The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30

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and 1 know that others viii join me
in demanding that this evil be made
no worse.
BRAZEN APPLICANT FAVORED
The reopening of the district west of
Kearny was heralded at the meeting of
the police commission Thursday night
Joseph Brachmann. the saloon keeper
at Pacific street and Bartlett alley, who
was charged two weeks ago by Police
Commissioner Sweigert with allowing
women to frequent his place. and was
then whitewashed by the board and
subjected only to reprimand by Biggy
who had already shown himself friend
ly toward the accused, brazeniy ap-
piled for dance hall license. He got
IT without the slightest opposition from
the board, without Biggy making a re-
mark or protest and with only COM
missioner Sweigert voting against him.
In fact, the anxiety of certain mem
bers OF the commission to honor Brach-
manns request was so apparent as TO
excite comment at the time. Comnis-
sioner Hugo d. Keil, Biggy's particular
friend and champion on the board,
made the motion to grant the permit
he made IL almost before the reading
OF the application was finished. and
after an instaRts hesitation made the
lame explanation that as long as won-
en- were permitted in one place in the
Barnary coast district they might as
well be permitted in all.
BRACHMANN HAS BAD RECORD
And this happened in the face of the
fact that Brachmann is notorious
crook and likewise a close friend of
Abe Ruef- Biggy openly defended him
in his first trouble before the commits
sim and
the police commission, on Keils motion.
granted him the very privilege of the
abuse OF which he had been convicted
a week before Brachmann was the
man who testified in Ruefs behalf dur
ing the first attempt to disaualify the
OhVer grand jury, alleging that he had
heard Grand Juror Morris A Leving-
ston make statements prejudicial to
Ruet he has also been in trouble on
various occasions, and within "a hours
OF the time he. received the boards
latest dispensation his saloon was the
scene of a discreditabIe fight.
The fight occurred late Friday night.
when N. Bercholtz of 126 Bush street
was assaulted by another customer and
badly bruised, being hit while Police
man Felix Doherty held him. The as
sailant escaped, and Bsrcholtz was
charged with disturbing the peace. The
incident evidently gave Biggy an ap-
prehensive fear of what might follow
for two detectives were detailed yes
terday to make a complete investiga-
tion OF the case
MITCHELL SECURES PERMIT
A permit similar to the one given to
Brachmann was granted to the Mitchell
saloon, directly opposite it in Pacific
street Mitchell was the man who ap-
peared in Brachmann's behalf before
the police commission a week ago and
testified that he had taken his wife
sister in law and a young boy into
Brachmann's place on the night Brach-
mann was charged with having women
there, and Mitchell swore that he had
seen but two women. The other testt-
mony was that 20 to 80 women of the
district were in the place all evening
D. Rafael. proprietor of saloon at
Pacific and Dupont streets. was the
third man to apply for permission to
have women in his place. His case
was put over week, and he was given
instructions to make minor changes in
the plans, with the understanding that
the permission would be granted. From
this same block the Andreu place was
recently eradicated after a protest had
been made by a number of minister's
and within a few weeks a man named
Cuneo, whose record is clear. was re-
fused a license for a straight saloon
at the same location as that occupied
by Brachmann. Biggys objection then
was that there was an opium joint be-
low, and that he would not allow a
saloon over such a place; but he failed
joint to continue.