Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-31
EXCHANGE HUI WORDS
Sensational Scene at Session
of Excise Board.
CHARGES OF FRAUD MADE
Consideration of w. W. Neligan's
Application for Retail License.
ADVERSE DECISION REACHED
Both Sides to the Controversy Rep
resented by Counsel-Harsh
Epithets Applied.
CHARGES OF FRAUD MADE
ADVERSE DECISION REACHED

At the hearing OF w ". N|ISdN p5'IHie
tn excise .oard Of the District tbs morn
Ing for harroom lcens. at 2ol4 l4th
street northW st. at which address he at
II sent conducts a Who'll sale liquor store,
charges of fraud and perjury were made
hy tn. opponents OF the application. ana
j. II. Darnaille, former ass ,sspr of the
District, who appeared as one Of the rep
ressntatives for the applicant. was &C
cused Of being present to browh"at and
intimidate the members of the board in
the interest of his client
Mr.. Darneillc emphatCally denied the
charges and III turn made charges To the
effect that other saloon interests in the
neigh borhOOd in question were lighting
the application to freeze out Neligan and
that the charges of fraud should be APP
piled 10 them and not to his client.
Mr. DarncllIe said that during a re-
cent conversation with George ". Hurle-
haus. a druggist at 18th and streets
northwest, who had employed counse. to
appear at the hearing and oppose the IS
suanCc of the liC=nS-. Mr.. Huric bauS said
h was not the only person behind the
fight against Nelisan, and that his nam"
had only been loaned to the petition of
protest.
Edmund Brady. who appeared as coun-
sci for Mr.. Hurlebaus. said such a state
ment was a falsahood, to which Mr..
Darneille excitedly replied that h" would
take an oath to it. II wouldn't believe II
then Mr.. Brady yelled, much to tn
tcnishment of the members of the board
and the many persons who filled the room.
Sensational and Exciting.
The hearing. although sensational and
exciting, consumed very little time. There
was not much evidence submitted and
there was marked absence of long ad-
dresses. Attorneys Brady and E. W. Col
bert, who also appeared for Mr.. Hurle-
baus and A r. Shoemaker. attorney for
the Anti-Saloon League, in opposing the
applica ton declared that the case is "one
OF the most daring and most bold-faced
attempts at fraud ever perpetrated be
fore the excise board of the District and
that 1t needed little argument to show
why the license should not b. granted
Fifteen minutes after the adjournment
of the hearing the board, by an unani-
nous vote, rejected the application.
The attorneys opposing tn application
based their charges of fraud upon the
alleged fact that Mr.. Neligan obtained the
required number of signers to his anplica-
ton in an ire gular manner, and that in
doing so he conveyed his property to four
persons and that he had his friend, p J.
Mcdonald. who owns piece of property
on the opposite side of the street to the
proposed saloon. to do the same thing.
Both Mr.. Nelgan and Mr.. Mcdonald,
when testifying, admitted these transfers
and IN answering questions of the three
opposing attorneys said that In eacn case
the respective properties, neither one OF
which is worth less than $1,000. they
decided over to the other parties for the
sum of SO. Mr.. Neligan said he decided
his property more than two years ago for
purely personal reasons, and that tn ac-
ton had no bearing upon his application
Mr. Mcdonald said ha knew little about
the deciding OF the property In his name
as il belonged 10 his wife and he dld as
She requested.
ess than a week ago. Aneas Collins. a
Wholesale liquor dealer in the same DOCK
avp.ied for "A retail license and had II re
irCted The case today was opened ny
Mr. Darnielle. who stated that he app ar
ed as junior counsel for Mr.. Michigan. ana
that the senior counsel. Douglass & Doug
lass would he represented by @. l.. Baker
Mr. Darnei!e said his client had secured
the required number of Signatures on his
apulication and that lie IS a man of good
moral character: the board, ne said, Wou
he justified in granting the license. II for
no other reason than there is a necessity
for another saloon IN that neighbOrhood.
He said there is combine in that ne gh-
borhood fighting his clients interests
Enters a Protest.
Rev ] Milton WaIdron VINO lives with
his family at 1884 V street northwest,
was the first person to address the board
IN protest ds"i''7' IN
is no need Tor an AGO '"''"i i''' -
that neighborhood' ne Sa1o' d
already two barrooms ana TWO
p!ac within the preSc' Ne" i"NI"S "
Neil2an's place ana inc 'o''''' .4p''s al
deElorabl@. II IS gr-'. . '''- n.y.
FOR the bucket trade, 'ha ~ - d e,' a.I,
sght TO see lr,, ~ INV. IN non Of
2,,,,,. Tire is a continual stream
Of buckets going TO and from these liquor
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