The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-03
ALBANY SALOON
LICENSE REVOKED
Impeachment Proceedings Are
Threatened Against One
Councilman.
SALOON MEN ON TRIAL
DEFENSE TESTIMONY NOT ALL
TAKEN BY COUNCIL.

The license Of the Albany bar, Sixth
West and Second South streets, was
revoked by the city council last night,
sitting as judge and jury. The revOca-
ton takes effect Immediately, though
the matter will be taken up Tor recon
sideTation later. After taking this ac-
ton, members Of the council broke up
into committees to consider city ousi-
ness to be presented to the council next
Tuesday night.
As a result Of the action. in the Al
bany bar matter, c. B. Diehl, attorney
for Gus Veros and James DemarOs, de-
claTed he would bring Impeachment
proceedings against at least one of the
councilmen, intimating that J. J. Stew
art, chairman of the license committee,
would be the man charged with viO-
lating his oath of Office.
In spite of the fact that five wit
nesses were on hand for the proprietOrs
of the saloon, they were not given an
opportunity to be heard, owing to the
fact that MI Stewart cut the trial
short after VeTos had been on the stand
and made a motion that the license be
revoked, to take place Immediately.
The council had summoned all Of these
witnesses, but with only part Of their
defense completed, the case was cut
vOt of nine to five, 20 revoke the
license.
On the ballot to revoke the license, the
vote stood as follows: Yes, Cowburn,
FernstrOm, Hodgson, Holley, Hail, Mar
tin, RaybOUld, Stewart, Blacks. No,
Ferry, O'DOnneu, Reedall, Wood, Davis
3. Councilman Black had voted
against revocation, but changed his
vote and then gave notice that he would
move to reconsider at the next meeting
of the council.
Trial Insisted Upon.
An effort was made at the outset to
throw the case out, this coming from
Councilman Lorin J. Wood, but there
was too much sentiment against this
plan and a trial was insisted upon.
Councilman Wood tried to get City At
torney H. J. Dininny into a hole by
stating to the council that the attorney
would state that nothing could be
shown to connect NeTOs or Demaros,
prOprietors of the saloon, with the sell
ing Of the liquor. But Dininny refused
to stand for it and told the council what
he had told them last Monday night
that there was nothing to connect the
Albany bar with selling liquor on Sun
day, though he believed ne could con-
meet VerOs with the sale of beer in tfre
hotel on Sunday, July is.
PatrOlmen Sleater and CrOwther were
placed on the stand before the council
and neither one was positive that it
was VeTOs to whom the money had
been paid for the liquor. Sleater said
he thought he was the man, and was
sure NerOs was the man who had been
arrested by him. CrOwther said he
was not sure VerOs had been in the
place at all. Though both officers said
they had heard what sounded to them
like beer bottles blinking together in
room near, they had not investigated
the matter at all and had done nothing
but buy beer twice during five hours
They arrested Veros more than an hour
after paying the money TO one of the
men in the hotel who was serving
liquor
Veros' Statement.
Gus Veros explained that he was les
see for the whole Albany block, but
that he leased the rooming house to
James DemarOs, brother OF his partner
and leased other parts to different par
ties. He said he had no knowledge that
beer was being sold there on the sun
day when ne was arrested or on any
other Sunday. Veros claimed that he
had been i'm his bar all day attending
to some plumbing and that he was on
the way to his room in the hotel in the
evening to get into some other clothes
when the officers arrested him. The
Greek claimed he did not serve beer to
them and had nothing to do with it at
all
John Demaros, who conducts the
hotel admitted that he had served beer
in the hotel and an action is now be
ing prepared against him by the city
attorneys office. He said he had served
the officers only once and that was in
the late afternoon, not in the evening
He said he had bought the beer from
Veros in the Albany bar on Saturday
night, Ito give away to his friends on
Sunday"
VerOs was convicted last Saturday by
a jury in police court II selling liquor
on Sunday and was fined 5000 The
council finally decided to follow the
findings of the jury and revoked the
license, though at the reconsideration
Tuesday night it may be that the vote
will be changed.