thought that he will
not proffer the fee to the city until
after the 1itig alton has been settled.
Agents Andrew Tennesen, M. J.
Scholey, Jacobsen Brothers, Joseph
Weddlestedt and James W. Rose APP
peared in the different justice courts
this afternoon and entered pleas of
not guilty to the charges against
them and Attorney Calvin Stewart,
who appeared for them, asked for
continuance for two weeks. This
was granted and the men were held on
their own recognizance. Samuel
Parish and Peter Breen have not as
yet been arrested as both were out of
the city.