The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-17

number of prosecutions for violations.
One place, he said, where tine law wa
violated is now controlled by the Tren'
ton Brewing Company, n is the best
conducted in Bordentown.'
Bordentown Has Enough.
In answer to a question the Mayor
admitted that the saloons in Borden
town were not conducted as he would
conduct them.
Are there enough drinking places in
B%ordentown?" he was asked.
Plenty he answered.
In one trial involving a drunken fight
and illegal selling in Bordentown a jury
of six men returned a verdict of ac-
ouittal. The Mayor thought the YER
dict should have been the other way
Mayor Gabel said he was satisfied In
that case there was a violation OF
the law.
Beer wagons from Trenton give Bor-
dentown some trouble, according to the
witness.
Mr.. Backes asked, What would you
do if you were supreme boss in bor-
dentown2"
There would be some candidates for
the county JAIL was the reply.
Mayor Gabel said he believed that
saloon hangers-on get men drunk and
then take them out and rob them.
Chief of Police Amos p. Thorn. OF
Rordentown, testified there had been
arrests for Sunday selling, but none re-
Gently. He said the policemen of the
city all have night keys to the hotels
and saloons of the town, but he dis
puted with Mr.. Backes that they used
them for their own benefit. -
"There are late corners all night who
want to get a ROOM said the chief, so
we use the keys and put them to bed
Burlington Reports.
The commissioners thought the
Mayor should report these conditions
to the Excise Board. He said the Ex-
else Board must knOw all about 1t, as
they had to pass where they could not
help seeing it. The commission here
took the names of the Excise Board.
They are James B. Woodward. Frank
Potter and Pierson Matthews.
The next witness sworn was Amos r.
Thorn. chief of police of ~Bordentown.
He thought that generally the liquor
places there ARE fairly we'll conducted
He admitted there might be some Sun
day selling.
G. Taylor Rue, of Burlington, was
nex, sworn. All retail liceses there are
for inns and taveTns. but h Mayor
could not tell whether or not all had
ten rooms to comply with the law.
Minors evade the law by getting older
persons to buy liquor for them.
The Mayor thought the liquor laws In
Burlington are we'll observed. lhere
have been some complaints for VIOLA
tons, about twenty-five last year, all
of the offenders being fined and two
licenses revoked. Burlington would
vote wet the Mayor thought. he
favored high license. He said none OF
the Burlington liquor places are con-
trolled by brewers.
Captain of Police Joseph d. Shumard,
of Burlington, was sworn. He adm,t-
ted that he had not reported n of the
twenty Ave places pulled" He has
never examined the liquor places to see
If thew comply with the Bishops law.
There are seventeen such places. He
thought three or four do not comply
with the law. He admitted there may
be some selling to minors. None OF the
Burlington officers have reported viola
lions. Witness SAID he never had any
idea there were so many "speak-easies"
In Burlington as were found last year.
Some clubs there may sell liquor under
government license.
The chief has never read the Bishops
law. and admitted he did not know ne
had duty under it to enforce the law.
He thought his only duty was TO keep
order on the streets.
Samuel P. Kline, a member of the
Mt. Holly Township COMMITTEES. was
sworn. He thought there were TOO
many drinking places in Mount Holly.
Drunkenness and disorder nave greatly
increased.
Protests have been filed by citizens
against granting some licenses, put
without avail. He had never made a
thorough examination of the condi-
lions in the places. He had never done
anything to better the conditions
President Fisk thought the judge who
grants the licenses should receive from
the citizens information that would
guide him in granting licenses.
Prosecutor Samuel Atkinson, of Bur-
lington county. took the stand. lie
said disorder had increased largely in
Mount Holly since the number or drink
ing places has increased.
The prosecutor read a statement
showing that since 1900 Their have been
los Inducements III ouiiitStOh ooitS
for violation of the liquor laws. All
either pleaded guilty or were convicted.
James H. Reynolds. city clerk of LAM
bertville. was sworn. He testified that
on petition of the liquor sellers the ex-
else board reduced the license fee to
1925.
The Common Council favored a
higher license fee, and so put the ex-
else board out of business" Now there
Is a new board. He told of conditions
there generally. and thought the law
was observed.
Chief of Police Charles Trefz, of
Lambertvllle. was sworn. He thought
the sentiment there favored more sa-
looms. He claimed he had ~endeavored
to enforce the laws.
. Prosecutor Crossley. Of Mercer coun
~. was the first afternoon witness.