The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
MOONEY WARS ON
THE TENOERLOIN
Owners of Nine Saloons in
District Are Ordered to
Appear Before the Board
MAY LOSE LICENSES

sumed his raids on questionable re-
that the proprietOrs of nine saloons
have been cited to appear before the
Board of Police Commissioners to show
cause why their licenses should not
be revoked. Those accused of wrong
doing are; c. q ID. Williams, corner of
Eddy and Polk streets, Paul Reich
Wald, northeast corner of Baker and
Jefferson streets; w. A. Schwartz,
southwest corner of Baker and Jeffer-
son streets, A. VI. Mccormick, $50 Blu
chanan street; Charles Leonhardt, 1884
Fillmore street; j. e. e. Casserly, 623
Franklin street; John Hanekamp, 527
Golden Gate avenue; f. A. Jaccord,
octavia and Fulton streets, and Hoff-
man q Green, Golden Gate avenue and
Webster street.
While City Attorney Burke's opin-
ion relative to the validity Of the or
dinance prohibiting boxes in saloons
was being formulated, Captain of Po-
lice Mooney was informally instruct
/ ed by one of the Commissioners not
TO report any more saloon-keepers
who were remiss in their duty. At
that time there were fixty-six COM
plaits on file against various places.
Captain Mooney stated at that time
that he would do his duty irrespective
of any commands of the Board of Po-
lice Commissioners unless he was spe-
cifically instructed not to carry out
the law on the ground of it's invalid
ity The result of the persistence of
Mooney, backed by the moral support
of Commissioners Umbsen and Cres-
well. was the Judgment of the nine
new complaints against saloon-keep-
ers who have permitted women 10
drink in boxes and who have sold
liquor after o'clock a. m.
The nine complaints are alleged to
be only the forerunners Of many more
and those in position to know state
that the regular raids of Mooney will
wipe out the newly constructed ten
derloin on Fillmore and adjacent
streets, despite the fact that such
/ places have a strong pull with the adj
ministration, and have, in some cases
/ paid for the privileges that Captain
Mooney refuses to permit in his dis
! trict. In view of the published opin-
ion of City Attorney Burke that the
ordinance prohibits side entrances.
o'clock a. m, it is probable that the
offenders against the law will lose
/ their licenses. Neither Commissioner
/ Umbsen or Creswell is in a mood to
! temporize with wrongdolng. and will
probably visit the heaviest penalty al
lowed by the law.
For many months the tenderloin, as
sured of the protection of the ad-
ministTation through the payment of
money. has defied the police authori-
/ ties. In some cases the defiance was
so braZen that even that portion Of
1 the Police Department under subsidy
/ could not stand for 1t. and the places
were closed. On the whole. however,
/ the favored saloons have been permit
] tod 70 rrrfr Il 49,
the reports against such places have
been neatly pigeonholed and have
never come up before the board.
Had less courageous police officer
! than Captain Mooney been in his place
there probably would have been no
new complaints after he was repri-
manded in a public meeting of the
Commissioners. At the instance of
Commissioner Creswelk however the
board passed q resolution which gave
strength to any police officer who
would do his duty. and. acting on the
assurance of that resolution. Captain
/ Mooney has gone ahead and filed adj
ditional charges against the places
! openly violating the ordinance.
This new assault on the tenderloin
\ by Mooney will have the effect of
settling the question whether the adj
ministration favoritcs are to be per-
mitted to enjoy the privileges for
which they paid or whether they will
have TO take disagreeable doses of the
law administered by the Police Com
missioners.
Police Captain Mooney. in giving his
reason why the new complaints were
made. said:
Il have simply followed the law as
understand it, / will continue to
do it. AS long as there are saloons
4 in my district which are violating the
| law / shall report them to the Police
Commissioners. ] have no special in
terest TO serve. and as I am a sworn
officer OF the city I will try faithfully
to execute the laws of the municipal
1 ity."